UTHSCSA spring 2010 hopefuls!

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Okay so im applying to uthscsa for the spring and was wondering if anyone knows what gpa they look at and any other helpful ideas to get an interview etc. my prereq gpa is 3.74 but my overall gpa is a 3.44...is that going to hurt my chances? :eek: i went in for a transcript review and debbie calculated the wrong gpa for me and i didnt notice until i got home. i hope they dont mess up with my application. eeeek im so nervous i wanna do everything possible to get in!!:D the only other place im applying to is sac but i much rather get my bachelor degree then an associates....

Okay so i completed my questionnaire and sent it in, but I was a little puzzled by the fact that they only allow 600 characters maximum per question (not 600 words). Doesn't that seem a little low? I know they have to go through a lot of these things and probably don't want to be reading pages and pages worth of answers, but I was just wondering if anyone else had thought about this. So I guess we follow the saying "less is more".

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Either way I end up putting in tons of time. I've only crafted 3 answers and it took me well over two hours to get it to sound just right. I'll finish up tomorrow.

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Oh yes, 600 characters!! Thanks for reminding me

I am drafting now, and will turn it in tomorrow

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ya i have been writing and rewriting...this is really important if they arent doing the interviews anymore!

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608 characters...I can revise no more and still get what I want to say...and 1 question to go after this...ironically the first question will be my last.

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Lol yes writing and rewriting.... I tend to be a perfectionist when it comes to things like this....

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I just sent it

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Finished! Finally.

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Finished also! Ha I found it difficult to revise everything to under 600 characters (including spaces!) and being able to say everything I wanted to say in order to fully answer the question while using specific exampls and evidence! Phew. Glad that's over lol....now the TEAS yayyyyyyyyyyyyy.

If any has takin it let us know how it compares to the practice ones and if there is a calculator on the computer you can use or if that's just a myth haha.

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anyone*** (been writing too much)

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The actual exam is closed to the study guide.

No Calculator is allowed. paper and pencil will be provided

I would say just dont take the risk, practice without using a calculator.

You have to know the conversion and they are all basic math

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Finished also! Ha I found it difficult to revise everything to under 600 characters (including spaces!) and being able to say everything I wanted to say in order to fully answer the question while using specific exampls and evidence! Phew. Glad that's over lol....now the TEAS yayyyyyyyyyyyyy.

If any has takin it let us know how it compares to the practice ones and if there is a calculator on the computer you can use or if that's just a myth haha.

If you're able to do ctrl alt del on the computer, you could then go to file > new task > calc.exe

I'm just guessing that that's how you'd get access to the calculator program if they didn't allow it.

Or maybe just windows key + d, and then go find it through the start menu.

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