UTMB Fall 2012

My prereq GPA is a 3.6 and my overall teas score is 82.7%. I hope this will be competitve!

I have a 13 month old, he's a little handful

Can you tell me what study guide you used to study for the Teas? And also, are classes held everyday in Galveston?

hello!

i am an applicant and incoming student to the spring 2012, bsn program at utmb. i have a bit of a lighter schedule before the semester begins, so i wanted to make myself available if you had any questions about the application process for utmb. someone from the previous thread helped our group out tremendously, so i wanted to pay it forward!

my teas: 74.9%

overall gpa: 3.4

it seems utmb is awesome in that they consider, not only the gpa, but they take into account your personal essay. some people with extremely high gpas get accepted right way and without an interview, some get waitlisted and come in even during orientation (learned this from the previous thread from ours), and the rest of us go through the waiting game of submitting all of our info and waiting on pins and needles for an interview. from what i could gather, the key was getting an interview. it seemed that most who got an interview were ultimately accepted.

some of us got interviews within 2 months after application time was closed, which was really quick. they interviewed a set of us and then it was a month before the next set was interviewed, and the subsequent interviews seemed to drag on.

lots of people's paperwork got lost, or never reached the son office or enrollment services so make sure and stay on them. once you've completed your application, i think within a few days, you can log on to your mystar account and verify which paperwork they've received. if you've turned it in, but it's still listed as 'to-do' on mystar, make sure you call and verify and resend it to them. i know of one person for sure whose paperwork wasn't received and it hindered her getting interviewed.

also, about the gpas and paperwork--the person from the previous thread that answered all of our questions was listed as having an incorrect gpa of 2.8, but was still called to interview. when she got there she then realized what happened and let them know that her gpa was substantially higher. i say all this to say that utmb is not always about just what a person scores on a test...

i can not stress enough about how important the personal essay is on your application!

please let me know if i can answer any questions! i'm sure more of us will be on throughout the coming semesters, as it was so helpful to have someone who had already gone through the process to talk to.

good luck!

Hey guys,

So for the past 2 weeks my application has come up as complete on the my mystar account.. And today I wanted to just check for some reason and now it is saying that my transcript was not received! I have called and left messages but I was just wondering if anyone else has this same problem..

Thank you!!

Stacie.michelle - I just logged onto my account and my application still shows complete. Sorry I can't be more help than that. What time did you call? I think they close at 5. I would recommend you call them first thing in the morning.... And keep calling until you talk to someone. Good Luck!

@stacie.michelle, mine did the same thing and I submitted my transcripts through Nursing CAS so I know that everything arrived. I am not overly concerned since they have confirmed receipt of everything over the phone with me. It is nerve-wracking though!! Good Luck!!! :)

My mystar also said incomplete after saying complete for about two weeks so I started freaking out and tried calling enrollment services for two days and never talked to anyone.luckily I also sent an email and got a reply within the next day and the lady confirmed that they had everything they needed and my application was complete. So if you're mystar says something definitely call/email to make sure it is correct asap!

Hey there Fall 2012ers!!!

I am currently in the program that just started a few weeks ago. My class will be entering its 3rd semester as SENIORS when you guys start :) I wanted to let you know I will be popping in to help answer some of your questions you may have. From what I have read so far....

I used the ATI TEAS V study guide actually directly made by ATI.... if anyone needs the link, or other info on it, just msg me. Just to clarify I had a 2.98 GPA overall, a 90.7% on my TEAS V and had about 13 W's on my transcript from when I was straight out of highschool. I did however have mostly A's and some B's in my RECENT pre-reqs... I messed up pretty bad right out of highschool, but explained it all in my statement! I think I had the lowest gpa going in....

Paitence is the KEY to this application/acceptance process!!!! I know it is hard...I was JUST there less than 6 months ago! But seriously...don't try to figure out how they do interview invites or how they decide who gets invited first, second, so on! It will drive you MAD and I can guarantee no one will figure it out. They really have no rhyme or reason. As for trying to find out when they invites will go out, its a random waiting game as well. They will tell you all sorts of things if you call and or email. My favorite was, "Should be within the next 2 weeks.". Two weeks go by, and nothing...I call back, "Should be within the next 2 weeks." UGH. Seriously it will drive you MAD. So just try to stay patient, make sure they have received ALL the things you submitted (yes there was someone who had things fall through the cracks and didn't get an interview because of it)...then a couple weeks after you submit, you DEFINITELY want to call the School of Nursing to make sure that they received all your stuff from Enrollment Services.

Personally I would not live in Galveston...esp if I had children. The school systems are not great, in my opinion. There are a few people that I know that have moved down there and are "OK" with it. But its all up to what the individual can handle. I commute from the League City area and its not bad at all. There will most likely be someone that lives near you to carpool with...if you like.

As for the schedule... THIS COULD CHANGE FOR YOU, JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT!!!! Classes for first semester are : Intro to Nursing, Pathophysiology, Adult 1, and Health Assessment. Ours is Monday 9am-3pm, and Thursday 9am-4pm JUST for lectures... then labs are every other week, Tuesday & Wednesday from around 9-4 for one and 8-1 for the other. Depends on your clinical group as to which day is the longer lab day.... then Clinicals are either the opposite Tuesday/Wednesday from 7am-3p or Wed/Friday from 7am-3pm OR every Saturday from 7am - 5pm. You DO get to request your top 3 choices as far as location and time of the clincal... nut no guarantees can be made. Some people got stuck with Saturday clincals and it wasn't any of their top 3 choices... its done on an online survey link that will open at a set time and its first come first serve. In the first 30 seconds we had 96 people already had in their requests....Almost all of them require you to arrive early at 6am or so, also, most require 'patient pick up' which requires to go to the hospital the night before to pick out which patient you will be caring for in order to do your research on that said patient for the following day. On top of all that they offer free tutoring sessions that are scheduled by them. We have Health assessment tutoring on Monday from 3:30-4:30 and Patho from 5:30-7pm, then Tuesday is Adult 1 tutoring from 6:30-7:30, then Patho again on Thursday from 4:15-5:45pm... SO its A LOT of on campus time. That doesnt even touch the 'required' readings for each class/module OR studying in general...

I feel like I could go on and on. As questions come up, i will try to answer them. if there is something specific, please feel free to private msg me!

Erika421- so do u know anyone that was accepted without even having an interview because of good grades and stuff?

Sorry I didn't respond sooner! I haven't been on here in a while. To answer your question - yes, there were people who were accepted without an interview but it's very rare. They had to have a straight 4.0 with no withdrawals on their transcripts...and a few other requirements as well. I don't know of any in my class, but when I went for open house, there was a current student who got accepted under those terms.

Any more questions, don't hesitate to ask! :) I'll make it a point to check this more often!

Also - I have a blog about my time at utmb...it's been a work in progress since I've never blogged before (not to mention the lack of free time!) but feel free to check it out!

Rocker Ryder also has a good blog! :)

So I just jumped onto my Mystar and now I am showing several To-Do's! I wonder what this is all about. It is showing "Courses in Progress", "Test Essential Acad Skill" (I took my TEAS through their ATI link up...), & "Transcript". So I guess I need to try calling to see what is going on with my account... I will also send them an email. I sure hope that this isn't a bad thing..........