Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

[LillyB]

Hi,

Since there was a very extensive thread last year about application process to Yale, I thought I would start a new thread for 2009 hopefuls. I am working on my application and wanted to know who else chose Yale as one of their options. What program? How is the application process going? Essay writing? Any anxieties? I am applying to the Adult Advanced Practice Nursing but still deciding on the specialty. The hardest part for me is the essay writing as English is not my first language, but I have been working on it for some time now and getting close to finishing the final version. Anyone else wants to share?

[btlejoos]

the wait continues! just buy a bottle of wine so you have it ready when you open the letter. you'll need it regardless of the decision!

[jnd1213]

boo for snail mail. seriously...is it not 2009????

[sprinklez]

i just saw the mailman.. nothing. and i live in RI too .. so probably not today kids. probably tomorrow?

[jnd1213]

question to everyone NOT regarding acceptance letters. do you think it's possible to switch your specialty during the GEPN year?? I know they say it is "strongly discouraged", but that's a lot different than "forbidden" right? I'm 90% sure about my specialty but there's a small part of me that thinks it can change....

[btlejoos]

jnd -

i asked angela this very question and she said it's highly unlikely if you want to switch to a "popular" specialty like family or pediatrics, but that if you want to do geriatrics or oncology, for example, it's a possibility.

[jnd1213]

thanks btlejoos! you woudln't happen to know if acute care falls into the "popular" specialty do you?

[btlejoos]

hmmm no clue. i'm sure angela could tell you the number of people who got accepted in acute once letters go out. that might give you an indication of how popular it is.

[suga70]

From what I remember, psych and acute care seem to fall with in the "moderately popular" specialties. I remember hearing that family and peds were the hardest (Family gets around 100 applicants a year and Peds gets like 40), and I think I remember someone saying that psych and acute care get around 20-30 applicants?

I could be wrong...

[Miche9182]

I applied to the acute care specialty and I think they're accepting around 8-10 people for it...

[suga70]

oh and i think midwivery is another really popular specialty that is extremely hard to switch into

[jnd1213]

thanks for the responses. my fear is that half way during the GEPN yr I will have a change of heart and want to change and not be able to. i got into to a few other schools that let you change....argh.

[yalienne]

Did anybody get called today like the people in the westcoast????? Boooooo to snail mail.