OSHU Accelerated BSN to MSN Nurse-Midwifery 2013

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Hi all,

I have seen GREAT threads for the 2011 and 2012 applicants and cohorts to OHSU's AccBacc to MSN programs, but cannot find one for 2013. Someone suggested we make one for the 2013 applicants, so here goes! This is for anyone who has applied, is interested in the program, and wants to chat together about interviews, how they went, applications, etc. I have just seen people posting for 2013 on several of the 2011 and 2012 boards and wanted to make a 2013 specific board.

I'll start!! My interview is on the 24th and I'm quite nervous!! Bought a nice pair of dress slacks and a button down, hoping that I do well, though I'm nervous.

I will post another question that I found on the 2012 blog about 2013-ers. Has anyone found a way to go through the faculty for the Midwifery program without searching the entire nursing faculty list alphabetically? Such as a short list for the CNM program faculty? It would be very helpful to be able to associate names with faces before the potluck so I'm not squinting at everyone's names on their nametags and looking silly!

Thanks fishe23a! If it is a waitlist letter, dont give up hope. I got waitlisted to two different schools last year and got in off the waitlist at both (ended up I was too broke to go). It made me so sad at the time but it all works out how its supposed to. You all are ridiculously accomplished already. When I was 23 I could barely feed myself! And I was too busy crying over boys to do anything productive. No way I would've scored an interview at OHSU. So, props to you however it ends up. Hopefully with an acceptance!

I got a rejection letter as well, UrineGoodHands. I wasn't totally surprised, but disappointed. I know I am smart enough to handle the program and am confident that I would make a great Psych Nurse Practitioner, but I firmly believe everything happens for a reason. My guess as to why I didn't get in is because I do not have any health care experience at all, and the recommendation forms really seemed to be geared toward that. My GRE scores just hit the minimum, as well - I should have taken it twice to improve my score. Applying was kind of a swift decision, and I should have given myself a little more time to prepare! I also could have done much better with the interview. These are all lessons learned, I suppose!

Over the past few days, I've become less and less upset about it. I also applied to the accelerated BSN program, so I am hoping to get into that, as well. If that doesn't work out, I'm going to go the OCNE route. I'm not giving up! I've been volunteering in a couple nursing units at OHSU, and I am thinking staring out with an RN might be for the best route for me anyway. As an RN I would be able to survey the field - work for a while, maybe in different positions/areas, and then determine which area I like best. Maybe Psych really wouldn't be my favorite area, you know? Being an RN, I would have the opportunity to try different things if I needed to, and maybe then go after my MSN later. Basically, I am taking it all in stride.

Sorry to hear that, Erin. Sounds like you have a great plan though and everything will work out for the best!

Hey hannahzp, where are you applying from? Sorry if you mentioned it earlier, I just haven't had time to read the whole thread. I applied from New York and am wondering how competitive it is for east-coasters to get in? (I also applied for psych!)

I live in San Diego, it seems like its very competitive.

Still nothing. I'm wondering at what point I should give the admissions office a call? At this point it's around a month since I was hoping to hear back...

Acceptance deposits for CNM were due (postmarked) by today so I bet there's another round of letters going out soon. Any "declines" might open up room for more acceptances. Did you call admissions? I think it's perfectly reasonable to call and see if there's been any change to your status.

Thanks kdrade, good to know! If I don't hear anything by the end of the week I'll give them a call. I definitely need some closure on this!

Hi jpdx,

I forgot to post this on Friday! I called just before admission closed on Friday, the 15th, and asked them if they had sent the waitlist and rejection letters yet for CNM. The receptionist told me that they had not yet sent them, but they were "working on it". So the earliest that they could have been sent out was Monday - I haven't called them since then to ask if they have been sent. I am sure that we will find out soon, though at this point I am not hopeful!

Ok, thanks! Yeah at this point I'm sure I didn't get in, but that's ok, I just want to know! Sounds like it will be pretty soon.

I just got accepted to the pmhnp program from the wait list! I'm most likely going to Vanderbilt though, I was also accepted from the wait list for their program.

Yay! Congrats Hannah! If you decide on OHSU, we should meet up for coffee prior to orientation. I would love to know someone else in the MSN program. Vanderbilt is also a great choice. I lived in Nashville briefly and really enjoyed it. If you go, be sure to try the tacos at The Local Taco in Sylvan Park. :)

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