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They're meeting to make their final decisions so you'll hear next week. At least that's what we were told. If look at the 2018 MEPN thread, I went back a couple of years to see when they came back with final decisions. It's historically been around the second or third week in February. We got our notifications on February 15th last year. Yours could be earlier or later. Wishing you the best of luck!

Yes, it's a sweet deal. Your odds will depend on your circumstances (if you're needing housing for you and your family/partner) as well as your move-in date. I chuckled when I read about the sign-in sheet!

You will get an email that your application status has 'changed' and then you sign in and see your decision. At least that's what happened with us last year. I think I got the email in the afternoon (around 2pm). It was a Thursday.

Just wanted to let you all know that decisions should be sent out to you all towards the end of next week. We got our decisions on February 15th last year. Best of luck to you all.

Everyone is paying different amounts depending on whether they are living in student housing or privately owned accommodation. Our circumstances are all different. Some people live in the East Bay or South Bay and commute while some of us live in SF. Some people live with family, partners or roommates and some live alone. If you're wanting to live in student housing in SF, prices vary depending on whether you want to share a room in a UCSF owned apartment or have your own room in a shared UCSF apartment (about $1200 a month and up). You are averaging between $1,000 and $1,800 a month for a room in SF depending on location, type of accommodation, how many people you live with, etc. Good luck!

Sorry for just getting back to you now, but the Fall quarter really got the best of me as I was an 'A'. There were 10 of us that got in for CNM/WHNP last year. My interview was great. I was interviewed on the first Friday group last year and could not have asked for a better experience. I am happy to answer any additional questions and am sorry that I didn't check the board before yesterday's first round of interviews. Another thing I wanted to mention to everyone was that some in my cohort applied to MEPN more than once after being rejected in the previous year or years. Some were not accepted right away and were placed on a waiting list and joined the cohort. So I just want to stress that if this is what you want, if UCSF is really what your heart is set on, it is possible. Best of luck to all the future MEPNs!!!

It does feel like forever. I long for December, too, as that is when half of us will be done with the medical-surgical rotation. The program has been intense and the summer quarter especially so. We took three classes in the summer quarter, four if you count our skills lab which is actually integrated in our foundations/intro to nursing course but feels much like its own class (it did for me anyway). We started clinical fairly quickly in the summer.

How is everyone holding up? I remember the time after submitting my application and waiting for an interview invite as being the hardest for me last year. We just finished our grueling summer quarter and have a two week break so if there are any questions that you have, I'm happy to help. Best of luck to all!

Have you seen this from the UCSF School of Nursing website? "There are two sub-specialization tracks: Adult Gerontology CNS- Oncology and Adult Gerontology CNS-Critical Care Trauma. The AG CNS-Oncology subspecialty is open to MEPN applicants, but a one year step out is required after completing the pre-licensure, and before entering the MS portion of the program." Also, haven't heard anything about taking a year out after undergrad before applying to MEPN. We have a 22 year old in our cohort/the youngest person. She just graduated before starting MEPN.

I am currently in the thick of our MEPN summer quarter, but I wanted to add some thoughts as I had similar questions as an applicant last summer. Your goal statement and personal history writing pieces will overlap at times and this is fine. You'll worry that you're repeating yourself, but the goal statement is really your time to highlight your path towards the nursing profession, i.e. why nursing, why advanced practice nursing and not registered nursing, why now, how can UCSF help you achieve your goals, etc. Your personal statement is more about those experiences that make your life's journey unique and that aren't necessarily about nursing, but that could very well be and that are of note. I spoke about my upbringing, my family, and challenges that I overcame and that I felt would compliment my career as a future nurse practitioner. You want to present the most concise and compelling narrative that you can in those two pages. Best of luck to all!

The GRE was a requirement for our cohort, but I believe ours was the last. The GRE is no longer required for MEPN according to the UCSF website. I'm happy for everyone that doesn't have to take it going forward because the GRE was long, dreadful, and expensive.

My friend who was wait-listed last year was notified that she was accepted on the 14th of March. Best of luck to you!

I was just accepted to nursing school with online prereqs that I took at Johns Hopkins (Human Development and Statistics). However, I'd like to echo what others have said about checking with the nursing school(s) that you hope to apply to and find out what their policy is regarding online prereqs and virtual labs. I cannot sing enough praises about Johns Hopkins and their online prereq program offered by the School of Nursing there. I was able to take and complete the two classes that I needed in an 8-10 week period. The cost was high (about $1000 per class), but as I was working full-time, trying to get in volunteer experience to help my nursing school application, all the while juggling family commitments and responsibilities, the cost of my time was an even bigger consideration and nothing beat being able to go about this remotely and from the comforts of home. Best of luck to you!

I currently manage a maternal health study and will be leaving it to attend my CNM/WHNP program this summer. From my experiences of working with nurses actively involved in maternal and women's health research, I can tell you that most do have a PhD in Nursing. However, some are Masters level nurse researchers with publications under their name (especially so at the top ranked CNM programs). It really depends on the work that you're doing, who you're publishing with, and where. I recommend reaching out to nurses that are currently doing research in the area(s) of maternal health most appealing to you to see if there are any opportunities for you to gain research experience either as an assistant or as an employee (research coordinator). Are you passionate about global maternal health? Or are health disparities in maternal health more your speed? My experience of working on a maternal health study is that it really provided me with invaluable research experience which undoubtedly helped me get into my competitive CNM/WHNP program. I'd also love to come back to maternal health as not only a clinician, but also as a researcher. Best of luck to you!