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Not in the May Oakland cohort, but I was accepted into the June SM cohort and received an email through my SMU email that our start date has been deferred until November. I would advise you to set up your SMU email and check your inbox!

Hey, I was accepted into the June SM 2020 cohort, but I'm not sure about the waitlist. Have you contacted the admissions counselor at that campus? He usually responds to emails pretty quickly and can give you that info.

Hello! I am a newly admitted ABSN student at the SM campus and was wondering if someone would be so kind as to tell me a little about their experience in the program so far. Any info about the general school schedule would be incredibly helpful--just so I kind of know what to expect when I (hopefully) start in June and factor in commute times as well. ?

Lol, thank you for weighing in! This whole process seems to be very unpredictable, so I'm trying to save my energy/anxiety for when I will actually need it. Congrats on your acceptance! And to everyone else in this thread that received one so far. ?

Just this, basically

I'm really trying not to dwell too much on it though; after going through the ELMSN thread, I saw someone who didn't get the initial "acceptance" when everyone was logging in, but did later in the evening. I doubt they've sent out the final rounds for accepting applicants in one evening! Especially since they tend to send out emails/notifications in various waves.

Heeey, that would be me! My application hasn't changed since. When I log into the admitted students portal, it tells me in big bold letters "Congrats, you've been admitted to SMU", but under my application status it still says that my application is being reviewed.

I understand that aspect, but if you look at rate of employment post-graduation for many of these programs, 98%+ of them go on to find jobs without a problem within a year. Perhaps another reason they are successful is because level of rigor from institutions is so vastly different and # of clinical hours required for graduation varies as well. I think whenever someone hears that I want to pursue a DE program, they assume I want to get my MSN online from some obscure university that barely has accreditation? I'm not sure at this point.

I am an undergraduate student studying a non-nursing major and would like to ultimately pursue a MSN via direct entry program. For a good chunk of my life, I always thought I wanted to go to medical school until my mother grew chronically ill. After spending a lot of time with her at so many different hospitals and in various settings, I discovered what NPs do and have never looked back since--I knew this is what I wanted to pursue after graduating. With that being said, I've gotten a lot of mixed opinions about direct entry MSN graduates ranging from "yes, they're great, there is a great lack of APPs in the US" to "don't even think about getting your master's without having X amount of years of experience as a bedside nurse first." Honestly, after doing the math, I figured that it would be more reasonable for me to just get my MSN rather than a second bachelor's and then having to eventually having to reapply to get my master's when I'm much older. I know for a fact there are a lot of successful APPs who never had experience being a bedside nurse, but are still thriving as providers. However, it just seems like I get a LOT of backlash from some students/older nurses who are incredibly critical about my ambitions and it borderline feels like they're bullying me into becoming "one of them first" by telling me that my current plans are "not respectable in their field". I guess what I'm wondering is--is this what the majority of the healthcare industry thinks of NPs who did direct entry programs? I already know I'm gonna get bombarded with the "you need bedside experience first" on this post, but my question is, why do established universities like UCSF, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Columbia, Vanderbilt, Emory, (the list goes on) offer these programs if they didn't produce well-rounded, competent individuals? Are there any NPs who went through one of these direct entry programs? Am I gonna have to spend my entire career justifying my academic/career decisions to people who can't handle that nursing is changing? I'm not even in the program yet and I already feel like I have to keep my plans on the "down low" from fear of backlash.

Hi! I am a fourth year undergrad from UC Berkeley, studying molecular & cell biology. I'm interested in applying for UCSF's MEPN program sometime next year (UCSF's policy is that you have to wait a year after graduating to apply for this program anyway) and would love any tips/pointers about anything (application process, specialties, etc.) My ultimate goal is to become an oncology/clinical trial nurse practitioner, but unfortunately, oncology specialty is not available to MEPN applicants, so I'm not sure if I want to pursue an FNP or AGCNP. Has anyone heard of non-oncology specialized NPs working in oncology clinics?