Dylan Miller

I was accepted into the APNI-FNP program. The application portal showed submitted for me until the day I got accepted. When the day came that I got accepted, there was a new dialogue at the top of the page that said there was an update to my application. The only time they reached out to me during the entire application process was to schedule an interview date. I hope this helps!

I just found out I got accepted to the APNI-FNP program! I didn't receive any emails- the way I found out was through refreshing the Seattle you application portal page and it said there was an update to my application.

@calgirl11 I'm sorry about the rejection. Revise your application and try again next year! The biggest tip I have is to get people to revise each component of your application. Of course the letter and resume are the most important pieces to get right, but definitely have someone look over the application as a whole and see if everything fits. So who do you ask to peer review? You want to get medical professionals, but specifically people who are familiar screening applications. This will include medical board members, nurse managers, or any other healthcare worker you can think of who frequently reviews applications. For example, two my my peer reviewers were my nurse manager (who hires staff on our unit in the hospital) and the direct of palliative care across the UW branches (who frequently mentors medical school students). They have lots of experience reviewing applications and had a lot of constructive feedback that helped me build a strong application. Something else that may be useful to hear is to be ready to scratch everything and start from the beginning. I rewrote my letter of intent at least three times from scratch and revised it a countless number of times. The most useful feedback is usually the harshest, and sometimes that means sucking it up and rewriting your letter of intent (or whatever it may be). I'll leave you with details of my application for reference (I was accepted the first round for the PLU ELMSN 2020)... Undergraduate Degree, UW Seattle, Public Health GPA 3.52 Standalone Courses, Seattle Central College, No Degree GPA 4.0 2 Years Work Experience at UWMC as a Patient Services Specialist 1 Year Work Experience at UWMC as a Patient Care Technician 3 Month Work Experience at Sequim Health and Rehab as a CNA 6 Month Volunteer Experience at Hall Health UW 4 Year Member of UW PrePA Club (2 Years Member, 1 Year Vice-President, 1 Year President) Lots of shadowing experience of MD's, NP's, PA's, RN's. Definitely over 50 hours total I hope this helps! Good luck!

@ttop2011 I applied this year for the APNI FNP program as well! Already interviewed. I'm thinking ahead a bit, but are there any tips you'd give oncoming APNI students? Perhaps something you didn't expect your first year into the program?

Congratulations everyone! That's amazing news ???

Hi everyone! I know waiting must be hard so here are some thoughts from someone who's already been accepted and has been in contact with graduate admissions. The last day to submit seat deposits for the initial round of acceptance invitations is February 6th. In addition to submitting seat deposits, we must sign a couple different contracts to secure our seats for this cohort. I'm assuming once February 6th comes, the admissions team will look at how many seats they still have to fill and then send more invites out. If you haven't yet called graduate admissions at PLU, I don't think it would hurt to give them a call. Faculty have been really friendly and helpful when I've reached out to them. As for my seat in this program, I've accepted the invitation and submitted the seat deposit. However, I just interviewed for another program and I won't hear back from them of whether I get accepted/denied until March. So I may be forfeiting my seat depending on the outcome. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this position due to how early this program sent out its invitations compared to similar programs I've seen. I hope this helps! Good luck you guys!

Hello everyone! ? I'm interviewing for the APNI FNP track on Feb. 1. I have a few questions I'm hoping may get answered before I send an email to Oz. 1. Dress code. I'm confused on what men should be expected to wear to this interview. Here's what was said regarding dress code in the email I received from Oz: "Be comfortable and let your personal style show through so you can focus on the interview, not what you’re wearing." Should I wear a suit and tie or does this mean a button up with some khakis is more of what's expected? 2. Do you recommend/should I bring a paper and pen to take notes on? In the email from Oz he says: "What to Bring: Just yourself. Please don’t bring a resume or other documents. Your passions, personal story, and questions will bring the conversation to life." With this said, a paper and pen would be useful to take notes on during the interview. Also, I could come with some questions written down so I don't forget them. Thoughts? 3. Does anyone have any additional information as to what the interviews are like besides what was given in the email from Oz: "The interviews are 25 minutes, during this time faculty will get to know you better, and you will have an opportunity to ask some questions of your own."? E.g. Are the interviews 1 on 1, 1 on 2, etc.? Who do we interview with? Is there anything you would have done differently when you interviewed for your track? 4. Any other tips for the interview? Thank you all for the help! I'm excited for the interview and good luck to anyone else interviewing.

Congrats girl ?

Hopefully they accept 51 ♥️

I applied for FNP and haven't heard anything yet.

To anyone who is in the program or has been accepted, were you also offered a scholarship in the initial acceptance email? In the original email PLU sent me, they said I will receive, "the Dean's Excellence in Nursing Leadership Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 for graduate study." I'm just wondering if this is a standard scholarship everyone gets or not.

Thank you everyone for all the responses! They have been super helpful. I just got the acceptance email this morning (woohoo!). I'm still unsure if this is the best path for me. I'm going to be reflecting a lot the next couple weeks before I secure my seat. Regardless, I'm so grateful I was accepted and good luck to anyone still waiting to hear back! ♥️

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My long term goal is also FNP. I've been wondering about the route to get there (focusing on finances). Through what I've found via web search is that the EL-MSN program that we are applying for costs about $70,000. After we graduate with our advanced generalist MSN's, the next step would be to apply to an MSN to DNP program, specializing as an FNP. The MSN to DNP program that PLU offers costs about $100,000. Thus, over the course of 5 years (assuming we apply to the MSN to DNP program right after graduating with our MSNs), we will have had to pay over $170,000 to get our DNP's and be practicing NP's. I'm wondering if there are any benefits to having a MSN with an advanced generalist focus (which is likely what we'd be getting). If we decide to work as RN's after getting our MSNs, I'm skeptical that our MSN will be of any benefit to us. If this is the case and the MSN we are earning really doesn't matter besides being a stepping stone to being a NP, does it make sense to go to the PLU EL-MSN program which is super expensive at $70,000 or does it make more sense to go to a cheaper nursing school and get a BSN for less than a quarter of that price. Essentially what I'm asking is, what is the point of getting an MSN as an advanced generalist (which seems useless) when we could much more affordably get BSN's at other schools and then use that to apply to an NP program?

Are you applying to the program with the intention of pursuing a DNP in the future?