anon246

Does anybody remember hearing when we would know about scholarship awards and finaid or if you had to make a deposit to hold your spot? Just wanted to ask here before I bugged admissions. Thanks.

Only financial aid I got was the option to take a federal loan for $20k. I think I'm turning this one down. Whoever is next on the waitlist, you get my spot!

@Psych99143 I got an acceptance email for PMHNP 20 minutes ago but I was waitlisted back in December and interviewed for LeaDS so not sure what they actually meant to send me.

I wouldn't rule out Nurse Corps scholarships yet unless you called them and clarified that Yale is ineligible. Here's an excellent list of programs and ideas: https://www.studentloanplanner.com/student-loan-forgiveness-nurses/ https://www.studentloanplanner.com/the-guide-to-student-loan-forgiveness-for-nurse-practitioners/ Also working part-time during the masters portion you should be able to pay back some of your loans i would think.

@MaleNP No problem, feel free to double check all my research, would be great if you find things have changed. I just called all the medical officer numbers for each branch of the military (Army, Navy, AF) and searched the NurseCorp website to find they lost the funding.

Hi @MaleNP, I looked into every armed forces option and the NurseCorp. It looks like the NurseCorp lost funding for new scholarships this year and all the armed forces I talked to would not pay for the GEPN type programs. They would only pay for the graduate school portion of the program and not very much of it. The AF would only pay for a DNP if you had a BSN. The Navy would give you $10,000/year but every year you received that money, you had to serve after you graduated. If you were to consider the armed forces speaking purely of finances, the smartest option is to join the armed forces after you graduate for their loan repayment program. That being said, their loan repayment programs are not as competitive as would be doing a program through Nurse Corpse or a state sponsored program. In my own conclusion, the only reason to join the armed forces would be if you really wanted to serve.

@elh733 They won't mind. They put their emails public facing for a reason and it's to be found and contacted. If you haven't reached out to any nursing faculty before, I recommend it. You will be surprised how willing they are to answer any questions you have. For example, if you see a certain faculty who is doing research you're interested in, ping them for some publications or articles to learn more. If you're skilled at building rapport, you could have a research project from day one having already built inroads with the faculty.

@elh733 Just look up the interviewer's name in the faculty directory and their email will be right there. Or if you're lazy like me you will just google "<name> email".