I ask myself the same thing. Honestly I would’ve still picked Hopkins because of my scholarship, But during my Maryland interview for the 3 year FNP program, they told me that their 3 year FNP program is “rigorous and is mostly reserved for military nurses.” They are afraid that if their “non-military 3 year students cannot work during the 3 years then the students won’t be able to have a place to practice assessment skills outside of school.” (I thought that’s what clinicals are for...). Also if that’s the case they should’ve just disclosed that on their website instead of telling me that during my interview. Mind you, my interview was first week of January with Maryland, and I got my waitlist email this week with no updates in between.