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Did anyone hear about this yet? I know they updated that the decisions would come out today

I thiiink the merit scholarships are the only aid Penn offers, except for those who receive the Amy Gutmann Leadership Scholars funding (will be notified on Monday). There are also a lot more opportunities to apply for both external and Penn-funded scholarships for the MSN specialty years once you're already enrolled and in the MPN (eg Penn's Lauder program which is a full ride for the MSN portion, and other external specialty-specific scholarships). Still a lot though!

Has anyone been notified yet about the Amy Gutmann Leadership Scholars Program? Penn's email last week said "If you are chosen as a recipient of this award, you will be notified next week."

The email they sent out this morning says: "All admitted applicants should have received merit award information in their decision letters. You will receive information on the breakdown of your tuition and fees, living expense budget, total cost of attendance, and your financial aid eligibility for each of the 4 terms that you will be here for the MPN portion of your Nursing Program. This information will be sent by February 7th." I guess even if you applied MPN/MSN they are only sharing MPN financial aid info for now?

I think it said on the application that it's $10K (I think it might only apply to the MPN year). It involves being part of a leadership scholars program with additional activities/work. More info here: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/admissions/financial-aid/amy-gutmann-leadership-scholars/

Nevermind, just saw the email from them that mentioned we'll be notified next week!

For those who got in, does anyone know when we will be notified about the Amy Gutmann Leadership Scholars program?

I have 3+ years of experience as a medical assistant at a reproductive health clinic, and have been a volunteer birth doula for several years. I've heard from current students in the MPN program that it's fairly straightforward to apply to an MSN specialty during the MPN year! I'm guessing Penn wants to see that you have relevant experience and a demonstrated interest in the specialty you're applying to. Yay congrats!! I also got $25K. Good point about that only covering the MPN year. I know there are also more opportunities for scholarships and funding for your MSN once you are already in the MPN program.

I've been accepted to MPN/MSN for Nurse-Midwifery! So so excited :)))))

Ahhh I'm trying to check my portal but the website is down or something! It keeps crashing when I try to log in

Has anyone heard anything? Checking my email way too much!

Ahhh thank you for reaching out and sharing this update!! Don't know how I'm going to last through another week of waiting!

I'm hoping we'll hear this week! Last year decisions went out on Weds 1/24 so fingers crossed we hear soon!

I don't think anyone has created one yet since the decisions haven't come out!

Yay! I had my interview with too and heard the same! I hope yours went well!

Hmmm I swear there was a link to sign up for it in the application status portal but I don't see it there now. I know there was limited space so maybe they ran out of spots?

Ah this is all super helpful! Thank you so much. I'm going to do mine today. I had a similar style one-way interview for UPenn's application so I'll review those materials too. Have you had your DNP interview with faculty yet?

For those who got in for the priority deadline, is anyone planning on going to admitted students day on Feb 7?

Has anyone done the virtual Kira Talent video assessment yet? What's it like? Any tips on prepping for the questions?

Hi there, I appreciate your concern and I did plenty of research before applying. I don't live locally so I was planning to visit only if I was admitted. I was aware of the early deadline but did not expect myself to be in the very fortunate position of being admitted to multiple schools. Given the different financial aid packages I've received at Vanderbilt and other schools, that is affecting my choice now. I wish Vanderbilt gave more than a month for admitted students to decide, since they obviously know that other schools (like Yale and Penn) have later deadlines. I don't love the idea of taking someone else's spot by putting down a deposit if I'm not sure, so I probably won't do that but I have heard it's common practice.

Is anyone else planning to put down the deposit to hold their spot? Vanderbilt's Jan 20 decision deadline is sooo early and I'm still waiting to hear back from Penn and OHSU which won't be until late Jan. I would love to be able to visit before deciding too but they aren't hosting an admitted students day until April apparently (which I feel like defeats the purpose...). I heard from friends who are in the program now that many of them put down the deposit to hold their spot before they decided 100% so I'm wondering how common that is.

Is anyone else planning to put down the deposit to hold their spot? Vanderbilt's Jan 20 decision deadline is sooo early and I'm still waiting to hear back from Penn and OHSU which won't be until late Jan. I would love to be able to visit before deciding too but they aren't hosting an admitted students day until April apparently (which I feel like defeats the purpose...). I heard from friends who are in the program now that many of them put down the deposit to hold their spot before they decided 100% so I'm wondering how common that is.

Hi! Does anyone know roughly when we will hear back from the MPN/MSN program? I know the website says "late January". I looked at last year's thread and they heard back around Jan 24, But if anyone has heard more details from Admissions about it this year, I'd love to know!

I was accepted for MN + PNC (nurse midwifery)! So thrilled! I'm still waiting to hear back from two more programs but this is definitely a great option. For anyone else whose decision letter says they received scholarship funds, do you know if the amount included is annually or for the full length of the program? For example I got $15K but I'm unclear if that's $15K per year or total. Thanks all!

I've heard "second half of December" and "late December" from the admissions team. In another thread I saw someone said Dec 15th but that seems odd since today is a Sunday. However last year they heard around the 15th too, so fingers crossed it's in the next couple of days!!