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There are FB groups ? Samuel Merritt University ELMSN Fall 2025 Cohort. It includes both CM and FNP students for this upcoming cohort. There's also the Samuel Merritt University ELMSN Open Forum which includes all students past, present and future.

The program is honestly very disorganized...I kept checking the portal after my interviews mid-March for a decision until finally it changed to "accepted" early April. However, I never received an official acceptance email and I couldn't give my Letter of Intent with the deposit via the Portal. I emailed Admissions about not receiving any official acceptance email and they were like "oh I'm sorry let's send that out to you…” and I got the emails and was finally able to give my deposit. I would say you're within your right to be able to send an email to Admissions for an update since it's been a month.

Does the Admitted Student Portal give you any updates? Or is there no number system...just "waitlist"?

I know someone who got off the waitlist and was notified sometime last week so I think it's definitely moving ?

Hi I was accepted into Nursing Admin but will be declining to attend Samuel Merritt's FNP program. Hoping that'll help with the waitlist!

I totally get you! I just turned 32 ? if your prerequisites are that far out, I strongly recommend you retake some of them, especially anatomy and physiology since most programs have a recency requirements for those two courses. Is RN or FNP your end goal? FNP was always my end goal but RN is also a good career, just wasn't for me. You can take those pre-reqs and apply for ABSN programs that are only one year long. Though CNA is a great way to get experience, I highly recommend getting your EMT for free at a local CC and trying to get a job as an ER Tech. Working in the ER will allow you to see a lot more of healthcare and also gain expansive knowledge to a variety of healthcare issues. It's kind of like a "crash course" to healthcare since you really see everything.

Hi everyone, I got accepted into both the CM and FNP programs for this upcoming Fall 2025 but I declined CM to pursue FNP. I wanted to share my stats with you guys and perhaps offer some encouragement with my own journey. I graduated from UCSD in 2016 with a GPA of 3.0. I worked as an EMT from 2016-2019. I decided to apply to PA programs in 2019, including SMU's program alongside 22 other programs. At the time of my PA application, I had letters from a PA I shadowed and two letters from volunteer coordinators, however, the letters were very generic. To my disappointment, I was rejected from all programs, not a single waitlist. I got a job as an ER Tech from 2019 to present. I decided to apply to direct entry Masters in Nursing programs and put in 5 applications: SMU's CM and FNP programs, USF, SFSU and University of Pacific. After getting rejected from PA school, I decided to make myself a more competitive applicant and retook a bunch of pre-requisites at my local CC while working as an ER Tech. I excelled in those courses and got a glowing letter of recommendation from my professors. I got A's in all my pre-requisites I retook which brought my GPA up to 3.3. I also got letters from my manager (who's also a nurse), I befriended a RN Case Manager (and fellow SMU alum of this same program) who wrote me a glowing letter and I received another letter from one of the doctors I work alongside in the ER. I highly recommend getting some experience in the ER. My ER experience has been invaluable and I am grateful for it. I got accepted into all programs I've applied for and have decided to move forward with SMU's FNP program. I hope this helps someone! My journey took 10 years and there's no shame in taking the longer path...the years of experience will allow you to build relationships which will lead to glowing letters and years of experience is invaluable. During my FNP interview, I personally feel like I didn't stand out so I was very much surprised on the acceptance. I believe they went over everyone's applications again after the interviews and looked over any and all experiences before making their decisions. Having more years of experience never hurts!

Hello, I got my acceptance into CM on 3/13 and on 4/3, I also got my acceptance into FNP. Their Admitted Student Portal also updates before official emails get sent out.