Hey hemicoffee- I was a MEPN alternate for the last two years in Gerontology, and here's how I understand it: if you said you want to be an alternate and you don't get notified relatively soon after...
Re: housing... SF is a small big city (just 7x7 miles!) so no area is really too far from UCSF (though public transportation & traffic issues may differ). Nice neighborhoods near campus: UCSF...
Here's my MEPN story, to encourage both hope and tenacity: 2006: 3rd alternate, Gerontological NP 2007: 1st alternate, Gerontological CNS 2008: Accepted!!!, Gerontological CNS I am entirely...
I can almost see the UCSF nursing building from my apartment and wish I knew exactly when the oh-so-anticipated letters will be dispatched from there! I'm a 3rd time MEPN applicant (gerontology) who...
Fingers absolutely crossed for you too Bizzles, thanks! (Also for prospective z!) Here's to all those who happily choose another school so there's a spot for us alternates at UCSF! Thanks also to...
Greetings MEPN finalist comrades! Huge congrats to those who've made it thus far!! I've been lurking here too for a while- Nat3433, I think it was you who told me about this forum on our interview day...