Sami92

Congrats to everyone accepted! I completed the pre-specialty program. It was challenging, but certainty manageable. You will find out pretty quickly which classes require more attention than others and which reading assignments you can skip if you’re low on time. I feel like they spend so much time telling you that you’ll be so busy you essentially won’t have a life and I didn’t find that to be true. (Although hearing that did forced me to adopt really good study habits up front out of fear- and that was helpful). The pre-specialty year is busy because it covers so much content but realizing how much you have learned at the end makes it all worth it! Overall, I do think it was a great program and I am so happy that I chose it. BUT I will admit that it often felt very unorganized which frustrated a lot of students. Best advice is to find someone who has been through the program (and ideally went into your specialty program) to go to with questions. That was seriously a lifesaver for me! GOOD LUCK!

Congrats to everyone who applied!!! I am a future applicant hoping someone can quickly clarify the application cycle. It looks like applications are typically due around February-March, but what is the earliest you can start working on applications? I am graduating NP school in August 2019, so I am assuming the earliest cycle I can apply for is the one ending in February-March 2020.. does this sound correct?

Does anyone know if Vanderbilt is an approved NP program for the NURSE corp scholarship program?

Hi Everyone! I was recently accepted into the pre-specialty PMHNP program!! I'm very excited but can't help but feel a little overwhelmed by the price tag! From speaking with admissions before the application process i thought that tuition would be about 115,000 and that we would be able to work the second year to offset the cost. With all of the fees tuition looks like it will be about 140,000 and working during the second year is still allegedly very difficult to do. This means with living expenses its going to cost me about 180,000. Anyone else surprised by this or is this the standard rate of these programs?

For what specialties??

I interviewed for the pre-specialty PMHNP program back in January and they told me around the second week of February.

Does anyone know if they are done extending pre specialty PMHNP interview invitations? At least to those who applied before Nov 1?

Congrats to everyone receiving interviews! I applied to the Pre-Specialty PMHNP program and haven't heard anything yet... starting to get nervous!

Congrats to everyone receiving interviews!! Does anyone know when pre-specialty applicants to the PMHNP program will be notified regarding interview decisions? To those of you who have been contacted did you receive your invitation via phone or email? Thanks!

Hi Everyone, I just applied to PMHNP programs, and came to this thread hoping to get a more realistic idea of what to expect to be paid right away. Hopefully my first job will include NHSC loan forgiveness (since I will be taking out loans and want to pay them off ASAP,) and will ideally be somewhere on the East Coast. If anyone has taken out loans to pay for their education and wouldn't mind sharing how long it took them to pay them off- that would be great! Form what people have been saying here it appears it is not unrealistic to hope for around a 100,000 starting salary, is that still true? What are some of the highest paying settings (private practice, hospitals, VA..)? Also, if this is the starting salary, what can one expect to make say 10 years later? Thanks!

Hi Everyone! I submitted my application today!! Still waiting on one letter of recommendation but that should be in by the end of the week. Does anyone (especially those applying to the pre-specialty entry to PMHNP track) know when we should expect to hear back-or not- about interviews? I know that they do interview for this specialty. Also does the microbiology prerequisite have to have a lab component? Or could this class potentially be taken online? Thanks and good luck to all!!!

I am really hoping to make the November 1 deadline! I submitted my GRE scores and transcripts, however does anyone know how we can check to see if they have received our official transcript? Do they need to receive the official transcripts in order for our application to be complete, or are the unofficial transcripts which we upload to our online application considered sufficient?

SOP QUESTION! I'm almost positive that I read somewhere that Vanderbilt wants students to use the SOP to address any weaknesses in their application. I called yesterday to confirm and the person I spoke with somewhat disagreed. She didn't say not to, but it also seemed like she had never heard of that before. Has anyone else heard anything about this?

Does anyone know how heavily they weigh GPA? I realize that they have a holistic review process but I have also been told that they (more so than other schools) place great emphasis on GPA and GRE scores. I have a 3.3 (average accepted is 3.4-3.6) GPA from undergrad with mostly As in the last two years, and a 4.0 GPA in prerequisites. My GRE is well above their recommended scores (165V 159Q) and I have great full time research experience in my area of interest, but I am not sure if my undergrad GPA will rule me out. Worth noting I am applying to the PMHNP program for students with no nursing background

When is the next open house? Their website still says March 2016. I'm done with the GRE (thankfully), but I also took it several times. Hang in there!