Samuel Merritt ELMSN, FNP program, Fall 2016 Oakland

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Hello,

I didn't see a thread for the Fall 2016 ELMSN, FNP program. I recently applied to Samuel Merritt's ELMSN, FNP program in Oakland, CA. Has any one else applied? Any graduates have any feedback? I'm really excited about Samuel Merritt's Family Nurse Practitioner program. I'd really like to pursue primary and mental health. With that, I think a focus on FNP first would help.

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

Hello,

I just wanted to wish you good luck in the FNP program.

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Hi,

I also applied for Fall 2016. This waiting part is going to the be hardest! Lol That's awesome you want to go into mental health. I was thinking about of emergency medicine but I don't know if I can work in the ER with just a FNP license or if I'll have to go back to school, so we'll see...

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Hi.

Congratulations on getting everything in for the application! That's a good question regarding working in the ER with a FNP license. Not sure.

I think SMU starts reviewing applications in Dec. to then send off to faculty. Hopefully, we'll hear by Feb. for interviews! Let's keep each other posted.

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February is too long...

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One of the admission people i emailed with, said they most likely won't be reviewing applications until after the 1st of the New Year

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One of the admission people i emailed with, said they most likely won't be reviewing applications until after the 1st of the New Year

:clown:

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Hey guys! Would any of you mind sharing your gpa's? I am thinking of applying to this program next year but my cum. gpa will probably be fairly low (around 3.3). I wasn't sure if this was too low. My prereq gpa is much higher.

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Hey guys! Would any of you mind sharing your gpa's? I am thinking of applying to this program next year but my cum. gpa will probably be fairly low (around 3.3). I wasn't sure if this was too low. My prereq gpa is much higher.

For your cum. gpa, I think they only take the most recent 60 units. This works to my advantage because I did horrible my freshmen and sophomore year. :speechless: Luckily, as I got older, I saw the importance of education and (can't live off mommy and daddy forever) so I really pushed myself junior and senior year.

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Hey guys! Would any of you mind sharing your gpa's? I am thinking of applying to this program next year but my cum. gpa will probably be fairly low (around 3.3). I wasn't sure if this was too low. My prereq gpa is much higher.

My cumulative is a whopping 3.46 gpa. My prerequisite gpa is 3.57. My last 60 unit gpa is 3.96. TEAS was an 89.3% (88.1 Reading, 96.7 Math, 87.5 Science, and 90 English). Hope this helps!

Has anyone received any updates from SMU admissions regarding the program yet? The waiting is killing me!!!!

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Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone had heard back from SMU admissions yet regarding interview invites? Based on previous years forums, it looks like people started hearing back around the last week of January.

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Haven't heard anything yet... But, I did speak with NursingCAS last week and was told the academic update period isn't until mid-Feb. That makes me think that SMU will wait for the updated grades? Maybe? On the other hand, that is a really, really long wait then...

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