UCLA MECN 2021

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Hi everyone!

I am planning on applying to UCLA's MECN program for 2021 and since I did not see a thread here yet I wanted to get one going for us to share questions and concerns. Good luck to everyone!

Specializes in psych.

Hi everyone the only email I have received from UCLA was the one that said my application was received back in November, are there other emails I should have received? Starting to freak out LOL 

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Will this be the week my hopes and dreams are brutally crushed?!?

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17 minutes ago, lmft2np said:

Will this be the week my hopes and dreams are brutally crushed?!?

Sending you and everyone else good vibes and positive energy. But to be honest, I am coping with my fears by just trying to ignore the fact that results can come out at any moment now haha

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I've been doing some research into direct entry MSN programs and noticed that although John Hopkins (#1) is ranked higher than UCLA (#20) (in terms of 2021 Best Nursing Schools: Masters) their acceptance rates are much higher than UCLA's. Does anyone have an idea why? I am thinking JHU may simply just have more seats open that allows them to accept students into the university. What are your thoughts?

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18 minutes ago, jasonf said:

I've been doing some research into direct entry MSN programs and noticed that although John Hopkins (#1) is ranked higher than UCLA (#20) (in terms of 2021 Best Nursing Schools: Masters) their acceptance rates are much higher than UCLA's. Does anyone have an idea why? I am thinking JHU may simply just have more seats open that allows them to accept students into the university. What are your thoughts?

I had a really hard time parsing out how useful rankings would be for entry level programs like UCLA's MECN. The ranking of masters programs generally would potentially be inclusive of advanced practice NP programs as well as entry level ones like this one so I am not sure if it's the best metric for figuring out how good a program is. I personally weighed things like what hospital systems were affiliated with the school for clinicals/hiring after, what focus the program seemed to have, and location (as I look out the window at snow, LA sounds pretty good right now LOL)... but I definitely felt a bit like I was guessing what with the huge variance in ABSN and entry level masters programs.

 

It makes a lot of sense to me though that JHU is #1 - they're so highly ranked in everything medical and I know they do a lot of nursing specific research. Another impression I have is that the private programs like Columbia and JHU seem to have bigger cohorts and as private institutions they are super expensive so I could see that impacting acceptance rates.

 

Either way super excited (and terrified) that we will know soon for better or worse! I am really hoping everyone gets into the program that is best for them be it UCLA or elsewhere!!

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On 1/30/2021 at 7:00 PM, MonaRN said:

Hi everyone the only email I have received from UCLA was the one that said my application was received back in November, are there other emails I should have received? Starting to freak out LOL 

I think you are OK! I got a follow up email in January because when I submitted in November I was still waiting on some transcripts so they emailed me when the application was complete after I sent them in. If you had everything in at the time of submission maybe they don't send anything like that. Good luck!!

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33 minutes ago, jasonf said:

I've been doing some research into direct entry MSN programs and noticed that although John Hopkins (#1) is ranked higher than UCLA (#20) (in terms of 2021 Best Nursing Schools: Masters) their acceptance rates are much higher than UCLA's. Does anyone have an idea why? I am thinking JHU may simply just have more seats open that allows them to accept students into the university. What are your thoughts?

Yeah I do think it has a lot to do with the number of seats they have. JHU accepts around 160 and Columbia 200. This is the main reason why I decided to apply to those schools in addition some California schools. The prestige of kind of intimidated me but after researching I realized I probably have a better chance there over any school here. Also makes me wonder how they are able to accommodate such large cohorts with clinical placements and all and why that can’t be the norm. Anyway I really hope we hear back soon as in February and not March haha.

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Finally February! It seemed like it took forever for us to get to this month. This is my first time commenting on here. I’m excited and anxiously waiting to hear back. Best of luck to us all ? 

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Has anyone spoken to the department recently? I asked (MODERATOR EDIT OF NAME) about a month ago and he said most likely first 2 weeks feb, but for sure by end of month. Curious if this is still what we can expect. 

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Hi y'all, current MECN 1 here. If it helps to assuage your worries, I got my acceptance email on Feb 6 last year!

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1 minute ago, jbruin22 said:

Hi y'all, current MECN 1 here. If it helps to assuage your worries, I got my acceptance email on Feb 6 last year!

thank you for letting us know! I saw that the year before got their results in late Feb.... I hope we get ours sooner than later! 

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You guysssss. Woke up to a bunch of emails with your comments made me think the results are out ?? Sending extra luck and sleep to everyone out here bc I know I'll need some 

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