The MEPN deadline is less than 2 months away, so I thought I'd get a thread started for us 2012 hopefuls!
I'm a first time applicant to the WHNP/CNM specialty, and feel like I've been getting ready to submit this application for so long! I've been working abroad for a public health NGO for the past couple of years and am a trained birth doula. I've finished up all of my prereqs and GREs, selected people for recommendations (including a slightly awkward visit to my undergraduate advisor...), so now I'm just drafting my essays. Does anyone even know what the application is supposed to look like this year? I'm just going off samples I've seen from previous years.
Some days I feel sort of confident about my chances, and other days I feel as though this is a total shot in the dark and definitely not going to work out!
Any other hopefuls out there? And anyone know when the application is actually going to open?
last year my letter stated that there were over 600 applicants and 150 were chosen to interview for 84 spots. Maybe the number of apps did go down this year...??!!
I have an interview on the 27th as well!
Congrats magallanes! Does the 600 or 500 applicants mean TOTAL applicants or just the applicants for that one specific program?
Does the 600 or 500 applicants mean TOTAL applicants or just the applicants for that one specific program?
I'm fairly certain that they mean that OVERALL there were 500 to 600 applicants that applied to all the specialties. The number of available slots for each of the specialties varies from year to year. UCSF said they receive more applicants to the NP specialties vs. CNS
OK. Still nothing!!! I must admit - I called the admissions office yesterday. Guess they're sending the letters out in batches. Clearly it's not relegated to interviews vs. rejections, but still! Is there anyone else in SF still waiting??? It's killin' me!
Thanks LookingAhead, I really appreciate the support. It feels good to know that even though we're all essentially going for the same spots, we seem to have each other's backs. :[anb]:
t_heart - I was a PNP applicant. Best of luck to you!!!!
To those who didn't get an interview this year - I'm so sorry and I hope you keep trying. I was completely stunned when I opened my letter and saw that I got an interview; I had thoroughly convinced myself that it wouldn't be happening for me this year. It seems hard to understand what they're looking for when so many fantastic applicants get denied. Hugs to all!
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Congrats magallanes! Does the 600 or 500 applicants mean TOTAL applicants or just the applicants for that one specific program?