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?
Nervous! Just trying to relax and do a bit of practicing. If I understand correctly, they're only interviewing 125 people this year, right? As opposed to last year where they interviewed 150? I'm wondering if they're going to admit the same number of people that they typically do (around 80-85ish?), in which case our odds are slightly better, yes? Haha, maybe I'm overthinking this.
I'm looking forward to meeting fellow applicants. I dunno what I'm going to do with myself on Friday after my interview (I'm in the morning session, so I'll be done by noon). I'm staying for the informal session on Saturday, so I have all day/night on Friday.
haha. Don't worry...I calculate odds the first time I hear information like that too. You're not the only one!!!
See, I've heard they only accept around 60 people per cohort...is it bad that I counted the number of people in the picture they display on the MEPN page??? I'm not crazy I promise...
I am also going for the informal session on Saturday. Hopefully I'll get to meet you then :)
Yeah, I believe it's 80+ students in each MEPN class. It used to be a few students smaller, and then they received a funding increase so they enlarged the size of incoming cohorts slightly.
Actually they apparently LOST funding this year. At least they're not funding my specialty this year. They decided this after I had already applied. I wondered why they hadn't gotten back to me with a rejection or interview time. After stalking the admissions office they finally asked me for my cell no. and that the dean was to call me later that night. Anyway, someone from the Dean's office then called and broke the news that they had lost funding for my speciality and that "someone" would call me (why? not sure). Switching to another specialty was not an option. Bummer, UCSF!
thuyd527
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I'm in the morning session as well. So nervous! Good luck everyone!