UCSF MEPN 2016

occrn1 · Feb 1, 2016

does anyone have the link to past MEPN threads that shows when final notifications were sent out in past years? I remember seeing it somewhere but I can't find it now.

guest2016 · Feb 1, 2016

The AGNP group was told at the MEPN meet-and-greet on Saturday that the meeting of the admissions committee was on Feb. 11, and that we could expect email notification to check our status online on or around Feb. 19, hopefully.

fpjc · Feb 1, 2016

Here are the dates for the last few years

Interview Notifications:

2010: December 9-16

2011: December 4-5

2012: December 8

2013: December 10

2014: December 7-10

2015: December 4

Interviews:

2010: January 20, 22, 29

2011: January 21, 28

2012: January 20, 27

2013: January 18, 25

2014: January 24, 31

2015: January 23, 30

Final Notification:

2010: March 3-15

2011: February 23

2012: February 23

2013: February 7

2014: February 14

2015: February 19

emara9 · Feb 4, 2016

I am getting so anxious about admissions decisions! I keep wanting to plan things like where I'd live, what I need to do to prepare, etc and we haven't even heard back yet hahaha. It's torture waiting for this.

holahawaii · Feb 4, 2016

I feel the same

how do you feel about your interview?

emara9 · Feb 4, 2016

I feel pretty good about it. My interviewers were very nice and conversational and even asked me some personal questions that weren't on the list which showed some interest so that was great. I tried not to think too much about it afterwards though, because I don't want to critique every word I said because obviously there's nothing I can do about it now. I tend to make myself way more anxious than necessary so I'm avoiding that :sarcastic: I'm really hopeful and feeling like I still have a good chance, so we'll see after this torture-fest haha. How about you? And everyone else?

guest2016 · Feb 5, 2016

It does seem like quite a long time to wait. I'm fairly sure I didn't get in, so I'm working on figuring out how to make the best of my second-choice option. It's a lower-tier school with a curriculum that won't prepare me as well for clinical practice. I'm hoping to find time to do extra clinical shifts and volunteering while I'm in school and perhaps find a UCSF preceptor for my graduate-level practicum. Anyone else thinking about their Plan B?

In the meantime, there is an LGBTQI health care symposium at UCSF on Sat., Feb. 20. Tickets for the general public are $20. Is anyone else going? I'd love to meet up with any of you there.

emara9 · Feb 5, 2016

Why are you fairly sure you didn't get in?? I felt good, but that really doesn't say anything. Who knows how my interview compared with the others :/ I also think I was the youngest in my group, which is sometimes a deterrent because they think people in their mid-20's are more likely to change their minds/are too immature for a career commitment (which isn't the case for me). So, who really knows! As far as plan B, I have three lower-tier schools I'm waiting to hear back from, one I have a phone interview with on Tuesday. I'm also waiting on Columbia which isn't going to be easier than UCSF. I just really hope Columbia works out if UCSF doesn't, because after doing more research I'm really not excited about the other schools (they were simply backups for me).

holahawaii · Feb 5, 2016

I felt positive coming out of the interview.... Butttt I did ramble on with 2 questions only. So I don't know! I don't think ur age has anything to do with admittance so stay positive!. I'm also in my mid 20's and in your group emara9(psych track)

guest2016 · Feb 7, 2016

I don't think that your age will county against you. If anything, it could help. The final question that I was asked in my interview was quite age-biased, in retrospect. To paraphrase, "Are you sure you can start over at your old(er) age?". I definitely can, and I have before, but I'm not sure I convinced them.

Both of my interviewers were pretty non-reactive. My interview was a series of questions and answers, not a conversation (though I tried hard to break the ice and connect). Later, I talked to a couple of other MEPN applicants interviewed by the team who interviewed me, and they had similar experiences. Still, I don't think that I really nailed the most important questions: Why nursing? What is the role of an NP? How will you help solve the challenges facing nursing today?

In the meantime, I'll just keep following the path I'm on and do my best to prepare, learn, and get involved in the nursing community.

a2rutherford · Feb 7, 2016

Hi,

I hope you're all well and not too anxious awaiting the news. I've tried hard to stay off the site to keep my nerves calm.

I believe fpjc is right about the decision date - somewhere around Feb 19; and I feel like it was around Valentines Day last year that I got a rejection letter (a pdf, via the application site)...but first there was an email regarding a change in the application status...

Enough about that. I'd just like to say how happy I was to meet those of you at the interviews and the mixer on 1/22 and 1/23. This group of finalists definitely has a lot of heart and a great diversity of experiences to bring to the program. I loved hearing some of your stories about how you came to choose nursing, and really (REALLY) hope to be able to get to know you as classmates.

Sappy much? Maybe I am PMSing a tiny bit, but I do mean what I said. :)

-Alex

emara9 · Feb 7, 2016

Yeah I totally understand what you mean. I was so nervous I felt like I was rambling and forgetting words at times... which freaks me out. But my interviewers were very conversational and relaxed, and always had a reaction which was great. But you really never know :/ I actually didn't get that last question, but the others I had reheorificed quite a bit so I had an idea of what to say for all of them. How it actually came out, I'm not sure because I was so nervous! And I tried not to think about my answers afterwards and critique myself because there's no point in doing that after the fact (unless I want to give myself an anxiety attack!). One question that I didn't do well on was the diversity question... it was something along the lines of "how would you work with diverse populations?" It was a weirdly-worded question, and seemed a little strange considering my experience. I've worked with diverse populations for years, it's really not something that I pinpoint and say to myself, "hey! these people are diverse and I'm working with them!" so it was pretty hard to answer. And honestly, I didn't feel that it was necessarily appropriate...? Felt very forced I guess. I didn't like it.