Vanderbilt Pre-Specialty MSN 2023

Updated:   Published

I'm applying to the Vanderbilt University Fall 2023 Pre-specialty MSN program and I just wanted to open up a topic since I hadn't seen one yet. I would appreciate and advice, tips, FAQ, experiences, etc.

I'd recommend checking your application in their system periodically, because I never got an email saying that mine had been updated - I only heard here that decisions were coming out, so I checked.  I just gave up my spot (after accepting initially) in the pre-specialty AGPCNP track, so hopefully that frees up a seat for some of you.  I was really looking forward to meeting you all and Vanderbilt was my tied-for-first choice, so maybe I'll end up there eventually.  Good luck to everyone!

1
Up Vote Up Vote ×
RobertS1030 said:

I'd recommend checking your application in their system periodically, because I never got an email saying that mine had been updated - I only heard here that decisions were coming out, so I checked.  I just gave up my spot (after accepting initially) in the pre-specialty AGPCNP track, so hopefully that frees up a seat for some of you.  I was really looking forward to meeting you all and Vanderbilt was my tied-for-first choice, so maybe I'll end up there eventually.  Good luck to everyone!

Did you decide to go to a different school or a different specialty? I was curious since I'm at an impasse with deciding if it makes better sense for me to get into computer science or go all in with nursing. 

Did anyone else think they got accepted reading the "We are very pleased you have applied," I kept pulling up my application, and every time, I thought I got accepted. But for anyone who keeps looking at their application, there will be a heading in the application portal titled "Status Update" that WILL appear above the heading "Application Checklist" once there is an update on your application. Good luck! 

1
Up Vote Up Vote ×
PsycheCare said:

Did you decide to go to a different school or a different specialty? . 

 

I really wanted to go to Vanderbilt, but another school made me an offer that I couldn't reasonably turn down, and it offered 100% on campus with an expectation of some serious research and somewhat more in depth experience on the generalist nursing side, which interests me the more I think about it.  It was just a personal decision for me since post-graduation income isn't a huge issue; I'm attracted to hospital nursing and the lifestyle potentially involved; I like the idea of working while doing my DNP/post-master's certificate; I'd like some experience before getting a NP credential (which was hard for me to admit); and I really want to use this to fully experience grad school and the challenge of pushing myself to get involved in things like research - I already have a graduate degree in another field, and did well in that program, but I'd like to experience grad school once in my life as a (sort of) mature person who's had some responsibility, instead of as a drunk 21-year-old new to the big city (though that's also a wonderful experience in its own right!). It seems like comp sci and nursing might have some useful intersections in health technology and data science! It's a hard decision to make, I know - I don't have your comp sci brains, but it kind of depends on what you see yourself doing later, the options you want, the kind of advancement and position you expect, whether you're comfortable with "buck stops here" type responsibility and professional judgment with respect to actual human lives (something I didn't appreciate until I started practicing in my original career; it's hard to know just how scary it is when you've only ever been a student).  One thing I can say looking back as an older person now is that you probably won't end up where you think you will now (I mean that in a good way), you'll be amazed in a few years how much serendipity determines your path, and that life is long and has lots of opportunities to try again - including changing careers or integrating a new one into what you do.  Good luck!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Future Student Midwife.
ChemGirl said:

Guys I have been sobbing for the last ten minutes. I am also in for CNM

Congratulations how are you liking the program if you accepted your spot? I applied this year and this thread is making me feel so seen because I'm not anxious like you all were last year!

1
Up Vote Up Vote ×
Cindy123 said:

Received an update today. I am waitlisted for the post-cert PMHNP and I will accept it. Does anyone know what are the chances of getting off the wait list for post-cert PMHNP? Good luck to those still waiting! 

Just FYI, "Waitlist clearing in some cases can be as late as July"

I applied to the full-time DNP PMHNP. Got waitlisted. Around late May or early June 2023, I received a letter of acceptance into their part-time DNP PMHNP program. However, I declined because I had already accepted my offer for UTHSC DNP dual cert FNP/PMH. God had a better plan for me ?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion