Vanderbilt 2020 Pre Specialty

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I am making a post for all programs I am applying for that I have not seen thus far. I have been going into rabbit holes of previous year's posts for schools I am applying for. Vanderbilt has been my top choice since I decided to go into direct entry nursing the end of my sophomore year of college, so it seems only fitting to make a post for it. I am applying for the PMNHP specialty and look forward to reading posts and getting to know everyone!

Specializes in Psychology.

Is it true that the whole program is 2 years (6 semesters)? 3 semesters for the PreSpecialty year and 1 year for the Specialty year?

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Specializes in Psychology.
On 2/15/2020 at 11:01 AM, Doulaseason said:

I got in for Psych and this is very very big for me! The Scholarship offer was also pretty tempting so now I’m Super grateful! It’s all narrowed down to Penn , Yale and Vanderbilt! For those in similar predicaments we can trade ideas in the Facebook group! Happy to meet you all and congratulations !!

I’m also in psych! Did you get the full tuition offer? I got 10k but the pricetag of the program is kinda scary..

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59 minutes ago, Psych99143 said:

Is it true that the whole program is 2 years (6 semesters)? 3 semesters for the PreSpecialty year and 1 year for the Specialty year?

Yes, for most specialties. PMHNP is 6 semesters. There are a couple that take longer. Midwifery is definitely 30 months. And the dual specialties are longer.

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On 2/14/2020 at 7:14 PM, hootoFNP said:

I was accepted for pre-specialty FNP!

Hey @hootoFNP,

I'm assuming you went to UVA based on your username? Congratulations on your acceptance to the FNP program! I'm currently a 3rd year at UVA looking to apply for next year's cycle of applicants and was wondering if you had any advice in terms of the application? Assuming you went to UVA, did you apply while in school or did you work for few years and apply?

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This may be a silly question, but does anyone happen to know what month/year graduation would be for the prespecialty cohort starting this fall? Specifically FNP?

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Specializes in Psychology.

Hi all! Does anyone (especially current students) have a list of scholarships that alternate entry students can apply for? I’ve submitted applications to all of the scholarship suggestions in the VUSN Financial Aid email. Love this program but I’m concerned about the loan debt. It looks like the HRSA scholarship has not been released yet.

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Nurse Corps Scholarship Applications are Available. Here are some answers to common questions and clarifications of common misinformation:

2020 Nurse Corps Scholarship Program

Accepting applications through Thursday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. ET

Apply Here:

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/loans-scholarships/nurse-corps/scholarship?utm_campaign=The+2020+Nurse+Corps+Scholarship+Program+application+cycle+is+no&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

1. They pay your tuition and fees

2. They give you a $3000 lump sum in the fall.

3. They give you a $1200 monthly stipend.

4. If you get it for 1 year, you will have to give 2 years of service;

5. if you recieve it for 2 years, you will owe 2 years of service.

6. You choose your job--it has to be at an HRSA high needs site--many in urban and rural locations

7. They usually only have enough funds to support full time students.

8. You can take a year for a nurse residency after graduating before doing your service

8a. You can take a year off of school approved by Vandy and return to school and still have your scholarship

9. Vandy students have a very high rate of getting this scholarship

10. Vandy Financial Aid does a good job of administering this scholarship

11. You can still get a loan if you have financial aid approved life costs greater than the $1200/month

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Specializes in Psychology.
30 minutes ago, KCKPsychNPstude said:

Nurse Corps Scholarship Applications are Available. Here are some answers to common questions and clarifications of common misinformation:

2020 Nurse Corps Scholarship Program

Accepting applications through Thursday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. ET

Apply Here:

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/loans-scholarships/nurse-corps/scholarship?utm_campaign=The+2020+Nurse+Corps+Scholarship+Program+application+cycle+is+no&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

1. They pay your tuition and fees

2. They give you a $3000 lump sum in the fall.

3. They give you a $1200 monthly stipend.

4. If you get it for 1 year, you will have to give 2 years of service;

5. if you recieve it for 2 years, you will owe 2 years of service.

6. You choose your job--it has to be at an HRSA high needs site--many in urban and rural locations

7. They usually only have enough funds to support full time students.

8. You can take a year for a nurse residency after graduating before doing your service

8a. You can take a year off of school approved by Vandy and return to school and still have your scholarship

9. Vandy students have a very high rate of getting this scholarship

10. Vandy Financial Aid does a good job of administering this scholarship

11. You can still get a loan if you have financial aid approved life costs greater than the $1200/month

Thank you for sending over these details! Do you know if you can still get the scholarship if you defer admission for one year (similar to taking a year off)?

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14 minutes ago, Psych99143 said:

Thank you for sending over these details! Do you know if you can still get the Scholarship if you defer admission for one year (similar to taking a year off)?

If you defer that would not be the same as taking a year off after enrolled. If you know now that you are going to defer your start date, wait and apply for the Fall 2021 cycle of the Nurse Corps Scholarship.

If you think that you will decide to defer after you apply then as soon as you decide to defer, inform Nurse Corps and pull your application out of consideration.

You can reapply the following school year even if you pulled your application a previous year--this I know because I did it. I applied for fall 2018, defered my start date, pulled my app out of consideration for the scholarship, reapplied for fall 2019 and received the scholarship.

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Anyone know if there is a facebook group?

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33 minutes ago, O3M5W8 said:

Anyone know if there is a facebook group?

this one is for all the VUSN searching for roommates and doing book sales/ exchanges: https://www.facebook.com/groups/8753174297/

I don't know if Fall 2020 has created a separate page

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On 3/23/2020 at 6:08 PM, KCKPsychNPstude said:

Nurse Corps Scholarship Applications are Available. Here are some answers to common questions and clarifications of common misinformation:

2020 Nurse Corps Scholarship Program

Accepting applications through Thursday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. ET

Apply Here:

https://bhw.hrsa.gov/loans-scholarships/nurse-corps/scholarship?utm_campaign=The+2020+Nurse+Corps+Scholarship+Program+application+cycle+is+no&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

1. They pay your tuition and fees

2. They give you a $3000 lump sum in the fall.

3. They give you a $1200 monthly stipend.

4. If you get it for 1 year, you will have to give 2 years of service;

5. if you recieve it for 2 years, you will owe 2 years of service.

6. You choose your job--it has to be at an HRSA high needs site--many in urban and rural locations

7. They usually only have enough funds to support full time students.

8. You can take a year for a nurse residency after graduating before doing your service

8a. You can take a year off of school approved by Vandy and return to school and still have your scholarship

9. Vandy students have a very high rate of getting this scholarship

10. Vandy Financial Aid does a good job of administering this scholarship

11. You can still get a loan if you have financial aid approved life costs greater than the $1200/month

Hi! I am considering applying. When you say choose your job, is that out of certain options they provide? Or is it you choose the location and job and they have to approve it?

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