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!

On 1/11/2020 at 2:33 PM, AmyS4 said:

They are not doing interviews this year. They will make decisions based on details in our application.

Obviously could have changed this year, but last year when I was applying they conducted interviews for psych because it was so competitive. (Apparently 150 people applied for prespecialty psych, and there are 25 of us in the program now.) I’m not aware of any other specialties that conducted interviews, though.

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Gosh I wish they were doing interviews so we could have a chance to show our personality in another way, but nothing to do about it now unfortunately.

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On 12/16/2019 at 10:04 PM, ShellztheNP said:

Does anyone know if you can switch specialties after you’ve applied, or do you pretty much have to just stick with what you chose?

Technically you can try, but it is very hard to do and is not looked upon favorably at all. The program is designed for students who can blaze through two degrees in two years because they know exactly what they want to do.

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17 hours ago, Doulaseason said:

Hi all! I got this directly from the booklet they gave us at the open house in October. Last years applicant numbers. Hope it helps... and the school is definitely top notch atleast from what I saw! image.thumb.jpg.62c2f7e146c53aa5b9ef843e4985ab39.jpg

Does anyone know if they consider the students that were "Waitlisted" as "Accepted"? I am just curious why half/less than half enroll after acceptance.

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59 minutes ago, Ulmera said:

Does anyone know if they consider the students that were "Waitlisted" as "Accepted"? I am just curious why half/less than half enroll after acceptance.

I learnt that many people who apply here typically also apply for other schools. And if they made the cut here the probably also made it in other schools so it often comes down to the cost. Vanderbilt I hear doesn’t offer as much financial aid as other schools may. I mean unless you’re one of the three students who receive the full scholarships And it’s pretty expensive for the two years I think about 150k.

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Hope that male percentage goes up a little!

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20 hours ago, Doulaseason said:

Hi all! I got this directly from the booklet they gave us at the open house in October. Last years applicant numbers. Hope it helps... and the school is definitely top notch atleast from what I saw! image.thumb.jpg.62c2f7e146c53aa5b9ef843e4985ab39.jpg

Looking at this chart. Did they say what the difference in admitted and enrolled students was? Seems like a huge gap

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2 hours ago, Ulmera said:

Does anyone know if they consider the students that were "Waitlisted" as "Accepted"? I am just curious why half/less than half enroll after acceptance.

I am curious of the same thing. Seems like a huge difference.

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Specializes in Perinatal.

I can't Imagine “Waitlisted” as being considered in the “accepted” group. I remember reading or hearing out negative implications of a college having a matriculation from acceptance rate. I can’t remember exactly what the negative implications were but it’s why schools don’t want to accept students who are more likely to accept a different school. Does anyone else know what I’m talking about or heard something similar?

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29 minutes ago, ALA2020 said:

Looking at this chart. Did they say what the difference in admitted and enrolled students was? Seems like a huge gap

When they admit people who turn down the offer and attend another school, they roll the spot down to a waitlisted student. There were a total of 158 spots in our cohort, so that means there were 275 admitted students that declined spots. In some cases, there were students who dropped their spot right before school started, so they had to keep rolling admission down the waitlist until they found someone who hadn’t committed to another school and was willing to show up for orientation on a week’s notice.

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Does Vanderbilt make you sign a contract that you're promising not to work during the MDE? I know one school does, but I don't remember if it was Vanderbilt

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44 minutes ago, Barbiegirl1229 said:

Does Vanderbilt make you sign a contract that you're promising not to work during the MDE? I know one school does, but I don't remember if it was Vanderbilt

I don’t recall ever signing a contract. Technically we aren’t supposed to work, but plenty of people do. There was even a presentation during class by a group that wanted to hire nursing students part time.

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