Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) AGACNP 2024

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Creating a thread for anyone who applied for the AGACNP track beginning next fall as I don't see one on here or Reddit at the moment. Best of luck to all!

Specializes in ICU.

Hey everyone! 
 

I just got accepted  and am glad there is a group started here. I'm coming from Washington state. I still need to pay for the deposit. 
How is everyone feeling about getting in? Have you all started looking into how to pay for school? I think that's my biggest stressor as I got accepted this late. 

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Hi and welcome Jen, apologies for this delayed response, was on PTO and didn't see your message. I'll just speak for me and maybe others can chime in, but I feel great to be in the program, I'm coming into this tbh really just looking to learn more and see what the world of APP has in it, I don't necessarily plan to stop my current career however. I saved the $ for this program, so I can't speak to the loan options on this one, but I know when I did my undergrad I sure hated the interest rates at that time after I got out 😞 and I doubt much has changed. Anyhow. Hope to see you with the rest of us soon!

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Mattie1286 said:

Hi and welcome Jen, apologies for this delayed response, was on PTO and didn't see your message. I'll just speak for me and maybe others can chime in, but I feel great to be in the program, I'm coming into this tbh really just looking to learn more and see what the world of APP has in it, I don't necessarily plan to stop my current career however. I saved the $ for this program, so I can't speak to the loan options on this one, but I know when I did my undergrad I sure hated the interest rates at that time after I got out 😞 and I doubt much has changed. Anyhow. Hope to see you with the rest of us soon!

Wow. So you're going to drop $80,000 on an NP Program when you don't think you even want to be an NP? I hope there's no one on this thread who didn't get in bc you took a spot in the program. I don't think you're going to be received well by your fellow classmates if you show up to block and express that mindset. Cringe.

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OK that feels a little judgy...may I clarify? I should have said I don't plan to stop my current job *just yet*.

 

I never said I don't want to be an NP. I've wanted to be an NP for a long time, I've just been waiting until I was best able and felt ready for the schooling and had saved enough. I felt the same when I approached my CNA, my RN, and my BSN. And to be honest I love my job and having an ACNP would be infinitely helpful to it in the case that I keep doing it awhile longer before moving into an NP role. Many of my coworkers also have their ACNP yet still have our RN position, it's not uncommon. I do hope to get an ACNP role when the program is done as long as I can find something that feels as good to me as my current job does, so like I said I'm keeping an open mind on what's next. I live in an area with lots of competition for jobs so I need to be open to looking for potentially awhile after school for the right fit. She asked how we feel, and seeing as nobody else answering I gave my honest response, but please don't think I'm just taking up a space simply sightseeing through this program cuz that's not it. And yeah maybe they will, but I hope my classmates won't judge me based on these things, all the folks I met at our open house were super kind and supportive so I dunno. Anyhow, I'm nervous but excited to meet you all this week and get started.

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