Yale GEPN 2014 Applicants

mzaur · Nov 13, 2013

Has anyone's application status page changed? Mine is still the same with the green checkmarks, etc.

wellthen · Nov 13, 2013

amberger101 I petitioned to have my GRE waived with success. I was also a bit nervous about it simply because the petition prompt was pretty general and I didn't want to write the "wrong" things. I ended up just paralleling my experiences of writing and publishing scholarly articles with what the GRE seeks to measure e.g. results section is analogous to quantitative reasoning/discussion being comparable to analytical writing. Then I summarized by arguing why my publication experiences were a much more accurate indicator for all of what the GRE measures. Good luck and I'm sure you will be a very strong candidate in your cohort!!

RDHtoDNP, MSN, RN · Nov 15, 2013

Has anyone's application status page changed? Mine is still the same with the green checkmarks, etc.

Hi mzaur, my status page still reads exactly as yours does. Does anyone know if the first year GEPN is considered undergrad for financial aid purposes? mzaur, I came across one of your posts on another thread and you mentioned something about how some direct entry programs consider the first year as undergrad and that there's a limit to the amount an individual can take out in financial aid stafford loans for their undergrad education. Do you know if that's a lifetime max? Or is that for individuals who are still paying back their stafford loan when they enter the GEPN program? I received a stafford loan to help pay for my undergrad tuition back in 2002 but have since paid that off along with my other loans. So, I will be entering next fall without any previous student loans pending payment. Any info you might have would be appreciated. Thank you! :)

mzaur · Nov 16, 2013

Hi mzaur, my status page still reads exactly as yours does. Does anyone know if the first year GEPN is considered undergrad for financial aid purposes? mzaur, I came across one of your posts on another thread and you mentioned something about how some direct entry programs consider the first year as undergrad and that there's a limit to the amount an individual can take out in financial aid stafford loans for their undergrad education. Do you know if that's a lifetime max? Or is that for individuals who are still paying back their stafford loan when they enter the GEPN program? I received a stafford loan to help pay for my undergrad tuition back in 2002 but have since paid that off along with my other loans. So, I will be entering next fall without any previous student loans pending payment. Any info you might have would be appreciated. Thank you! :)

GEPN students are treated as graduate students the whole time for financial aid purposes, so you'll be eligible for graduate stafford and grad plus loans -- stafford loans do have a limit (which is separate from the undergrad limit) but grad plus don't.

Since I hit my undergrad loan limit (55k) due to doing a post-bac, I cannot apply to some programs which count the first year as undergrad (U Penn, Columbia, Rochester, Northeastern, OHSU, and maybe some others).

RDHtoDNP, MSN, RN · Nov 16, 2013

thanks mzaur for sharing what you know about this! :)

RDHtoDNP, MSN, RN · Dec 5, 2013

just wanted to wish everyone luck on getting an interview!!! I'm getting excited as the date gets closer! The admissions office said they'll have decisions made by Dec 16th. Thinkin' positive and crossin' my fingers :)

droux · Dec 13, 2013

Dec 16th is just 4 days away, dun dun dun! Fingers crossed. I think it's awesome they are releasing decisions prior to the holidays, so we can all relax and not worry/wonder about it. Good luck to everyone and happy holidays!

mzaur · Dec 13, 2013

Anyone else get an email about their interview? I am scheduled on Jan 24th

JustD16 · Dec 13, 2013

Just got an email that my status had been updated and logged in to see the rejection letter. Good luck to everyone!!!

eb86 · Dec 13, 2013

Check the website!! interview invites are up!!

wellthen · Dec 13, 2013

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wellthen · Dec 13, 2013

I can't believe this is happening! See you guys on the 31st!!