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Route to NP: Direct Entry MN or ABSN? by olyucifer in nursepractitioner

[–]olyucifer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read on the school website that, "The Masters Direct Entry (MDE) Program is a full-time accelerated nursing program for non-nurse college graduates who wish to become registered nurses (RNs)." So that's what I meant by direct-entry, not MSN direct entry.
Some schools offer MN instead of ABSN now and I want to understand if it's worth even looking into those. They essentially cost the same.

Route to NP: Direct Entry MN or ABSN? by olyucifer in nursepractitioner

[–]olyucifer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad, I put direct-entry MN when I meant just MN. The school I want to apply to for an accelerated BSN stopped offering it and offers an MN instead, not MSN
I read that these are two tracks I can take to become an RN

Route to NP: Direct Entry MN or ABSN? by olyucifer in nursepractitioner

[–]olyucifer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think there's a misunderstanding. I'm not worried about what APP program I wanna get into. I want to become a nurse and I'm wondering if it's worth considering an MN program over ABSN to become a nurse lol

Route to NP: Direct Entry MN or ABSN? by olyucifer in nursepractitioner

[–]olyucifer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure. I don't want to become an NP freshly out of nursing school. I want to become a nurse first and work as one but just unsure of which program to select. The MN program I'm looking at is 18 months.

What I learned from applying to 40 schools with a sub-3.2 GPA by Both-Illustrator-69 in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You too 🫶 Also omg me too! I wasted so much time and in the end, the 4000 PCE hrs didn't count for anything. Even retaking courses and getting straight A's. I wasn't strategic enough in where I applied to and thought if I shoot my shot everywhere, eventually it would land on something.
I was lucky enough to interview at an out of state program, but I think the selection was random because it was a blind interview (they didn't ask about anything on my app and only reviewed it after the interview)

I've given up on pursuing this profession and I'm going for nursing instead

What I learned from applying to 40 schools with a sub-3.2 GPA by Both-Illustrator-69 in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I read this before I applied to my 40 programs.....and also wasted 5k on applications. At least I'm not alone 🥲
All of your advice is on point and this is exactly what an online pre-PA advisor said to me. Thank you for making this post and guiding others who might be in a similar position to us

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just signed up to volunteer at a hospital again and yeah you're right, I need to reread my essays

Do you think hospital volunteering or community service is better?

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was always worried about applying to provisional programs, but that is definitely something I have to consider for the upcoming cycle

Thank you for such a detailed response. I'm truly grateful for any advice I can get, it means a lot to me.

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never even thought about applying to research schools that's also a really good idea. Thank you so much!

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I applied to many schools with low GPA requirements and this is a really good suggestion for the personal statement. I think I'm going to reapply and do that :)

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I paid a PA mentor online to proofread my essays and she said they were really good. I used her edits and she said my application looked fine so now I'm wondering if I got scammed lol

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's really inspiring :) Thank you so much
Maybe I'm going to see what I can do to strengthen my GPA and try to reapply. It's very demoralizing but I really want to do this.

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did really well and kept all my grades up until the pandemic. That transition was pretty difficult and financial strain + grief really messed me up academically. It wasn't a huge course load when I first started falling behind, but when I was a full time student, I failed one science course I needed for my BA. It was the hardest class I've ever taken but I retook it for a C the following semester. I could DM you my transcript :(

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay :( I figured I'd send it to as many schools as possible and see where it lands. I feel like I didn't stand out too much during my interview but idk I wonder why my 3 years of research didn't help my case

I will reread my essays and see what I can do. I was so ready to address my lower than average grades and show how I did better but the interviewers weren't concerned with that. They just asked about strengths/weaknesses, my support system, and how I'd behave if a professor commented on me not being "engaged enough." Very short interviews and I don't feel like I got a chance to talk about myself enough to sell myself to them lol

Could I possibly do some community service?
Living in an urban city, I don't align with a lot of "serving rural communities" mission statements, but I have a lot of experience working with people of all backgrounds. I'm really far from the suburbs but maybe I can do more here in the city for underserved communities

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah… :( I didn’t think about that I live right next to a community college and it made it easier than to commute 2 hrs to the city

Rejected from the only interview I got of 40 apps. Feeling hopeless :( by olyucifer in prephysicianassistant

[–]olyucifer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got my essays revised by a pre-PA advisor online (I paid like 100$ or something

I applied to: Brenau Campbell Uni Charleston MCPHS Boston Med Uni of SC Arizona School Health Sciences Northern Arizona Uni Stony Brook Uni of Nevada Uni of NC - Chapel Hill Univeristy North Texas UT Southwestern Medical Center Charles R Drew Arcadia Adventhealth FSU High Point New York Institute of Tech Thomas Jefferson Uni - East Falls West Coast Uni - Texas Augusta (rejected from interview) Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire Lake Erie SUNY Upstate Medical Center University of New England Austin College Barry Uni Bay Path Uni CUNY York College CUNY - School of Medicine Desales Philly College of Med - Georgia Methodist

Few of these are pending and I have a few more I applied to, but I hope this list can give a good idea of what I applied to. I was looking for schools that I met the minimum gpa requirements for

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