[CEG]

Originally Posted by epiphany

Slightly off topic, but how about this as a practical and cost saving measure?

Take core courses from a cheap city/state university and then transfer them to a university that offers the NP program you want. I am at an expensive private university and wondering why I am paying top dollar for mediocre core classes when I can get it for almost free at the local city university. They don't offer the CNM or FNP which I want, but they do offer advanced patho, advanced pharm, etc. Anyone ever transferred in the midst of an NP program?

A lot of grad schools have very specific residency requirements and only allow a few, if any, transfer credits. So, I would only do that if you could clear it in advance with the school you are planning to attend. Otherwise you could end up taking the class/paying for the class twice.

[epiphany]

Originally Posted by CEG

So, I would only do that if you could clear it in advance with the school you are planning to attend.

I agree, you definitely want to do that. But seems like if it's doable, it's well worth it.

[mednurse]

I've been taking grad classes at UIC and I looooove it there, good luck.

[Dancie]

What about University of Cinncinatti online. Is this a good program? The only other program in my state is Vanderbilt but is to expensive.

[rigbyk]

It's so nice to have all this info before I even begin my application process! i spoke with one of my instructors today who is a doctoral student here at BC, and she worked in CA for a long time & even at UCSF for a while. She said UCSF has a fantastic program but when she visited she felt the atmosphere to be extremely competitive even among professors, so that was interesting to hear as well. She also said she had heard negative things about Yale, that it had perhaps gone downhill and that they've gone through several deans in the past few years? Hmm. And I don't seem to be hearing ANYTHING good about Columbia. I've heard some really good things about Georgetown though, and they offer a 50% scholarship I'm interested in!!! Wee! Though UIC would probably still be more affordable even WITH the scholarship if I were to get it..ha. I am really excited about UIC now as well. If I could just get my fiance into the law school in the city of our choice we'd be all set...Unfortunately law degree programs are a lot harder to get into than midwifery programs I fear...

Also, I wonder if I could take Advanced Pharm my last semester at BC? I know they allow undergrads who sign up to do the accelerated 5th year master's program to take advanced pharm in their junior or senior years, and I'd be a last semester senior. Though I don't know if I'll want the headache my last semester when I COULD take just 4 classes for the first time..

[naggytabby]

before you sign up for advanced pharm, check the regs/requirements (for your anp specialty, including cnm) for the state you wish to practice in after you graduate--some have restrictions on when you took advanced pharm before you graduate.

it happened to someone i know...

[beckinben]

Originally Posted by naggytabby

before you sign up for advanced pharm, check the regs/requirements (for your anp specialty, including cnm) for the state you wish to practice in after you graduate--some have restrictions on when you took advanced pharm before you graduate.

it happened to someone i know...

I second this - in my state, you must take adv. pharm, assessment, and patho after being accepted and matriculated into the MS program in order to get prescriptive authority. Glad I learned that before I signed up for one. I took the master's nursing theory, statistics, and research classes while finishing the BSN, instead.

Becki, SNM (graduating Aug 2006)

[lovingpecola]

****"the financial aid office and administration office were much more honest and upfront with me than YSN .... I've overheard gossip that the Yale administration is aware many potential students, esp. RNs, won't apply here because of the cost. "******* CAN YOU CLARIFY THIS PLEASE? (I am considering Yale, and I would love to get more of an actual student's perspective) ...
How was Yale dishonest with you?
UIC would have been cheaper for you only because you would have been a resident - knowing what you know now, would you still have chosen UIC over Yale *IF* they were the same price?

I just wanted to add my 2cents...the original poster was trying to compare schools including Yale and Columbia, and I just wanted to clarify something said in the first reply to the post....YES, Yale is very, very expensive...but Columbia is much, much MORE expensive than Yale, in fact more than $30,000 MORE than Yale....and my award package from Columbia is WORSE.

I agree UIC is a great school, by rankings especially. BUT, if you are an out-of-state applicant, the cost is over $12,000 per semester (as quoted in the info session), which is about the SAME as Yale and (as previous posters have said) don't count on having in-state tuition-but if you can somehow manage this, I'd go for it. I visited UIC and was not at all impressed, but maybe that was just my experience...I agree with the advice to not ignore your state schools...LOL, but there are some states that don't have these programs (including mine)! I wish I would have been more impressed with UIC, I was so excited about it before I actually arrived there and had my so-called information session!

**This is not to take anything away from the folks who are posting who actually attended or are currently attending these programs because they (obviously) have the first-hand experience of what these programs are like, and I haven't began my program yet!**

[Selke]

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[epiphany]

anyone from UPenn midwifery program