I'm getting ready to apply to the Columbia's ETP for 2010. I was just wondering who else was applying and what you were doing to make your application stronger! Also where else are you applying and what do your stats look like (GPA, GRE, experience, etc) ? I'm getting nervous as I start the whole application process and just thought I'd turn to the forums for some support and guidance!
I'm looking forward to sharing the journey with y'all! Hope to hear from you soon! :)
I'm in on this ride too... I'm from SF and applied to schools only in SF & NY. We'll see where I end up. I can't wait to get into any program & start this journey! I truly believe I'll be happy in either city! Good luck to everyone!
good luck everyone!I also applied to NYU, JHU, and TJU, as well as Drexel. Quick question though, the acceptance letters for all of these schools come at different times and lets say you get accepted somewhere but the deadline to give your yes or no comes before you get your acceptance/rejection from another school...how can you go about knowing beforehand...?? or do you just gamble and hope you got in and tell the school you got accepted to that you arent attending?? Im sort of in this predicament...
I know, it's such a predicament! I applied to Columbia and will apply to TJU and Drexel next year if I don't get into Columbia. NYU's too expensive, but it would be my first choice. I would love to go to Columbia, especially considering that it has fewer required courses than TJU or Drexel. Oh, the wait!!
I am hoping to get into JHU or Columbia, but whomever accepts me first will probably get me. I don't like uncertainty, and I really need to plan ahead for my family, and I just need to know where I'll be going as soon as possible- especially if it means relocating.
The programs are all a huge financial sacrifice, but none is so much more than the other as to make it not an option, I guess.
when it comes to tuition... I also still have loans from undergrad... but I think before getting too worried, we have to get in first, right? When it comes down to it though, I'd rather pay for a better education than go through nursing school and come out unprepared and not confident with my skills.
anyway... I just made a trip to NY this past weekend to visit the Columbia Nursing "campus." I guess I got there just in time for a rainy, cold, windy (my face got chapped! haha) weekend and left right when it started to clear up!
If there are any other out-of-staters applying, I would really recommend visiting the campus! Its definitely not near the heart of the city, about a half hour up on the subway actually. And oh, my experience on the subway........
The admissions counselor did confirm to me that decisions would be sent out in February (mid-february to be exact). If you're accepted, there's a "visit day" in March. Apparently there is a tour where current students guide groups that are assigned according to geographical location... so you can ask about the school, but also the move and transition to NYC life if you're not from around there... I thought that was great.
He also broke down the program for me... about 500 people apply, about 150 get in. If accepted, classes usually start the wednesday after memorial day (this year that's 6/2), but he said nothing is set in stone yet. The first 9 weeks he called "BOOT CAMP" include 19 credits (yikes!?!) all in the classroom.
After that, "5 by 5"s start, where you do 5 weeks in 5 areas of specialty... peds, adult care, womens health, mental care and community health. There are classes 3x per week and clinicals once. This goes from sept-jan I believe.
After that is "integration" which lasts from Jan-May. you have classes 2x/wk and clinicals 2x/wk too.
Then tada, you're done with your first year, take AND PASS! the NCLEX (pass rate about 98% first time and 100% second time), and have basically caught up with the rest of students in the master's program...
I hope I got this info right, any current students who want to comment or point out any mistakes, please do!
Which areas of specialty did you guys apply for? I applied for Psychiatric/Mental Health
Hello everyone. I too applied at Columbia and this wait is so nerve racking. UCSF is my first choice, but I know the competition is tough. I also applied to Yale and University of Hawaii. They all have the same prerequisites, except University of Hawaii doesn't required the GRE and application is not due until Jan. 2 BTW I applied for FNP. What's your specialty? NYC seems a great city to live in, but man talking about $$$
Thanks Stacy. My impression of the school was alright, just different (especially from what I'm used to over here on the West Coast). But overall, I loved the trip, was impressed with the school, and when it comes down to it, I would love to move to NY, financial worries put aside :)
The subway was only scary because I had trouble figuring it out! I guess it's what I get for living in a state with absolutely no public transportation
i recently wrapped up the first round of applications so i'm equally as anxious and nervous as all of you. i've applied to ucsf, jhu, yale, nyu and columbia for nurse-midwifery. ucsf is by far my first choice but i realize that it's incredibly difficult to get into. with that thought in mind, i figured i should visit the other schools and speak to students and faculty about their experiences so i could (hopefully) determine what the next best fit would be.
i know everyone is swamped with pre-reqs and work (as am i) but my three day trip was so worthwhile that i highly recommend it to anyone who's even a tad uncertain about where to tackle grad school. i spent one day touring and sitting in on classes at yale, another at jhu, and my last day was split between columbia and nyu. my trip allowed me to get a feel for the faculty i'd potentially be working with, the type of cohort (e.g. cut-throat, friendly, supportive...) i'd by amongst, and the environment that would become my home for the next three years.
honestly, i had preconceived notions about each place that i'm sure would have played into my final decision. my visit was able to reveal things about each location that endless hours of forum lurking and internet searching simply could not ever deliver. for example, i left california with the firm notion that my excitement over jhu's program was going to be crushed as soon as i got a look at where i'd have to live (the same can be said for columbia). this idea was compounded by all the unfavorable posts i'd read about baltimore. after meeting with an admissions counselor, sitting in on classes and speaking with students i quickly fell in love with jhu! it would be awesome to go to columbia and live in ny, but the opportunities and resources that are available at jhu, combined with the type of one on one attention i received, made me feel so good! baltimore may not be the best area, but living there would be extraordinarily cheaper than living in ny (or sf for that matter) and ultimately we're pursuing the education, not the cool city, right?
i was able to make the trip because i had friends i could stay with, found a cheap ticket, could switch classes around and take the days off from work. not everybody has that luxury, but if you do you should go! prior to visiting i was going to base the most important decision of my life thus far on other people's opinions and rankings that aren't always accurate. instead, i found faculty members that i wanted to talk to in person, admissions counselors that were more than willing to meet with me, and students that were candid with their thoughts. i now feel like i can make a decision and get behind it 110%.
sorry this is so long, but i thought that my experience was worth sharing because, like all of you, i am deadly afraid of going into so much debt and not being certain i made the right decision. when up to $140,000 is on the line, what's another few hundred to ensure that your heart and your mind are in the right place?
ps: for the future midwives that have applied to ucsf and are reading this, i must include this bit of info- one to two students at every school were quick to tell me how they would have gone to ucsf for my specialty if they had the option. the other programs are strong as well, but one student at columbia even claimed that "ucsf's midwifery program is far superior". her comment might be a reflection of her personal experience, but it's worth noting nonetheless.
Has anyone heard back about Columbia ETP interviews yet? Yale is getting back to people this week and I'm hoping I'll get a Columbia interview around the same time so I can just take one flight . . . trying to distract myself! :roll
Please let me know if anyone has heard anything yet!
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I'm in on this ride too... I'm from SF and applied to schools only in SF & NY. We'll see where I end up. I can't wait to get into any program & start this journey! I truly believe I'll be happy in either city! Good luck to everyone!