Columbia ETP 2015

sweet03nesy · Dec 16, 2014

Definetly no car lol. The subway becomes your second home. Without a doubt in my mind, I love the program. It has exceeded all my expectations. However that's my personal experience. The staff is wonderful. The campus is small so it's my kind of learning. We get enough clinical experience. The hours are there but you need to make the most of them. During the summer we had clinical once/week plus 2 labs once/week. Fall and spring clinical twice a week and during integration for 6 weeks you follow the schedule of an assigned RN regardless if its nights and weekends. Plenty of time to fine tune your skills. However the program prepares you for the NCLEX, not to be a bedside nurse. They want advanced education NPs and DNPs. Totally different clinical experience. Keep the questions coming! Hope this is helpful. :)

GuiltyLove · Dec 16, 2014

Hm, but you will still get bedside nursing experience, right? I would imagine that it's still important. What do you mean by it prepares you to take the NCLEX? Does it mean that the classes have their tests structured similarly to the ones on the NCLEX?

snoozyd, NP · Dec 16, 2014

You said you definitely wouldn't need a car - is that true even for the specialty years? A lot of other schools strongly recommend having a car to get to clinical sites since they can be pretty far off campus. Does Columbia have enough connections in the city to guarantee clinical sites in the city, or at least easily accessible by public transit?

zoiKers · Dec 17, 2014

Yeah it would be nice being able to not have a car and not worry about parking. I like walking and public transportation.

sweet03nesy · Dec 17, 2014

You get plenty of bedside experience during the ETP year for sure. It's not necessary to have a car unless you live outside the city. If they give you a site outside the city, like Nyack, they provide transportation for you. I believe even for the specialties, you can still reach the sites by public transportation. Some exams are NCLEX style others are not.

zoiKers · Dec 18, 2014

That's good to hear that they provide the transportation if its out of the city! :yes:

Gradschoolmeg · Dec 18, 2014

Hey guys! How's everyone holding up? It's been a month since submission -__- makes me super antsy lol... Is anyone else still taking courses?

GuiltyLove · Dec 18, 2014

I really want to find out results faster than mid-Feb...

Gradschoolmeg · Dec 18, 2014

Snoozyd, you most def dont need a car in the city!! I live in Manhattan and have a car which is a major pain!!!!... our mass transit system (although sometimes annoying bc we're spoiled nyers lol).. works wonders! There's a train and bus that goes everywhere and anywhere within NYC =)

Hope that helps

sz1991 · Dec 18, 2014

Super nervous :bored: . The only prerequisite I have left is my Micro course which i'll be taking over Spring, along with graduating from my undergraduate program.

Gradschoolmeg · Dec 18, 2014

I have my A&P Left which I start Jan 6th super nervous.. and I too, graduate in May =) ... I would really love to get into this program

sophs12 · Dec 18, 2014

Ahh, so nervous... How are we going to wait 7 more weeks?

No one has gotten the instructions for submitting fall grades, right? I was debating just sending an updated screenshot of my transcript, but the emails said they'll provide instructions