Columbia ETP 2015

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Has anyone started a thread yet? The application is due in 174 days and as you can see I'm already obsessing.

Anyone else?!

When I asked, they said it should end around 3 or 4pm.

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So, I also got into Boston College for WHNP and was waitlisted at Penn for the CNM/WHNP track. Given that I don't have a spot secured on the CNM track at Columbia, but would love to study midwifery there, I'm having the hardest time sorting through the pros and cons of attending. On the one hand, Boston College's program seems parallel in terms of quality and strength of relationships with preceptors at the teaching hospitals in Boston; it's also considerably less expensive. On the other hand, Columbia actually has a CNM track that I could potentially get into after the BS portion of the program is over, and the faculty are both impressive and well-situated in global health/international nursing which is definitely a professional goal of my own (to practice abroad). Does anyone have opinions about one program vs. the other, or thoughts?

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Bumblepea,

The international component was one of the reasons I declined Vanderbilt. I wonder if Columbia would tell you your waitlist position for CNM? That might help you with your decision. It's hard to gamble when you don't have the facts.

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Hi,

I just discovered this thread and am supper happy to have been admitted to this program. I got in for Psych. Anyway, if there is anyone interested in touching base with a current student at Columbia, please email the following address: [email protected]. They are really a great source of information.

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I got in for adult acute care. I also got into NYU's accelerated program (won't have to put a deposit down until June). /

Does anyone have any advice or can anyone help me weigh pro's and con's for both schools? My main concern is getting a BSN in 12 months, instead of 15 at NYU, and I might not do the MSN part in order to get ICU experience to go into anesthesia. Anything would help.

Hands down, CUSON is much better than NYUCN. I just withdrew from the latter this week and have never felt happier with my decision. NYUCN is truly a hungry money machine that does not care for its students. It is a much disorganized program. The communication is horrible and their interest in advancing students to the next level is false. Within the first week of starting, we were informed about a Dosage state exam that we needed to take at the beginning of March and were responsible for obtaining the books and materials to prepare for it. After shelling $300 bucks, we were then told that the school was going to pay for it. Needless to say, many of us were not given a refund for their oversight. They do not prepare you for clinical. The majority of students were thrown into patient rooms without even an inkling of what to say and do when introducing ourselves for the first time. The scholarship office is a joke. It was hard scheduling an appointment with a counselor, and when meeting with an advisor we were pretty much brushed off. The majority of outside aid is geared more towards their undergraduate students than the accelerated. With the exception of the Health and Promotion instructor, the first term instructors were horrible. I had one professor tell each student that asked a question during lecture, "That's a good question. Post it on the forum" and move along without answering. Another instructor followed what was called a flipped classroom – 30 minutes for a class quiz, 55 minutes for group case study, and 20 minutes to review the week's material. The concept is good, but I feel that 20 minutes is not enough to cover and review the assigned 4 chapters of the week and analyzing a case study is not conducive to learning when we have not even mastered the basics. All in all, those 3 weeks were horrible at NYUCN were horrible.

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Anyone know what the parking situation is like at Columbia? I'm thinking of driving down from Boston on Visiting Day.

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Unless the campus has a parking garage, I would say that street parking is very difficult and hard to come by. I have family who live in the neighborhood and are always on the hunt for parking.

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There is a large parking garage but I'm not sure how much it costs. Probably not cheap but it would be hard to find on street parking in the neighborhood.

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Admissions just responded, said there is plenty of private parking. Hopefully that also means parking passes for visiting potential students!

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Holy moly! Four days later and still on cloud nine after being accepted. Good as it feels though, reality is setting in as I ponder how the heck I'll pay for tuition + 2.5 years in NYC. I have 50k in outstanding loans from my previous degree, and I'm wondering if anyone else is in a similar situation. Are you guys looking into loan repayment programs (Nurse Corps, etc.)? How have past graduates managed their CUSON debt? Alright, I'll shut up about the money and enjoy the moment. Congrats to everyone and I look forward to meeting some of you at visiting day.

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Arrive early and look on streets a bit farther away from the actual hospital/school. The New York Presbyterian Hospital Garage is very expensive. There are much less expensive parking lots/garages closer to Broadway….just a few blocks away. You may even get lucky and find a spot on the street. Just be sure to read the signs carefully as there are alternate side of the street parking days in NYC.

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I just declined Columbia to go to UPenn. So if you are at the top of the waitlist, congratulations! Best of luck to you all!

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