Hey Everyone!
Just wanted to start this thread for those who are all applying to the Columbia School of Nursing MDE program for 2019 Entry.
I figured we could all share our thoughts/ questions/ concerns here, or just use this to meet some new people ?
My name is Gurdeep, I'm from NY, and I'm a recent Grad from Binghamton University. Looking forward to meeting all of you ?
I didn't know that. How much is the merit scholarship this year? If that is true, that's awful because tuition also goes up 3% every year. We were told that our merit scholarships comes from funding and that varies every year. We do know that finances is a concern for many current MDE students going into the DNP, since we'll be graduating with more debt than the Columbia medical students next door and we'll never make that an MD's salary. I highly recommend you attend visiting days everywhere and ask detail questions and see how faculty and administration respond. It will give you a sense of the programs here and whether you want to attend.
4 minutes ago, The_Salty_Cat said:I didn't know that. How much is the merit scholarship this year? If that is true, that's awful because tuition also goes up 3% every year. We were told that our merit scholarships comes from funding and that varies every year. We do know that finances is a concern for many current MDE students going into the DNP, since we'll be graduating with more debt than the Columbia medical students next door and we'll never make that an MD's salary. I highly recommend you attend visiting days everywhere and ask detail questions and see how faculty and administration respond. It will give you a sense of the programs here and whether you want to attend.
It's $15k. I know last year was $24k.
18 minutes ago, The_Salty_Cat said:Absolutely. No nursing school is perfect, but you should know the truth about the good and bad, especially when you're committing to a >100k tuition. We all wish we did our research better ? Though there are advantages of being in the city also.
Do you know if most of the MDE graduates stay and are employed as nurses in the city right after graduation?
Hey all! Regarding some fin aid questions, in my cohort, most students who filed FAFSA received a 24K need based scholarship. We also received merit scholarship added to the need based depending on whether or not we filled out an application composed of a few short essays. I believe the most anyone in my cohort received total was 32K (need based 24K + merit 8K). This is for 2018-2019 cohort. I know this varies a lot from year to year, so definitely seek to ask the school directly for your incoming class. Hope this helps!
1 hour ago, abcdenrse said:Do you know if most of the MDE graduates stay and are employed as nurses in the city right after graduation?
Most of the MDE graduates don't continue into the DNP and they work as RNs for 1-3 years before returning back to NP school. It really depends on what you want to do. Some people fall in love with bedside nursing and stay working as RNs forever. It's hard to stay where students go after. Our class is very diverse and I heard 1/3 are from California.
31 minutes ago, fnptobe123 said:Hey all! Regarding some fin aid questions, in my cohort, most students who filed FAFSA received a 24K need based scholarship. We also received merit scholarship added to the need based depending on whether or not we filled out an application composed of a few short essays. I believe the most anyone in my cohort received total was 32K (need based 24K + merit 8K). This is for 2018-2019 cohort. I know this varies a lot from year to year, so definitely seek to ask the school directly for your incoming class. Hope this helps!
Hi, I thought the merit scholarship for your cohort is $27k. So together with the $24k need-based is $51k?
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I'm also a bit curious why the merit scholarship this year went down by almost $10k! I wonder if it's because of the loss of funding from the gov, the new dean, the saturated market in nyc, or just the school trying to make more money, etc.