Columbia University ETP 2011

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Thought it'd be a good idea to start a thread for prospective applicants to Columbia's ETP program starting Summer 2011. I was going to apply last year but passed on it in favor of working for another year.

Applications are due November 15, 2010! :eek: Right around the corner ...

Anyone else preparing for this also? :clown:

Has everyone sent in their deposits!! I'm so excited....

I'm new to this site and my sister actually told me about it b/c she's constantly on here (she's in the process of applying to different programs right now).

I'm in for FNP!

Can't wait!

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Hey all!

I just accepted my place in the FNP program too! I am getting excited but a bit nervous about figuring out off-campus housing...

Are most people looking for apartments near the hospital?

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is anyone taking the parent plus loan out vs. private loans?!?!

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Has anyone on the waitlist heard anything yet???? Just wondering.....:confused:

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For those of you who are waiting to hear regarding the wait list... Here's some info.

Apparently there were some students who attempted to put their deposits down the afternoon of the 21st (the day they were due) and were unable to because of an unknown deadline of 3pm. Very few people can verify that this was an actual deadline, but long story short, these people are supposedly now being placed at the top of the wait list for spots. Crazy right? As a west coaster, running on pacific time, I know that I would be pretty ticked off if I was unable to enroll in a school that offered me admission.

Good luck to you all.

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hey guys! i am one of those weird waitlist-ers. as far as i know there are only three of us and we are just as confused as you are about the waitlist and when we will hear from it. i would really, really like to not have to wait until like mid-may and try to come up with the money and find an apartment in a week! :( i heard from one of the other girls in this situation that the topic is now being sent to the dean for review due to the fact that we are not at fault since no time limit on the deposit was ever published. i'll keep you guys updated as to what is being said about the waitlist and such!

see you all soon! (hopefully!)

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Just thought I'd throw my hat in.

I was accepted to the ETP program, wait listed on the CRNA program, but it looks like they only accepted a hand-full of people this year and they all followed through on their acceptances. So, I'll be on the ACNP track.

Though, if anyone has any feed back on ACNP vs. FNP that'd be really helpful (even if it's through a PM). I want to work in acute care, but not being able to see peds seems like it could hamstrings ACNP. However, it looks like now that ACNP-programs are getting off the ground FNPs might be shouldered out of acute-care-settings in the future (Is there a post-masters peds-certification that ACNPs can do?)

Anyway, exciting times (only 1 week to settle on a lender what's the deal with that?!) - see you all soon

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Does anybody have a rough or not so rough budget for the entire BSN/MSN ETP Program? I'm trying to get an estimate of how much I'll be going into debt with this program.

Also, the estimated room/board of $24,000 in the financial aid package: is that spot on, liberal, or conservative? I would intend to live frugally.

And finally, I would have to factor in working part-time as an RN during the MSN portion. What is a reasonable hourly wage to assume for a newly graduated RN in NYC?

Thanks!

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Also, the estimated room/board of $24,000 in the financial aid package: is that spot on, liberal, or conservative? I would intend to live frugally.

Living in NYC myself I'd say that's probably average for young people living in the city -- but you could definitely be a bit under that if you're frugal, ie, if you have roommates, don't go out as much, don't shop, etc. I always find that I'm surprised over and over again by how many little things you have to take into consideration besides just rent and food (pharmacy stuff is always shockingly pricy, doc's appointments even after insurance, etc) -- and let me tell you, food is EXPENSIVE. If you want to make all your own food, do all your grocery shopping at Trader Joe's. All the other markets in the city have a huge mark up and it's insane.

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Hi CAV13 -- I'm a current student in the anesthesia track and have 2 bits of potentially useful knowledge for you -- the first is I personally think if you want to work in an acute setting -- definitely enter the program as that. Heres why -- the program you come in as helps set the priority with which you get an integration placement, and the type of placement you get. Basically they try to match -- as much as is possible -- students of each specialty with appropriate integration sites. Anesthesia and acute students get put into ICUs (all ANES students get ICUs), stepdown units, and ERs. FNP students end up getting much more random and unpredictable placements. Within each program, your priority for getting a program appropriate site is based on when you joined the program, so if you start in acute, youll be at the top of the list for a critical care setting integration, while if you transfer in later, everyone who joined it before you will have higher priority. I may be biased in this, but I am pretty much sure being at a critical care site is more likely to be awesome than being on a general medsurg floor :)

Second -- if you really wanna do anesthesia -- don't worry too much about it. If and when you apply into the masters program for anesthesia, being an ETP grad will give you a leg up -- Columbia openly gives preference to its own grads in that regards, we have non anesthesia students in our integration seminar -- ie they have a great opportunity to get to know and impress the anesthesia faculty.

Hope this helps -- best of luck!

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Hope this helps -- best of luck!

This certainly does! Thanks very much.

we have non anesthesia students in our integration seminar -- ie they have a great opportunity to get to know and impress the anesthesia faculty.

Is it easy enough to find out where/when these integration seminars are once you are on campus? I have a family member who is a CRNA and so I got a pretty good fee for what it entails -- and am still quite interested.

Also, one more question if you feel up for it:

Would it be better for me to reapply after the ETP year (I am pretty sure I am going to try and take a year off before my ACNP program to get experience in an ICU or ER as a RN), or to go through the process again next year?

Thanks again

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sure -- so the seminar is a class that goes along with integration, and you can request to be in the anesthesia seminar even if you're officially enrolled in another program. Basically its a class where you discuss cases you're seeing in the hospital with masters faculty of your specialty.

As to working -- the ACNP program lead strongly encourages you to work (maybe even mandatory?) -- either full time while doing the masters program, or you can take a 1 year leave of absence from the ACNP to work. The whole program is designed around working in fact. So basically, you'll have tons of time to make that call if you want it once you graduate from the BSN portion

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