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Hello Everyone, The applications for June 2020 at Columbia University has now opened. I haven't seen any new threads for this year so I wanted to start one. I am in the process of applying and half way done! References already sent their recommendations!! and an upside to this year is that Columbia University is no longer requiring the GRE. SO I am pretty happy about that!!

Good Luck!

On 1/21/2020 at 7:26 PM, MaleNP said:

When is your interview for your PhD program? I think they mentioned on their last email that all decision goes out all at the same time including MDE portion of the program as well. If you received an interview for the PhD portion then it means you got in for the MDE portion. In order word, you can be accepted to both program or just the MDE and not the PhD program but not the reverse.

They wanted to know my availability for this week (tomorrow and Friday). Unfortunately one of my coworkers is going to be out sick tomorrow so I need to find a way to do it on Friday. Also I'm in LA so I'm three hours behind.

But yay for tentative acceptance?

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I forget, did we mark on our application PhD or DNP? On the application, I just thought it was grouped together.

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They had different options. You can either picked MDE only, MDE/DNP , MDE/PhD and few others

@kvt1013 Congrats! I'm sure they want to wrap up all the PhD interviews as soon as possible so that they have enough time to discuss due to the decision release timeline.

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Anyone know where I can find the dates for all events such as accepted students day, orientation, start date, etc. Trying to get prepared for planning the visits if accepted.

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1 minute ago, NurseDTL said:

Anyone know where I can find the dates for all events such as accepted students day, orientation, start date, etc. Trying to get prepared for planning the visits if accepted.

They sent an email about admitted student's day, which is February 21st. I assume if admitted, they will give us details on the rest.

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7 minutes ago, kvt1013 said:

They sent an email about admitted student's day, which is February 21st. I assume if admitted, they will give us details on the rest.

I haven't been getting their emails for a while. When did you receive this email? I also did not receive an email stating that they will release decisions in early Feb, I only found out by speaking to admissions over the phone. Hope this isn't an indication for students who did not get in...

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3 minutes ago, NurseDTL said:

I haven't been getting their emails for a while. When did you receive this email? I also did not receive an email stating that they will release decisions in early Feb, I only found out by speaking to admissions over the phone. Hope this isn't an indication for students who did not get in...

That was on January 9. It was titled "Happy New Year and Fall Grades".

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9 minutes ago, kvt1013 said:

That was on January 9. It was titled "Happy New Year and Fall Grades".

Yep, definitely did not receive that email. Anyone else here did not receive it? Lowkey just tripping because decision date is very close lol. Prob nbd?

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On 9/24/2019 at 9:29 PM, nursingnursing1212 said:

@birthjunki I'm a current student in the fall semester. There are lots of opportunities to volunteer using your nursing skills through the school. The school frequently has booths at local festivals (I believe Harlem Multicultural Festival was the most recent) and fairs, and things like the NY Marathon where student nurses check blood pressures, provide public health education to the community, provide first aid, etc. I believe there was also an opportunity recently to sign up to be a part of a home based case study team where you work directly in the community with a team on an assigned case.

I will say though, that very few people that I know in the program have time for any of this. The program is very demanding and when you're not studying the material that you've already learned, you're getting ready for next week, sleeping, or trying to relax a little bit. Kind of the sort of program where you're spending so much time thinking about school that it's the last thing you want to do after all of that is done ;).

So far in my experience, the only thing that I can say I dislike about the program is the cost (though I doubt anyone actually likes that part lol). At the end of the day for me, however, getting a master's degree (instead of another bachelor's degree) at an Ivy League School, where I'm able to get clinical experience at tons of different hospitals in NYC in a period of 14 months, is worth it. Also worth noting that you get a really decent amount of school breaks! We had off August 10th - September 3rd, and we'll get a week for Thanksgiving, December 20 - January 21st, March 14-22, May 16-June 1st. -- So while the program spans 14 months, you are getting some breaks in between to relax which is nice, and could also offer you an opportunity to volunteer in the community independently!

If anyone has any questions, don't hesitate to tag me here or PM me!

@nursingnursing1212

Hi there....can you please share what the schedule is like for classes for the program? (Day, time)? Do you think it is very fast-paced? If it can be done part-time....would it better to perhaps retain material better?

What is the teaching style...i.e. Is it more a "self-study" type program? How much do they cover in lectures (%covered, vs you % have to study on your own?

Can one do the program part-time at all?

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9 hours ago, Sun1 said:

@nursingnursing1212

Hi there....can you please share what the schedule is like for classes for the program? (Day, time)? Do you think it is very fast-paced? If it can be done part-time....would it better to perhaps retain material better?

What is the teaching style...i.e. Is it more a "self-study" type program? How much do they cover in lectures (%covered, vs you % have to study on your own?

Can one do the program part-time at all?

There is no part time for this program.

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Last year they heard on the 25th and today is the 22nd!

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49 minutes ago, Barbiegirl1229 said:

Last year they heard on the 25th and today is the 22nd!

I'm still hoping we hear back this week, at the very latest, by mid next week.

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