Georgetown CNL program fall 2016

U.S.A. Washington DC

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Hello! I wanted to start this thread for prospective students who are applying to this program! I am thinking of applying because this would be one of my top choices but I'm not sure if I'm competitive enough. If you don't mind sharing, what are some applicant statistics? I would love some information from current or recent graduates of this program as well, what you like about the program, the structure, the rigor, etc! Thank you!

Go onto myaccess.georgetown.edu and sign in. Are any of y'all gonna watch the webinar?

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Hi guys! I was also recently accepted! I am excited, but also a bit overwhelmed. Hopefully we receive information about financial aid soon! Have any of you confirmed your enrollment yet? I was thinking of making a facebook page...

Also, making a FB page would be great!

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I tired to contact the assigned person for financial aid but they haven't gotten back to me yet :/

I have a couple questions for you guys regarding the CNL role in general though. I honestly haven't heard very good things about it so far, so I am wondering what you guys think of it? I even tried to see if I could look up current CNL jobs on Indeed but there was literally only one job offered. I am just wondering if it is worth it to spend so much money on a degree that doesn't have very good job prospects. Any input?

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What have you heard about the program? I've barely seen anything since it's only in its second cohort. Honestly, a masters in nursing (especially from a school like Georgetown), seems to hold more than a bachelors from what I've been researching. It's a reason why I declined my other ABSN program. Hopefully this helps?

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resevil thats why I applied to the CNL program (bc masters seems to hold more). But I have been doing some research on the CNL role and found a couple of forums in which everyone seemed to think it was a waste because CNLs oversee nurses in a particular department, however, since a lot of CNL programs are entry-level, the CNLs have no nursing experience. So the argument was that how can a CNL oversee nurses when they have no nursing experience. I do realize if not for a CNL job, I could just work as an RN after graduating, but in that case I could just also go to an ABSN program. Thats where I'm having trouble deciding I guess.

In terms of the GTU program, I haven't heard much. I think I will try to post on last year's GTU forum to see if any current students can provide info!

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resevil thats why I applied to the CNL program (bc masters seems to hold more). But I have been doing some research on the CNL role and found a couple of forums in which everyone seemed to think it was a waste because CNLs oversee nurses in a particular department, however, since a lot of CNL programs are entry-level, the CNLs have no nursing experience. So the argument was that how can a CNL oversee nurses when they have no nursing experience. I do realize if not for a CNL job, I could just work as an RN after graduating, but in that case I could just also go to an ABSN program. Thats where I'm having trouble deciding I guess.

In terms of the GTU program, I haven't heard much. I think I will try to post on last year's GTU forum to see if any current students can provide info!

Ahhhh, okay. But we'll get a bunch of hands on experience with GU though over 3000 (I think?) clinical hours - seems like great experience to me! :) Like we still come into contact with patients and bc of the degree we seem more preferable to hire than just a generalist RN. Like we still are generalist but with a masters and for me, I'm trying to go into anesthesiology (depends on how I feel after working) so this looks equally good if you're trying to be a leader in health care. Do you know what specialty you're going for? That's what it may come down to for you maybe?

And I've been doing the same thing lol. Its really dead on that thread though :(

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I am interested in anesthesiology as well! GTU has a great anesthesiology program :) Yeah I agree. I am definitely not interested in staying an RN for the rest of my career so in order to advance I think a masters degree from a great university does help. Still waiting for them to respond to my emails/phone calls about financial aid though. So once that comes through, I will make my final decision!

Yeah no one is responding :/ I think Ill send someone a private message and see if they respond!

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@resevil How did you get your ID and password to check your financial aid package??

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@resevil How did you get your ID and password to check your financial aid package??

I'll DM you! :)

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Anyone have any information on their waitlist, as in, how many people are on it, what is the liklihood of being accepted off of it and timeframe?

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Are you wait listed?

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If anyone is planning on attending to Georgetown and from out of town, what are you doing for lodging?

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