Johns Hopkins Masters Entry 2017 (MSN)

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Hi All,

Figured I'd start a thread for applicants to the Johns Hopkins Masters Entry into Nursing Practice for entry in spring 2017 with July 1 deadline. Good luck all.

Is anyone choosing between here and UPenn's ABSN program? What are your pros and cons?

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Specializes in Postpartum.

Personally if I were choosing between the ABSN and MSN I would go for whatever is cheaper, but if money is not an issue for you (or if they were the same price) here are some comparisons:

Penn

-Shorter, so you can start working faster

-Nursing school is on the main campus and even though it's a second Bachelors you have access to grad student resources

-Has a smaller cohort (90-100)

-If you want, you can submatriculate to the MSN and have a high chance of being accepted (if it's not midwifery or anesthesia, which are competitive)

-Average age is 24-26 (most people are recent college grads, like 1-5 years out of college, according to a current student)

-Most recent NCLEX pass rate is 91.1%

-No idea about the number of clinical hours, but I think it's about the same as Hopkins

-Has a larger Simulation Lab with many rooms

-Has research opportunities if you're interested in that, but you have to apply to them

-Philly is a great city imo. I went to undergrad outside of Philly so I visited sometimes when there were discounted or free events for college students.

-clinical sites for the BSN are very close and apparently there's very reliable public transportation in Philly, so you don't need a car

Johns Hopkins

-You get a Masters degree which 'helps you move up the career ladder quickly' if you're interested in that sort of thing.

-Having a Masters degree will also help if you want to teach or work in administration one day. If you're interested in getting a DNP or PhD in the future, 15-16 of your MSN credits will count towards it.

-Has a larger cohort (140), but divided into two equal sections

-Average age is 28-29 (I learned this from a chat)

-Unfortunately I don't know the NCLEX pass rate for the Direct Entry MSN program since the first cohort hasn't graduated yet. For the last ABSN class the rate was 89.24%

-More clinical hours (1000+) compared to an ABSN (note from an admissions chat)

-I toured Johns Hopkins and I remember that they only showed a couple of rooms for the Simulation Lab. So I don't know if that's all they had or if they just didn't show us if there are more rooms.

-I have been to Baltimore multiple times since I'm closer to it than Philly. The area where the hospital is isn't very safe (I had a family member living near there), but I'm sure you can ask for help to safely get back to where you need to be. The harbor is pretty nice too!

-During a chat I attended they said you don't need a vehicle, just reliable transportation. However, my admissions packet said that some clinical sites are an hour away from the school.

Hope this helps!

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Is there a Facebook Group for the fall 207 cohort?

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Hey all! I just officially put down my deposit for Columbia, so I will be declining my admission to JHU. Good luck to all of you! We are all going to be such amazing nurses :)

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Thank you @breadsnroses!

Does anyone know if you can transfer the MSN credits in this program to dnp programs outside of Johns Hopkins? Or is it just Johns Hopkins?

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I was initially. JHU gives you MSN (without NP), whereas UPenn gives you an MSN and NP.

JHU leads initially to an RN, whereas UPenn is BSN-MSN.

I got scholarships for both, but the tuition is still extortionately expensive after the deduction.

I personally loved Philly (am gonna check out JHU end of the month).

I am still undecisive, but I think I am gearing towards a school that has the cheapest tuition - Yale.

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Hi All:

I was admitted today. I received an email. For individuals who received scholarships: did you see a scholarship notice on the e-mail or did you receive your notice on the admissions packet that the University mails out?

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@cherry I have not yet received my admissions packet but I am sure there will be details on scholarships in the packet. I received a phone call, from Catherine I believe, and I received details on my scholarship during that call.

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Specializes in Postpartum.

Yep, I got the scholarship details in the packet.

By the way, for those of you who got financial aid info, do you know how much the entire 22 months costs? On my SIS it just has the cost for the 2017-2018 year (~90k). But when I asked for the cost of the entire program, I was told that the whole program was ~90K. It's confusing because SIS only has 2017-2018 awards and the program ends in 2019.

I emailed JHU for clarification, but I didn't get an answer. I'm probably going to deposit at another school, but I wanted to make sure first that I'm getting the numbers correct so I can accurately compare the costs...

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@bread I don't even see the cost of attendance anywhere in my SIS. The only thing that keeps coming up is the SON Online Aid Application. Does anyone know if this has to be completed before it will display how the cost of attendance and/or how much in financial aid will be disbursed?

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Specializes in Postpartum.

Yes, you have to complete the SON Aid application. I did it before getting Financial aid since it was on my to do list.

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Yes, you have to complete the SON Aid application. I did it before getting Financial aid since it was on my to do list.

Got it. About how long would you say it took for the system to update with your financial aid award and tuition once you submitted the SON Aid application?

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