MDE Columbia University 2021

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Hey ! I know im super early to make this thread for the MDE program at Columbia for the 2021 start year ? but I was wondering if there are any future nurses out there as eager as me to get started !!

Does anyone know how long you have to accept admissions if you are offered a seat? Like what is the general number of days you need to respond by?

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"They would have to pay $500 to hold their spot for next year and they have until this Friday to do so."

- I'm confused by this. Didn't the folks accepted in round 1 have to give CUSON a deposit by Jan 29th? Is CUSON asking for an additional $500 to hold your spot if you defer? And none of the students in round one were offered a chance to defer until today? Thanks in advance for your responses!

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1 minute ago, againstthegrain said:

"They would have to pay $500 to hold their spot for next year and they have until this Friday to do so."

- I'm confused by this. Didn't the folks accepted in round 1 have to give CUSON a deposit by Jan 29th? Is CUSON asking for an additional $500 to hold your spot if you defer? And none of the students in round one were offered a chance to defer until today? Thanks in advance for your responses!

The deposit is credited towards the 2022 tuition. I guess even with deferring the $500 for 2021 isn’t refundable. This is something new and definitely last minute that the school agreed on. It may just be only a one time thing due to covid. 

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To summarize, those who got accepted in the 1st round received their acceptance in early Jan and had until Jan 29th to put down a non-refundable $500 deposit to secure their spot. We received an email today that we are allowed to defer our acceptance to next year's cohort, meaning our $500 deposit will be credited toward next year's tuition instead. The deadline to defer our acceptance is Feb 26th.

This kinda sucks for those who rejected their acceptance because they had no idea that CUSON allows deferral (such as @Ethereal1102). Pretty slimy of the administration to do so in my opinion...

So for 2nd round decision, I am assuming they will have until the end of the March to decide? Also, keep in mind that there are people from the 1st round who ended up turning down CUSON after getting their acceptance from another school now that school decisions are coming out

 

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3 minutes ago, babyalph2021 said:

To summarize, those who got accepted in the 1st round received their acceptance in early Jan and had until Jan 29th to put down a non-refundable $500 deposit to secure their spot. We received an email today that we are allowed to defer our acceptance to next year's cohort, meaning our $500 deposit will be credited toward next year's tuition instead. The deadline to defer our acceptance is Feb 26th.

This kinda sucks for those who rejected their acceptance because they had no idea that CUSON allows deferral (such as @Ethereal1102). Pretty slimy of the administration to do so in my opinion...

So for 2nd round decision, I am assuming they will have until the end of the March to decide? Also, keep in mind that there are people from the 1st round who ended up turning down CUSON after getting their acceptance from another school now that school decisions are coming out

 

We have to submit a $500 deposit fee after we fill out the form for deferral. I don’t think they move the $500 we already paid to 2022

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2 minutes ago, Katiethepct said:

We have to submit a $500 deposit fee after we fill out the form for deferral. I don’t think they move the $500 we already paid to 2022

This is what I thought too. It will be an additional $500 on top of the $500 that we paid to hold our spot last January. 

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37 minutes ago, eg96 said:

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I haven't received anything from CUSON since Jan, if I can ask @eg96 how/when did you receive this email? I thought you were also waiting for a response second round? I'm not trying be be rude or anything, just anxious since I haven't heard anything myself 

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17 minutes ago, FutureNP90 said:

I haven't received anything from CUSON since Jan, if I can ask @eg96 how/when did you receive this email? I thought you were also waiting for a response second round? I'm not trying be be rude or anything, just anxious since I haven't heard anything myself 

Im waiting in the second rounds. But I received this information from someone who has been accepted in the first rounds and decided to post it here just for those who wanted to know more about the deferment process. It's just a screenshot of their email. We all might get the same thing once we’re accepted. 

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Ooo got it, thank you for all the info! It's very helpful, but my anxiety won't quit haha

 

Wishing the best to everyone on here, hoping we find out soon ??

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Huh, that’s interesting. So in total they want $1000 if you defer to next year but only $500 will be credited for your tuition? Doesn’t that just sound wrong? Dang, these schools REALLY want your money

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2 minutes ago, babyalph2021 said:

Huh, that’s interesting. So in total they want $1000 if you defer to next year but only $500 will be credited for your tuition? Doesn’t that just sound wrong? Dang, these schools REALLY want your money

I think all of it get credited towards your tuition, but just have to put an additional $500 down 

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