MDE Columbia University 2021

guest1126576 · Jun 3, 2020

13 minutes ago, cnmhopeful95 said:
@Gmilitar do you think having an advanced degree before applying works in the favor of the applicant? LOL I am stuck on if I should add more debt - or just apply without an MPH etc.
And YAY for officially starting! I can't imagine the online start, hopefully everything smooths itself out and we can get SARS-CoV-2 under control.

personally, I wouldn’t do it just for the sole purpose of making your application to columbia more competitive. columbia is already expensive. total cost of tuition is about 120k. it may or may not help, it’ll depend on your grade and experience in that program. but I’d be more concern if grad school is worth the extra time and money just to make yourself look more competitive (and this won’t even be a guaranteed benefit). a lot of the students don’t have a masters, some do, and some are second career students. so I’d just look for other ways, that’s less expensive and time consuming, to make your application more stellar. also, columbia nursing grad is not as competitive to get into as their undergrad and other programs. I think 1/4 of their applicants are admitted in the program which is an admission percentage that is a lot higher than their other programs.

cnmhopeful95 · Jun 3, 2020

@Gmilitar solid advice - thank you!

Yeah I would love to do the MPH (because I love learning too haha). I want to continue researching maternal health issues and interventions - and the programs I am looking at are $75,000 which is expensiiiiive - so I might just continue doing that work through my job currently, and like you said, continue to pursue other ways to be competitive.

guest1126576 · Jun 3, 2020

22 minutes ago, cnmhopeful95 said:
@Gmilitar solid advice - thank you!
Yeah I would love to do the MPH (because I love learning too haha). I want to continue researching maternal health issues and interventions - and the programs I am looking at are $75,000 which is expensiiiiive - so I might just continue doing that work through my job currently, and like you said, continue to pursue other ways to be competitive.

yup definitely and 75k is a lot. you can save that money for a doctorate nursing degree, or possibly even apply for columbia’s nursing phd degree. I’m pretty sure you can learn some public health stuff in that program.

ar7575 · Jun 3, 2020

The info session just made me really nervous for the application... 200 people are accepted to the MDE out of 700/800 applicants??? Like what?

eg96 · Jun 3, 2020

@angrenteria10

I was in the info session too ! Thats what makes me so nervous yet anxious ? I wish they could accept everyone, but they choose according to who shows a lot of passion for nursing and why they really want this. I hope we all get in !!

futurenursee123 · Jun 8, 2020

Hi does anyone know when the application will open? They said today but its not open ?

eg96 · Jun 8, 2020

@futurenursee123

yeah they did say today I was wondering the same since that’s what they said in the info session. But I actually noticed this Wednesday is the last info session for the MDE program so I think it should be open after Wednesday ??‍♀️

futurenursee123 · Jun 8, 2020

@queen3lizabeth thank you for that ! maybe they will open right after Wednesday. Im so scared LOL yet super anxious. I hope they don't get too many applications just so we can all get accepted

Guest1148094 · Jun 8, 2020

@futurenursee123 No matter how many people apply, I think all of us on this thread has a GREAT chance. I think it says a lot about our passion being involved with a blog like this, being so incredibly eager, and rooting each other on to get into this program. It is apparent that we are all very intelligent human beings and just remember that everything happens for a reason. Lets give it our absolute all! That is all we can do. It is easier said than done to have that kind of mindset LOL, I am also extremely nervous but, I think you all will do a lot better than you might think(:

penguins321 · Jun 9, 2020

Good luck everyone!!

ar7575 · Jun 10, 2020

The application is still not available and I am getting so anxious! ? Did anyone attend the information session today?

eg96 · Jun 10, 2020

@angrenteria10 I know ? there’s one at 3pm eastern time im going to attend that one just to ask them when the application is going to open and I will give you all updates!!