Biddy

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1. JHU or YALE?

   Biddy replied to fnp4me's topic in Post Graduate

   That's it for international opportunities - just spring break trips.

2. Yale GEPN Fall 2010

   Biddy replied to girl.w/useless.b.a.'s topic in Connecticut

   New Haven: I'd heard horrible things about the city prior to moving here. I had incredibly low expectations, so perhaps that's why I was so pleasantly surprised. New Haven is awesome! I'm a southern Californian (to let you know my perspective). ...

3. Yale GEPN Fall 2010

   Biddy replied to girl.w/useless.b.a.'s topic in Connecticut

   I do think the estimate is enough money, but I am married and we had savings when we moved here. I know some other friends have thought they could use a bit more, but honestly, New Haven is not a super expensive city. I think it's quite affordable (...

4. Yale GEPN Fall 2010

   Biddy replied to girl.w/useless.b.a.'s topic in Connecticut

   I'm a current GEPN that decided to come see what's going on here (after one of you emailed me with questions)...I really have to tell you to not base your decision on Yale's financial aid. It's pretty much non-existent. Do not get your hopes up! I...

5. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

   Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

   You can get the pictures printed at Kinkos--it's actually a 'wallet-sized' photo. I put a picture on a disk, and there's a photo machine at Kinkos (call yours to make sure). For $1.99, I inserted my disk and printed a sheet of 4 wallet-sized photos...

6. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

   Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

   It's going to take place on Elba during Napoleon's exile...and the heroine is a woman with a secret past (her father is the most notorious, dreaded pirate of the Barbary Coast and she's in exile because she fell in love and had sex with a lowly sheph...

7. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

   Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Yes, it's definitely a relief...I'm glad I made a decision. For some reason, I kept feeling like I needed to find a "reason" to go to one school over the other. And it ultimately came down to getting screwed on loans by starting in a BSN program. ...

8. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

   Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Well, I just spoke with Lauralou on the phone, and she said it sounded like I was settling on Hopkins...spoke too soon. After speaking to financial aid at both schools, while the award at Yale leaves much to be desired, the second bachelor's program ...

9. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

   Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Lauralou2008, call me. I'm home...thinking, debating...we can share impressions.

10. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

    Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

    To be honest, JHU will technically cost more--it'll be four years (a traditional BSN, followed by the MSN, though the prof I met with said I could do the MSN in 18 months) at $50,000 each. However, the cost of living in Baltimore is cheap (a one bed...

11. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

    Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Oh man, LillyB, no federal loans until spring. That's hard to stomach. I guess all this financial stuff is hard to stomach. I will be calling financial aid tomorrow regardless (like I'm sure many others will be) to try and negotiate. We are all i...

12. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

    Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Kimiij, And that was a merit scholarship they awarded you? Did you apply for it or was it automatically granted? I have to say I'm feeling a bit slighted. My financial aid sucks. They offered me a scholarship of less than $4,000...What have other...

13. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

    Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

    One more thing, both professors I spoke with today said getting a BSN doesn't matter. JHU is looking actually at going the route of Yale with the direct-entry MSN, and they said most schools are going to be doing this.

14. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

    Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

    So for those of you interested in JHU, Baltimore is growing on me. The school of nursing facilities are definitely much nicer than Yale's (it's a ten year old building that is just the school of nursing--it's not shared). The classrooms have tables...

15. Anyone applying to Yale GEPN program for Fall 2009?

    Biddy replied to LillyB's topic in Pre-Nursing

    As far as current JHUSON students, the ones I met last night seemed pretty happy. I talked to one ABSN student who was funny and cynical. She said she doesn't know how clinically prepared she feels (which is the reason I was thinking JHU might be b...