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  1. How many schools did everyone apply to?

    3, but I wish I had saved my money and only applied to the two I was really considering - but everyone (all my professors) said that I should really AT LEAST apply to three schools, but they really...
  2. Confused about choosing grad schools

    :yeahthat: i totally agree with this. i am married and have been for 6 years (not a long time really, but a *really* long time when you're only 26! ) and my hubby and i have lived apart several times...
  3. Including resume in my application

    i applied to three graduate entry programs. i didn't exactly submit a resume, but i did submit my "cv" which pretty much the same thing but slightly more academic. none of the schools asked for it,...
  4. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    See. I didn't even mention the $600.00...I was trying not to think about
  5. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    it should be official by now! acceptance letters were due to be postmarked by friday, march 3rd!!! is everyone attending?
  6. there is a new loan coming out (those of you who have received yale financial aid packets know about it). it's called the gradplus loan. it's a new federal loan that works pretty much like the other...
  7. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    i'm glad you finally received your award e-letter, lol! columbia sent an order form with their stuff, and so i was expecting some sort of form with the yale packet, but there was none! so i don't...
  8. Direct Entry MSN program 2

    Aw man good luck! I felt the same way about Columbia's scholarship...I was looking at it thinking Am I really going to turn this down??!! Especially since the other school's offer didn't seem like...
  9. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    I haven't seen anything about these or graduate assisstanceships anywhere! I didn't even get anything about work-study, which I thought was
  10. Important Info For Grad Students!!

    hmmmm on my Columbia financial aid it is specified that DE students are "5th year undergraduates" so I don't know.... But I hope so for you guys, I really
  11. Important Info For Grad Students!!

    Welllll, I don't know if it's available to *Columbia* DE students because of how your program is set up... but it IS available to YALE GEPNS! (we are graduate students upon entering the program!)...
  12. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    Do you plan on working while in the first year of the program? I do. I must continue to make money!
  13. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    kel8ly, i worked 3/4 time, but my efc was still zero, because i don't make much money! so, i have nothing listed in the "resources" box...which is kind of sad when you think about it... :uhoh21:
  14. I know bics, I'm with you on that! I sooo wanted to visit Columbia anyway! But after seeing all the numbers, of course it's save every penny from now
  15. Important Info For Grad Students!!

    You're welcome!!!! This is exactly how I felt when I found out about it!! I was screaming my head off, and I'm not even sure I will be approved! I can't wait to
  16. LOL. Amen. I just keep looking at the numbers and
  17. Rejection from Vanderbilt?

    I agree Bics! I have yet to send off a rejection letter, have you? Just the other day it hit me, suddenly, that I was 3 for 3 in my graduate school process and it just blew my mind because I never...
  18. Rejection from Vanderbilt?

    Did anyone receive a rejection letter from Vanderbilt yet? I have seen a few posts where people have received acceptances already, but no one has said anything about rejections?? I haven't heard...
  19. Rejection from Vanderbilt?

    I applied to CNM and just found out that I did get it, but they are so slow on everything that I don't know anything about it yet...did you get financial aid info yet? I plan on going to Yale, but I...
  20. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    i finally received my financial aid packet. it was pretty much what they said it would be. the cost of the program is about $58,000. the maximum federal loans total $28,500 and the maximum...
  21. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    I think we've lost karotte to
  22. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    Hey bics! Columbia sent the financial aid packet to me before this newest housing packet...If you haven't gotten a financial aid packet by now, you should probably call! As for Yale, yes it was the...
  23. Welcome Future Yale GEPNs!!!

    Duh! You just left the really great long post about living in new Haven! No wonder you got it so
  24. Graduated from a Direct Entry Program?

    I pm'd you, but I just wanted to say: Thank you so, so much for sharing your personal experiences! It is so great to hear about this from someone who has done it or is in the middle of doing it!
  25. Graduated from a Direct Entry Program?

    I pm'd