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im an RN..are you? i didnt realize columbia has homebirth options for integration--i have to call them tomorrow to ask some questions, like if you can design your own integration or if it has to be at one of their placements... right now im thinking SUNY Downstate is so affordable, i might end up there...but i have to put together an app before april 15th eek..assuming their program isnt already full.

im waiting to hear from columbia but i got into yale, and i have an interview at penn next week, and im wondering the same thing! problem is i live in NYC right now and my fiance works at a job he loves in brooklyn that he is committed to for next year, so i think ill wind up at columbia out of convenience...but i like the fact that they offer the dual degree as well. but im bummed because i am so sick of spending clinical time/working in higher-risk, urban teaching hospitals...i like penn a lot because they offer opportunities to work with homebirth midwives and birth centers too.

Hi all, I'm looking for an L&D/Maternal-CHild Health/Preferrably women's health position in NYC for January (graduating with BSN in December). So far I put in online apps at Mt Sinai, NYP and St Vincent's. Any tips on getting through HR and actually getting hired? Anyone have any connections or recs for anyone to call, etc? Much appreciated! Thanks so much! *Kristina

Is anyone applying for MS/NP programs for next year? I'm considering it...I think I'll take the GRE's this summer. I'm graduating in December with my BSN and will be moving to NYC. I'm getting married next summer and I'd like to be out of school for a few months at least so I think I'm going to apply around for Fall 2008 and see who gives me good scholarships (if anyone) etc. I'm going to apply to Yale, Columbia and NYU for sure. Other than that I don't know yet...I guess I'd only apply to other locations (Penn, Georgetown) if I knew the classes only ran like two days a week since I'd like to live at least MOSTLY full-time with my husband for the first few months of our marriage!!! That would be ideal I'd say...So we'll see. Anyone hear of good financial packages coming from any of those schools? I have a LOT of undergrad debt so I really can't go unless I receive some hefty grants/scholarships; I just can't justify it. Anyone else applying to these programs or have experience with them? I'm applying for Midwifery/Women's Health.

i would love to know this as well. they offer an INCREDIBLE tuition repayment program--24 credits a year if youve worked there 6 months! crazy. that is awesome. im definitely applying here when i graduate in december...

All of my instructors LOVE their jobs and can't praise nursing enough...and all the nurses on the floors I have been on seem to truly love their work and there is a very positive working vibe. of course, the majority of my clinicals have been at MGH where nurses stay their entire careers it seems, so I guess it's a biased sample...

Fav. Girl names: Shyla Stella Brooke Ariana Savannah Juliana Liana Nuala Cheyenne Emma Fav. Boy names: Elijah Hayden William(FIL's name) Richard(dad's & grandpa's name) Erson(family name on mom's side) Jacob Caleb Liam Murray (I'm part Irish and would love to use a British or Irish name) Aidan too but it's SO popular! I LOVE to think about baby names, I drive my fiance nuts!

Hi guys, wondering if anyoen has been a new grad at New York Presbyterian in L&D, or anywhere in NYC on L&D...I'll be graduating next year and heading to NYC. Wondering what the salaries are like and what the job satisfaction factor is and where? I'm midwifery-oriented too so looking for a place that hires midwives. Any and all I would love to hear your experiences. And I'd like to get an idea about salaries. Thankyou!!!

I think we have the same background bellywoman! :-) Except I'm getting my BSN...but I'm headed to Casa for a 2 week internship in May and I'm SO glad to hear you caught 4 babies because I've been worried about not having enough time there to catch babies!!! Woo! It's too pricey though for me to be able to go longer, at least for this summer. Maybe I'll go back! How did you find births as a doula? I can't seem to find any clients. I wonder if I was doing ALACE if it would be any different..but I already did the classes for DONA and put down the dough so I feel I should stick with it. I'm hoping to take a Midwife assistant class in TN at the Farm with Ina May Gaskin, possibly next summer. Have you heard of anyone who's done that and what they've said about it?

It's so nice to have all this info before I even begin my application process! i spoke with one of my instructors today who is a doctoral student here at BC, and she worked in CA for a long time & even at UCSF for a while. She said UCSF has a fantastic program but when she visited she felt the atmosphere to be extremely competitive even among professors, so that was interesting to hear as well. She also said she had heard negative things about Yale, that it had perhaps gone downhill and that they've gone through several deans in the past few years? Hmm. And I don't seem to be hearing ANYTHING good about Columbia. I've heard some really good things about Georgetown though, and they offer a 50% scholarship I'm interested in!!! Wee! Though UIC would probably still be more affordable even WITH the scholarship if I were to get it..ha. I am really excited about UIC now as well. If I could just get my fiance into the law school in the city of our choice we'd be all set...Unfortunately law degree programs are a lot harder to get into than midwifery programs I fear... Also, I wonder if I could take Advanced Pharm my last semester at BC? I know they allow undergrads who sign up to do the accelerated 5th year master's program to take advanced pharm in their junior or senior years, and I'd be a last semester senior. Though I don't know if I'll want the headache my last semester when I COULD take just 4 classes for the first time..

Thank you for the more current info! :-) I apologize, I did not mean to spark controversy.

Also, do you know if they ever make exceptions to the 1-year L&D work requirement? I'm kind of hoping to go to grad school right away, though it wouldn't be a problem to wait either.

I definitely am interested in info about UIC--I just emailed you :-)

I thought Cytotec was that stuff that is known to have all those awful/potentially fatal side effects and was not certified/legalized/researched for use in laboring women?

Thank you that was really helpful!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)