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I am in the MSN program and my experience so far has been mixed. The Columbia program is really geared towards producing NP's without formal RN experience (ETP program), which is fine, but it makes the graduate program less valuable for experienced RNs. Plus the ETP and ANP programs are each a semester shorter than many other programs (RN in 12, NP in 15), which makes me nervous in a world where NP internships are not the norm. Other more specific issues I have relate to what I perceive as a lack of investment in the graduate portion of the ETP program. The majority of the NP-specific professors are young and while presumably excellent practitioners, they are poor lecturers. There are exceptions of course, including a couple truly great professors, but as far as I can tell their involvement dwindles the further you get along in the program. Another issue is the lack of guidance and feeling of community. This may change and again may be related to not starting with the ETP program. This is all spelled out on the website and while it may be a good model for people entering the field, I don't recommend it to 'lateral entry' students (RN's) since the program feels very rushed, the curriculum is very textbook focused and the vast majority of your classmates lack real world nursing experience--something I did not consider the implications of before starting. hope that helps. I'm meeting with NYU next week to figure out the realities of transferring.

Hi, I'm currently a student in the ANP program at Columbia and am thinking of transferring to NYU's ANP program (possibly going the hollistic nursing path, possibly not). I was wondering if there are any NYU students out there that could give me some feedback on the program, availability of clinical placements, quality of professors, program director, etc. Columbia isn't quite what I expected and I've heard some good things about NYU and thought I'd see what people think. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks

Hi, Realize I'm a bit late on this, but I'm thinking of transferring to the NYU ANP program and was wondering if you enrolled there and if so how you like the program? thanks