Biddy

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

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). ...

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 (...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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 ...

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

CaliforniaGirl2--GO TO UCSF!!! I would absolutely go there over Yale! (Unfortunately, I messed up my application dates and had thought UCSF was also due November 1...I only realized on Sept. 15 that it was due Oct 1, so I ended up not being able to...

Jumbolove, I received your private message, but I'm "not allowed" to send one in return...Yes, only debating JHU and Yale at this point. Decided against Columbia and Vanderbilt. Hopefully, I'll see you tomorrow at the open house!

Jumbolove, I'm also staying in the Inner Harbor, and we (my husband and I) are planning on going to the happy hour thing in Fells Point tonight. If you get into town for that, I should probably see you there (my name is Amy). We are staying at the ...

Hey Pauvrelapin, I'm married, too, and will be moving with my husband. We'll be moving from the west coast, and he's thinking his best chance of getting a good paying a job will probably be in NYC (he's worked in film/entertainment since graduating f...

Does anybody else change her mind daily? Today, I'm in love with Yale...they are letting me do the combined A/GNP (though I was admitted for GNP) now, which makes it seem like a done deal. I've been perusing JHU SON's faculty pages, and they really...

One more thing Yalienne, do you mean the summer between second and third year? I thought the GEPN year extended through next summer and there really wasn't a break between first and second year. So, do you mean they encourage students obtaining an ...

Well, Yalienne, I hope you are right. Your group obviously talked more about that. My group mentioned if you're in for GNP, you're golden (which is what I'm doing). Then I read things on message boards here (from current nurses) who say the GNP is...

Yalienne, I don't think it's that the BSN overshadows the MSN degree at all. The concern comes from the fact that Yale is not as flexible, doesn't really allow you to work as an RN (I know people say they do, but I definitely got the impression at t...

I'm not oncology--I'm gerontological...haven't seen anybody else with this specialty here. I am debating between specialties with my choices--ANP at Hopkins, GNP at Yale. I actually asked Angela if it's possible to go from GNP to AGNP, as now that ...

Hi, I've been accepted to an Adult NP program at Johns Hopkins or a Gerontological NP program at Yale. I've read that some people think it's better to get the ANP degree, as it's more versatile. I do, however, want to work with an older adult/geria...