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I have some great news to share... I was just offered a position on Maternity! I'm totally blown away and excited. Best of luck to everyone!!!

Congrats Pugz!!!

Hi Pugz! I'm interviewing for maternity and pediatric cardiac acute care. Really excited about both units.

HI Sweetest Jae, Are you asking about HR calling to let candidates know they've moved on or are you asking about unit managers? If it's HR I think they are finished, if it's unit managers I believe it should be by the end of the week or early next. One of my two picks called yesterday. Also, sounds like they are matching candidates with a different second choice if their second choice's unit already filled up their interview spots. My status did change yesterday to "in review." Hope this helps and congratz Pugz!!! Those sound like great units! Fingers crossed for everyone on this crazy journey.

Congrats Pugz!

That would be pretty cool! Fingers crossed.

I picked maternity and NICU. What about you?

Great job Mama of 2! I received a call today as well and I'm really excited. Good luck everyone, they said they'd be calling 45 people over the next few days!

I'm on the 13th at 8am, best of luck!!!

Hi pugz, I just got a call from LPCH for a panel interview too! Good luck everyone!

Hi all, I spoke with my interviewer yesterday. She mentioned if selected to be considered for an interview your application status will change to "route" a few days after your phone interview. She then went on to say, we won't hear until end of June/early July if they want to interview us because there are so many candidates? Maybe we'll hear a little earlier :) Best of luck to everyone!

Congrats mama of 2! Anyone get a call today? I sent my application in last night and I've been staring at my phone, willing it to ring :) haha. Good luck to all.

Hi Ladubya87 et all, I am a current student and I can speak to the reason why the CNM/WHNP option was d/c at Columbia and other schools (Yale). The thought is a CNM does not need an extra certification to provide the care a WHNP does. When a CNM graduates they will be fully prepared to take care of women from menarche onwards. i.e. CNMs are not just schooled in perinatal care. They are schooled in well woman as well. CNMs can work in both OB and GYN care. It's a pretty flexible field. Also, I believe WHNP felt they should not be combined with CNM because there are practitioners who wanted to focus on women's health and not on birth. I'm not sure Columbia will allow a dual degree. We talked a lot about it and the faculty told us that if we wanted WHNP (and the only reason we should go for it is if we plan to practice in a state that doesn't recognize CNM as the same level as NP - don't think there are many) then we would need to "apply" separately to WHNP and stay on for an extra semester or two. It wasn't encouraged. I hope this helps. Please don't let it discourage you. I remember being really set on CNM/WHNP and now it isn't something that I'm worried about. As to why you would get the CNM first if you are dead set on WHNP? Probably because It's more classes.

Hi guys, Those who turned their housing forms in promptly and from far away generally got preference last year. I decided to live in an apartment on the upper west side because I have a pet and wanted a little break from being on campus all the time. A lot of my friends lived on campus for the summer and then moved into apartments in the fall around school/upper west side. This worked really well for them because it made the initial move less stressful and gave them time to get a feel for where they'd like to live vs. making a quick decision from really far away. I'm from Northern California (bay area) and I picked an apartment on a trip out to NYC in April. It was stressful and I probably could have found a better place but it's only for a year :)

There you go (see I knew someone would know better than me...I'm also from CA). Take the E and then transfer to the when you are actually in Manhattan.