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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.

Hi guys, I've never taken the airtrain to campus (maybe someone else can jump in here) but by looking at the airtain map I believe you can take the "howard beach route" (the green one) and then transfer to the A train? The A goes directly to campus and is an express train. This is probably easier than all the transfers mentioned (ie go to Jamaica, transfer to the E and then to 42nd street and transfer to the A).

No worries, Ladubya, happy to try and make the transition into ETP easier. I know I had tons of questions last year and not a lot of answers. Anyway, Summer clinicals are basically just getting acquainted with the hospital setting and caring for patients. You, plus your clinical group of like 7 others, are assigned a preceptor and a Med/Surg floor in a NYC hospital. While at clinical you learn/use the skills you learn in class and lab to assess patients and do basic procedures like inserting or d/c a foley catheter. You'll also be exposed to many of the conditions/pathophysiology you'll be learning about. By the end of the summer you'll be able to take care of/manage 2 patients on your own (well with your preceptor watching and the nurse as well :) In fall clinicals it is broken down into 5 specialty areas: Psych, OB, Community Health, Med-Surg and Peds. Each of these rotations are for 5 weeks, 2x week. The groups are smaller and these rotations are more indepth/focused on using your learned skills and critical thinking skills. Your clinical preceptors expect a lot more from you during these rotations because you are "growing" into the RN role. I've loved my 5x5 experience and feel like I'm really "becoming" an RN. Psych is varied in acuity. Mostly the sites are at NY Presbyterian Hospitals (Columbia's affiliated hospital system) but some are at non-NYP hospitals (like St.Luke's) and one is at the NY State Psych Institute (they do treatment/research here). Psych clinical was good, it's obviously not a hands on skill but it's really different and challenging. I know most non-psych specialty students were nervous but it turned out well. In Psych you'll interview patients, establish therapeutic relationships, do mental status exams, do a case study on a patient etc. Hope this helps.

The ETP schedule generally followed the format below in 2010/2011. Although, we had two 1 credit courses that were only 5 weeks long thrown into the mix (one in the Fall and one in the Spring ahead of our Tuesday afternoon class) Summer: M: Class 8-12pm then class 1-4pm T: Class 9-12pm then Class 1-3pm & 4-8pm W: Clinical or Skills & Physical Assessment Labs (clinical is 7:30-3:30 W or T in the summer, The 2 labs are 2 hours each and the schedule depends on what group you are placed in) Th: Clinical or Labs F: Class 8-12pm Fall: M: Class 9-4pm T: Class 1-4pm and then 4-5pm W: Clinical 7:30-3:30pm Th: Clinical 7:30-3:30pm F: Class 8-12pm Spring: M: Class 9-4pm T: Off, sometimes have a Town Hall from 3-4pm W: Clinical 7:30-3:30pm Th: Clinical 7:30-3:30pm F: Class 8:30-12pm ***After Spring Break integration occurs which is an ~8 week 1x1 clinical placement of over 250+ hours. You generally will "work" 3 x 12 hour shifts a week or 5 x 8 hours shifts, nights or days. I.e. you work the schedule of your nurse preceptor and only have 1 class a week in addition to your clinical (this is why you don't have 288 clinical hours, you sometimes have to leave clinical to go to class)*** You graduate with a BSN in May (around the 15,16, 17th) and then start MSN classes early June. The first MSN summer is really light (only 2-3 classes). It may sound like a lot, especially the summer, but it is doable. It's all about time management and having the right expectations. I went into the Summer knowing my social life would have to be put on hold. After Summer life gets so much easier and you actually start to feel like you have time to do stuff other than school. Hope this helps!

Hi JV, that is exciting! Congratulations on making a decision. So they declared the Acute specialty and I believe they are going to work next year as a nurse and not go to into the MSN. The year of will allow them even more time to explore nursing and if they want to re-apply for anesthesia or if they want to go into acute or not continue into an MSN. Also, you don't have to decide that part right now. You'll have a whole year to mull it over while you are in the program. Believe me, your mind will probably change 100 times as to what you are thinking of doing after the BSN (ie work or go straight through the msn).

JV, A friend of mine in my class was in the same boat. They ended up choosing another specialty (I think Acute) and they are going to "step out" and work for a year and then "re-apply" to anesthesia when they wanted to come back. Their thinking was as a columbia student/alum it would be easier to get into anesthesia. If your heart is set on anesthesia don't worry, you can still make it and not miss a beat because everyone has to work as an ICU nurse for at least one year. A few of my friends are going to do two because they want more experience and money is not bad :) Hope this helps!

Hi, the BSN is the may of your ETP year so yes you can step out and work as an RN. What's nice is it's a pretty clean break between RN and MSN. i.e. if you take a year to work you can pick back up pretty seamlessly the next year.

Kerry and other waitlist folks, farful is correct. Midwifery and Anesthesia set their cohorts and (supposedly) don't accept off the waitlist. That said, people do come off the waitlist. If you have questions about timing I'd call the office, they have the most up to date info on that and ask. They are human and realize everyone is on edge just wants to know. As far as I know, Anesthesia also doesn't let anyone switch into their program from the general ETP class. Even if a spot opens up I believe the ETP student has to withdraw from their masters spot and then apply again to get into the anesthesia program. Not really as crazy as it sounds because anesthesia requires all students to do a "step out" year or two in ICU. It's required work experience by the licensing board. As for midwifery, they may accept a current student if someone drops out of the set midwifery cohort (it happens). They make you apply though with another essay to the midwifery program director as well as a few other steps having to do with birth experience, meetings etc. I hope this is not discouraging because...where there is a will, there is a way! Kerry, check out the neonatal requirements on the website. Not sure if you are aware but neonatal is another program that requires "step out" NICU work. Although, I have to say...in my clinicals NICU is absolutely fascinating. I saw a 23 week preemie the other day. Amazing.

Hi guys, I'm not in psych but I'll see if I can ask someone to jump on and answer your psych questions. At accepted students day you'll get to eat lunch with a student in your specialty and then you will go to a meeting with your program director and at that meeting there will be 1 or 2 other current students who will answer questions. It was at accepted students day that I decided on Columbia over Yale. Both programs are great and you can't go wrong with whichever you chose. I know a lot of my cohort chose between the two and I know a few folks up at Yale and they are very happy too!

Congratulations to all who got in! I'm a current ETP/Masters student and I've been on here before as well as a few of my counterparts. Feel free to ask questions about the program I'm sure we'll answer as best as we can. Classes are light for us right now. Also, the accepted students day is a great way to get a feel for the program so I'd say come if you can. I know sgmay brought up some questions about past classes and dissatisfaction with the program. If you go through this thread a few of us addressed it. Long story short, no program is perfect but with our class this year it seems like things are going pretty well. The faculty and administration have taken steps to make the program better and I'd say the majority of students are satisfied. Again, no program is perfect and at this point most of this accelerated programs are very similar and are what you make of them. Hope that helps. Also, Boto and those curious about admissions, I spoke with someone in the office and they quoted me this: "~800 complete applications, accepted around 300 (~40% acceptance rate) and expect a class of 150-160. Biggest reason for not accepting the offer is financial (as boto mentioned it's pretty expensive to live in NYC and the program isn't cheap) Finally, those who are looking to commute to the program... it's doable but definitely painful at times. We have student that come in from really far out on long island, Stamford CT, NJ suburbs, West Chester, Hoboken, Brooklyn etc. Most use public transport and make it work, some drive. Again, congrats to everyone who got in. Those on the wait list don't despair, things open up (sometimes a week before classes start -yikes) and those who did not make it in this time don't worry...wherever you end up will be great and we'll all be future nurse & NP colleges at some point :)

Hi all, if this helps (I'm a current ETP student) we got the email from Jose titled "Your Columbia University Nursing Decision" on 2/4 last year advising us they were finalizing admissions decisions and we received the actual decision email from Judy on 2/11. @EricaS, they don't seem to publish the admissions stats but over 700 applied this year (up 10% from last year) and the class is a little under 150 students. I imagine they over admit as they expect not everyone will enroll...maybe 30% acceptance rate if I had to warrant a guess? Maybe a little higher? Hang in there!