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ahh sorry i wasn't waitlisted... i just hadn't seen this thread yet when they sent out decisions in december! im not sure about when they start going over the waitlist, good luck though!!

ahh so i tried to PM you.. it said since i haven't made 15 posts on this site i'm not able to because they want to prevent spammers!? i feel like i should be able to message you back since you initiated the message haha but anyways if you want to message me your email i can email you!

i tried to message you, but i guess im not able to? yeah i haven't really started apartment hunting yet! i looked briefly a month or so ago and everywhere i contacted said i was way too early...

ahh its driving me crazy not knowing the schedule! i know they follow the academic calendar for the first year, but i was mostly wondering if there is a break at all before we start clinical 2nd year and if we get any breaks or vacation 2nd year. probably not haha... but no i live in philly right now! what about you?

hi! sorry to restart this thread but for anyone attending columbia now (or graduated from it...) mind answering a few questions to an upcoming student? i will be attending in may 2015! please and thanks!

sorry to restart this thread but i was trying to find a current Columbia student to ask a few questions to.. i will be attending in May 2015! anyone who is attending columbia now mind answering a few questions...?

prospectcrna, i also got in! :D anxiously awaiting to hear about our schedule and stuff... it starts so soon!!

For those of you that were accepted, are any of you in the combined BSN/MSN program? I got accepted into nurse anesthesia, definitely my top choice, but the cost of attending is really scary... good luck to everyone with all of their applications!!

Hi all, I'm 22 and graduated from college this past Spring. I was pre-med all throughout college, although a little part of me had always worried about whether medicine was really a good fit for me because of my desire to have a big family and spend a decent amount of time at home raising kids. I've been back and forth between doctor and nurse practitioner for the past few years, and was frustrated that I couldn't confidently make a decision and decided to apply to medical school anyway. Yesterday I found out I was accepted. I'm so excited, but at the same time I really want to think this decision through and not jump into medical school just because it's right there in front of me. My concerns about medical school are I want to have several children when I'm older (after finishing residency), and be able to work part time for awhile at least while my kids are young (not sure what route I want to go but currently interested in peds). I'm worried that after I'm done residency around age 30 or so, I'll have so much debt from school that working part time and starting a family won't be very realistic. I think NP would be more flexible in regards to this, and schooling is not as long so I would be able to have kids earlier, but I know if I choose this path some little part of me will always wonder if I would have been more satisfied being a physician (and especially knowing I got this far). For any NPs willing to respond, do you find your career just as exciting and rewarding as those of your physician co-workers? Do you ever regret not going the med school route? I'm a scribe so I work with docs, PAs, and NPs in the ER everyday, but nonetheless am having a hard time deciding. I feel like I won't REALLY know what a career as an NP or MD will be like until I'm there. And of course I feel silly trying to "plan" my future with when I want to get married, how many kids I want, etc., but I can't help thinking about it! Any advice or insight will be greatly appreciated!