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Thanks for the update! How frustrating though. I was hoping to have news prior to visiting day

Has any one received anything about financial aid? During the webinar they said they hoped to get it out end of last week/beginning of this week.

I don't think it's counter productive at all! It sounds like Columbia encourages students to take a year off between the BS and MS portions of the program. Getting experience is always a good thing - you've chosen a speciality but it's possible you'...

Does anyone have details on scholarship applications? It looks like we're automatically in the running for PLUS just by submitting our FAFSAs and the Alumni scholarship hasn't opened yet. I can't tell about the Robert Wood Johnson though, there's no ...

I've been doing some research on this and I believe in the US a BS (in nursing) and BSN are considered the same for hospitals with magnet status. It really just varies whether the school is just a nursing school or if it's tied to a larger University...

Did anyone else apply for a subspecialty? How do we know if we were accepted into it?

Thanks, I was not aware of that and it is very good to know!

Hi all! I'm in for FNP. I've already started a similar program so I'm working with Columbia to see what (if anything) will transfer. I get in-state tuition here and the cost of Columbia is somewhat daunting... I love how accelerated it is and that we...

I expect Micro will help with Pathophys and Pharma some too. I am not looking forward to either of those classes and I'm glad I have Micro already!

To jump on the DePaul bandwagon, I think the changes UIC is making after the 2014 cohort will mean the program is very similar to what DePaul and Rush offer. There's a push for generalist masters programs and specializing through the DNP route or pos...

Got in for PNP! I'm very excited (although I wish it started sooner, I don't want to wait almost a year before starting!). Is someone creating a facebook group?

Does anyone know what job prospects are like for ABSN grads? Generally I hear it's good to get an externship but ABSN students probably won't have time. Given that there are roughly 250 students being cranked out each year at NYU alone I can't imagin...

I think email and then an official letter. Based on my interviewer their final decisions are due to the admissions committee today and we're looking at ~1week turn around. Good luck everybody!

I wonder if the earlier slots filled up first... It looked like that's what happened for the PNP sign ups. I'm hoping we hear back by end of next week. I'm very nervous!

Are all decisions due May 1st? I thought you had three/four weeks from when you heard to accept/decline. I didn't realize there was an overall deadline :)

Basically like mairayhans described. I received an email and my snail mail packet came much later (like a week and a half, but I live in an area notorious for poor postal service). The Albert site either updated a few hours later or was up to date an...

Wow that's a lot more spots than PNP-they only have 5-6!

I brought mine, plus a copy of my midterm grades because I'm still taking a few prereqs. It wasn't necessary for the PNP interview (they knew everything! We talked about details from my essays that I barely remembered adding and I reread them before ...

Does anyone know when we should hear back on the final decisions? When I asked it sounded like they had to submit their choices to the admissions committee on 4/26 and we could expect a week or so for the turn around.

It either took some time or it took me a few tries before I saw it. It's right below the header "application status" above the paragraph stating the admissions office is processing the application

Seconded! Let us know how it goes.

I completely agree that any general change will be at the very minimum 5 years out. However, it's possible that some states and hospital systems may start making the move to push for DNPs much sooner. Look at the havoc magnet status hospitals in the ...

I did not know, I didn't even notice the links to their specific pages until I looked up my interviewers this afternoon after I was done :) If I had thought of it I would have ctrl+f "PNP" and looked at all the faculty with PNP degrees. That trick m...

Sorry for the novel-length response! Hopefully this is helpful and not more confusing, I'm still getting my thoughts in order. BSN-DNP would involve a lot of the same specialty courses that you would be taking for your masters plus the admin stuff. I...

Thanks rain! I looked at the Marquette program as well but decided to wait to apply. I highly recommend checking out the research being performed by the nursing school faculty at UIC if you have any interest - some of it is really neat! If you know w...