The_Salty_Cat

8000 applicants?!

Thank you for sharing the information! I've been checking their website, but nothing has been updated since 2018. Do you know where to access the nurse residency application when it's posted?

That's right. Columbia recently announced that they will be scrapping the residency program because people could not find jobs in time and employers are not going to pay you a full salary if they know you're still a student. I believe the DNP program...

These are great points. Also, you won't take the NCLEX when classes are in session. Most of the students study during their 3 week furlough after graduation in May, study throughout the short summer semester, and take it after the program ends in Aug...

It can be difficult to understand the program unless you start, but the main problem is time. I have overheard classmates complain that most of our time is spent turning in numerous, meaningless assignments. This program was set up to push students t...

They probably won't know because the official scores aren't on the web yet. But it is definitely not that high. There are some community colleges with nursing programs that have higher pass rates...

The pass rate last year was NOT 92%. My classmates were told by their advisors that it was a low ~80% - why the school is hammering this year's cohort with NCLEX testings.

I cannot tell you how much I HIGHLY recommend visiting the school. You will want to know about any upcoming changes to the programs, meet your peers, and get a sense if you want to come here.

Current student here. It is really not competitive to get into Columbia because they over accept applicants. I would say, you're over qualified and will do well ?

I highly recommend you visit all the schools you got into and visit Columbia too. Talk to the students, get a feel of the environment, ask questions, and see what you think.

Feel free to PM me!

I am not familiar with Midwifery but I do know a few students who have applied to post-MSN programs after the MDE ends. This is very common. Students in the previous cohorts have applied and been accepted to post-MSN programs. I know a few people doi...

Hi eastwest, Congratulations on all your acceptances! Feel free to PM me, thanks!

I also want to emphasize to confirm with Columbia/Financial Aid about the DNP residency. Our cohort was repeatedly promised that the residency is fully paid and that we are paying 10 credits total for that year. That was great, since we can start pay...

The financial aid director made it clear to our cohort last year that there is no need-based aid during the last summer semester of the MDE program. It is applied for Fall and Spring semesters. This is why they always remind us to budget carefully.

Hi, this may be my mistake. I don't recall whether the financial aid was merit or need-based but the TOTAL scholarship each person could have gotten was 27k... 51k would have been better haha

You would have to ask the financial aid office because the aid varies every year. They told us that the max amount of need-based aid was 27k last year.

Most of the MDE graduates don't continue into the DNP and they work as RNs for 1-3 years before returning back to NP school. It really depends on what you want to do. Some people fall in love with bedside nursing and stay working as RNs forever. It's...

Absolutely. No nursing school is perfect, but you should know the truth about the good and bad, especially when you're committing to a >100k tuition. We all wish we did our research better ? Though there are advantages of being in the city also.

The max last year was $27k. That's...awful. Feel free to PM me if you have questions about finances.

I didn't know that. How much is the merit scholarship this year? If that is true, that's awful because tuition also goes up 3% every year. We were told that our merit scholarships comes from funding and that varies every year. We do know that finance...

The flat-rate tuition took effect for the 2018 cohort, so the 2019 cohort to feel this change. Here is the cost of attendance for 2018-2019. Hope this helps! Tuition $82,234 CUMC Network Fee $585 Program Fee $150 Simulation Lab Fee $75 Student Activ...

The flat-rate tuition doesn't affect the first 3 semesters of the MDE. But it takes affect the last MDE and DNP semesters, as you will be taking fewer credits. But essentially, the change to flat-rate is a way for the school to get more money ? Colum...

I would highly recommend you attend JHU...less loans is always the better option.