Which Accelerated BSN/MSN program to chose??

[megandan]

]Hi!

After months of hard work filling out applications, writing essays, having interviews, and the dreaded waiting (plus the years before doing the prereqs...), I've been accepted at 2 of the 5 programs I've applied to! And I'm still waiting to hear back from the other 3, and things are looking good. HORRAY! I'm super excited!! The problem is, I'm finishing up my last year of undergrad right now and don't have time or money to go visit all of the campuses, and I don't know how to chose between the two (or more) programs I've been accepted to.

So far I've been accepted at Columbia for the midwifery/women's health NP program and Johns Hopkins for the midwifery/women's health nurse specialist program. I had an interview at Yale and it went really well, and I'm also waiting to hear back from Emory and Vanderbilt.

I would say financial aid would have a lot to do with my decision, but I think that I have to decide before financial aid packets get mailed... I thought if the deposit to hold my spot was like $200 each I might just pay it for at least a few until I had more time to decide, but it's more like $500 each, and I can't afford that.

I heard that Yale is #3 for midwifery on the US News & World Report, but that doesn't say anything about the accelerated BSN/MSN program. Any insight to the qualities of these programs would be super helpful and much appreciated!! Thanks!