Yale, Columbia, Penn?

[Ashley.]

Hi there :) I'm a long time reader, first time poster. I'm thinking about doing a graduate entry program (I'm working towards a degree in a non-nursing field) and I was wondering what the stats where like for the ivy league schools. I'm particularly interested in Yale, Columbia and Penn.

I've spoken to admissions from these schools but I would like to hear from accepted students :)

Thank you!

Ashley

[maldoniaNP]

dancingnurse13: I can only speak to my experience at Yale, but I really haven't had much trouble finding positions, either as an RN or, upon graduating, as an NP. I don't know that the school as an entity did anything directly to "get" me my jobs, but the connections I made through my clinical rotations did: my first RN job was on a floor where I'd had a med/surg rotation, and I was alerted to what ended up becoming my first NP job through a connection one of my preceptors had to another NP in the area I was moving to.

I work now in primary care (and had always intended to), but found the time I spent working in the hospital as an RN invaluable, both personally and professionally. I can't imagine having felt prepared to graduate without it.

I can't compare my experience to PAs, though, since I've only lived what I've lived. :) Good luck!

[angcal3]

I'd like to see if anybody who has gone through the Midwifery program at UPenn or Yale would mind sharing about their experience. I feel that I have looked through everything I can look through, and it would be good to hear from someone's personal experience. Please message me! Thank you! CW