Like midwifery students of past years, I as well have fallen in love with Yale's GEPN Midwifery program. This question is about the personal statement.
Ive been told that this is the most important part of the application, and that it should tell your story. This was said by Dr. Korevec during the informational, so I'm fairly confident in knowing that's what they want. It should explain why Yale and why nursing. However, whenever someone proofreads my personal statement, they know I'm applying to Yale and say it reads too much like a story and not like a college application essay. It's happened like 3 times and now I'm not sure what to do. Any advice?
Wow, I'm surprised they are giving out interview decisions so soon. I applied before the original October 1st deadline but am still missing a LOR..I wonder if they will give me a decision or not.
Is anyone planning on going to Scholars Day? I would like to but I wasn't sure if any of the other applicants would or not - I feel like it may be a little awkward being the only non-student or faculty there.
Wow, I'm surprised they are giving out interview decisions so soon. I applied before the original October 1st deadline but am still missing a LOR..I wonder if they will give me a decision or not.
Is anyone planning on going to Scholars Day? I would like to but I wasn't sure if any of the other applicants would or not - I feel like it may be a little awkward being the only non-student or faculty there.
If you can make it, I encourage you to come and visit the campus. You are going to be spending a lot of time and money here if you are accepted so it will help if you start to have an inkling whether the program and the environment is right for you before you have to make your decision. That is one thing I wish I would have done differently last year. I didn't set foot on the campus until I actually arrived to start the program.
There is also an interview day where you will have a full day of activities next year but getting different impressions of the school at different times and during different seasons will be helpful. Also keep in mind that as the current students progress through the program, we will each have our own unique perspectives of the program as we hit different milestones. We all come from very diverse backgrounds which will in turn color our take on the program so come talk to us to get some different perspectives.
Just as a FYI, we have already hosted prospective candidates on campus and they have audited classes with us as they decide which school they would like to attend and these individuals came on their own. This is something all of you can request as well if you want to visit outside of Scholar's Day, just send an e-mail to Sandy and she will reach out to us and see if anyone can show you around. She will put you in touch with someone in your specialty of interest if you know what dates you will be visiting.
@Ohm108 thank you, that's great advice. When I originally applied, I didn't realize that the SON is located on the West Campus. What is it like to be there rather than downtown? Do you have access to the Main Campus facilities (library, gym, ect) and feel connected to the Yale community in general?
@Ohm108 thank you, that's great advice. When I originally applied, I didn't realize that the SON is located on the West Campus. What is it like to be there rather than downtown? Do you have access to the Main Campus facilities (library, gym, ect) and feel connected to the Yale community in general?
Short answer is no you don't feel connected to main campus but other current students might have a different opinion. The longer answer is more complicated and yes you have access to main campus facilities such as the gym and libraries. Payne Whitney is a huge gym and they offer classes as well that you can take. You are still a Yale Grad student, just your professional school is located at West Campus.
YSN does do their best to try and and keep us connected to main campus as much as possible with events and visits from Handsome Dan and therapy dogs as well as events that are hosted at YSN. Flu shots are given around the campus in November and one of the places to get them is at YSN. The medical students and PA students also come to West Campus for their simulations experience because they don't have a simulation lab of their own and we just upgraded our sim labs and they are state of the art with full AV and simulation apartment buildings. We just started using the expanded space with our current cohort. Parking is also free at West Campus if you drive so that is also a nice perk.
We moved in 2013 because of the lack of space and if you speak to some of the older students that still remember what the old building was like in old campus you will understand why we moved. We have more space and the building is much more modern. There is space for all the faculty offices and we have a lot more study rooms, conference rooms, and classrooms across three floors which also allowed YSN to grow and increase the number of students that it could accept starting in 2013.
So that is the trade off. You get a larger space and a more modern building with better amenities versus being close to old campus while being crammed into a much smaller space with aging infrastructure. The shuttle system is in place for you to use and while the distance from old campus isn't great the trade offs in my opinion are worth it. You will still spend part of your time on old campus because we take our anatomy and donor lab at the medical school and we have our ILCE classes with the PA and medical students also at the medical school which is near old campus. You will also have many of your clinicals at YNHH which is literally across the street from the medical school.
YSN and the other research divisions that are at West Campus also has its own gym (yes it is small but it is easy to use if you want a quick work out with shower facilities) and it also has its own dining hall that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the students and faculty. YSN has its own small library but you are right that the 14 libraries that Yale has are all in old campus which I normally rotate through as I pick a new place to study each week. The culture centers are also open to you as well along with the LGBT center, Afro, Asian, Latinx, Jewish Community centers if you wish to go and study there along with the other professional schools.
Keep in mind that most of us do live close to or near main campus so while we might not attend classes on old campus a lot of us do live near it.
I called Sandy earlier and she stated that they will be releasing the first batch of interview decisions by this Saturday. I am not sure of the time as I forgot to ask her what time they are releasing them. If anyone happens to know the time they will be releasing decisions, let us know. She also said that they will be sending an email regarding your interview decision and if you do get an interview, you will be given a link to log onto your portal. She specifically stated that they are not releasing all the interview decisions on one day like last year since they had to extend the deadline for this year's application. Instead, they will be released in batches. She said if you do not get a decision by this Saturday, you will most likely get one in the following week probably on Saturday as well.
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Wow, I'm surprised they are giving out interview decisions so soon. I applied before the original October 1st deadline but am still missing a LOR..I wonder if they will give me a decision or not.
Is anyone planning on going to Scholars Day? I would like to but I wasn't sure if any of the other applicants would or not - I feel like it may be a little awkward being the only non-student or faculty there.