Yale 2015

JulieVrgn · Feb 27, 2015

I'm in for the nurse midwifery as well!! Blown away and totally excited!

DoulaMe · Feb 27, 2015

If you're looking for ranking, Yale is 3rd and OHSU is 7th. I also interviewed for both schools and I can say I like Portland MUCH better as a place to live, but not convinced it's a better program. They do like to encourage people to do the DNP there, which could be good or just a waste of money depending on your career goals. I've also heard Yale described as "conservative," so i'd think more about that if you're into social justice.

That is so interesting to me as a lot of my time in interview was spent talking about how committd to social justice the faculty at YSN is, with myriad examples. I didn't get a conservative vibe from them at all.

Psuche · Feb 27, 2015

Congratulations all who were admitted! Those who were not yet admitted, even having interviewed speaks highly of your qualifications and prospects.

I'm in for PMHNP and although I'm choosing to attend another great program, Yale is an amazing university, where I'm sure those of you attending will flourish!!!

atticat · Feb 28, 2015

In for PMHNP; I'm assuming the Fates got drunk and cut me a break, because I felt totally doomed about my prospects before I found out. I'm 99% sure I will be attending, barring some sort of financial aid apocalypse, since Yale has always been my first choice. I am spending my remaining days before official enrollment making fun of all the silly Yalies in my neighborhood while I still can :-) (New Haven native, it's my right!). If it means anything to anyone on any of these waiting lists, I'll be declining Vanderbilt, Columbia, BC, and USM. Congrats and good luck to everyone else! Looking forward to meeting everyone.

yhr13 · Mar 1, 2015

For any midwifery applicants - I couldn't make it to the interview day, did they talk about clinical placements at all? How diverse are the clinical sites? Do you get experience mainly in New Haven, or are there opportunities in rural areas and surrounding states? Do you have any choice in your sites or are you assigned them? Last question - do you know if the midwifery faculty practice does waterbirths or VBACs? Any insight would be great!!

JulieVrgn · Mar 1, 2015

This is what I remember- other people should fill in! Yes- they talked quite a bit about that during our orientation and Professor Jevitt, the Midwifery Specialist Coordinator, was my interviewer. First of all, I would definitely recommend emailing or calling her. She was very open about talking about placements and how it works. From what I understood, the first year and a half students were placed at a Yale New Haven Hospital with their midwifery practice. They recently moved campuses to YNHH St. Raphael's Campus, which is extremely close by to the old hospital. I'm not sure about VBAC/waterbirth, but they do have nitrate oxide, which I think is pretty cool (I've never seen it used before but I've heard good things). We didn't talk a lot about this aspect (I hope other students can fill in), and instead we talked more on the final semester, which is the full immersion. From what I understood, Yale can find a placement for you or you could find your own. If Yale is in charge, they will be unable to place you in any state that already has a midwifery school- so New York, California, Oregon, etc. are out of the picture. You may find placement in Connecticut, but it didn't seem like there was a lot of spots. In my notes I have written down that they have placements in Delaware and the Cambridge Birth Center. I do remember her talking about a home birth practice in CT that takes students. Also, it may be helpful to know that you need to have your own car for transportation. I hope other students can fill in some more.

DoulaMe · Mar 1, 2015

They will try to place you wherever you want for integration (the last semester where you are working 40 hours a week as a midwife with a preceptor) as far as my understanding goes. There are just some states they can't send you to like CA and NY. I suspect she will be speaking with students fairly soon after arrival to start trying to line that up as she said it takes quite some time. I think they do VBACs but I am not 100%. I also don't know about water birth. I wish I had thought to ask. I was super nervousness though. I would email her. She's really nice and accessible. Report back if you do!

DoulaMe · Mar 1, 2015

And I don't know if they call it immersion or integration. I am getting all my programs blended up in my head.

WombService · Mar 1, 2015

She did also mention that if you're currently (or have previously) worked with someone you really like, you might ask them if they'd be willing to precept for you in the future. They can't find placements for you in some states (CA, OR, and NY were mentioned-- probably others), but if you can find someone there you're good to go.

yhr13 · Mar 1, 2015

Awesome, thank you all so much for that info! I wonder how many students end up moving away for the final semester. I'll email Professor Jevitt and report back if I hear anything more/different!

JulieVrgn · Mar 1, 2015

That'd be great. I secured a placement with nurse midwives in Maine so I'll be leaving (so that's 1/20)

WombService · Mar 2, 2015

Is anyone else planning to relocate from the bay area? I'm looking into moving options and am ultimately wondering if anyone would be interested in splitting the cost of a pod/u-box/shipping container type thing.