West Coast University-Child Care

Jen,

I am taking on mostly private loans. I figure it is about 1 day of overtime per week to be used to pay the tuition. I am a parent too but I have a husband and mom to help me with my two young boys. You'll really need a support group who will be able to watch your children while you study (for me, I usually have to leave the house due to distractions inorder to focus on the course work) and will cheer you on when courses get tough or when you do well. I am not working right now (but not by choice) I am looking for work and I plan on working throughout the courses (at least till clinicals, then prob cut down to part time during clinicals) You'll really have to scale down your expenses for 3 years to accommodate lost income.

Socolnursingstudent - do you mind sharing who you did your private loans through? I am navigating through the process right now.

Yeah, that is a good way to look at it. I passed my HESI on Saturday so now I have to go through the financial aid part. I was supposed to go tonight, but that won't work.

I do have support through all of this luckily. Even though it is just me, I only have 1 son and he is really good. I will try to work as much as I can and I have to see what my work will do to help facilitate my schedule.

So now its just seeing what I can get, how much I can knock off from my pre-reqs and convincing my mother who would need to co-sign that this is the best choice.