Originally Posted by VickyRN
North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority
Nurse Education Scholarship-Loan Program (NESLP)
Available to students in participating North Carolina nurse education programs that prepare students for licensure in North Carolina as an LPN or RN. The loan must be repaid through service or in cash upon graduation.
Contact: The financial aid office at the nursing school where you are enrolled or are planning to apply for admission
Phone: (919) 549-8614
Email:
information@ncseaa.edu
Web site:
www.cfnc.org/paying/loan/career/career_nursing.jsp
Deadline: Unspecified
Amount: $400 to $3,000 (LPN or ADN program); $400 to $5,000 (BSN program)
I know i am a tad late but hopefully I can help others from going though the same hardships that had to endure by dealing with the NESLP scholarship. The best advice i can give anyone about this scholarship is to DO NOT TAKE IT! Go to the bank and take a second mortgage out on your home before taking this.
I took this scholarship at the advice of the dean of the allied health department for my school. I never asked for it, but was told it was basically free money and all i had to do was work in the state after i graduate. I was having financial difficulties at the time so i jumped at the chance to get some extra cash. Second semester I had some family health problems and as a result i failed Spring semester. Two days later I contacted NESLP about repayment because at that time I had the money to pay them back in full. I was told there was 2 forms to fill out and that as long as i was still enrolled in school and got those forms filled out I would not have to repay. I had the forms filled out by my schools fin aid advisor. It was two months before i heard anything from NESLP. I get the same forms in the mail again telling me that since i was dropped from the program i needed to gt them filled out. I took them to the dean of student services this time and had them filled out. Two weeks later I was denied my request to postpone repayment because of my enrollment status.
I was livid at that point so i called and was told that i had to be enrolled full time over the summer semester. When i asked the lady i talked to in the beginning she told me there was no requirement other than i needed to be enrolled. I was then told that if I enroll full time in the Fall i could avoid repayment. However, I am auditing a NUR class which doesn't count toward enrollment. That left me with no way avoid repayment. Now i am left having to make payments because i no longer have the extra cash and I possibly will not be able to afford next semester because i have to pay this debt that if someone had just told me the truth about from the beginning I could have avoided.
My entire dealings with the ppl who are in charge of NESLP have given me the impression that the organization is HIGHLY unorganized. I have since learned from some people who took this scholarship that setting up work repayment after graduation is just as difficult and confusing.
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