Conditional acceptance?

[chwcbesteph]

Has anybody waited to hear if you've gotten accepted into a program, only to receive a letter of "conditional acceptance"?

I could have read the admissions more clearly on the university's website, or my advisor could have offered more details, but regardless, I was surprised at the $150 deposit, $155 criminal background check/drug screen, and required laptop purchase through the university upon final acceptance.

Not that I am totally complaining- I got in! But I wasn't prepared for these expenses (I actually launched an Indiegogo fundraising campaign to ask my family and friends for help- I'm also pregnant and taking classes, so needless to say, I didn't have the money and was able to cover it by fundraising) and I'm wondering what other processes people have had to go through upon acceptance to their programs. Just for some perspective.

[Lolita34]

Congratulations! I had to pay $250 for the seat deposit and its non-refundable. Good luck!

[StayHumble11]

Wow mine was only 100 for the seat reservation. The application fee was 100 also

[PalmHarborMom]

We did not get "conditional" acceptance; however, prior to classes beginning there was a treasure trove of stuff to buy. We needed to do background check/drug screen through a specific company ($180), get all immunization records together titers if we did not have the records, Hep B Titers, school scrubs ($100 per set), smart phone, medical app for phone ($150), Kaplan computer program ($600), then there was the regular textbooks and a bunch of little odds and ends. By the time I was done preparing to start nursing school, I had spent around $2000+ not including tuition for all the supplies, records, books, software, titers, apps, and drug/background checks. The hardest part for some students was that most of it needed to be purchased before classes started so they were not able to use any financial aid/ loans to help pay for it. We did not get a full list of required items until our orientation day a couple weeks before classes started. So I suggest that you save up as much money as you can for pre-start expenses.

On the plus side, many of the books are used (in our program) for multiple semesters.

[stephanie.]

I had to pay a $105 fee, it included our nursing pack for 1st semester though.