Scholarships

Lpntxn1 · May 3, 2009

Do you have an aunt or someone else you can live with? If you move from your parents home you would qualify for grants.... just a thought.

Good Luck!!

libnat · May 3, 2009

Nope, you could be totally on your own but if you are not several years older than I am now they will take family income only.

Lpntxn1 · May 3, 2009

Huh? That doesn't seem fair. The laws must have changed. I did it when I was 18. I held a part-time job and went to school part-time and qualified for grants on my own.

libnat · May 3, 2009

Everyone I know has looked into it and gets the same thing. File your own taxes, so what. Your family not willing to help, doesn't matter unless you are married with children of your own.

I am trying for another $700 scholarship which only required a 3.5 gpa or above to apply and mine is 3.8. I doubt I will get it though, they sent out letters so you know a million people applied. Tempted to look through my geneology and find some minority status. I know a girl who did it, she had some Native American in her background and qualified for some stuff that way.

Lpntxn1 · May 3, 2009

Where are you planning on attending? Have you sat down with a financial aid advisor? If you are going into nursing, I have heard that some of the hospitals will do some paybacks if you agree to work for them. I am waiting to hear from Galen regarding my acceptance for classes in July. I do not qualify for any scholarship/grants either. I plan on taking out student loans, it is my only option. But I look at it like an investment in my future. I know it is frustrating, but don't give up!! I wish you the best of luck in your search.

libnat · May 3, 2009

I am at UofL right now in their pre-nursing program for traditional bsn. I am sure it will all work out. My parents have decided to pay cash for my summer classes and look at stanford loans for the fall.

KY RN · May 4, 2009

Have you gone to the NIA center on 29th and Broadway? They have a program called WIA, this will give you $4600.00 per year. I do not believe this is need based but I am not positive. Have you applied to the BON for their scholarships? Have you tried the KNA? I believe they also have scholarships. Dave Ramsey is a financial guru. On his website, he has some information about applying for different scholarships. It is www.DaveRamsey.com

libnat · May 4, 2009

Thanks I will look into all of that. I did go to the BON website but you had to be in actual nursing for anything they offered and was also offered need based.

libnat · May 5, 2009

So increased my credit card limit from $500 to $1000 to get my books in one swoop and apparently I need to get some research goals because a scholarships wants me to write about them.

BBFRN, BSN, PhD · May 6, 2009

Which scholarship is asking you about research goals, libnat? You may want to make sure it's not an undergrad research grant.

DA314 · May 6, 2009

Nope, you could be totally on your own but if you are not several years older than I am now they will take family income only.

You can file an appeal with your school's financial aid office. If you can prove that you have livedon your own and have been working to pay your bills for an entire year, they will let you become independent status. But if you just try to csam them by living with a different relative and not working, then you're out of luck.

I had to appeal when I was younger because they tried to make me claim dependent status, even though I lived 400 miles away from my parents in another state and had worked my butt off to pay all my bills on my own. I won the appeal and was awarded more financial aid.