HRSA Nursing Scholarship Application--Now AVAILABLE!!

you're EFC is 11,000???? I'm blown away by this. I'm sorry for being nosey..but what is your occupation?? My efc was 3800 last year because I was a dependent student.. now im independent so its 0. i'm just waiting to see if i got in to a program so i can go apply. good luck to you all.

Some kids dont have trust funds.

I didn't mean that you literally had a trust fund, although im sure some do.

My point is that there are those who are much more needier than you. You have a $45k/yr job and ostensibly a previous degree. You probably saved some money - or you should have. And based upon FASFA, you should be able to contribute more than $11k a year for school. This is based upon how much you have in your savings, your checking account, your 401K, and other assets - which I think is a good way to determine how much you should be able to use for school.

There are people who have no savings, who work minimum wage, and who actually have a negative net worth due to the debt they've incurred just from pre-reqs. Bottom line - you're in better shape than many. I hope that these scholarship and others of this kind go to people that are on the edge of dropping out due to no other reason than that they can't afford to go. These are usually people with an EFC of 0 - those who should get this kind of help. Thats all im saying.