Seattle University APNI

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I just got accepted to Seattle University's APNI program and was wondering if any of my fellow future classmates were interested in starting a thread of our own.

We are about to embark on an amazing, stressful and exciting venture--June is just around the corner!

We may as well start getting to know each other now.

When I initially decided to apply to SU I found very little on allnurses, so I'm hoping this thread will also be a place where prospective APNI's can post and get some advice from us . . . eventually :p

So, if anyone is interested in introducing themselves I'd love to hear from you.

I look forward to meeting everyone at orientation in June :D

Any advice from current students is greatly appreciated too!

In Sabrina's first long message to our group, I think she mentioned something about adjusting cost of attendance, and that the initial calculation won't be correct. I'm pretty sure that's where I saw the reference. In any case, annual tuition for our programs is about $26,000-$28,000 depending on which tract you're in. Then add in all the other expenses and you should see total cost of attendence somewhere north of $40k/year. I'm not sure how they'll adjust for summer aid and all but I was assured by my financial aid counselor (I panicked and called a couple weeks ago) that we can get loans to even cover our expected family contribution, up to the total cost of attendance. I am still waiting for my award, and won't feel comfortable until I have cash in hand, but am hanging onto the hope that my tuition will be covered in full, somehow, even if I'm paying loans back for years. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm also hoping for enough money for mac n cheese and coffee. :)

I'm not 100% sure about any of this, but am going off of what I have been told so far. I hope this helps put some of you at ease.

-Dana

I had to call the Financial Aid Office to ask them to increase my student loans.. YIKES! Anywho, each one us are assigned to a specific Fin Aid Counselor so my advice is to find who you are assigned to and work with that person. My lady's name is "Jaime" and we calculated how much tuition will cost for our first year.. and it's $31,378 .. ($541.00 x 58). If you don't have enough to cover your tuition, just call your Fin Aid Counselor and tell them to increase it to the amount you need, however there is a "max" amount they can give you for each Loan Category (GRAD Plus, Unsubs/Subs Stafford Loans, Perkins... etc). I don't know why, but it was a painless process for me to get that all squared away. If you'd like, here's the number 206-296-2000 and just press the "Financial Services" option. Hope this helped. :D

All that information is super helpful. I tried to call today but they're closed for Good Friday. When I look at the number of credit hours, it looked like 48 (12/15/16/15), did the 58 credit hours include summer quarter of next year?

Hi Mike, 12 + 15 + 16 + 15 is 58 :-) I made sure... I used the calculator LOL, can't do math in my head.

I'm so embarrassed! oops! :imbar

Hello!

My name is Amy and I am on the FNP track. Sorry to have missed the first meet-up at the Ram but I am looking forward to the next gathering, it will be nice to know a few friendly faces before starting in June. I also live in Seattle, just a few miles south of Seattle University.

Has everyone received their financial aid packet in the mail already? Perhaps my mailbox got hungry and ate mine as a snack....

I look forward to meeting you all soon!

Amy

Just joined...happy to see so much communication already! My name is Lily, I live outside of Seattle (in the Kent/Des Moines area). I will be doing the LCN track. Now a little about me...I'm from all over (grew up in Arizona, Florida, Oregon, New York, Michigan, Venezuela and my family moved to Seattle when I started college). I got my undergrad from University of Miami in International Studies and Psychology. Most recently, I returned from Mozambique (southern Africa) where I spend 2 years as an HIV/Health volunteer with the Peace Corps. I look forward to meeting everyone! Congrats to all!

Amy - the financial aid letters are online. If you check your SU email, it tells you how to locate it.

Has anyone heard anything about whether or not we need a PDA of some sort? I've seen that it was recommended in years past that students have one. My phone is on its last legs and I'm wondering if I should get something more than just a regular phone if I'm going to need one for school.

Thanks!

Anne

Hi All!

I enjoyed meeting everyone at the Ram last week... I think you all are going to have a good cohort. That said, I have decided to pursue a different program. That decision was based on tons of research, where my partner got into grad school, and where I am at this point in my life. It was a difficult decision as I believe that SU is a terrific school and that a decision to stay here would have been equally good. The best of luck to all of you!!

My program doesn't start until August, but I'll put out there that I will have a cute, renovated 3bed house for rent a few miles South of campus in the best of neighborhoods in Mt. Baker if anyone is interested... shoot an email. It should be available before September 1.

Julian

Good luck to you Julian! Where did you decide to go?

PA program at Samuel Merritt in Oakland

Oh yeah, I remember you telling us about that. Good luck and best wishes!

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