A change in school......no lasalle for me

[ava'smomRN]

A change in school......no Lasalle (http://www.lasalle.edu) for me. yup thats right after finding out i wasnt getting a lot of fin aid i called it quits. their tuition is $34,500 a year!!!!!! My fin aid grant (free money) was only 11,500... so i am suppossed to take out that huge loan? I dont think so! so this is my decission, I am going to apply to Jefferson University (http://www.tju.edu), I just met with an admission rep and academic advisor. I only have three classes to take because i have mosty of them done. i have to take economics, abnormal psych, and biochem. so its not to bad, i am a little dissapointed that i cant start until fall 2005, but theres a good side to this decission also. i figured i will probaly only go to school one or two semesters and i will just continue to work full time, save some cash, this way when i start my program i can change my work schedule to pool or something and i will have cash saved to help pay tuition and living expenses. i am gonna miss school full-time but at the same time it should be nice to have a break. during my time off i think i will go over my a&p, micro, and nutrition, and i was thinking of buying some nursing books (the made easy ones) and just reading them... i dont know. well its been real! anyone else have/been through the same situation????? bye now

[manna, BSN, RN]

Holy moly! 34K a year! I don't think I'd be going there either... eek!

Good luck! :)

[colleen10]

Hi MsJKM,

I think you are making a good decision for yourself. The one thing I regret about my Bachelor's is all the loan money I had to take out and I didn't take out nearly as much as you would have to.

Good Luck,

Col

[Kiwi Nurse 2 Be]

I can completely understand how you feel....34K is alot of money!! The good side to this is TJU is a really good school...a friend of mine graduated from their nursing program, and I almost went there myself! Starting school in 2005 is not so bad...it'll be here before you know it! :) Keep us posted on your acceptance at TJU!!