ADN to MSN Financial Aid: What "Grade" Level?

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Specializes in Acute Care Cardiac, Education, Prof Practice.

I am getting ready to start my ADN-MSN program at the end of July and was filling out my FAFSA forms online today. One of the questions was what "Grade Level" I would be. I am not sure if a two year ADN is considered junior level?

Just curious if anyone else has experience with this. I am assuming I will just wind up talking to a FA Advisor in the end.

Tait

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Specializes in Gerontology, nursing education.
I am getting ready to start my ADN-MSN program at the end of July and was filling out my FAFSA forms online today. One of the questions was what "Grade Level" I would be. I am not sure if a two year ADN is considered junior level?

Just curious if anyone else has experience with this. I am assuming I will just wind up talking to a FA Advisor in the end.

Tait

The FAFSA form is a PITA. Apparently the rocket scientists who created the form have no clue that there are working adults who may wish to go on for advanced education but are not independently wealthy and thus need financial aid.

Call your financial aid person and ask for help.

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Specializes in Pediatric Oncology/BMT.

I'm not sure how your program works. Are you getting your BSN and then the MSN? If you are getting the BSN first, put 3rd year undergrad (assuming you've got 2 years form the ADN).

The fed will only issue a certain amount of government subsidized loans towards your undergraduate degree (bachelor's of whatever). They re-set that at the graduate level (master's etc.) If you haven't received your full subsidized loan allotment for undergrad, take it. Once you're doing your graduate level coursework, your filing status will change accordingly.

Of course, calling your program's financial aid office is always smartest for sticky things like this....

:twocents:

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I am bridging w/o BSN it is considered graduate for bridge+ MSN work- hth! I got a combo of stafford sub, unsub and PLUS grad - it was offfered in excess of tuition (living expenses,ect )

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Specializes in Acute Care Cardiac, Education, Prof Practice.
I am bridging w/o BSN it is considered graduate for bridge+ MSN work- hth! I got a combo of stafford sub, unsub and PLUS grad - it was offfered in excess of tuition (living expenses,ect )

This is great to hear. I am also bridging without gaining the BSN. I took so many credits prior to deciding on nursing that I am already maxed on my undergraduate FA so hopefully this will be a reset for graduate for me as well.

I put myself as a junior on the application figuring I had 2 of 4 years of a bachelors.

We shall see!

Thanks for the responses as always,

Tait

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The University that I will be attending determines the grade level according to to the

hours a person has accumulated. Doesn't matter if they are lower- or upper division.

For example, I have 115 hours, all in the 1000-2000 level courses. (Yep, I managed to accrue

three Associates degrees!) I am considered a Senior at my University.

But, and this is probably the obvious, my degree plan still requires that I take many, many upper

division courses. So I will be a Senior for a loooooong time!

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