Are application fees the norm?

donsterRN, ASN, BSN · May 7, 2006

My application fee was $50, and $100 to accept and hold the position. The $100 was applied to tuition.

elizabells, BSN, RN · May 7, 2006

The two schools that didn't take me had app fees of $50 and $60. The one that did had a fee of $100, a $500 deposit towards tuition, and a housing deposit of $350 that went toward housing fees.

Oh, and tuition for the first year was $56,000. Smile!

If you don't get in, you're out the money. It is what it is.

bsugaRN2b · May 7, 2006

The two schools that didn't take me had app fees of $50 and $60. The one that did had a fee of $100, a $500 deposit towards tuition, and a housing deposit of $350 that went toward housing fees.
Oh, and tuition for the first year was $56,000. Smile!
If you don't get in, you're out the money. It is what it is.

Whoa - and I thought my school was bad at $45,000 and a $250 deposit...and I'm scared to ask - did the $56,000 include housing?

elizabells, BSN, RN · May 7, 2006

Whoa - and I thought my school was bad at $45,000 and a $250 deposit...and I'm scared to ask - did the $56,000 include housing?

That's a negative. Total for year 1? drumroll please.... Eighty five grand. I went from about two grand in credit card debt to sixty thousand. I got a nice fat scholarship, but still. Sixty grand. That's about a year's take-home pay for a new grad RN here in NY.

capribry · May 8, 2006

That's a negative. Total for year 1? drumroll please.... Eighty five grand. I went from about two grand in credit card debt to sixty thousand. I got a nice fat scholarship, but still. Sixty grand. That's about a year's take-home pay for a new grad RN here in NY.

:trout:

HeartsOpenWide, RN · May 8, 2006

I have heard of application fees before, although neither of the schools I applied for (ASN and BSN) had application fees. I do not see how they could collect them unless it was a private school. $100 does seem like a lot, especially if you had to pay that to all the schools you were applying to....

I'm currently knocking away at my pre-req's and would like to attend the ADN program at the college I'm currently attending, but I don't want to rule out the BSN program at the University near here. I don't know if I'm being a tightwad or not, but $100 seems like a lot to me.
Are applications fees the norm for nursing programs? (Asked ever so politely by a broke woman)

carolinapooh, BSN, RN · May 8, 2006

I'm currently knocking away at my pre-req's and would like to attend the ADN program at the college I'm currently attending, but I don't want to rule out the BSN program at the University near here. I don't know if I'm being a tightwad or not, but $100 seems like a lot to me.
Are applications fees the norm for nursing programs? (Asked ever so politely by a broke woman)

Duke's was fifty bucks. Here's the kicker - UNC's was SEVENTY-FIVE. I still haven't figured that out yet....Duke is private, UNC is public...of course, the interest alone from Duke's endowment could support us all, very well, for many years...

The matriculation fee at Duke was five hundred bucks. That does come off tuition, but I'm nervously anticipating the bill, which has yet to arrive....

HeartsOpenWide, RN · May 8, 2006

Ouch. I am so glad I live in California.

Undergraduate - part time (0.1-6.0 units) $1061

Undergraduate - full time (6.1 or more units) $1589

Residents of California only have to pay registration fee's while non residence have to pay registration and tuition

Non-residents have to pay the same fee's plus $339 per unit for tuition

The two schools that didn't take me had app fees of $50 and $60. The one that did had a fee of $100, a $500 deposit towards tuition, and a housing deposit of $350 that went toward housing fees.
Oh, and tuition for the first year was $56,000. Smile!
If you don't get in, you're out the money. It is what it is.

barbnyc · May 8, 2006

Hi Everyone,

I paid $35.00 for one small private nursing school and $20.00 for their private admission test. For a more high end program, I paid $50.00 for the application and $50.00 to take the NLN-PAX exam.

I had to pay $70.00 as a "transfer" student to take the prerequisite courses at the local community college because I had a college degree already.

I think these fees are charged so that only those who are serious about applying make the investment. I think it also helps defray the administrative costs of processing the applications.

I learned from one institution that they sent out 3,000 application packets and from that amount 1,000 students applied.

I also found out that if accepted into either of the programs I am waiting on, I will have to send $200.00 with my acceptance letter.