Chamberlain college of nursing-Atlanta

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Hi everyone, I have my pre-enrollment meeting with an advisor tomorrow for chamberlain here in Atlanta!! super excited!!!! but was scared about the loans, I have been hearing that the loan from the school is at a very high interest rate. However I do not have a degree and have never received financial aid before, so did not know if that would be a good thing or a bad thing.... and also how the drug screening is there, do we just take it at school or go to a clinic as I work as well so did not know if I need to work it around my work schedule! I am super excited to get my classes, read some blogs about students having trouble with registering....

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Go state school for your prerequisites and finish up at chamberlain . Save about 40k

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Hi everyone, I have my pre-enrollment meeting with an advisor tomorrow for chamberlain here in Atlanta!! super excited!!!! but was scared about the loans, I have been hearing that the loan from the school is at a very high interest rate. However I do not have a degree and have never received financial aid before, so did not know if that would be a good thing or a bad thing.... and also how the drug screening is there, do we just take it at school or go to a clinic as I work as well so did not know if I need to work it around my work schedule! I am super excited to get my classes, read some blogs about students having trouble with registering....

I also recommend, if possible, to go to a local community or state college for your pre-reqs, you will save a lot of money. I transferred about 36 credit hours over and it really makes a difference in the amount of loans and/or financial aid/grants. The school does not loan you the money - the money comes from the government, if you get a student loan, so the government decides the interest rate. However, my advisor also gave me information for local organizations that offered student loans and their typical interest rates.

I can only speak to the Jacksonville campus - but, they gave us an order for drug testing and we went to a lab corp, quest, urgent care - anywhere that drew blood.

Good luck to you!

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Go state school for your prerequisites and finish up at chamberlain . Save about 40k

The above may be the best advise anyone ever gave you for free. Student loans are expensive especially when figured into the cost of going to this for-profit school.

$80, 000 dollars plus for a nursing degree is not worth it. Many people these days take six years to graduate so it could be much more. So unless you don't mind the life destroying debt, I would go the community college route if not out of the question. Also the drug screen question makes me concerned that you should stand back, take a deep breath, and evaluate whether this nursing thing is really for you or just a desperate attempt to be gainfully employed by any means unnecessarily.

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