Getting into nursing school when you have a previous bachelor's degree in something else

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Hi,

I would like to know if it is a good thing to mention your previous bachelor's degree when applying to nursing school (I have a bachelor's degree in finance). my husband told me to do not mention it to get Financial aid, but I want to be honest with my school.

Thanks

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Any federal financial aid you have received is stored in the NSLDS and when you file your FAFSA, which you would have to do to receive financial aid, anything you have ever received will show up (Subsidized, unsubsidized, any federal grants).

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Hi,

I would like to know if it is a good thing to mention your previous bachelor's degree when applying to nursing school (I have a bachelor's degree in finance). my husband told me to do not mention it to get Financial aid, but I want to be honest with my school.

Thanks

Also, if you have not capped out your federal loans (it's around $57,000) then you are still able to get some loan money but you will not be eligible for any grants. Unfortunately the loan money most likely will not cover each semester's tuition so you will have to come up with a funding plan or private student loans.

I never recommend private student loans.

In fact, if I were a student at Hogwarts (Slytherin probably), my boggart would be my private student loans' promissory notes. I doubt there is even a patronus big enough to vanquish them. :) (I hope someone gets this)

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I arened my bachelor's degree from another country

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I arened my bachelor's degree from another country

!!! :) Well as long as you are eligible for financial aid here then you should be golden! I believe that you still would be ineligible for grants but would have all of the loan money available.

There are also PLUS loans but I am not entirely sure how they work.

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Specializes in Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative.

I mentioned mine in the application process

The exact words of the admissions person were "congratulations, welcome to the program"

They said that a previous bachelors degree is proof that I can study at degree level and be sucessful

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

I certainly mentioned my Bachelors. While I doubt it made much of a difference in me getting into nursing school, it wasn't seen as a negative. One thing that DID make a difference is that because my College "recognized" the Bachelors, I didn't have to do any "General Education" or anything else besides the nursing school courses (prerequisites and corequisites included) in order for me to graduate with another degree (ADN). The experience of doing as much writing/research in my Bachelors program as I did certainly made it far easier to complete assignments in school. I'm very, very good at writing relatively lengthy papers at nearly the drop of a hat. This ability definitely translated into being able to complete those most hated and despised nursing care plans very quickly.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

It could hinder you from getting financial aid. You wouldn't qualify for grants. I was also only able to get loans for 1 year. I did not reach the $57,000 student loan max either. My school has a policy of allowing very limited financial aid for students with previous degrees even if you haven't taken out the max. It's something like they'll only cover 30 credit hours. I'm not suggesting that you should lie about it though.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
I would like to know if it is a good thing to mention your previous bachelor's degree when applying to nursing school (I have a bachelor's degree in finance). my husband told me to do not mention it to get Financial aid, but I want to be honest with my school.
Honesty is typically the best policy when dealing with nursing school admissions. Remember: it is all about integrity. It is best to get into a habit of infusing honesty into your interactions as much as humanly possible. Start now.

Good luck to you!

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Be honest.

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Honesty is typically the best policy when dealing with nursing school admissions. Remember: it is all about integrity. It is best to get into a habit of infusing honesty into your interactions as much as humanly possible. Start now.

Good luck to you!

I totally agree

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

I'm going to clarify something from my previous post... My Bachelors is in Sports Medicine. I have a very good knowledge of injury assessment, injury physiology, care and prevention of injuries, and post-injury/post-surgical rehab of injury... all within the athletics realm. In short, my Bachelors was easily the hardest academic program I have ever completed, including my more recent ADN program. Had I done a BSN program instead, my Sports Med program still would have been more rigorous.

That Bachelors program resulted in me having very good, very specialized education.

That being said, the NCLEX-RN was, by far, the most difficult exam I've ever taken, even though I completed it in 75 questions.

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