Published Mar 1, 2010
onthisjourney4
16 Posts
hello everyone, i have been lurking long enough, so i decided to post. my question is, how many schools did you apply to when applying to nursing school? the reason i am asking is we all know how competitive it is to get in nursing school. so, i thought since i am in a big metro area (atlanta) i would apply to a number of the schools. my other question is did you pay the application fee for each school you applied to? the cost of each school is between $45-$55. that is a lot of money and if i don't get in i won't be attending the school so i feel i am out a lot of money. i am finishing my last preq this fall, so i don't need to go to school for those. thanks
Brighten
305 Posts
4 CSUs. 1 community college. total = 5
addiesmom
102 Posts
One community college, no application fee, and got in!!
Brighten: did you have to pay all the application fees?
yes for the CSUs. the community college was free though.
You might qualify for a waiver but It really depends on your income. if you meet the requirement then you don't have to pay for the schools (for general admission). Applying to the NS is a different story though. Some schools charge money others don't -it varies so I would check up on that......think about it this way though: You are basically making an investment. I think it is worth it b/c u can't just have all your eggs in 1 basket(I don't even know if I used that saying right lol I just remember my counselor telling me that).
•M♥J•
311 Posts
Check with community colleges, but not all of them are free. The one I will be applying to is $25. Cheaper than most, but still not free.
sunshinesuperwoman
13 Posts
I just applied to one university and got in on the first try.
There was a $30 application fee for the nursing school. Students must also be admitted to the university prior to being accepted into the nursing program. The application fee for the university is $30, but they waive the online fee all the time and if you visit the school for a visit event they waive the fee. If you're smart you will only have to pay the nursing application fee (which covers the TEAS test). I say attend an information session if possible.
I decided to go this route because the community colleges have so many applicants. I am going to be attending a private Christian university so it costs more and has additional prerequisites. This makes the applicant pool smaller and gives students a better chance as long as they listen during advising.
Miss_B
3 Posts
I applied for two university programs as a transfer student. I didn't have to pay a fee for either school. One waived it since I was a transfer student coming in with a certain amount of credits, and the other didn't have a fee for doing the application online.
I did have one fee however for the school of nursing, which required $15.00 for a background check.
Also, as Brighten mentioned earlier a lot of colleges will waive application fees depending on income, so that might be something worth checking out.
computer101
38 Posts
3. I get one reply back mid-March which is very soon. Crap grades, never took the TEAS, crap essay. Lol.. I'll post when I get rejected or waitlisted. I really don't mind telling the world I failed.
CuriousMe
2,642 Posts
My original plan was to apply to all the schools that I could. But, once I started going through the applications and looking at the different programs and saw how much it would cost to apply everywhere and then realized that I really didn't want to go to some of these programs; so I narrowed it down to the two programs I really wanted to attend.
I'm happy to say I got in both of them
My original plan was to apply to all the schools that I could. But, once I started going through the applications and looking at the different programs and saw how much it would cost to apply everywhere and then realized that I really didn't want to go to some of these programs; so I narrowed it down to the two programs I really wanted to attend.I'm happy to say I got in both of them
Congrats! Have you decided on which one?
Oh sorry....I should have mentioned that this was a couple years ago, I'm finishing up the second year of my 3 year BS program. So, yes I did decide which one :-)
Truly, as soon as I got both, I knew which one I wanted. One was a really good CC program and the other was an amazing BS program, and I chose the latter.