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Has anyone had any luck with applying at National University for their nursing program? I applied back in Oct 06 and have been waiting to hear from them. They are supposed to notify in 3 months. I have called and called and written email upon emails with no response really. :banghead: Please, if anyone has applied and received some sort of letter, I would greatly appreciate your reply.

Thanks

Harparia, thank you so much for the tip about Wells Fargo loan....:up: I will definitely look into it. Is that they one you have used? If you don't mind me asking: how much did you find you had to borrow from private lenders for the entire program? :icon_roll I am not sure how far you are in the program....

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SORRY last post I promise...what bank did you all apply to for your loans, and what did you all do for financial aid, I am really worried about this, I just got my bill for $1,335 in the mail yesterday for the orientation and I am stressing on what to do to pay for this! most of the scholorship deadlines have already passed...

Yes, Samantha, I got a bill for $1395 today too! It didn't have a date by which it needs to be paid.... So, not sure what to do here either....

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Okay I FINALLY got through to someone COMPETENT today in the financial aid department. (My cousin got her BSN and is working on her Masters in counseling from NU and says the school is great, but the financial aid is the WORST! They always give her the run around and has to call multiple times and the distribution checks are always late) She told me that the cost of the orientation is counted with the first class, so that $1335 was for the first class as well. Also if your financial aid goes through, and she says once al papers are in it takes 3-4 weeks then you should be fine. To not worry about making payments or touching that bill. If not you will have to pay $200 a month until the financial aid kicks in.

Okay, it IS 8 units, but it is not on a semester system like in the CC system. NU works on a quarter system, think one semester every 4 months. Thing is form what I gather and what the finacial aid woman told me today...NURSING students often times have schedules that will end up being more than 8 QUARTER units (b/c of clinicals, which we are also charged for) Therefore...$12,500 does not end up even covering tuition. Thats why I said that other guy told me you will end up taking out almost $35,000 for tuition, AND books and supplies. Again, everyone will be different.

Remember DO NOT take my work as solid, please research yourself aswell, it seems we really all aren't getting full answers anyway...so maybe everyone can figure out a bit more and between all of us we can figure this thing out!

They REALLY should provide a finacial aid work shop for nursing students, for one we are REALLY paying out the ear for this school, and two it would probably save them the hassle of repeating themselves half heartedly 60 different times!

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Also..EEWW I HATE online classes I find that they are harder and often times end up being more work...maybe I don't prioritize well, or learn by seeing and listening, but there is nothing like being able to ask questions right there and in person...oh well, I am too far in now...

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Oh, my God.... (sighing).. this is insane. So, I am confused: do we just wait on paying the $1395 orientation bill? I don't want to get dropped for non-payment...

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If you dont want to get dropped for non-payment then i would just send in a couple hundred if you have it. that or they will probably be giving you warnings about dropping you. personally, i am just going to wait until the loan goes through. there is no way i can come up with $2700 by april without a loan (i have ILR 260 this month too...by the way, how hard is that class?)

and i know that the stafford loan wont cover ALL the tuition costs and we will need some private loans, but i keep getting confused on why everyone will be different. do you just mean depending on what books we buy etc?

and YES YES YES!!! they should def have SOME part of that orientation dedicated to letting us know what tuition is, financial aid, and how it works. every college has somewhere on their website the breakdown of costs and we are starting nursing school and still dont have a clue.

CRAAAAZZZZZYYYY.....

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She told me that the cost of the orientation is counted with the first class, so that $1335 was for the first class as well.

This is wrong. Orientation is a separate fee.

Here is a breakdown of the first three classes from my student account (I removed my loan stuff tho and the nursing orientation fee may have changed)

02/19/2009

Nursing Fee

-* Foundations Clinical Lab

2009-03 March

400.00

*

*

02/19/2009

Nursing Fee

-* Foundations of Nursing Practic

2009-03 March

250.00

*

*

02/19/2009

Tuition - Undergraduate

-* Foundations Clinical Lab

2009-03 March

1,278.00

*

*

02/19/2009

Tuition - Undergraduate

-* Foundations of Nursing Practic

2009-03 March

1,278.00

*

*

01/22/2009

Tuition - Undergraduate

-* Pharmacology in Nursing

2009-02 February

1,278.00

*

*

12/09/2008

Nursing Fee

-* Health Assessment

2009-01 January

250.00

*

*

12/09/2008

Nursing Fee

-* Health Assessment Clinical

2009-01 January

400.00

*

*

12/09/2008

Nursing Orientation Fee

-* Nursing Orientation

2009-01 January

1,500.00

*

*

12/09/2008

Tuition - Undergraduate

-* Health Assessment

2009-01 January

852.00

*

*

12/09/2008

Tuition - Undergraduate

-* Health Assessment Clinical

2009-01 January

426.00

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Oh, my God.... (sighing).. this is insane. So, I am confused: do we just wait on paying the $1395 orientation bill? I don't want to get dropped for non-payment...

NU will not drop you for non-payment unless its been like 3 months. I have many friends who just let their balance build up (like 5-7k) then they pay it off when its high.

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This is wrong. Orientation is a separate fee.

It seemed wrong. Half the people at Fin/Aid dept don't know what they're talking about!

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NU will not drop you for non-payment unless its been like 3 months. I have many friends who just let their balance build up (like 5-7k) then they pay it off when its high.

Oh, Ok... I can do that.... Thanks, sooperdooper!...:) You really are super! ;)

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Danielle, when Samantha says "everyone's financial aid will be different", I think she means to say, it will all depend on one's financial situation and status... For instance, if you are a obtaining your 1st Bachelors, you may qualify for PellGrant, CalGrant, and other grants. In this case, the amount of loans you will have to take would be less since some of it would be covered by grants (that do not have to be repaid). However, if you are like me (working on getting a 2nd Bachelors), you are no longer eligible for such grants, and only for loans. So, the amount of loan is greater.... Hope that makes sense.... ;)

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ok my head is spinning from reading all of this... all this financial aid talk makes me feel like i'm kinda screwed. i just got my fafsa results back and i don't qualify for aid. i have a good GPA though so i am going to try and see if i can qualify for Cal grants... but yeah, i am just so overwhelmed with all of this... :angryfire

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