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Hello!
If anyone else applying for the nursing corps scholarship 2015-2016 is anything like me then you've been googling like crazy trying to find out information on how to apply or what they need or even previous years winner. Soooooo.....if anyone is applying this year around or previously has and was or wasn't accepted please tell me your experience! Here are my stats PLEASE share yours if you'd like....
maryland full time nursing student.
VP of my local student nurses association
1st semester done ( :) ) asking for 2 years assistance
GPA 3.44
EFC 0000
4 years of community service in underserved communities
Whoa! Somehow I had recently found a different topic on this same topic, but it was only a couple pages long! Was pretty surprised that it wasn't something more like this!
I submitted my final documents on August 14 and am waiting now in "Under Final Review." Does anyone know about how long it takes to get the final stamp of approval??? Last year's forum looked like it was ~3 weeks. Has anyone received the participant confirmation?
Good luck everyone!
edit: Anyone else here at the University of Washington?
Hopeful30:
I called using the number shown on the application page, or on their website. I spoke to them for about an hour about reimbursements because my program started this summer. Since it's only five quarters, I was bracing myself to miss out on 20% of the funding. BUT, they assured me that I would be paid for everything from July 1 2015 until the end of my program, even though my classes started on June 20th. My concern came from the fact that I had to take out student loans, which had to be disbursed before July 1 to pay for summer. They were very reassuring as I pried every detail about that. The reimbursement will be "prorated" for the summer, meaning I miss out on 9 class days value of funding, or almost 2 weeks out of the 9 that this summer term is. This means that I will get about 80% of what the school says the summer term costs.
All of the amounts that go into that amount are determined by the way they certify your scholarship, and what HRSA has set as "Other Reasonable Costs" which doesn't include housing, food, insurance, etc. They expect the $1321/month stipend to cover all of those. This just means that I will be left with a good student loan still, even by using the back-paid stipends that will be disbursed 60 days after being confirmed as a participant.
But, that is just fine with me! A small amount of student debt is WAY better than the alternative, and I am so thankful to have any amount of help here!
Prayinghard88
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Praying for you and myself but at this point time is approaching. I hope that they have enough funding for the second rounders. Praying hard keep your fingers crossed.