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Anyone out there have info on the school in Arecibo, PR? It is a 24 month program that begins in August.

I'd love to hear anything, thanks.

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and now the 64,000 dollar question!! are grads from inter american getting jobs in the states??

Kevano I don't think anyone is getting jobs right now. I know people from ivy league schools that can't get jobs. It doesn't much matter where you went to school and the fact it was Puerto Rico you can say you went here to learn Spanish (if that applies to you). It is amazing how much you understand just from living here. At the same time you don't need the language to live here. Everyone speaks English or at least they understand and if they can't answer they grab the person next to them to answer.

The only times I have a problem with the language is on the phone when I call classified adds.

I never studied a single word of Spanish before moving here, although my Bachelors is in French, and it is amazing how much more and more I understand each week.

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it just seems so odd that most of the nursing students on here recommend moving to san juan first, then applying and registering for school, my concern with that is financial aid, i would rather have my financial aid set up before i move down there as i have house payments to make here in Florida, is it even possible to get my financial aid set up first before moving?

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WorldTravelingYogi, meeting up sounds like a great idea; I will let you and Designer-Mommy know when I arrive. I am also applying to the accelerated program so I would love to pick your brain about the good, bad and the ugly of the program. Now I'm really getting excited!

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it just seems so odd that most of the nursing students on here recommend moving to san juan first, then applying and registering for school, my concern with that is financial aid, i would rather have my financial aid set up before i move down there as i have house payments to make here in Florida, is it even possible to get my financial aid set up first before moving?

No Kevano people are coming to visit while in the application process and help push it forward and find out more info. I don't know a single person that moved here before getting into the program. And everyone in our class moved down here anywhere from a month to a day or two before class started.

I secured an apartment in June when I was here for orientation and then moved here one week before classes started.

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WorldTravelingYogi, meeting up sounds like a great idea; I will let you and Designer-Mommy know when I arrive. I am also applying to the accelerated program so I would love to pick your brain about the good, bad and the ugly of the program. Now I'm really getting excited!

Designer-Mommy and I are good at brain picking. We have a lot of info. What was your Bachelors in?

By the way everyone the old pharmacology prof was awesome but she is not teaching now. The current pharmacology professors are awful, down right awful. I would suggest if possible to take it in advance so you learn something. We have our Adult Care professor who said he would spend an hour a week trying to teach us pharm because he knows we didn't learn anything. An awesome gesture on his part. He is giving us pharm reading assignments. It's cool.

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My BA is in Japanese Studies but I haven't spoken in 10years so I've lost alot of the language. My intention was to go into international marketing but I soon lost the passion for the field and never made it past marketing assistant. Now I want to give something back.

WorldTravelingYogi, do you have a yoga studio membership there? I mentioned in one of my earlier post (in July I think) on this thread that I've seen a daily yoga class on the beach in Condado but I don't know the studio. I just joined a studio here in New York and I want to continue to the practice when I get there.

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My BA is in Japanese Studies but I haven't spoken in 10years so I've lost alot of the language. My intention was to go into international marketing but I soon lost the passion for the field and never made it past marketing assistant. Now I want to give something back.

WorldTravelingYogi, do you have a yoga studio membership there? I mentioned in one of my earlier post (in July I think) on this thread that I've seen a daily yoga class on the beach in Condado but I don't know the studio. I just joined a studio here in New York and I want to continue to the practice when I get there.

That's funny as my Bachelors is in French. There are quite a few other gringos in my class with Bachelors in Spanish which makes way more sense.

Yes there are actually quite a few yoga studios here. I live next to school and the closest yoga studio to here is about 1.5 to 2 miles away. It is called Sadhana and they offer the most diverse schedule of any of the studios. They have Jivamukti, Dharma, Ashtanga, Forest, some various Vinyasa classes and even pre-natal and a non yoga class of Chi Kung. I pay for an annual membership here.

I know the teacher that teaches at Sadhana on Mon and Wed morning teaches an Acro Yoga class on the beach. The class on the schedule is called Ashtanga but I don't particularly care for Ashtanga and her class does not seem Ashtanga to me. She says it is an Ashtanga/orificeara/Acro Yoga mix. It's a great class.

There are sever other studios. Another popular one if you live on the beach Ocean Park has an It's Yoga. It's Yoga was started by Larry Schultz in San Francisco about 30 years ago. It is Ashtanga based but is it's own series where they use the funner, slightly more difficult poses. David Kyle is one of Larry's protege's and he opened up the studio here in PR. David is awesome. This studio only teaches Rocket Yoga and the Ashtanga Primary Series.

There is also Samadhi Yoga but it is kind of in a weird location. They teach Yoga Area which is something that started in South America. It is supper cool and you hang from the ceiling in these hammock like things. It is totally different from any other yoga I have experienced. They also teach other vinyasa classes.

There are other studios but I think those 3 are the main 3 and the only 3 I have been to. I know there is yoga on the beach but have never been or know anyone who has been. I know for sure that one teacher teaches Acro Yoga on the beach on Fridays.

Let me know if you have further questions.

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thanks so much you guys for all the help! :yeah: I was wondering about the other nursing school there, I think it is called Metropolitan University, someone was saying they are a bit more advanced, better profs, etc.?

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Just a quick mention that I moved to San Juan before getting accepted into the program, booya! But I might be special...

My advice is apply early (its free, no application fee!), and call often!

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I got accepted! =] big move in July!

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Congratulations Jen_Jen88! That is wonderful! I'm sending you an email with a million questions.

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Thank you! :) ok. You can ask away lol

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