I badly need help. Anyone out there, please heed my call!
I am applying into the AccBSN and I do not know if this is the right school in terms of cost.
The program is 1 year and the total tuition is $30,704. Fees are $1,164. So, total for tuition and fees are $31,868.
Then they gave me a breakdown of all other estimated costs for 3 semesters (1 year)
Indirect costs: $17,136
Room, Board, Transportation, Personal, Medical
And then I saw there was more!
Books - $4,139
Technology (if applicable) - $3,537
Service Learning - $420
Could someone please interpret to me what the Technology expense is?
Isn't it that if you go through nursing school and you practice on machines and other hospital items that is covered by the very expensive tuition and fees of $31,868?
What would cost $3,537 on top of the fees charged for use of machines or other technology in nursing school?
Could someone who went through the same experience explain to me what is Service Learning?
I need advice because this will guidance will help me to make the most important career change in my life.
Thank you to all who are compassionate about my dilemma.
Hate to tell you guys....technology fees usually are for the usage of the colleges computers, software, and online classes. Believe it or not, online classes cost more than one with a "live" professor on site. The thought process is that "technology" costs more. You are also paying for the ability to have access to "paid databases" through your library for research, online email and blackboard access, and the ability to print (usually some limit) paperwork at school.
Hope you OP finds the money she needs....it's hard, I am in your boat right now! I feel your pain.
Maisy
From the way I am reading your response. You probably went into one of these Acc BSN programs yourself. Did you regret the cost of the program?
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I'm in the RN to BSN program at my hospital. They pay for the tuition. I pay for the books. After it is over I will be paying $100 a paycheck to pay the taxes. The instructors come to the hospital. So I feel like it's a pretty good deal.
I did an accelerated BSN program. I regret the cost of the program and the huge amount of student loans I have to pay off.
Same thing I replied to Maisy. The reason it is called Accelerated is because the COST is Accelerated as well and in quantum leaps!
This is the thing that I am afraid of, loan, loans and more loans. Especially in this kind of economy and the credit crunch, I don't think I can sleep at night with more loans to pay. It seems my life is just about paying loans. And getting scholarships is easier said than done at least from my experience. I had no luck getting any scholarships.
I'm in the RN to BSN program at my hospital. They pay for the tuition. I pay for the books. After it is over I will be paying $100 a paycheck to pay the taxes. The instructors come to the hospital. So I feel like it's a pretty good deal.
I am happy for you DEB52. Unfortunately, I do not have that RN yet, just within reach. I think you get that needed break once you are an RN already.
The Accelerated BSN I got was even pricier than the one you are looking into-tuition was 36,000 for the year. I would see if they have any tuition repayment programs with the hospitals the school is affiliated with. I went to Creighton in Omaha, NE and applied for a work contract with Creighton University Med Center and they paid all of my tuition in advance for 4 years of work, with pay of course. The year went super fast and I am happy in my position, glad to not have to pay back the tuition, but I do have cost-of-living loans to pay back. Creighton also pays $200 per month towards my student loans. Pretty nice I think.
The accelerated BSN I got was even pricier than the one you are looking into-tuition was 36000 for the year. I would see if they have any tuition repayment programs with the hospitals the school is affiliated with. I went to Creighton in Omaha, NE and applied for a work contract with Creighton University Med Center and they paid all of my tuition in advance for 4 years of work, with pay of course. The year went super fast and I am happy in my position, glad to not have to pay back the tuition, but I do have cost-of-living loans to pay back. Creighton also pays $200 per month towards my student loans. Pretty nice I think.[/quote']
Thank you. I did not realize that. I just looked into it and I will call Creighton. Just wanted to ask why you still had student loans if you were on a 4-year work contract? Were these student loans the same as the COL loans you were referring?
Thank you. I did not realize that. I just looked into it and I will call Creighton. Just wanted to ask why you still had student loans if you were on a 4-year work contract? Were these student loans the same as the COL loans you were referring?
Yes, my student loans were cost of living loans. I have a family so I had more than a single person might have. PM me for the recruiter's name, if interested. Good luck!
I finished with an accelerated program and I hate the debt but I am happy to be a nurse. I had to take an extra $20,000 to live off of
Wow! So, I bet if your tuition, fees and books were about 30K and you had to add 20k on top of that. You had plunked down 50k just to go through this program.
Where I live in Utah, the very prestigious Medical School in SLC only costs about $40k-45k to be a medical doctor. Of course, it takes longer to be a doctor but if you factor in cost only, your $40k-$50k being a doctor will pay you back much more (in pay, not time) than a nurse. Don't you think so?
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ConnieM
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From the way I am reading your response. You probably went into one of these Acc BSN programs yourself. Did you regret the cost of the program?
Thanks.