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Ok. My friend is very young and therefore likely not savvy on matters of student loans. Thank you.

A friend in my class says as long as you keep enrolled in 6 units of classes you need never repay your student loans, even after you graduate. Is this true? Gordon

Thank you for the info. I have been getting conflicting info. The college I go to currently said to fill out a form of special circumstance once I quit my job. Now I hear the opposite from my future school. How else would anyone go to school full time unless they quit their job? I wish the FAFSA booklet had a chapter for folks like me and not make this so mysterious. I have been researching fin. aid for a year and it shocks me how I cannot find a single expert on the subject. People know little or nothing. I am going to Santa Barbara CC for school. According to the college website all grads from all nursing programs get hired before they even graduate. I may skip LVN and work towards ADN or BSN if I can eek out a living as a CNA until then. Reason I am taking CNA is that it's a prereq for LVN. If LVN's are getting phased out then why would colleges still train them? Seems a waste, but if that is the case then I will skip LVN for sure. gordon

I am quitting my full time job to attend a full time CNA program and eventually attend full time LVN school, then RN. I am getting the impression from the financial aid office I do not qualify for aid because: I quit my job rather than get fired or laid-off and I maybe made too much (a huge $40k last yr, whoopee). None of the FAFSA literature says anything warning employed adults about sabotaging their finacial aid prospects if they quit their jobs and decide to go back to school. I wonder does anyone know if looking into financial aid is a waste of time for a person who quits there job and made over a certain amount? How much was too much income and are you tied to what you made last year even though you have zero income now in order to go back to school? Thank you,

This is very worrisome for the future. I hate to think that after having all this schooling, great grades, great employment history, great references, spotless credit, driving record, never in trouble with the law, otherwise a shinning star, etc, it all boils down to some confusing test that will get you eliminated instantly. I wonder what the nursing schools/instructors say about this. Is there anyone who has passed such a test and can give any advice?

Thank you Bala. I have seen many hospitals repay loans as a perk, but... better to do it debt free if possible. I'm new to this. I will try.

Full time school and work? How ever did you sleep or do homework!

am starting (at 45yrs old) nursing prereq's. Plan to drop my dead-end, full time job when I get into full-time nurse school. I have to totally support myself. I have a good amount of savings and wonder how anyone can support themselves on financial aid/loans/grants/whatever while getting through school. THe only thing I really worry about is being able to live (pay rent, bills, food) while in school. THe school part is actually not a problem financially. I am going to need help paying for living expenses. Can "financial aid" pay for it all without much ordeal? Will that be my one big stumbling block? This is my huge question and appreciate all wisdom. Thank you.

I am starting (at 45yrs old) nursing prereq's. Plan to drop my dead-end, full time job when I get into full-time nurse school. I have to totally support myself. I have a good amount of savings and wonder how anyone can support themselves on financial aid/loans/grants/whatever while getting through school. THe only thing I really worry about is being able to live (pay rent, bills, food) while in school. THe school part is actually not a problem financially. I am going to need help paying for living expenses. Can "financial aid" pay for it all without much ordeal? Will that be my one big stumbling block? This is my huge question and appreciate all wisdom. Thank you.