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No, talking about marriage is not weird at all. And sorry I didn't notice you were a guy! :trout: What is weird is I added up the total cost for my tuition, and substracted it from the total amount of loans I can get.........then I googled "how long can a human survive on tap water alone" It's going to be a tight two years!

Yes, you can still take out the same amount of financial aid, but your income changes whether it's subsidized or unsubsidized. If you are really broke, like myself, then you can get part of your loans subsidized. I just fille out my FAFSA form and wow........I'm almost hitting the poverty line! But if you marry a rich guy....then maybe he will just pay for nursing school? :) If you know a second rich guy.....can you send him my way? J/K haha

on the FAFSA application it asked if you are married or single. That determines if you are considered to be an "independent" student. The FAFSA awards money based on your total income I think, and if you are married, then yes you are going to have a higher income if you are both working. So being single and broke has its perks, you get more money in federal aid! haha

When I was in graduate school in Texas, I recieved grant money. Something like $1000 a semester. I was NOT in nursing school. It was Linguistics.

I get the same thing all the time. But when I sit back and think about it, and look at all my friends who are in their first year of residency, I think to myself.....sucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, it's hard and probably great to be a doctor, but I swear none of my friends have actually eaten, slept, or had a life while they started med school 4 and 5 year ago. And they still don't have one.....and I don't see one in their near future. They have spent the past few years of their life trying to prove how smart they are, and that's fabulous. But I still know who set the curve in uni! :) hehe Instead of slaving over books for the past four years I have traveled the world, met tons of interesting people, seen things that you can't imagine, gone places few dare to go. In short, I have been getting to know what kind of people make up this world and I have learned how to relate to them. I think I will be a better nurse for it. In the end, I simply can't fathom being a doctor. It doesn't appeal to me like nursing does. I want to be the one holding the hand, calming the patient, calming the family. I want to be the one who brings a smile to my patient's face. When that person looks back and says, wow I was so sick...and that nurse......she was so nice....she took care of me. THAT is what it's all about for me.

My hometown is in Arkansas.

I do think I want to live close to campus, but I know there are some nice areas that are affordable in other parts of Nashville. I don't care where I live as long as they take my Chihuahua and it's pretty cheap. I figure most of the time I'll have my nose buried in a book so I won't actually care what my apartment looks like. I'm currently living in Finland so I'm going to be on a tight schedule to find housing this fall! I'm wondering if I should send my mom to look for something?

The one NP I know who graduated from Vanderbilt who lives in my area is constantly being recruited. She was a direct entry student. I guess it depends on where you go after you graduate.

I haven't been able to fill out the form either. I keep wondering if I should email somebody to ask what I should do. Money sounds good to me! On the website it says something about a minimum composit GRE score of 1000 and something like a 4.5 on the essay part. Like many other graduate programs, I think that the GPA requirements are around a 3.0 or something like that to apply.

I will be in the program for non-nurses, but I do have a psychology background. I have taken the rest of my pre-reqs over this school year so I am back in the school frame of mind. Speaking of........there is an A and P book calling my name. I think my life is revolving around my A and P test schedule! haha I do think everyone will know soon if they got in. Although I had one friend that didn't find out until June the year she applied. I don't know what the deal was though.

I have visited the campus and the area several times to see friends. Have you been there? I think it's so beautiful!! I applied to the Psych NP Direct Entry program, which one did you apply to? I got a phone call about a month ago for some special scholarship type things, so I had this sneaky suspicion then that I was getting in. I didn't really know though until after my interview. But, I don't think every track has to interview.

I have been accepted to Vandy! Which is good, I didn't apply anywhere else! :)

I haven't recieved any acceptance letters to the school I applied to, but they called me and asked me to apply for some "highly selective" scholarships. I guess that means I will get in, but I still really want that letter!!!!!! But free nursing school sounds good too, so if I have to wait and keep eating my fingernails.....then so be it!

I took A&P and Micro all in the same semester. It wasn't so bad, but I'm glad it's over. :) I am applying to the DE program at Vanderbilt for Mental Health nursing. I know we are required to do an interview in Mental Health, but I haven't heard anything yet. I'm wondering how that is going to work since I am studying in Finland next semester. ?? In the meantime, I'm going to sit around and have a heart attack while waiting to hear ANYTHING!! I didn't apply anywhere else because I didn't want to go anywhere else. (My back up plan is a neuroscience MA in Finland, but that ap isn't in yet.) I'm thinking of working in underserved communities in the Delta region when I finish, so I just rather stay close.