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I actually recieved 2 payments in the month of September. When I called they told me it was because of the end of the fiscal year and that I would not recieve a payment in October but they would resume in November. My monthly payments are supposed to come around the 23rd (according to my contract date). I recieved my November payment last week. If you still have not recieved a payment I would call them again. Maybe they just missed you and don't realize it??

Got my first deposit yesterday!

Definately don't give up hope yet! For the past several years people have been awarded all the way up until September 30th! I don't see why things would be any different this year. A coworker of mine just recieved the verification email a few days ago. If you got the verification email already, you could try to email back the person who sent it to you. This is your representative and they should know the status of your application. I know my representative was a lot more helpful than just calling HRSA. Hope this helps! I have my fingers crossed for everyone still waiting! Be sure to share the good news when that letter comes!!

I recieved my acceptance letter in the mail today!!!!! Get excited everyone, it looks like the second round of letters have started coming!!! For those of you still waiting, there was a third round of verification emails that went out at the end of August last year and those people heard back late in September. If I remember correctly, I think a few of them even recieved payments in their bank accounts before recieving their acceptance letters. Don't give up hope yet, there is still plenty of time!

TwinMommy, Here is a quote taken directly from the NELRP website: "The purpose of NELRP is to assist in the recruitment and retention of professional RNs dedicated to providing health care in facilities with a critical shortage of nurses. In addition, NELRP encourages practice in these facilities by decreasing the economic barrier that may be associated with the rising costs of obtaining a degree in nursing. The program offers RNs substantial economic assistance to repay a portion of their qualifying educational loans in exchange for full-time service at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses" I think it is important to remember that this program was created out of recognition that the cost of a nursing education is getting out of control. I am sure that none of us entered into college with the intent to rack up thousands of dollars worth of debt just so the government can "bail us out" as you put it. Many of us began nursing school as high school graduates, only 18. We chose to go to a university, because that is what our parents, peers, school counselors told us was necessary for a bright future. For this reason I chose to follow my faith and guidance, and attend a private catholic university in my home town. The cost of my education was nearly $40,000 a year. I actually began my first year of college with the help of my parents, and did not need student loans. I had a very good scholarship and my parents were able to cover the remaining costs. However, much to my surprise things changed in my family drastically between my freshman and sophomore years of college. I was left to carry the burden of college tuition on my own. Being the rare, money conscious 19 year old that I was, I chose to live at home, commute to school, work as much as I could and borrow as little as I could. Four years and only one change in my major later, I managed to squeak by with only $62,000 in student loan debt. Now four years into my wonderful career in nursing I am still paying over $600 a month in student loan payments as well as carrying a mortgage and a car payment. All of this while making a whopping $40,000 a year (including night shift differential, and overtime). While my debt to income ratio is 140%, I recognize that there are many other nurses out there who are struggling even more than I am to make ends meet. While I hope and pray every day that I will be lucky enough to receive this program, I also understand that I am not in as desperate a need as some of the other people who have applied to this program. Maybe this is something you need to recognize as well TwinMommy. While it sucks to have any amount of debt, you said yourself you can easily afford your $300 a month loan payment. I don't understand why you are upset that you are going to be "passed over" this year. Put yourself in someone else's shoes for a moment and think of how you would feel if you were struggling to make, lets say, a $900 a month payment and your were "passed over" for someone like yourself with only $27,000 worth of debt. This program gets awarded to those with the greatest financial need and that is how it should be. It is not your, nor my place to speculate on how those people ended up with so much debt. I applied to NELRP last year as well, and followed the threads on this website all year. I have to say that I am rather disappointed in the tone that this thread has taken this year. Last year's thread was full of "congratulations!" for those who were lucky to recieve the program. And "don't give up hope!" for those who were still waiting. It was a place to go when you couldn't stand waiting any longer. A place where you could see that there were many other people in exactly the same boat you were in. Now, this year, because of TwinMommys post, we are all left defending the choices we have made in our lives and pointing out why we deserve the program over the next person. So with all of that said, I would like to say this. To all of you who have already received the program, Congratulations! As for those of us still stalking our mailmen or email in-box's Good luck!

I spoke with my representative shortly after getting the verification email on June 20th and she told me that "if" I were going to get an acceptance letter, I should know by the end of August. So that makes it seem like it takes about 6 weeks. Also, I was told that I am on the borderline for funding...my ratio is 140%. Hopefully those of us who received emails in June only have a few more agonizing weeks to wait.

Sorry, I should probably be specific. The exclamation point after my name is on the status page after logging in. There is also an exclamation point after my name on the home page where it says "welcome", but I am guessing this is probably supposed to be there.

So this is sort of strange, but it is just something I noticed. When I log in to NELRP there is an exclamation point (!) after my name at the top of the page. I found this to be a little odd and wondered if anyone else has this too. Could it possibly be a clue!? I recieved my email around 7/20 and have been anxiously awaiting some good news.

I just want to let everyone know that I got "the email" yesterday staying that I am a possible candidate for the program and to please print and fax the forms back within 24 hours!!! So don't give up hope if you have not heard anything yet they are definately doing it in waves this year! I work in Missouri at a DSH and my debt to income ratio is 140%. Fingers crossed for an acceptance letter soon!!!!!!!!! I'm sure I will be stalking my mailman from now on!! :sstrs:

Well, I am proud to say the wait is finally over. I found out today that I passed! Thanks to everyone for the support over the last couple of days, it really helped!

Hi, I took the NCLEX-RN exam today. THe computer shut off at around 110 questions (i'm not sure if this is exactly right because I made myself stop looking at the number). I had a ton of medication questions (sometimes 2 in a row) in my first 75 questions. The rest of the questions I had were all priority questions. I was sure that I was getting the harder questions and the computer would shut off at 75 and I would have passed. Unfortunately it kept going, past 100 questions. I didn't get very many medication questions in my last 30 or so questions, but I still had a lot of priority questions. I know I got the last 2 questions right (one of which was a medication question). I am completely clueless. I have no idea if I passed or failed. Does anyone have any words of wisdom for me? I really don't think I can survive these next 48 hours.