Hello.Nurse2B

I know they'll accept them because I had originally planned to go to VCC and transfer to SCC and they told me that was fine.

So I live in Florida... and am technically a student at Valencia CC but have been accepted to Seminole CC. I need 6 classes to finish my pre-reqs. Do you think I'd be able to go to both schools (They have different schedules so it would be nice to be able to pick which classes I want to take.) I do plan to ask them this when I go to my advisement meeting on Tuesday but what do you think? Has anyone done this before?

I'm currently leaning towards pediatrics or OB/GYN..... but I'd actually LOVE to be a school nurse but there aren't very many openings in general but that's where I'd be hoping to end up eventually.

Me too... OR perhaps going through an LPN program and trying to get into an RN program later. But gosh I want to get in!

That's good to hear. I'm working on my appeal right now. I too started school like 8 years ago... dropped out and then moved to another state only to find out that all my "core" credits from one school would be counted as "electives" so I have a ton of those. Then I changed my major... TWICE... and then decided I wanted to go into nursing. My one concern is that TECHNICALLY I'll have everything I need for my degree at the end of August... my degree is General Studies and I'm hoping to get into the Nursing program after that.

I'm taking A&P 1, Microbiology and Human Nutrition. Then one more semester and I get to apply to Nursing School. I'm so very excited!

I know the general courses are listed on one of the information packets but not the grading criteria. I'm assuming it's a lot like the other programs with A's and B's and what not. Have you spoken to anyone at the school?

Grrrr, now I'm having trouble getting financial aid! First they said I made too much money to get any grants or scholarships, fine. THEN they said I can't get a subsidized loan... FINE. NOW, I can't get a federal loan at all because I have too many credits. I'm appealing but I'm frustrated! Either way, the hubby and I figured we'd just get a private loan if necessary. In the meantime, I'm all registered for the Fall at VCC. I'm taking Microbiology, Human Anatomy I and Human Nutrition. I'm so excited, it feels like I'm actually GETTING somewhere!

You'll be able to find all the answers at their website. Go to their website and type "Nursing" in the search box and they have a few documents you can look at that give a lot of detail about the program. Also, schedule a visit to talk to someone in the Nursing Program. I'm hoping to start at SCC in the Fall of 2009.

I'm definitely going to try to appeal it. The private loan is my back up. As for the one with bad credit... the cosigners should really help. Good luck!

I appreciate the advice. We think we're just going to go with a private loan. I'm married (as I'm sure many of you are) and my marriage is my #1 priority. I don't want to to work more hours as we already don't see much of each other as it is right now. I am currently looking for some work. We actually are in the process of purchasing a house so our financial stuff is changing rapidly. We're living bare minimums right now and my hubby is working as much overtime as he can manage. We cut coupons etc... but we were expecting this loan and don't have much time to come up with the money in such a short period of time.

I'm so frustrated! Ok, so I've always had the issue that I can't get any federal help because my EFC is way high. Fine. So I attempted to get an unsubsidized federal loan. Now I can't get that!!! Apparently, because TECHNICALLY I'll have all my credits for an A.A. in General Studies at the end of this summer, and I'll have 87 credits (Due to changing my major and moving from one state to another) I'll not be considered "Degree Seeking" and have too many credits for financial aid. We can't afford the tuition and books for August. I'm not in a place in life where a semester off is really feasible. I'm not sure what to do! Any suggestions?

Good question that I wish I had an answer to. I'm hoping someone knows how to handle this as well.

I'm at Valencia in Orlando, and taking Biological Sciences with lab, Statistics and Music Appreciation. This semester I get my A.A. Wooo hooo!

So I'm now in my last semester to get an A.A. in general studies. In a few days I'm registering for my pre-reqs. In the fall, I'm taking Human Anatomy 1, Microbiology and Human Nutrition. I'm taking all of those at Valencia since it's the closest to my house. I'm so excited!!! I'm in General Biology now... it's kinda hard but interesting at the least.