Jdesantis00

I don't intend to hide my prior college experience, i was already warned that if i had any financial aid then, and applied for it this time around if would be impossible to hide. So that means trecking down to both colleges and paying off my old parking fines so i can get my transcripts released!!! Oh well, i may get to transfer some English credits from it... I did notice that Trinitas seems to be pretty laxed about who they accept. The requirements are basically a C or so average in HS, and passing grades in Chem and Bio, which i have. I just figured that i'd explore my options while i get in some pre-reqs. I keep hearing that financial aid gives you next to nothing! That scares me since I'm working full time, living on my own, and money is tight as it is! I really did not want to take out any loans, but it may be necessary. I get tuition reimbusment at my job, which is supposed to be given back at the end of each semester if your grades are good. I figure i'll do my best, and if i have to shell out some cash out of my own pocket it wouild only be for 1 semester and i could roll over the reimbursment after that....but i hear my job isn't exactly quick with paying you back...yarrr Oh one more thing! I realized that you can't get financial aid unless you take 6 or more credits per semester??? That is going to KILL me. Some of these classes are labs that you go to 4 days a week as it is and is only 4 credits! I'm gonna have to take some easy crap class or a weekend class just to be able to get aid. ugghh DOes anyone else feel like the system makes it almost impossible for peopl to get an education???!!!

So i am planning on taking my pre-reqs at Union County College this fall part time so I can apply to nursing school after I establish a decent GPA (my past college grades involved unrelated courses and i did very poorly ) I will probably apply to both Trinitas and Muhlenberg. I spoke with a co-worker who went to Muhlenberg through UCC and she mentioned that she got absolutley 0 financial Aid!!! She is at an age where she can claim herself as an independent, no kids, not living with parents, and makes roughly the same as me (possibly a little bit more, $30,000 annually or so) which is the same situation basically as me. It really made me worried that I seriously cannot afford to even bother with nursing school which breaks my heart.... I am also NOT looking to take out any loans and working with my job's tuition reimbursment plan. Does anyone have an experiences with recieving financial aid with these schools, and if so did they give you any significant amount??? I was looking at the fees per credit and i almost fell out of my chair!!!! I'd just like to get an idea of what i should be planning on spending out of my own pocket.

I'm a 26 year old office professional looking to go to Nursing school. I work full time, no kids, and have been working in the medical field since my very first job at 15. I attended college about 5 years ago for 2 years but did not graduate, and dropped out since i basically had no direction and only attended classes i thought were "fun". Needless to say, I didn't do very well in college, although i did really well in High school. I've decided to go into nursing since I've been in the medical field for so long and now I have a job that is willing to hire me as a nurse once I am done with school, and offers tuition reimbursement. I don't necessarily make a whole lot of money and absolutely NEED to work full time to support myself. Full time school is absolutely NOT an option. I figure I can afford to put myself through school with financial aid and tuition reimbursement. So here's what I am getting at..... I have read a lot here about the Trinitas program (VERY intense) and the Muhlenberg program. I was wondering if there are any of you out there who are presently going, or have gone to either one while working full time, and how accomodating either school is to part time/nights students. I am also open to looking into any other nursing programs in the area that have a part/time night program. Also....I was thinking about taking a few classes at Union county college to A) get myself used to going to school again, and B) perhaps get some prerequsites out of the way before I even apply to either Nursing school. Let me know what you think!