Hopefulin10

Ok, so the scare with financial aid wasn't a big problem. I just had to complete a degree audit! Glad that's taken care of!

Blah! That makes three of us so far....I'm REALLY not looking forward to visiting financial aid on Monday. It's gonna be sooo crowded if this has happened to a lot of ppl. I'm hoping it will be fixed tomorrow or at least first thing on Monday before I can head down to the campus.

I did mine a while back, but I do remember it being confusing. I don't remember what the questions were...if you try again, post them here and I'll try to remember what I put!!

The BayCare orientation must be complete before you can participate in the clinicals!

Hi! I just checked my "Financial Aid by Term" in WebAdvisor, and it says my Pell has be "rejected". I know of another person that it has also happened to....I'm wondering if you guys can check yours and let me know if it happened to you too. Looks like I'll be spending some time in the fin aid office. Ugh!

I am also feeling very overwhelmed! I haven't started reading yet, but will this week. I bought my books from Barnes & Noble (if you're a AAA Auto Club member, you get 10 % off) and Amazon.com. I saved over $200 by doing it that way (instead of the box from HCC). Don't forget though, not all of the required books come in the box at HCC...I think it was just under $200 in books that you have to purchase separately. I think you're shoes are ok based on what Mrs S said during orientation, mine have a little bit of blue on them. If mine aren't ok, I'll just paint the little bit of blue accents with white fingernail polish. LOL

Good luck with your application! That's a pretty good GPA to be applying with :) If you want to email ** to ask if you can send it with a tracking number...I think I asked her and she said no, but I can't remember. I included a self-addressed stamped postcard with my application, and when HCC received my application, they put it in the mail...which assured me that they received it! We haven't started the nursing course yet, we begin in January and I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say we are very excited about it! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask us!

Yep! Here's the link my instructor gave us! http://www.baycare.org/body.cfm?id=693&fr=true You'll have to scroll down a little to see "Ready to begin? Here's what you need to do:" ANd the link to register will be right there! Good luck!

Yes, we have to have everything to Mrs S by the first day of class. EDDjune24, I think you are thinking about the day tuition is due. I remember it being the beginning of December. I have an email in to the Financial Aid manager to see if it can be deferred until Pell pays it....I'll let you all know if I hear back from him.

I agree about this thread! LOL I think a lot of ppl got each others email addresses/phone numbers, etc at orientation. I already registered for a CPR class in a couple of weeks...can't wait to get that! I have a couple of things left to get; support hose (since Mrs. S recommended it), scissors, penlight, and another long sleeve undershirt, and I need to order my badge. I'm excited to get my box of books too!

Well, day one of orientation is over...and I must say it wasn't as boring as I expected! Well, until the last two hours, ugh!

I emailed M.F. (LOL) and she said that we're on our own for lunch, because it is NOT provided.

I'm planning on staying the whole time. It *is* mandatory...and while I may be bored out of my mind, I don't want to miss something. I've come too far to bail during the orientation. lol

Two more days and we'll be in orientation! I went to Sears yesterday and accidently found some awesome shoes that I ended up buying! (I say I 'accidently' found them because I just happened to see them on display as I was walking by the shoe dept). They are Reebok Easy Tones, and were on sale! I was planning on going with the Nike Shox, but these are more comfortable, and $45 cheaper! I'm hoping the silver accents will be ok, if not, then I'll be buying some white paint/fingernail polish and painting over it, lol.

Ugh, I forgot about that! The Pell will only pay for classes "required for your degree" too. Looks like I'll be dropping Yoga...