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Thanks so much for everyone's feedback! I ended up accepting the scholarship. LunahRN: I had the same exact thought process! I will finish up my time in the Reserves and then continue on to Active Duty in the Army Nurse Corps. That gives me the best of both worlds of being a civilian nurse and and Army nurse. I will most likely branch into the Medical Service Corps for my Reserve unit to stay closer to the hospital side. Plus, you definitely cannot beat the 100% paid tuition for how much my school cost. Oh, I am 22 years old by the way :). Thanks again, I sincerely appreciate you guys taking the time to give invaluable advice. Mintyfreshness23: Thank you for your service in the United States Marine Corps! I have the deepest respect for those who have served our country, especially the Marines. You're definitely on the right track commissioning as an Officer in any branch Nurse Corps of your choosing. Keep doing what you're doing and I'll see you on the other side.

Here is my situation. I am currently in my first year of nursing school and participating as a cadet in the Army ROTC Program at the university. Today, I was offered a scholarship with all the benefits (100% tuition paid for, free room and board, book allowance, and a monthly stipend). The tuition at this school is roughly 50K a year (including room and board which is ~10k annual). As you can see, this scholarship would significantly help me pay for nursing school. There is one only one draw back about this scholarship. It does not contract me to commission as an active duty 2nd LT in the Army Nurse Corps (which is my ultimate goal), but contracts me to commission in the Army Reserves in any branch of my choosing besides nursing (I would probably choose the closest MOS to nursing in the Army Medical Service Corps). This will allow me to work as a civilian nurse and partake in a drill unit for a weekend once (or twice I'm unsure) per month. My initial thought was to not accept the scholarship because it is not a straight route into the Army Nurse Corps after I graduate with a BSN. I thought about waiting one more year to see if there will hopefully be another opportunity for an active duty nursing scholarship, but this may be my only opportunity. The more I think about it I am leaning toward accepting the scholarship because it is a huge help for paying for nursing school, I get to work as a civilian nurse but still be in the Army Reserves, and the additional training outside nursing can help me explore another side of the medical field. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone would share their thoughts on what they would do if they were in my shoes, and/or if anyone had any experience of what I'm going through at the moment. I know its ultimately my final answer but some advice would really help.

Sorry sfsunursing. Don't ever stop trying!!! Registration! Did you guys get into all your classes? I had to keep refreshing/reloading the class list for 115/116 Physiology for an hour and a half straight!! lol But I finally got in when it opened up a spot. :) I can't wait to see everyone at orientation!!!

Soph12, I'm still waiting for my welcome packet Hopefully they come in soon. Awesome ssaarraahh congrats! I'm super stoked I'll being going to USF in the Spring. USF is my dream school and I'll be working toward getting a Bachelors degree in nursing...it feels so unreal!

Congratulations amadamss886! Hope to see you 2014

vivs, My application was a little unorganized lol. I sent in my application in September, but it wasn't completed until I submitted my essay just a few a minutes before the deadline.

CONGRATS! Yeager91 and Soph12! See you guys soon!

Khinniie, I'm pretty sure you aren't going to take all the pre reqs again, but they do require we take the one or two (can't remember lol) required english classes even if we already taken the same english classes at another college. Do you know how many people applied this Spring semester? Just curious.

Congrats khinniie!!!

Wow you guys have a lot of experience! Stay positive and don't give up! I will start clinicals Spring 2014 and it will take me 8 semesters to finish the program.

Vivs, I hope that isn't the case I sent in one letter.

I'm from Stockton, Ca it's about an hour and a half to two hours away from SF. Where are you from?

Thank you! I have a 3.68 GPA and no volunteer experience. My GPA certainly was not my strong point and had no volunteer experience so I spent a lot of time on my essay. My professor also wrote me a strong letter of recommendation.

Soph12 - USF was the only school I applied to for Spring and is my number one choice so I will be attending this Spring :). It came in a 8x11 big letter only containing that one letter. I hope we become future classmates!!!

Hello soph12!!! I got my acceptance letter yesterday for USF's BSN program for Spring 2013. Have you heard back from them yet?