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90k may sound like a lot, but living in the San Francisco Bay Area, that is not enough to be able to save up for a 58k program. I have a mortgage, a car payment, I BART to the city everyday, food, gym membership, it all adds up... I pay a buttload in taxes that makes my actual take home income more like 58k annually.

Hi everyone, I am overwhelmed with all of your responses. Thank you so much!!! To answer some of your questions, I am healthy. I have thought about doing a 2 year state OR ADN program, and that is another thing I keep going back and forth on... That would be 2 years with no income instead of just one year with no income. Also, the 2012 class has already been picked, so that pushes me back to starting in 2013, which makes me 32, then 2 years of school, I will be 34, looking for a job, then having my first baby at 35 IF I get pregnant right away. If I do the one year program, I would be done in May 2013, I'd be 31 and having my first baby at 32. I am making 90k right now, but I do not want to stay at this job and save... I know that is bad and the right thing would be to save, but it's like, I have been working so hard on this... The last year and a half, I have been going to school to finish prereqs every night, and working all day. It has been really tough. I've been working so hard on this, only to sit back and wait another year.. I just don't think I could handle it!! To those who suggested starting a family and THEN going back to school when the kids are in school a) I will have to worry about childcare and b) by then my prereqs will have expired and then I'd have to retake them all again. That would be painful! I would never make an important decision like this w/out my husband... I am going to have a serious conversation with him tonight weighing the pros and cons... I'll keep you all posted. Thanks again!

Thanks for much for your reply deredain! Good luck to you in your studies, it is tough to work and go to school at night! Yes, it will be hard to leave an 90k job, but I don't want to wake up at 40 and look back and wish I would have gone to nursing school... you know? I've always wanted to be in a "helping" profession and right now, although the money is good, I feel like I am wasting away, sitting behind this desk. My husband would like me to wait another year to go, because we just bought a house, but I look at that as pushing back have children, and I don't want to wait longer, I'm not sure how long it will take and I know risks increase after the age of 35.

Hello all: I am newly married, working in San Francisco sitting behind a desk, pushing papers, and make 90k annually. I am bored to death with my job and have been working in the same profession for 10 years. I already have my college degree in Liberal Studies and made the decision to go back to school to become a nurse about a year and a half ago. Working 8 - 5 Monday through Friday and taking night science classes has been tough. Now the time has come where I am on the cusp of being accepted into an accelerated one (1) year BSN program. I know that private colleges are sometimes frowned upon due to the amount of money spent on an education, but here is my dilemma: I plan on starting a family AFTER nursing school. I am 30 right now and I will be turning 31 over the summer. I feel like if I do a 2 year program that will a) make me 33 when I am just trying to start a family and who knows how long it will take me to get pregnant, and b) it is already going to be hard enough giving up my income for one year, let alone two years. Also, I am starting to freak out right now giving up my decent paying job for a large debt to go to school. What I DO know is that I want to be a nurse and I do not want to sit behind my desk for the rest of my life!! HELP!! Can anyone offer advice or insight into my dilemma? It is times like this where I wish there was a guide book to LIFE.