trinitypixie

The best suggestion I can offer is almost every college website has a "scholarships" link with a list of legitimate scholarship offers for your school/area. It is usually on the home page after logging in to the schools system or on the financial page. Many have links for filling out the scholarship application online. Don't be afraid to apply to scholarships that you don't fit all the criteria many times scholarships go un-awarded because no one applies for it because they don't fit all of the specifications. It is better to apply to many and be passed over than to not apply at all and miss out on an opportunity! Good luck with your scholarship hunt!

I am a licenced massage therapist, have been for about 6 yrs, and the economic crash was devistating. So much so that I decided to go back to school to become a nurse with massage focus. I specialize in rehabilitation already so I thought it would be a good blend of skills with better long term stability. I have been concerned with finding work that emphysizes the massage therapy aspect. In my 6 yrs, massage never really paid the bills but it is a passion so I stuck with it. I could have probably done better financially if I worked in the spas but my focus is medical massage and if insurance companies won't pay for it often patients won't either. If you are already a nurse transfering to massage the pay cut would be devistating. However I have been "assured" by many nursing school recruiters that the demand for a combination of alternative modalities with nursing is increasing. If this is what you are considering then I would recommend a school with limited modalities, no more than 6, so you get a sound foundation in massage. Many schools offer too many modalities in their basic program so you get a lot of surface learning but no deep foundation in the basic modalities.