I hope my inability to PM anyone is not an indication of how my next three years of education are going to go. In answer to your question about what I'm doing to prepare. Quite honestly, nothing as far as education goes. I was preparing to to take the CCRN, but decided not to since being admitted (perhaps a poor choice - but I'm banking every extra dollar I can find/save). I'm working extra shifts, etc. I plan to use mostly student loans for tuition prices, but I'll be getting married on September 13 (yes, a month after classes start), and I think we will be able to "live" on my future spouse's salary. Perhaps everyone here knows, but our first year (per Lorrie Springer) is 99% online. We have to go to the site for two days (i think for an orientation) and then for a few more days in january, but other than that our classes will be all online. I think the best thing we can do to prepare is to relax, and enjoy every minute before we start. Anxious to get to know everyone.