Tracyprice1

OK I thought i would update everyone. My school which is a community college APPOVED my appeal. I am so relieved and happy as i can now start classes which are only 9 days away. I am so excited for this journey. Now to start building a list of supplies that i will be needing.

I spoke with financial aid people today and it is a school policy not for federal reasons. They said it happens alot with nursing program students. But we have to go through the appeal process but most of them are approved. It is just a formality. Now i just have to wait them to get the stuff pushed through. SO after speaking to the financial aid people i do feel a little better.

I know you can only get one bachelors degree. But I've never been told in any meetings or even research that you can only get one associates. There are limits to how much financial aid you can get but I'm not close to that.

Its good that you got the appeal. WHen you say they would only cover the classes did that include the books and stuff as well or did it only pay for the classes? My school does have an appeal and they also have a spot on it for timeframe extension. Good luck on your NCLEX!!

Hello everyone, I have worked my tail off to be accepted (and i was!!!) into the Practical Nursing program at a community college where i am from. I got a letter in the mail yesterday which is 16 days from the start of the class saying that I am ineligible for financial aid due to already having an Associates degree which is in an entirely different field. I cannot find anything saying that i should be ineligible. I will be calling and talking to them tommorrow but i wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem and if they appealed and won. I really want to be able to do this. Thanks for any input you guys have.