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  1. UAB BSN Spring 2018

    applesbananas replied to RHAMM_5550's topic in General Students

    Congrats! I am applying for Fall 2018. Any application advice? I have a few retakes and a GPA that's a bit below what I've seen as "competitive". I'm so afraid of not having a shot at getting

  2. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas posted a topic in General Nursing

    I start school for my BSN in the Summer of 2015 after I have my second child. I'm not picking nursing for the salary, I've always had a passion for nurses and what they do and couldn't see myself...

  3. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    That's very doable. What was the price of the home itself? If you don't mind me

  4. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want a huge home, maybe a 3 or 4 bedroom. But I do want a newer modeled home and I assumed they would cost more but I was overpricing and calculating wrong. Now that I've narrowed my price...

  5. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    I may do that. But the university I'm attending is also a hospital (University of Alabama at Birmingham-UAB) IF I can get hired there, they will pay for my schooling. Nothing's set in stone right now...

  6. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    I have childcare covered and my husband is doing the job that he loves right now, I encourage him to do what he loves to do regardless of pay. I don't want him to go to a job where he's unhappy...

  7. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    I pay my mother in law to take care of our kids and that's very true, the economy may be very different 4 years from now and my husband recently became a self contractor at a company so his pay is...

  8. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    What exactly is ARM and why would you have to get one? If it changes my interest rate then I would surely do my best to stay away from

  9. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    I understand completely! That's why I opened this topic and everyone's advice is more then appreciated! You all are giving me a perspective I didn't consider and I will look into a first time...

  10. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    I

  11. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    Ok. See I was confused because I took $500,000 divided by 360 months (that's how many months are in 30 years) and got about $1300 a month and by the nurse salary on indeed.com (which I now know is...

  12. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the advice. This is apart of my research actually. I believe from doing my own online searching i was receiving a lot of over the top and unrealistic answers of salary and home pricing...

  13. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for giving me a realistic financial frame! Maybe after becoming a nurse and talking to realtors, I'll find an affordable cheaper house that comes close to the style of house I'm looking for...

  14. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    Very true. A lot of the homes in Alabama, although big, are the older style houses, like Antebellums, which their gorgeous homes but not my taste. So a good 4 br 2 bath, new styled, brick house like I...

  15. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    applesbananas replied to applesbananas's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I didn't think about that. I live in Alabama. A RNs salary in alabama is estimated to be about 67,000 a year plus my husbands income of just 25,000 a