nyc1990

Thank you! I appreciate the honesty. and I do plan to advance my degree (eventually) to be an NP.

If I attend NYU...I will accrue (at least) $70,000 of debt, not even factoring in interest . I would then like to work in NYC for a year or two before going home to Louisiana. Even though NYC nurses make, on average, $77,000 a year the cost of living is so high that I don't know if I would be able to pay off loans much faster than if I was working in say, Louisiana where my rent is $500 a month...It all evens out pretty much. So regardless, $70,000 is a lot of debt, I believe. I just hope I qualify for some scholarships.

To Kimmy20: Thank you! I'll check on that, too. It's odd that the admissions counselor would tell me that FAFSA forms are included in the 2nd degree program's application if 2nd degrees will disqualify you- but that is something I will definitely look into. And I hope I qualify for ANY scholarships...my overall undergrad GPA is only 3.1 but the prerequisites that I've finished so far is a 3.9. I have quite a bit of volunteer work in non-medical settings. I have no clue what qualifies one for scholarships.

To Missmollie: Thanks for your response! I agree that a great student can succeed anywhere but I would love to be in New York City (any of the boroughs, really). Hunter would be awesome, so would Lehman or SUNY downstate but I'm already out of the running for Hunter because of certain VERY particular requirements that they have, Lehman also has a hefty load of prerequisites that would take me another year to finish and I'm ready to start ASAP (also, the Bronx isn't my ideal location, to be honest), and downstate would actually be my first choice if I didn't decide to go to nursing school so last minute (I missed the deadline so I'd have to wait another year to go) because the tuition is much cheaper and their NCLEX pass rates are high. Pace is basically just ask expensive as NYU and possibly harder to get into, I believe and Long Island University (Brooklyn campus) is close to $60,000. Also, for the state schools I would still pay out of state tuition. SO NYU is pretty attractive to me because they allow you to finish certain prerequisites after you've been accepted. My plan is to look into grants and loans and scholarships I just didn't know where to start so I was hoping for some guidance. As for FAFSA, NYU said that I would fill out those forms in my application. I also went to FAFSA's website and they don't have an option for a 2015-2016 school year. In reference to you mentioning funds will run out after a certain amount of credits, I believe the BSN is 60 credits...would this most likely exceed funds?

I plan to live in an outer borough and have roommates. I was under the impression that the figure $70,000 didn't include room and board and $70,000 was the estimate for tuition ONLY? I hope you're right. did you go to NYU?

Hey everyone, I'm applying to NYU's accelerated second degree nursing program to attend in the fall 2015. It would be a dream come true to live in NYC and go to NYU (I may be silly to be so attracted to the prestige of the name, but out of all of the accelerated programs in NYC, this one has the most positive feedback from students, by FAR- other than Hunter of course which is nearly impossible to get into). However, I am petrified of the price tag. I have never taken out student loans or applied for a scholarship, etc. in my entire scholastic career and don't have a penny of debt to my name. So, from what I understand, NYU (tuition alone for the 15 months) will run me about $70,000. My question is: how did/do NYU nursing students pay for this? Private loans? If so from who and how much do you get? Scholarships/grants? If you receive any of these things how much money (sorry for the bluntness) do you receive and how hard is it to qualify? And lastly, do you really think we will be paying off these student loans (supposing I don't get any scholarship money) until we retire? Please help! I'm getting discouraged. This is a huge investment.

Hey everyone, I'm applying to NYU's accelerated second degree nursing program to attend in the fall 2015. It would be a dream come true to live in NYC and go to NYU (I may be silly to be so attracted to the prestige of the name, but out of all of the accelerated programs in NYC, this one has the most positive feedback from students, by FAR- other than Hunter of course which is nearly impossible to get into). However, I am petrified of the price tag. I have never taken out student loans or applied for a scholarship, etc. in my entire scholastic career and don't have a penny of debt to my name. So, from what I understand, NYU (tuition alone for the 15 months) will run me about $70,000. My question is: how did/do NYU nursing students pay for this? Private loans? If so from who and how much do you get? Scholarships/grants? If you receive any of these things how much money (sorry for the bluntness) do you receive and how hard is it to qualify? And lastly, do you really think we will be paying off these student loans (supposing I don't get any scholarship money) until we retire? Please help! I'm getting discouraged. This is a huge investment.