FurmanGirl

I'm halfway through my BSN program and need major financial assistance. I'm only eligible for private loans at this point. I recently received information about a nursing scholarship program through Roper Saint Francis, in the Charleston area. It'...

I'm not sure about the other states, but Charlotte, NC has a high cost of living, as does Charleston, SC. I'm not sure how they compare to one another. If you take into account the cost of living, Greenville is generally the highest paying. The pa...

In the upstate it's generally $9-10/hr base pay.

I'm at a public school... I just wanted to say thanks for all the congrats! It really is the luck of the draw, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for those still waiting to hear. In the meantime, you might find this interesting... http://news.yahoo...

Including this term, I have 3 terms left. It's a three year program, so I'm halfway through.

I am attending a 3 year BSN program in SC.

Hmm, that's a tricky question. I was a spring admit, so I'll be a senior in the spring. I'll graduate next December. With my letter, they sent the final copy of the contract I signed initially. I signed one for this year and next; however, they o...

I GOT IT! I GOT IT! I GOT IT!!!! I'm doing the happy dance! I got my letter today, certified mail. I was at clinical when it came, so I ran to the post office before they closed! Check your mail and good luck to everyone!

I wish I knew how to post a picture... Our uniforms are outdated and horrid. Our faculty actually just approved them last term. My mother says we look like lunch ladies. The uniforms are all white, but the fabric is really thick, so it's not so ...

Father Tod, Have you looked again at the bulletin? I would reread eligibility requirements and first preference funding requirements and make sure you fit all of them. If you still don't see why, I'd call back. Each person I talk to tells me somet...

I just called the Call Center about the forms. The lady I spoke with said everyone with 1st perference received them. I mentioned to her that there was nowhere on the Payment Information FORM for me to fill out information linking it to my account....

I just got it, too. But I do not understand the forms at all!! Help!

I called a few weeks after everything was due and spoke to a guy that said all my info was received. He also said at that time that notifications were coming out within a week or two, even though the website said differently. That was quite some ti...

I am an upstate native and I LOVE Greenville. You should definitely venture downtown. They have tons of activities, especially during the summer. Of all the places there, you should go to the Reedy River Falls Park. Here's a website that mainly c...

Thank you!

That's good to know that you're not mixing the two! Do you have to schedule your test? If so, I would just recommend not drinking a day or two beforehand. If it's random, and you've just had a little the night before, I don't think it will be a pr...

To those that applied last year... Do you also need a transcript and/or recommendations? I'm requesting them soon for other scholarships, so I might as well ask for more if HRSA requires it as well. And they only give you 30 days and my profs are ...

No one else has mentioned it, so I thought I would take the opportunity to say it myself. Why are you drinking alcohol with those meds in the first place? Did your prescriber not inform you that drinking alcohol in combination with those drugs may ...

I've seen this said a lot, so I'd thought I'd share what I learned. Today there was a Navy recruiter at our school. He told us that nursing is LAND based in the Navy. The only medical personnel on ships are PAs and maybe a physician, but never nur...

A few months ago I posted a thread titled "Exasperated..5th rejection?!." Well, I took some more classes while applying to two more schools. I had resigned myself to working full-time through August and getting an assoicates when I really wanted a ...

My first day was great, as was today. My professors are really nice; I will meet the last one tomorrow. The course load doesn't seem bad at all. We just went over the basic intro stuff, so the only hectic part was financial aid, registration, park...

I had posted a few months ago that I had applied late to Lander for their 2nd degree nursing program. I'm so excited I thought I should send out an update. I had given up on going there this spring b/c I hadn't heard anything from the nursing depar...

I've always heard that nurses with a BSN generally are paid higher than nurses with an ADN; however, the other day I was told that the difference is "pennies." Is this true for our state or the upstate? Thanks!

Go to MUSC's education page and click on the school of nursing. The one person I always talk to there is Carolyn Page and she's really great. Anyway, someone there should be able to either tell you or point you in the right direction. Hope that he...

We called the fall/winter/spring system trimesters, they're not really quarters or semesters, b/c summer wasn't included in the normal school year. Either way, we referred to them as semesters, b/c it was easier.