nutmeg2356

The programs I've looked at: Chamberlain - $675/credit hr- spring semester after federal loans= $6,965 (books, uniform, vaccinations, everything factored in) 2 hour/day commute St. Anthony in Rockford IL- $735/credit hour 1 hour round trip commute= closer but even more $$ NIU- $6,777 per term before student charge fees or books. Adds another 30-45 minutes a day to commute 2.5-3 hour commute/day= too far UIC- $650/ credit hour 4 hour/ day commute= too far Loyola- insanely expensive, and can't get accepted if you're not right out of high school (no college experience) or already have a bachelors in another field= can't get in because I'm in college roughly $952-$1,000/ credit hour for all fees included and at full time attendance= too much $$ Harper college only offers an RN degree and not BSN MCC (current school) has terrible nursing teachers and doesn't offer BSN that I know of- wouldn't want to get a BSN here anyways The other schools: I can't find other accredited nursing programs or they're way too far to commute

Thats the thing- I already own a home. That's why my bills are so stressful.

I'm 22. I live in IL and will be going to the Addison campus. I have extensively researched the other options for schools/programs, and they all run about this price out here Even if I were to wait and attempt to save up, the amount I would be able to save up would amount to too little to justify waiting a few more years. I don't make that great of money, it would take me a few years just to save up 3-5k, which when compared to the cost of school, is nothing. I don't have any children now, and I would like to complete the program before that happens.

the programs in chicago all average this price unfortunately. The only other options would be a nursing program where I would need 100 or so credits before I could even apply, and even then you don't have a guaranteed chance of getting accepted, and they have a waitlist. With chamberlain I'm not on a waitlist and I know right away if I'm accepted

I was trying to claim independent, but I'm under his health insurance so I had to claim dependent

Hello! I just took the HESI entrance exam for Chamberlain this week, and passed. I will be starting school in January, with 33 transferring credits already completed. I did the math, and the rough estimate for total school cost (without bills added) will be around $66k, since I saved around $22k by taking so many classes at a community college. I was denied any FAFSA grants, since my father makes over $100k/year and my FAFSA EFC was around $13k. But, I'm also one of 7 children in my family (3 including myself are in college, and one is severely mentally sick and lives in a facility.... $$$$) So, my parents are barely getting by on their own bills, so I will not receive any help from them. I will definitely, 100%, need to take out a private loan to pay for school. I will receive somewhere around $3-5 k in the government subsidized/unsubsidized loans, but with school being around $9k+/semester (i'm probably off on that #, but it gives you an idea), there is no other way of me financing this. I work as a waitress, but that barely pays for all of my bills as is, so I can't save up much. I plan on working for the first 1/2 of the 1st year, hopefully the full year, but since Chamberlain is an accelerated program, I'm not messing around and I have made the decision to not work unless I ABSOLUTELY have to. So most of my bills will be going on my loan. Stupid, I know, but this is the only way I can think of pulling this off while also giving school my undivided attention. So my question is, what are some good private loan companies, and what is your experience with them? I will need to do the deferred payment option, and will put any money aside I can to start contributing to the payment during school.