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Has anyone had a credit check at this point? Not sure how much later things will kick off this year considering the later application cycle. Thanks.

Nursing programs do a pretty darn good job of preparing students for the constantly evolving and policy driven system that has become a much different beast than the 'old days'. If we trained like nurses used to we would all fail miserably. You may...

Maybe these hospitals should provide the appropriate pay for their nurses and this wouldn't be a problem...

UMASS Amherst only uses your prerequisite GPA. I had a 3.85 for prereqs and 6 months of cna experience when I applied. Write a good statement that is peer edited and find a couple of great references; I used my a&p teacher and hospital employer...

I declined my spot already yes. I sent Jackie an email on last Friday. Best of luck!

May 1st is the deadline for those accepted to respond. I'll be declining my spot soon because I'm going to Duke. Best of luck to you all! Now one of y'all can take my spot

I called financial aid this morning and they told me that if you were awarded a need based scholarship then you should also receive some need based scholarship the 4th term as well. This information just made it so that I can now justify the cost of...

You're right, I was unaware of the HRSA scholarship, something I will look into. Thanks CSmontana and msB27! Best of luck to everyone and their final choices! We're almost there!

Duke's loan forgiveness is NOTHING like it used to be. Now they only offer a maximum of 25,000 after working for them for a few years; it used to be over 80%. Not to mention NC does not pay nurses the greatest, so it's a wash. Next, everyone needs...

Well, financial aid is up on the portal. I got some aid, but still not enough for what I really need. I was surprised because I made under the federal poverty line. I just don't know what it takes to get enough help these days. Anyone get the ful...

1 month, by May 4th.

Looks like Nora is out of the office until Thursday. She said she would send out an email to all impacted students once decisions were released.

I accepted the offer but I won't pay the deposit until I receive the award letter. Financial aid told me they strive to get the financial awards released within 2 weeks post the acceptance letters. They also said they usually release award informat...

Has anyone received an email from Nora since decisions were released?

I'm crossing all my fingers and toes and hoping to get need based scholarship from Duke as I was under the federal poverty line last year. If I don't receive at least 40,000 from Duke I'll have to choose a cheaper program. Everybody wants your mone...

Check your siss accounts!!! I'm in!!! Wahoooo!!!

So the accepted list and waitlist are about the same size. There will be just over 70 accepted for Fall 2017. I know someone in the program now and was also told by admissions. I can't believe it's taking so long, I'm just about at my wits end and...

The old tuition information is gone. The price was 29,000 all year. Once we received the financial cost of tuition letter with the 33,500 cost, they also updated it online. It is what it is.

Hello possible classmates. I live in Portland Oregon and simply can't wait for those letters next week! I have a degree in vocal performance (3.35), work as a CNA at OHSU in the floatpool, and am interested in Duke's FNP track with an HIV certifica...

I was just accepted and would love to hear your thoughts on the previous person in your cohort who responded about the quality of the program. Can you share any sentiment with that post on this thread?

I emailed admissions to see what number on the waitlist I was, and Jackie said, "we don't rank our waitlist that way, we'll let you know if space becomes available." Every time I have reached out for any information they continue to keep me in the d...

Its a 14% increase! I'm fed up with educational institutions doing this by astronomical numbers. Wages never increase by any relative amount and yet we have politicians that want to defund the grants and extra resources to reasonably pay for the in...

ANYBODY ELSE NOTICE THE $4,000 INCREASE OF THE PROGRAM?

Also waitlisted.

People say this often with the loan debate, but 140,000 in federal loans is NOT better than 60,000 in private. This program is one of the most expensive masters programs for nursing out there. Here's hoping for some scholarships!