Seattle University APNI

[jeomoz]

I just got accepted to Seattle University's APNI program and was wondering if any of my fellow future classmates were interested in starting a thread of our own.

We are about to embark on an amazing, stressful and exciting venture--June is just around the corner!

We may as well start getting to know each other now.

When I initially decided to apply to SU I found very little on allnurses, so I'm hoping this thread will also be a place where prospective APNI's can post and get some advice from us . . . eventually

So, if anyone is interested in introducing themselves I'd love to hear from you.

I look forward to meeting everyone at orientation in June

Any advice from current students is greatly appreciated too!

[jeccagold]

Yeah, the game starts around 6:30pm tonight so it'll prolly be packed at The Ram. I'm going to call them around 6pm and maybe get down there a little earlier so that we can hopefully get a table by 7pm. If not, like Mike said, we can always go somewhere else. The table will be under my name (Jessica) for about 12 people.

[jeccagold]

Hey cohort!

I'm really happy that people were able to make it out tonight on such short notice! Thanks for coming! It was great to meet everyone and put a name/personality to the face. I can already tell that we've got a great cohort this year!

We'll definitely plan something for next month (May) and something in June before orientation.

Anyone have any suggestions on where, when, or what to do?

I can't wait to meet everyone else!

Jessica

[avbc830]

Sorry I wasn't able to make it out this time. I was looking forward to meeting all of you! Next time! :)

Rebekah

[Mike_D]

Has anyone else looked at their Financial Aid award -- I have some confusion about whether aid is available for the summer term and what the exact cost of the first year is.

Does anyone know more?

[apni2009]

I haven't received a financial aid award letter yet- I did check SUonline but it's showing my award letter isn't available. Is that where you saw yours, or did they mail you something?

I know that the summer financial aid has to be applied for separately. Under "My documents" on SUonline, I did have a message that I needed to fill out a summer financial aid application, and that the deadline for applying is 6/30/09. I'm afraid that's all I know!

I'm wondering about the cost too- all I know is the cost per credit, which is $541. I'd like to know what they calculate for the cost of attendance since that's what financial aid is based on. Anyone else know more?

-Marla

[avbc830]

Hi,

My award letter is showing. I know that summer aid is a separate application and I believe it will be available later this month.

I looked under "My cost of attendance/estimated family contribution" under Financial Information and it gave me the following breakdown:

Grad Tuition: $12, 864

Budgeted Room Cost: $7,300

Budgeted Board Cost: $4,440

Grad Books/Supplies: $1,128

Budgeted Personal Expense: $3,004

Budgeted Transportation Cost: $2,140

Budgeted Grad Loan Fees: $91

Total: $30,967

I hope this helps.

[avbc830]

I forgot to add that that is for Summer through the following Spring.

Rebekah

[avbc830]

It should be, considering we take about 53 credits the first year, which at $541 a credit is $28,673. I was going to call the financial aid office about that one.

[avbc830]

That's what I thought too. We take 53 credits the first full yr and at $541 a credit, that should be $28,673. I was going to call the financial aid office about that...

[Mike_D]

That was my confusion -- shouldn't this:

Grad Tuition: $12, 864

be almost twice that amount?

[apni2009]

Thanks for posting that, Rebekah! Hopefully my award info will be posted soon.

I think we need to have the financial aid office manually adjust the tuition amount, since our credit load is a lot higher than standard "full time" graduate enrollment. I read through the financial services website- I think we can request a revision of the financial aid award based on the higher amount of credits per quarter in our program.

[Harte]

I'm glad to hear that the evening at the Ram went well, I was sorry to have missed it. It seems like there are at least 2 others in Portland in the cohort. I can't remember now who mentioned that they lived in Portland, but if you'd like to get together down here, I'd definitely be up for that! Let me know!

Anne