Seattle University APNI

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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 :p

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 :D

Any advice from current students is greatly appreciated too!

Thanks, you too- I plan to come back to Seattle after so maybe our paths will cross again!

J

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Looks like I'm late to the game... Great to hear people have already gotten together, let us all know if there's another get together, I'd love to meet some people before we start in June! I currently live in Seattle and I'll be on the FNP track.

I haven't gotten a financial aid packet yet but spoke with someone on Monday who said a letter should be coming soon. She said the summer app isn't available until we register for classes.

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I got a letter in the mail last night that basically stated everything that is on SU Online. I talked to my financial aid counselor yesterday and she said that tuition amounts and summer aid applications can be done next month, since everything is still in Spring Qtr right now. :)

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I'm a bit confused about the financial aid situation and am hoping someone can help. I received my award, and it is quite a bit short of our first year tuition, which I understand is due to credits being undercalculated and summer excluded. I've talked with my counselor a couple of times and she assured me that we can adjust my cost of attendance so I can get the full Stafford Loan and then can apply for a Plus loan if necessary beyond that. However, I haven't seen anything adjusted yet and I just got another copy of my award letter in the mail today, with the original amounts. Is it too soon for our cost of attendance to be adjusted and for us to apply for additional loans, or has this process already been initiated for any of you? I don't want to keep harassing my financial aid counselor if I need to wait another month. However, its a bit scary not knowing how I'm going to cover all my expenses next year as I pack up to start moving to Seattle. I understand it's too soon to apply for summer aid but I thought we could get the rest of the year straightened out. ????

How was the get together? I'm sorry I missed it and am really hoping we can plan another one before June! Is this the best forum for everyone to communicate or are we migrating over to facebook? I love the idea of being able to connect with one another as we learn about used books, PDA requirements and our summer schedule. I can't wait to meet everyone! :)

-Dana

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Hi Dana, I was also in your position. I think most of us were. I don't know who your Fin Aid Counselor was, but mine is Jamie Starr and she changed my loans immediately after I spoke with her. I was also a few thousand dollars short of what our cohort needs for our first year, so I called her and asked her to adjust my loans and she did... right over the phone... I don't know who your Fin Aid Couselor is but if I were you I would ask her again. It's better to be 'annoying' and safe rather than be short of tuition money, ya know? LOL... Also, in terms of applying for private loans, I would wait it off until your SU Stafford and PLUS loans get adjusted. Who knows, maybe they'll give you more than you need.. hopefully :-)

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Hi Dana. I'm in the same boat. I called and spoke with my counselor (Fran) and she was super helpful and friendly and made the credit adjustment while we talked. However, the changes she said the credit adjustment would allow for aren't showing on my award letter, either online or the one I got in the mail. She said that the credit adjustment gave me some crazy amount of plus loans, way more than I'll need, so I'm confident that it will work out and I'll have my costs covered, but I'm a little unsure of what to do next. It seems like nothing is set in stone at this point, especially since we can't even apply for summer aid yet. Everyone's financial aid package will adjust again once we have our loan amounts spread over 4 quarters. I'm going to check in with my counselor, but not worry too much about it until the summer aid stuff is worked out. Where are you moving from?

Anne

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Hello All! I'm a little late in the game, I see. But I wanted to extend a congratulations to all my future classmates!!!! I'll be in the APNI-FNP program (Paise God!!! :bowingpur ). I am beyond excited!!!! I live in Corvallis, Oregon and will be making the move up to Seattle in June. I'm SO nervous about moving! I am really not all that familiar with the area and REALLY need to find a roommate. Are any of you looking for a roommate? If so PM me.

I would really love to get a chance to meet up with you all, so keep me in the loop if you all meet again! I too am concerned about the cost of attendance, but I'm staying optimistic. Where there's a will there's a way!

-Lauren Smith

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Thanks for the responses about the financial aid. I'll keep being persistent. For those of you that have had loans increased or adjusted, how do you know? Do you see a change in your online cost of attendance or in your award letter? My counselor told me she would increase my amounts and I could apply for Plus loans but I haven't seen any changes yet or been given any new totals.

I too am moving in late May/early June and understand the discomfort. Its pretty scary, especially with the financial situation cloudy. I can't help with the roommate situation but you might talk with someone in student services or housing about matching you up with another SU student. Someone on our facebook site mentioned possibly getting together the weekend of May 16th. I'll be in town that weekend and would love to meet with anyone interested. We're planning on the Mariners game on the 16th so I'd like to work around that if possible. :)

-Dana

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Hi all! I posted this on FB earlier and am now posting it here since some people have FB and no account here and vice versa.

I was thinking that we could plan ahead a little more for this next meet and greet for our cohort! The 1st was pretty last minute and kinda happened in the blink of an eye.

That said, does anyone have any ideas for what/where/when for the next meet and greet? This way we might be able to get a few more people in the mix now that we've got more people who've joined the thread and the FB group.

About the financial aid situation: right now I'm just glad that I got some money! So I'm gonna try to keep cool and wait til the Summer Aid app comes online and see how much I get for all 4 quarters. Hopefully it'll be enough to cover, otherwise I'll ask my finaid counselor (Jamie -- just like you, Karla!) to increase the amount. I think they said that the application comes online in May, so just a few more weeks! (Although I feel like an idiot cuz I'm constantly checking SUOnline to see if it's up yet, even though I know they're posting it in May. Maybe it gives me a sense of connection to the school or something). =P

Jessica

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Hi All!

I enjoyed meeting everyone at the Ram last week... I think you all are going to have a good cohort. That said, I have decided to pursue a different program. That decision was based on tons of research, where my partner got into grad school, and where I am at this point in my life. It was a difficult decision as I believe that SU is a terrific school and that a decision to stay here would have been equally good. The best of luck to all of you!!

My program doesn't start until August, but I'll put out there that I will have a cute, renovated 3bed house for rent a few miles South of campus in the best of neighborhoods in Mt. Baker if anyone is interested... shoot an email. It should be available before September 1.

Julian

Good luck!! I almost went the SM route myself, but their prereqs were killing me. They have some great faculty though. I guess we're kinda trading spaces. You're moving to my old stomping grounds and I'm moving to yours. Don't know how familiar you are with the bay area but if you don't want to live in OAK you might check out Alameda. It's not a far commute, cute place, but a bit pricey.

Best wishes!!

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thanks jemoz,

i actually lived as few blocks from SM for most of the 90s, and love the area... though alameda is super cute too!

i think the pre-reqs thing is funny, as one of my major issues with SU was that they were gonna make me retake algebra and general psych even since my calculus etc was more than 10 years old! i just couldn't bring myself to do it. :) best to you! and see you aroud some day i'm sure,

jz

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Hi fellow cohorts!

I just got this link from Sabrina...I definitely want to meet all of you at the next APNI'09 gathering. As a matter of fact, maybe I'll host it!?! I live in the Mt. Baker neighborhood (about 2 miles from campus) and have a decent sized yard that could hold all of us (weather permitting!). Well, let's chat about that and other things...I just returned from my financial services meeting and feel everyone's pain...our school isn't cheap, but it will be worth it for all of us in the end :specs: ...and just think how smart we will be!

Looking forward to meeting you all soon!!

Janine

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