Seattle University Transfer BSN

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Hi there,

I wanted to start a thread for others who may have applied to the BSN program at Seattle University as a transfer/post-bac students to support one another throughout the admission process.

I finished my essay in the nick of time, and am now anxiously settling in for the wait.

April is so far away.

Cheers,

K

I have officially decided to go to SU. Are you on the fb page yet?

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Specializes in NICU.

Not yet! I will! I'm getting so excited now that I've decided. Do you live in Seattle now?

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Yes I do

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Just wanted to say my financial aid award is available at SU online! In case anyone else has been as anxious as I :)

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I received my acceptance letter toward the end of last month, and received my financial aid award yesterday. I'm a post-baccalaureate student with a FAFSA EFC of 0, so 100% need. The complete financial aid award from SU that I received included only a federal loan of $12,500 - which leaves me $40,000 short per year based on their estimated $52,000 per year cost.

Seattle U gives no need or merit-based grants, scholarships or loans (other than the federal Stafford loan that maxes at $12,500 per year) to post-baccalaureate students. There is no need-based funding for post-baccalaureate students. The financial aid office suggested I take out $80,000 in private loans. If I had the capability to take out $80,000 in private loans, I wouldn't have an EFC of $0.

When I asked the financial aid officer if I would have a better chance at funding with their graduate nursing programs, she told me that the funding gap would be $20,000 or more per year for graduate programs as well.

TLDR; If you're post-baccalaureate, unless you have $80,000-100,000 to pay for the two years out of pocket, spend your time and money applying to schools other than Seattle University.

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They give merit based scholarships if your GPA is 3.25 or higher.

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Oh that's a bummer! I received 21k in scholarships from them. That's shocking they don't offer post bac students anything. What is your plan now?

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Oh that's a bummer! I received 21k in scholarships from them. That's shocking they don't offer post bac students anything. What is your plan now?

Congrats on a great financial aid award! At least they're trying to help someone, even if they leave post bac students out in the cold. I really wish their website said that 6 months ago. :sarcastic:

I'm not sure what I'm going to do now. It's affordable to pick up an ADN but it doesn't make sense since I've got a B.A., and I'd have to do a 3rd year to bridge to get a BSN.

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They give merit based scholarships if your GPA is 3.25 or higher.

Not if you're a post-baccalaureate student. My GPA is 3.8. There are no merit or need-based scholarships at Seattle U for post-baccalaureate students.

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I'm a post-bacc student and got a merit based scholarship.

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I'm a post-bacc student and got a merit based scholarship.

Hi there!

I'm looking to apply to Seattle U as a post-bacc student. Online it says there's no merit-based scholarships for us; can you share some details about your stats and how you got a scholarship?

Thanks :)

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