UPMC Shadyside fall 2014!

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Hey i haven't seen a thread so I wanna start one. Anyone applying for shadyside for fall of 2014? :)

Twinmom, you just made my day! I'm a 35-year-old, already-have-a-master's-in-another-field career changer, so any reduction in time needed is very welcome!

When you say "Tuition forgiveness is going up," do you mean that more will be forgiven, or that we'll have to pay more?

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can someone tell me more about tuition forgiveness? I am no longer a upmc employee, I just got a job at medexpress and would love to know what its like to go to a upmc school without it being free haha

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Img tuition forgiveness is going up meaning you have to pay more:(. I want to know how tuition forgiveness works too. Can i use pell and phea to help pay for the amount owed. Does it have to be payed all at once by a loan? If its spread out over the semesters then I think it would be easy to have grants cover it, or maybe even cover the full tuition per semester but Im confused about it. Are there any current or former Shadyside students that can help answer? Im thinking about maybe calling their financial aid department, but Im not even accepted yet so it would be weird. Anyone want to call the financial aid department and enlighten us. Oh and just out of curiosity should I put the schools code down when I fill out fafsa this year or do I have to wait to be accepted to do that?

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I am a current Shadyside student in my third semester. I am doing tuition forgiveness. It works like this, as of right now the school costs about $32K for 22 months. Upmc will pay $22K of it if you sign a contract saying that you will work for them for 2 years after graduation. The student is responsible for $10K of the tuition. You can use grants and loans to cover that portion. Upmc pays their part upfront. It is actually considered a 'loan' from upmc. If you fail one class you are automatically disqualified from tuition forgiveness. You are required to get a job within 3 months of graduation with upmc. Then they will deduct about $150 or so a pay from your paycheck to cover the tax. When your two years are up the loan is consider 'income' to you and you have to pay tax on it. Upmc deducts this throughout the two years so that you aren't slammed with $7K worth if taxes.

Also if you do not take a class like A&P, then they will at the end deduct that from the tuition forgiveness loan, making the loan less and then you pay less taxes on it.

The tuition is broken down by class, a nursing class costs about $2,500. So if you have two in a semester that $5K but tuition forgiveness may cover say about $3,700 of that cost. And then grants and loans can be used to cover the rest.

My biggest tip, take anything that is not a nursing class at ccac. A&P 1 and 2, Micro, human growth and development. $400 is a lot better than $1,500 for those classes.

Good luck!

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@beansmama would you recommend Shadyside SON? Or attending a community college. Currently, I'm taking my prereqs at Ccbc. How many days a week are you at the school and hospital? If you could give me an idea that'd be great :-) I need to work part time and was wondering what the average full time schedule is like!

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do the current or past students reccommend shadyside vs ccac. i could get through ccac paying virtually nothing out of pocket but it would take me about 3 years vs shadyside in 18 months

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I like Shadyside, not everyone does though. I liked the classes at ccac as well, I did a years worth of classes there before getting into Shadyside. I actually was going to go to ccac but the year that I wanted to apply to get in they had decided to get rid if the entrance exam. I heard that they had about 1,000 applicants for 80 spots. I decided that I should have a back up plan when I heard that so I took the test for Shadyside. I passed it and applied to Shadyside and got in before I had even heard back from ccac. I ended up accepting the spot at Shadyside and then found out I didn't get into ccac. It just so happened to work out for me being at Shadyside.

People will tell you positives and negatives about all programs. It's ultimately up to you. One is no better than the other in my opinion, it really depends on you and what kind of person you and what you make out of it.

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what is your schedule like at shadyside?

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My schedule started off with me having at least one day off a week, I then worked a 10 hr day at a day care center that day. I also have a 5 and 2 year old at home. But the schedule will probably change with the change in curriculum. Right now I have class Mondays 8-12, Tuesday and Wednesday clinical from 630-330, Thursdays class 8-12 (some days we have afternoon class on Thursdays as well) and Fridays class from 8-4. At orientation they may tell you that you have to be available from 630-530 Monday through Friday. If you have a work schedule that doesn't mesh with that then it'll be tough to do. Again the classes may get longer hours wise because they are trying to put logic into a nursing class. If you go full time, you have to commit to being there full time. Sometimes we get done early from a class but not usually. And attendance is huge. You can only miss two classes before you fail the class. They take attendance every class, your financial aid also depends upon you attendance. So make sure you can be there. Many people that have full time jobs have cut hours, or quit the program. A lot of people try getting hired as PCTs in the hospitals working casually.

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I talked to the shadyside lady and she said there will be a&p 1/2 micro human growth and development and 2 other classes that you can transfer in but she doesn't yet know what those 2 classes will be

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They posted the new psb schedule for Fall testing. Good luck ladies and Gents on your UPMC Shadyside quest. It looks like I wont be going to Shadyside for fall 2014 due to my twins being so young and financial issues, but I will be applying for fall 2015. Good luck guys!!!!!

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does anyone know what the application deadline is for fall 2014?

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