White male in nursing, any scholarship options I need help BAD!!

[Kevinellis]

Hello everyone,

I am new to the site and would like to start out by saying hello. I am a 31 yo white male doing a accelerated CD2 program at wayne state university. I was so happy to get into the program. the program is difficult, but I must say the school is great and they have it set up very well. The experiences are great and the culture of Detroit brings very many different views.

When starting the program I was assuming it would be 27,000 for 16 months. come to find out after i scheduled It is going to be more like 35,000. I dont know what I am going to do. I NEED SOME ASSISTANCE and FAST.

I have already had to move out of my house and into a friends house. I had three rental properties which I am now loosing to the bank. Not by choice, the program consumes so much time and tenants were not paying their rent, and I simply could not work at all in this program. So over all I am taking a major hit in my life to do this program.

I have had a goal to be a nurse for many years, I wish I would have done this route when I was 18. Sometimes it just takes a while to figure out what you want in life.

Our school sends out scholarship info a lot, but they are all minority based. I just feel like the cards are stacked against me. I really need any assistance I can get. I dont know how I am going to pay for summer semester or fall. I literally have a difficult time putting gas in my car. I NEED HELP. Does anyone know any options? i have applied for so many scholarship.

Thanks,

Kevin Ellis

[Trenia]

Fixed that first sentence for you.

In other words, your complaining about experiencing a small degree of the discrimination that others have faced for centuries?

Why shouldn't he complain? He had no part in the prejudices of the past. Why should he have to pay for it? Any discrimination is bad business.

[WorriedAbout2Morrow]

. But when you're working in an establishment where black employees are writing racial stuff in bathrooms to make it look like they're being subjected to a hostile work environment in order to sue the company, they get away with everything and it's the white guys that get sent packing.

"Ouch!!!!":eek:

[MikeCabotrn]

I don't want to get involved in the discussion of affirmative action or other issues related to the morality of giving male nursing students special scholarships. I just want to point out a new scholarship for male nursing students. Here's the link:

www.malenursingscholarship.org

[IRISHLUCK]

History and affirmative action aside... I'm interested in learning more about scholarships.

[strings85]

I am a "white" male, and I find people looking for scholarships for white males to be sort of ignorant. White is not a race, it is a color. Black students do not get scholarships because they are black, they get them for being African-American. Some get them for living in a ****** town, and didnt have as many opportunities as we white people had.

I don't mean to sound ****** here, but instead of looking for white people scholarships, find out more about your heritage. There are scholarships out there for Italian-Americans, German-Americans, etc. you just have to look. Also, we are already able to find money by being male in a predominantly female occupation. Enough arguing about racism.

[justashooter]

In other words, your complaining about experiencing a small degree of the discrimination that others have faced for centuries?

obviously mr chicago is centuries old and personally experienced historical discrimination. i am centuries old, too, and was enslaved by the muslim barbary pirates off the coast of tripoli, like 2 million other european whites between 1600 and 1850. when the venture company my ship was financed by refused to pay my ransom, i was sold into a lifelong slavery in north africa. this was some years before the United States Marines appeared and forced the pasha to stop the piracy of American flagged vessels, ransoms for which made up 20-25% of the entire US budget by the time Madison took office...

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/to-the-shores-of-tripoli