I am currently enrolled in a Cal State University pre nursing program. I recently just got my loans approved (3 weeks before classes start) and I will owe over 100,000 dollars upon graduation, an idea I’m not very fond of. Also the nursing program is VERY hard to get into and transfer students get higher priority than the students at the college. About 150 students start the program freshman year and only 40 get in. This is why I’ve been considering a Junior College. My local college has a very good nursing program, one of my teachers from high school is a advisor for the program and I have multiple certificates for the program also. So I have my foot in the door there. I could start second semester and in the meanwhile get a job, save up, buy a car etc. My parents aren’t very happy about my change of heart this late in the game, but I have genuine concerns.
$100,000 debt = no.
Agree with previous poster, not to do this. $100K in debt is way too much, and furthermore it sounds like you are NOT in a direct-admit program so after 2 years you might apply and not get in.
How did you take out $100K? You can’t take that much out on your own, did your parents cosign?