<p>Hi there! I am a current HS Senior looking for schools to apply to. My EFC will probably be $0-$1,000(tops). I am looking for schools with good financial aid that aren't extremely competitive. I would also prefer a school with a nursing program. It seems that every time I try to google schools with good financial aid, I get Stanford and Princeton. I cannot get into those schools.</p>
<p>I am a resident of NJ and am applying to Rutgers. Rutgers is my number 1 choice because I like the school and it will easily be my cheapest option. However, I want to see if there is another possibility. </p>
<p>You may want to consider Rowan University, as the tuition there is actually cheaper than Rutgers (since you’re in-state) and they do have a nursing programme, I hope I helped… </p>
<p>You are OOS for the PSUs, so don’t bother with those schools. They will NOT give you aid.</p>
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<p>On my application I put UP as my first choice campus, Altoona as my second. I selected the summer session as well as applied undecided. I know all those things help you get in, however as stated my GPA is bad. My question is with my counselors letter and my personal statement will I have any chance for UP? I know with my GPA UP would be a definite no but I’m wondering if Penn State will take into consideration my circumstances. Any one have any idea how this may play out?</p>
<p>If I get rejected from main campus would there be any way for them to reconsider?</p>
<p>And btw my SATS were average 1800.</p>
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<p>Your concern about acceptance is really not the issue. Even if they accept you, they will hand you a $40k bill that you can’t pay.</p>
<p>As a low income student in NJ, you need to take advantage of the state aid that NJ gives low income students and apply to all the NJ schools that have BSN. Does Ramapo? How about the others?</p>
<p>Actually, I talked with a counselor from PSU. I am in state. My father has been a resident of Pennsylvania for over a year. They said that because I went to high school in NJ-I will probably be initially put OOS. However, if I submit a petition, I will get in state tuition. However, from what I know-I won’t get PA aid(whatever PA’s equivalent of NJ TAG is)</p>
<p>Even if you are considered instate for PSU, if you run the NPC, you will see that PSU gives horrible aid, yet it is an expensive instate school…running about $30k for instate COA. You will get a Pell Grant of around $5500 and a $5500 loan…so that $11k will not even cover tuition…so you will be short for tuition and have no funds for room, board, books, etc.</p>
<p>If you get instate rates based on your dad, will the school expect you to use his info on FAFSA?</p>
<p>PSU is a reach for me-I know. Not only academically, but financially. However, PSU is my dream school. I am applying no matter what, even though it’s probably not much of an option.</p>
<p>And I’m not sure, should I speak to PSU about that? My mom is my custodial parent. My dad pays child support.</p>
<p>Hate to burst your bubble, but this statement alone makes it highly unlikely that you are going to be admitted to a direct BSN program. Your best bet would be to start at community college, take the courses for a 2 year nursing (RN) degree and then transfer to a BSN program.</p>
<p>Yes, check PSU’s net price calculator. It will likely deliver the bad news that even in-state financial aid at PSU is poor, leaving a high net price.</p>
<p>Seems as if you must apply directly to the nursing program as an incoming freshman. It does not seem like you will transfer in to the program, unless you have an RN (which you can get at community college)</p>
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<p>Even at Rutgers, you must apply directly to the nursing program</p>
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<p>Keep in mind that there is more than one route to get from point A to point B. Since you, yourself state that you have a terrible GPA, the best thing you should do is put some distance between you and your high school GPA. Community college will give you the opportunity to start with a clean slate. Hopefully, now that you are feeling better, you can demonstrate that you are a viable candiate fro the BSN by getting your RN at a community college and then transfer into a BSN program.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for trying to inform me, however I’m not asking about PSUs financial aid info. I was seeing if there’s another school I should look into that I’m missing that may be attainable for me. It seems like there are none, however I’ll do some more research on my own.</p>
<p>Also, I’m not getting my ADN. PSU you transfer into the nursing program, however it has to be at certain branch campuses. Rutgers program accepts internal transfers- which is why I’m hesitant to go to CC. </p>
<p>PSU…I’m not sure why you are so set against getting your nursing degree at a community college, and then getting the bachelors as a transfer. This will open up many more doors college wise to you, assuming you do very well in that CC nursing program…and actually get accepted. They are competitive programs in my state.</p>
<p>There is more than one way to become a registered nurse…and one with a bachelors. Open your mind to many options.</p>
<p>I’m not for community college in general. If for any reason I end up at CC, I’m not getting my ADN. It’s a personal choice that I’m making for myself.</p>
<p>Here is the problem: those schools that guarantee to meet full need or who come close to meeting full need of all students are generally the ones that have high requirements for entry. With your grades and test scores, it would be very difficult for you to get accepted to such schools even if they are not Ivy League schools. There are only 8 Ivy league schools out of the thousands of colleges and universities. But if you google colleges that guarantee to meet full need, you find that the list is pretty short and the schools are mighty selective and competitive for admissions. Also bear in mind that no schools I know guarantee to meet full need as defined by FAFSA EFC. Even the most generous schools have minimum student contributuions, required. What the generous schools define as need does not usually match what the COA minus the FAFSA EFC would be.</p>
<p>PA state schools are probably the most expensive in the country for their own instaters so you aren’t going to get much in deals for PSU and Pitt and Temple in terms of a break in cost by getting instate rates over what NJ schools cost. I believe PSU and Pitt came in #1 and 2 being the most expensive state schools for their own residents. Illinois came in next. </p>
<p>Check out Albright, a private school in PA. They tend to meet full need defined by FAFSA EFC without including discretional, variable, not direct billed expenses like transportation, books, etc. I have no idea if they have anything that leads to a nursing program. Berea College might another school to check out. </p>
<p>Otherwise you look for an state school to which you can commute. Finding a school to pick up your living expenses is not going to be easy. </p>
<p>Albright meets it with a parent plus loan. That’s out of the picture.</p>
<p>And rutgers is my financial safety, I’m just seeing if there are others. I’m looking into TCNJ, but it seems to be around the same price and if I remember correctly it may be too competitive for me.</p>
<p>And I only get in state tuiton at PSU- Pitt was not clear however Pitt is a HUGE reach academically. </p>
<p>PA has a bunch of other public schools like Clarion, Slippery Rock, West CHester , Kutztown that are less expensive than their main universities that are not state subsidized the way most state schools are.which may account for part of the reason why they are so pricey.</p>
<p>What do you expect to have to pay for Rutgers?</p>
<p>PSUbabe, pretty good deal if Rutgers will give you so much that all you have to pay is $2K out of pocket. Can’t do much better than that even at Harvard. As I stated earlier, those schools that guarantee to meet full need, define that need and most all of them expect a student contribution right off the top even from EFC zero students most of the time. That’s better than my state that only tends to meet need up to to tuition and fees. Room, board, books, transportation are all out of pocket. </p>