<p>This has the ■■■■■ smell.</p>
<p>First of all, I am sorry for any and all students whose parents have the funds and more to pay towards some college and costs and refuse to do so. It does put such students in the postion where they cannot get financial aid because of their parent’s wealth. However, and this is a huge however, it is every bit the parents’ right to do this under most all circumstances. College is not an entitlement from your parents. It’s their money, and they can spend it or not spend it any way they chooose. Once you turn 18, you are an adult and no longer have to do what your parents want you to do. You can walk out. But, they also have the same privileges as you are no longer a child. There are 18 year olds in the military, protecting our country and having to deal with all kinds of dangers, and mom/dad don’t play a role in their lives in terms of protection and support. You are permitted to do all sorts of things, and the financial responsibilities to you have pretty much ended.</p>
<p>The fact of the matter, is that having parents with the money that makes you ineligible for need based aid at this point, is not necessarily stripping you of a whole lot of opportuniites. It’s tough for those transitioning from community college to a 4 year school to get into a college that will meet the need anyways. Most school do not meet full need, and of those that do, many exclude transfers. So it’s not as though a rich meadow of aid possibilities are out there that are blocked by your parents’ financial situation. You are in the same position as MOST students that are cc transfers whose parent’s can’t pay for college.</p>
<p>So what are your choices? Can you find a hospital based program in the area that may take you? Those are often the least expensive ways to get a nursing degree. The other thing is to find work in the field, take and save your money until you are of age to apply to some programs that do have financial aid availble to you as an independent.</p>
<p>Your parents don’t have to pay a cent if they don’t want to. You’re legally an adult.</p>
<p>I think its right, the student needs to learn how to manage and become responsible. Pay to a certain degree.</p>
<p>That’s pretty selfish… :/</p>
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<p>Very few hospital-based (diploma) nursing programs now. Almost all of them are now affiliated with colleges (including community colleges) so the nurse graduates with a degree, not just a diploma. But the OP can google hospital-based nursing programs with the name of his state to see if he can find one.</p>
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<p>You made a statement about the difficulty level of CC courses without clearly stating your evidence for your statement. I do have support for my statement. That is why I provided it.</p>
<p>1+1 is 2 no matter what college or school you go to. The schools that cost more, have better qualified instructors relative to scaffolding, therefore degrees held from higher tier institutions are more likely to be more pronounced.</p>
<p>Wallrus75 is 18, just to put things in context here.</p>
<p>As a parent and one who is jaded and cynical by virtue of time, I have come to realize that there are three sides to every story, student, parent and the truth somewhere in the middle. There may be a reason why the parents have refused to pay based on actions…
Could it be selfishness on their part? Absolutely but it could be something else which makes me reluctant to pass judgment…</p>
<p>I don’t want to pass judgement.</p>
<p>What I do want is to help the student to find some help or get some answers on how he or she can continue their nursing education. It’s important work, and to have a 4.0 in the curriculum indicates hard work and intelligence and I hope they can find a way to continue, at some pace. </p>
<p>Anyway, good luck to you. If you can try to find a solution, rather than focus on the negative, maybe it will work more easily than it currently looks.</p>
<p>■■■■■ or not, unless the student sees bank statements, they don’t actually know what their parents have banked.
Husband’s daughter believes we have money trees where we freely pick of of the vine because her mother tells her this.
If student is that strong , he / she should be bale to find other options/ If there is any truth to this , I would be willing to bet there is more to this story than we are reading</p>