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Went to school today to register for my summer and fall classes. If everything goes as planned, I'll be entering Nursing school in the Spring! And the nursing program is 18 months. So, I'm really starting to get within view of this goal. I'm pretty excited!
They tell me that the nursing program is a full-time, balls to the wall curriculum. That it's impossible to work while doing it. You have no time for anything else.
I guess I'll have to prove them wrong. I'd love for them to say, "He graduated with a 3.9GPA while working 48 hours a week!"
It'll make my classmates look like morons. Mwahahahaha!
One of the reasons I sat out this trimester was because of a single defaulted student loan that totaled a whopping $16. There's another one that's at $1400, but I have cash on hand to pay that off right out. I'll now get FASFA money, GI Bill, and a very small student loan to help with the rest.
The new GI bill, which comes out in the fall (and covers all military people who served more than 90 days and enlisted after 9/11), pays housing costs for an E-5 service member living on the local economy. That comes to $775 for Hattiesburg. They also pay for tuition and books. (EDIT TO ADD: Oh wait. They pay the "with dependents" rate, whether or not I have dependents. That's $1,026!)
I'm just too greedy, I guess. I like working. I like having money for travel, books, and gadgets. I can't imagine not working and schooling at the same time. It's what I've always done. Even if I won't have time to spend it, I'll have some money for when I graduate.
I may need some extra funds for when I move back to Hawaii.
So, that's the skinny on my schooling situation. What's yours?
They tell me that the nursing program is a full-time, balls to the wall curriculum. That it's impossible to work while doing it. You have no time for anything else.
I guess I'll have to prove them wrong. I'd love for them to say, "He graduated with a 3.9GPA while working 48 hours a week!"
It'll make my classmates look like morons. Mwahahahaha!
One of the reasons I sat out this trimester was because of a single defaulted student loan that totaled a whopping $16. There's another one that's at $1400, but I have cash on hand to pay that off right out. I'll now get FASFA money, GI Bill, and a very small student loan to help with the rest.
The new GI bill, which comes out in the fall (and covers all military people who served more than 90 days and enlisted after 9/11), pays housing costs for an E-5 service member living on the local economy. That comes to $775 for Hattiesburg. They also pay for tuition and books. (EDIT TO ADD: Oh wait. They pay the "with dependents" rate, whether or not I have dependents. That's $1,026!)
I'm just too greedy, I guess. I like working. I like having money for travel, books, and gadgets. I can't imagine not working and schooling at the same time. It's what I've always done. Even if I won't have time to spend it, I'll have some money for when I graduate.
I may need some extra funds for when I move back to Hawaii.
So, that's the skinny on my schooling situation. What's yours?