Most foreign schools dont accept federal student aid. And the amount you are looking for is really high, the most you can borrow from Federal Aid in one year is 3-7,000 based on your dependency status.

You may want to look into private grants/scholarships… and get a lot of co-signers ready.

80K is way too much. And going from an LVN to RN is about the longest and most expensive way about becoming an RN… anyway.

Go directly to a community college and be an RN. Community colleges cost less than 3,000 a year. Two years on a wait list isn't worth paying an extra 80K.

Those specialty (and expensive) programs and schools are notorious for taking in 4 times as many people as they intend on graduating…. most end up dropping/washing out after a year or so (AFTER signing the loan papers of course) and there you are with 80K in loans and not being able to pass (or even eligible to take) the RN test to be an RN!!

Definitely find out about the loan forgiveness program in your state. It's not just in California; we have it in Pennsylvania and I know for sure that other states do, too. I'm just not sure if all states do. You have to find out if the loan forgiveness is for people with less than an RN because the RN might be part of the deal.
Another idea is to talk to the company you work for now. My hospital pays 100% of tuition for full-time employees who become nurses. I've heard of other hospitals doing the same.
College tuition is crazy these days! If you were becoming a doctor, your loans would be WAY more than $80,000. (My friend's daughter's tuition is over $40,000 year and that's for undergrad.)

no-not with the other loans. It's terrible the way student loans are these days-taking decades to pay them off. True it is an investment in yourself but do you really want to spend decades paying these three loans totaling 135,000?. Yes you will make just over 100,000 BEFORE taxes but that will put you in a higher tax bracket and then the money starts to disappear from there: mortgage or rent, food, clothes, emergencies-let's not forget your other two loans which will be half of the 100,000 altogether plus you will owe A LOT more than you are making at 49 dollars an hour….you will essentially be (again before taxes) 35,000 upside down…….it's just not a good idea at this time. And don't think about declaring bankruptcy. You may be able to clear the 40000 loan and the 15000 loan but there are only two ways to pay back student loans-pay or die.

Well its a lot of money, but Western Career College is in California, correct? California has a nursing loan forgiveness program you can check out. Its called the State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education (SNAPLE). As long as you plan to work in the state, you would be eligible.

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