My son wants to attend nursing school. He wants to earn a bsn. We are willing to help support him. But our funds are limited he has a 3.0 gpa and he is an outstanding baseball player, also has a medical disibilitiy that has been in remission for 6 yrs. No one in our family has been to college. Any ideas on grants, scholarships... etc we are from Ohio and are blessed with many schools.

Oh, you are in a great place to start. I am in Nursing school and have been going through on grants and scholarships.

Let me start by asking his age, then I can try and guide you as I am currently a second level nursing student going through school strictly on grants and scholarships.

You see, I started at a local Community College going for my Associates of Applied Science in Nursing first. While at the CC I maintained good grades, kept my GPA above a 3.0 and was inducted into PTK (Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society). I am attending the CC on a Pell grant because I fall within the Pell Grant's financial guidelines.

Now, on to PTK... It is only offered at 2-year colleges and insures that members will be accepted to higher learning universities. Many of these colleges offer scholarships through PTK, as high as full ride scholarships. I am one year away from graduating from my local CC and receive offers from Universities all over the country that offer my placement into their institution on a full ride scholarship basis.

I can use these scholarships for my BSN as well as my MSN.

If funds are tight, I suggest you consider a community college for at least the prerequisites and join PTK when it is offered to your son.

Good luck to you, and I wish your son all the best.

Thanks for answering me. My son is 17 yrs old he is a junior. Next yr he only needs a couple of credits to graduate then he can take as many online college classes for free during school hours. He hopes to attend university of cincinnati if possible. He will take his act test this June. I will let him read this email and thank you for your time. Geri