u/Equal-Evening140

i’ve been lurking on here for almost 2 years and finally got accepted! i am so excited but now the reality is setting in and im kinda terrified. i kept telling myself ill worry about finances once i get accepted and of course this is one of the most expensive programs… im embarrassed to say i really dont have that much saved and i have a year to save but even then it’ll only be 20-30k and the program is around 220k just for tuition. obviously i have to take out loans but i dont even know where to start with that. any advice would be greatly appreciated!! other questions i have:
what do students do for insurance?
how do you study properly?
i feel like i BSed my way through nursing school and never learned how to properly study and that definitely won’t fly for CRNA school. i also am so scared that im not smart enough to make it and then will end up with hundreds of thousands of loans on an RN salary. im lucky that i didn’t have any debt for undergrad and i paid off my car, therefore it makes me so nervous to take out this many loans but of course its worth it and ill be able to pay it back after.
i know everyone says to just enjoy your time, spend it with friends and family, take one last big trip and i’ll definitely do all that. i’m also trying to pick up extra shifts to save but there’s not a lot of opportunity shockingly which is an issue, im debating getting a per diem job but idk if it’s worth it for less than a year. anyway if you read this far and have any advice about loans, insurance, studying, and imposter syndrome i’d greatly appreciate it! sorry for the repetitive post and spiraling🤪

so I’ve been preparing for interviews for a while now and tried not to write out a script on my notecards but kinda ended up memorizing a loose script… I can say it slightly differently every time but I struggle because I want to say it a certain way so then I start leaning into recalling my notecard. I’ve been told I sound monotone/robotic and I try to add inflection and sound more enthusiastic but then it feels fake and forced. I also received feedback post one of my interviews that they felt like I was too polished and they couldn’t glean my personality even though I tried to sound more conversational, make jokes, and answered questions off the top of my head that I wasn’t prepared for. I know I need to sound more natural but I can’t figure out how to do that especially when I’m going to be nervous😅 any advice would be greatly appreciated!!