[MedicalNerd]

Yeah I sure know how that feels!
I am waiting on 3 schools! I am hoping that I will hear this week or next week.
Ugh....... The pangs of anticipation and dread!

[unitek1963]

Hi MN,

I went through the same thing you're experiencing now...but, at 44 years old, I decided that I didn't have the time to wait around to see if anyone would accept me.

I've heard the horror stories; waiting lists a mile long, people applying over and over and over to the same schools, lottery's, etc., so I decided to go the private route and began an LVN program (without having to have any pre-reqs first) that would put me on the floor of a hospital/LTC facility within 11 months.

Once I get my LVN, I can do a quick step-up program to RN WHILE I'm working as a nurse, which is infinitely better than going 2-4 years with NO income to speak of!

I suppose if I were a young twenty-something, the time factor wouldn't have been such an issue, but I'm not, so it is.

I checked out both Western Career College, as well as the new kid on the block, Unitek. I'm sure you can figure out who I picked!

WCC seemed too eager to simply take my money then "move me along..." down their conveyor belt. Also, their program was 18 months long as opposed to Unitek's 11 month program (for the same money.)

I'm a bit long in the tooth to be chasing after BSN/MSN programs...I just want to be a simple RN (although never say never on the BSN...)

As for my choice of schools, I can honesty say that I am pleased with my choice. Like all nursing schools, we have great teachers and poor teachers, but the program (no matter where you go) is what YOU make of it.

The "light" at the end of the tunnel for all of us is not graduation (although that is nice!), but passing the NCLEX.

In our business, you can be a great student and graduate from the program without difficulty, but until you get that envelope in the mail, you aren't a nurse!

I wish you (all of you) the best of luck in whichever path you take. Nursing school is (for me) equal parts excitement and terror, but it is never dull!

Regards,

Michael
(Hopeful LVN in Sept08)

[Bath]

Originally Posted by Hotflashn

Wooohoo is right! Yeah for you. Nice that you got a little early surprise and didn't have to wait until mid-May. I know someone else who is waiting on Sac, I hope she gets her letter today. Was it email or snail mail?

I feel like I am the last person in the world that is going to hear (I didn't apply to CSUS, but am waiting on another school) t seems like the more other people find out, the more tense I become. I expected word last week.

Who aid they felt like they were waiting on a jury verdict? That sums it up!!

Congrats!

Thank you! Sac State does their notification by email. Their website said all letters were sent out yesterday, so your friend should know by now.

Waiting is hard...I hope you get word soon!

[Hotflashn]

Originally Posted by Bath

Thank you! Sac State does their notification by email. Their website said all letters were sent out yesterday, so your friend should know by now.

Waiting is hard...I hope you get word soon!

Thanks, Bath. I finally got my acceptance, too! I expected an email and got a snail mail. I keep reading it over and over. I want to laminate and carry it with me everywhere I go until Sept when I start!

Sorry about all my typos in my last note. My wireless keyboard doesn't always send all the letters and my eyeballs fill the screen with what I meant to have typed.

[Bath]

Originally Posted by Hotflashn

Thanks, Bath. I finally got my acceptance, too! I expected an email and got a snail mail. I keep reading it over and over. I want to laminate and carry it with me everywhere I go until Sept when I start!

Sorry about all my typos in my last note. My wireless keyboard doesn't always send all the letters and my eyeballs fill the screen with what I meant to have typed.

Congratulations!!!!

I know exactly how you feel. Today I was thinking I want to print a copy and hang it on the front of my fridge so I can look at it everytime I walk by!

[Mitsucar]

Congrats Bath and Hotflashn on your acceptances!!

By way of introduction, I am a soon to be second semester nursing student .. You guys will be joining us in the fall because of the compressed schedule. PM me if you have any questions about the program! I look forward to meeting you at orientation!!

Nick

[MedicalNerd]

I know exactly how you feel. Today I was thinking I want to print a copy and hang it on the front of my fridge so I can look at it every time I walk by![/quote]

I know as soon as I get my acceptance letter (whenever that will ever come! crossing fingers...) I want to put it on my fridge too! ...and I suppose I would laminate it too!
Still I know but it is amazing how a little piece of paper can make you feel so good!!
Hopefully that will be in my Karma this time!

[Bath]

Originally Posted by Mitsucar

Congrats Bath and Hotflashn on your acceptances!!

By way of introduction, I am a soon to be second semester nursing student .. You guys will be joining us in the fall because of the compressed schedule. PM me if you have any questions about the program! I look forward to meeting you at orientation!!

Nick

Thanks, Nick!! I'm looking forward to meeting you and all of my new classmates!

[Hotflashn]

Thanks Nick. I was not clear about my acceptance - ooop, I got in elsewhere, but I was just telling Bath that I did get in somewhere. Not CSUS. But thanks so much for the warm welcome!

[MedicalNerd]

I just wanted to say...


I got my acceptance letter today from American River College!!!

I have been waiting so very long for this day, after the 2 years of appling and getting rejected and trying to keep my motivation up I really do see light at the end of the tunnel.

When I opened it up is was really decieving because it was just a letter and not an manila envelope with paperwork that I had been looking for.

My head really feels like it is in the clouds!