[MedicalNerd]

I can completely relate to all of you about this situation. I have really been in a somber mood this last week and I am so frustrated at how I have no control over my future!
I quit my full time job in '05 to finish up the remaining pre-req's to apply to the RN schools in my area. It took me 3 semesters to finish them up and I started applying to my local schools. It is really sad to say that I am still applying because I still have not been accepted. I have applied now 4 semesters and I am just unbelievably frustrated because all of the schools are "lotto" (so they say) and I still have not been a luck one! The application pool is up to 600-800 per school and they only accept 30-70 per school.
I am getting to the point of no return, I am turning 27 this year and my husband is going to be 31 and we still don't have any children because we thought it would be best to wait until I had finished the program. I am feeling like I am never going to get in and get done so I can have children! It is such a tough place to be right now I and I can't imagine being in my 30's and not being able to have children!
Someday's I just ask myself is this really worth it?

[amjowens]

I can't believe how such passionate potential nurses are being treated in this system. It's completely wrong. If there wasn't such a demand for such type of nurses, I'd see things differently. And, when I do my clinicals and see some of the types of nurses who are practicing (many wonderful, but it seems like just as many who have no business being in nursing), it makes me angry.

I'm currently in a LPN program. There are a couple of students who have to retake courses (even if they earned an "A") just because they are over 3 years old (nutrition being the main course). And not only are there waiting lists for ADN programs, but if you're not accepted and pre-science courses lapse a certain number of years, they have to be retaken. I'm a little worried because my A and P, Micro, and others were taken right at the limit of when I was accepted to my ADN for Spring '09. My advisor says as long as I'm accepted, the time limit stops where it is. For example, if I didn't attend Spring '09 for some reason, I'd be retaking at least two major courses before I could reapply. I don't see a lot of information on this site about this kind of issue, but with lottery systems leaving students waiting years, it's just one other "wrong" in this arduous process. I'd seriously look into this policy with each school, as it seems there's a different policy at each school. There's actually some kind of board at my school, and the policy is undergoing changes, nobody seems to know a definite answer, and different answers are had by different issues. In the end, a win for the schools ($) and a lose for the dedicated student. And they're trying to graduate wonderful, compassionate nurses????

[ms.futureRN86]

I know what you mean...I feel like I'm on a roller coaster waiting to get off the ride....I am waiting on my acceptance/rejection letter for this fall...Isn't it amazing how negative people can be? I'm so nervous...It feels like this process has consumed me. All I want to do is get into nursing school and be the best nurse that I can be...the potential is there...I just wish I knew for sure...so I could go to school, be a nurse, and get on with my life..lol...good luck to everyone this year...I hope you all get accepted into your school of choice. At my school for the Fall semester, 750 have applied, but only 150 will actually get into the program....I'm up and down. Good Luck!

[Hotflashn]

Originally Posted by ms.futureRN86

I know what you mean...I feel like I'm on a roller coaster waiting to get off the ride....I am waiting on my acceptance/rejection letter for this fall...Isn't it amazing how negative people can be? I'm so nervous...It feels like this process has consumed me. All I want to do is get into nursing school and be the best nurse that I can be...the potential is there...I just wish I knew for sure...so I could go to school, be a nurse, and get on with my life..lol...good luck to everyone this year...I hope you all get accepted into your school of choice. At my school for the Fall semester, 750 have applied, but only 150 will actually get into the program....I'm up and down. Good Luck!

Consumed. Yes. A perfect description! Definitely a wild ride, too. These last days of waiting are horrible. I expected to hear something a few days ago because I was told I would. Nada. So that has put me on pins and needles, because it feels so imminent. The most outside date fro knowing (I was assured I would hear by today) has a mere 13 business minutes left. Another day down.

It is so hard knowing the answer is already out there, they have already made their decision, it is all about the notification. They know and I don't but *I* should! I just want to get on with my life, one way or another.

I think there were about 800 applicants at the program I applied, too.

Ahhhh, I guess my lesson is patience! Yeah, right! This whole process has been an exercise in patience!

Good luck!