Calling all Perfectionists!

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Okay, you know who you are. I'm looking for any advice you all might have for relaxing a little. I scored an 8 out of 10 yesterday on a quiz, and I've been stressing over it ever since. At this rate I'm going to have an ulcer before I even get into the actual program.

Any of you still doing pre reqs that are the same way? I just keep hearing how difficult it is to get accepted, and I keep putting more and more pressure on myself to get a 4.0.

Anyone else get embarassed by the thought of being "average"? I really think I need to mellow out. I've always been like this, though, got a 2.0 in a highschool algebra class (I was a 3.8 student at the time) I flipped out and dropped out of school at 16. Now, 8 years later, I finally have the confidence to go back to school, and currently have a 3.9. I'm worried that any dissapointent in my grades will lead me to leave school again.

Thanks for listening. It feels a lot better just to vent.

:) Megan

I completely understand... Even my nursing director told me I was anal..LOL

I had 4.0 coming into the program and I have heard over and over again how that no matter how well you do you will not maintain a 4.0 through the nursing course. I was accepted into the Phi Theta Kappa International honor society.. and I want so badly to keep that... (Hey.. Im 37.. first time anyone ever told me I was smart.. and patted me on my back.. I like that feeling..LOL)

I don't worry about the end result.. I do the best I can do I only worry about that test or that quiz at that time... for me to worry about anything else.. would drive me insane.

Take a deep breath... you can do it... one of the worst things women do to theirselves... is fail to realize that they are human.

I Know you will do well... I know you will. We are taking our first quiz in my first semester nursing class tomorrow.. and our first exam on Thursday... I have studied till I think I am a walking dictionary... so believe me.. I know what you are going through...

Always remember like another poster above mentioned... whether your an A nurse or a B nurse.. you are still a Nurse!!!!

Best wishes,

Rae

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