I sure was grossly misinformed!

[klone]

I don't know where or when I heard that they accept the top 100 NET scores into the nursing program each semester. I know I heard it SOMEWHERE. So I was pretty confident that I would get in - I'm good at test-taking and consider myself pretty intelligent, so even if there were 300-400 candidates, I had an excellent shot at getting in.

Well, the good news is there are only 150 candidates. The bad news is we're all competing for TWELVE slots.

I'm no longer holding my breath that I'll get in the semester (or next semester, or ever).

[RedSox33RN]

My children were very young also when I started, so IKWYM about not wanting to be away from them full-time. Actually I only had 2 children when I first started, and took 2 more breaks to have 2 more babies. I'm now at the point where I can be gone full-time, since my youngest will be in 3rd grade when I start in the fall full-time.

It is such a tough choice, but I think the fact that you haven't given up after all these years shows the kind of committment most schools are looking for.

Klone - IKWYM about living far from a nursing school, although I'm not quite as far away as you are. If I get into the one of my choice, it will be an hour and 15 min one way, probably at least 3, if not 4 days a week. Take heart and don't give up! Once you get your degree, there are so many online options. Where there is a will, there is a way. And your children are only young once. I'm at the other end of the spectrum now. My 13yo doesn't WANT me around - you know, embarrassing mom and all!