Alright, so let me just state first that I'm not in college yet. I've only just applied, as graduation is quickly approaching for me. I'm planning to go to a local community college and get my prereqs for nursing out of the way but I'm a bit hesitant about it because I'm doubting myself already. Growing up, I've always wanted to be a teacher. As an eleven year old, I had all of my six year old cousins in my room, sitting at their little foldable desks with notebooks and I had this huge whiteboard and ugh - I'm telling you, my dream as a kid was teaching. It's always been teaching. However, as of lately, my interest has moved towards nursing. I've been Chicken Soup for the Nurses Soul and the stories are really inspiring. I've also spoken to people who work in hospitals about it and so my interest has slightly shifted. However, I'm worried about getting my prereqs done and applying to nursing school. I'm not sure I can do it. I've never been good at science (I'm decent) and definitely not good at math. Like, at all. I'm much better at English -- you know, reading and writing. I also tend to forget things under pressure and I know that as a nurse you're probably overwhelmed all the time. I'm not sure that I have what it takes to ever be a nurse. Not the intelligence or the logic. Probably not even the people skills, as I've always been shy (I have social anxiety and that's something I have to work with). I don't want to slave through prereqs and apply to nursing school only to fail. That'd be so much time and money wasted. Have any of you ever felt like this? Like you were unsure about your ability to be a nurse? I don't know why I'm posting this, I guess I'm just nervous about college altogether. Sucks that you need to pick a career path at such a young age. I know I can always go back to college if I don't like my job, but still. Like I said, so much money and time wasted for nothing. That'd be a bummer. I really want to make the right choice, and I don't want to regret my decisions later on.
