Re: looking for a little advice!
Thank you for your vote of confidence wnt2banurs!
My teacher is wonderful, and if you are planning on attending MWCC take A&PI with him! He teaches on tuesday nights and saturdays at Devens. (I'm not sure if I can say his name)
My experience with MWCC is wonderful! The staff is great, and very helpful! They will steer you in the right direction.
I started my venture in April 09. I am 45 and a single mom of two beautiful teenage girls.
I was a kitchen designer and worked for a very large Design/Build firm. I was laid off last Nov(the day after thanksgiving!) When I tried to get another job,
5 companies had closed their doors down. That's when I knew that I needed to change my careers! I have always love taken care of people and knew that nursing was what I needed to do, my boyfriend and family had all agreed!
So, I had applied to Monty Tech, but failed the TEAS test by 3 points. I did research and found out that the Mount had an LPN course as well. So I had met with a counsler, and she had given me the program and the courses that I needed to take. Accourding to the Mount, the Teas test that I had taken was a passing grade according to Mount Wachusetts (YEA!!!!)
I have an Associates degree and was able to transfer alot of my credits. I didn't have alot of time so I had to crunch!
I just needed to take Human Bio which I took in July (at night 5-10:30) along with Intro to PSY (during the day).
Then in August, I took another psy during the day, and had to retake Human Bio, because I got a C and you need a C+ (again at night) I was beat! but I had passed with a B+!!!!!!! (YEA!!!)
Then it was the wait, and the wait was horrible! We wouldn't find out until October, so I decided in September not to waste a sesmester, so started taking my pre-rec's for the RN program,( in case I didn't make it into the LPN program).
I'm in A&P I and Intro to Sociology, (I'm down to 3- pre-rec's for the RN program!!!!)
And then at the end of October, I found out that I made it into the LPN program!!!!!
So that's my story!
I will help you anyway that I can, and wish you good luck!
Where are you trying to get in? Im assuming at Mount Wachusetts?
My advice to you is: if your not in the nursing feild at all, try to. You get so many points for direct and lesser points for indirect. That is how they evaluate everyone on a point system.
Aslo your grades, like me I failed Human Bio so I retook it.
Do you work at all? if you do just study study study!
Also, try to volunteer at a hospital or a nursing home. You will get points for that. I volunteer at Hayward Hospital, it's wonderful! and the experience is great, I'm actually on the floor with the patients helping everyone out.
So let me know where your at with everything, and I'll do my best to help you!
We can be each others support! Oh yea, that's the thing you need the most of from your family, support!
My children and boyfriend are wonderful! and you need that!
So best of luck, and I'll talk to you soon!
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