26, starting from the bottom, do I really stand a chance???

[JensMom520]

Hi,

Im a 26 (soon to be 27) COLLEGE FRESHMAN and I am feeling defeated before Ive even started. Im just feeling as if im going to be an old woman when I finally start my career. I first started my college career at 19, but I goofed around ALOT , never took it seriously and have been in school off and on since then. In addition to that I have a four year old daughter. So now in Sept, I have to take the pre req, which will prob take two semesters to complete then an additional year for the nursinG classes (going for my ADN) . My ultimate goal is to become a CRNA, which means I will be about 107 when I finally finish, lol. Is anyone else going through this? I know nursing school is NO joke, im starting to question can I really do it. Motherhood. work, school (all full time) UGH! Be coming a nurse is my passion, my heart skips a beat evry time I see a hospital, but its starting to seem impossible :-/

[ChrisNZ]

I know of a man in his sixties who become an Enrolled Nurse (my countries equivilant of LPN).

It's never too late.

[steelydan]

I'm 26 and I don't feel old at all. You can't change the past. There's absolutely no way I had a chance to pick nursing as a career path even a year ago. It wasn't until I got older that things started to settle down and I knew more what I did and did not want to do.

[amberdawn85]

I'm 27,28 next month! I will finish my pre reqs in the spring and start my ABSN next fall, I will be 30/31 when I finish. I have 3 kids, 2 that are still babies :)

[Mandy0728]

I'm 2728 next month! I will finish my pre reqs in the spring and start my ABSN next fall, I will be 30/31 when I finish. I have 3 kids, 2 that are still babies :)[/quote']

I'll be 28 next month too!! :) I'll finish my pre reqs in the fall. I just applied for spring & won't hear back till October I have a 6 year old & my bf has a 9 year old. Good luck to you!

[NurseyM]

It's never too late! I am 26 as well. I attended college previously and graduated in 2007 with a generic AA degree. I worked at a data entry job ever since and it was SOOO unfulfilling and just plain stunk! After a lot of soul searching for the past year, I finally decided to go back and get my RN. I am working 30 hrs, and going to school. I started this summer with AP I and a pysch online course. Then I have a full load in Fall. I had SOME classes I am able to use for my Gen Ed, but had to take 6 more before I could apply for clinicals. By the time clinicals are finished, I will graduate in 2016 when I am 29... then I plan to get my BSN-likely through Penn State World campus- probably another 1.5 yrs.... UGH! I felt the same way, like I am starting all over and I will be in my 30s before I am finished. BUT I am SO Happy I am making this choice. It feels right and all the stars are aligning for it to happen for me. If this is what you want to do with your life, don't give up! It will all be worth it in the end.