Confused in San Antonio...

Thanks for that bit of info. As for the support system I have, my SIL, which I'm pretty close to is here and has offered to help. I also have a few of my DH's co-workers and their wives offering help, however little it may be I'm sure I can find someone to help me out if I REALLY need to. My problem (and I know this is more of a personal thing for ME and I'm going to have to get over eventually,) is that I believe my kids are MY responsibiliy, not anyone else's, which is why I'm often reluctant to ask for help, but I know I do have some if I need it. By the time I start on any nursing program, my DH will be back from Iraq and would be more able to work something out with my schedule. Right now I'm going full time to a community college, and I just go to school every day while my kids are at school and I squeeze in some time for my homework. THey're old enough to keep themselves entertained and help me out with housework and things like that, which makes it a lot easier. However, I know that nursing school is more demanding and time consuming that what I'm doing now, which is why I was asking for more info.

In regards to our financial situation, we're good. My DH is an E7 (higher enlisted) and we are very careful and frugal with our finances. He's told me to put our kids, who are 8 and 5 in some kind of daycamp or childcare during the summer months to allow me to go to summer school. That's a very big option that I feel I'm going to have to take if my SIL's schedule doesn't allow me to leave them with her. My BF who got accepted to the University of Texas Health and Science Center, did mention that during her interview, they made it sould like they didn't really want anyone who had other family or more serious commitments, which really bothered me, but I have been aware of that. Sadly, you confirmed that it's a common practice, thank you for the head's up.

So far, a 2 year college is looking like the best thing for me, but I want to get all the facts and all the choices I have. I have about 2 more years or so until I apply to any nursing prgm, but I want to have a plan in place as soon as I can.

Thanks for your info, it was very helpful.

Thank you very much, that info helps a lot.

I'm going to Northwest Vista College right now, and the career advisor lady, who's an RN came up with a degree plan in which all the classes I take at NVC, are ones I'll need to get my BSN. All the electives are what I'll be needing to get into UTHSC or SAC. I'm very serious about getting a high GPA and my BF who also just graduated from St. Phillips as well, was just accepting to UTHSC. She said that they've told her that the nursing program at SAC isn't as good as the one at UTHSC, and people graduating from SAC aren't getting as good of jobs as those from Incarnate Word or UTHSC. I kinda find that hard to believe....would you happen to know anything about that?

If SAC is only accepting 120 out of 1200 applicants, how does it work that they don't have a waiting list? I'm not familiar with how waiting lists work.