About to give up!

[BLuDKLoT]

hello all,

my name is scott. quick history, i have just been discharged (medically) from the usmc after 13 years. i now find myself starting over at 38 years old and i need to find my new path fast. i also want to be sure i decide on something that pays well and that brings me happiness.

i really wanted to begin a nursing career but after attending an orientation at my local community college, i discovered there is more to it than just going to nursing school...or is there?

i really messed up academically as a teen. i just never went to school and worked full-time jobs as an alternative from the 9th grade on. i finished high school at the age 24. i enrolled in a high school continuation program at my local community college and completed 3 years of school in 14 months. unbelievably, dreaded algebra was not a requirement for graduation. anyway, i received my diploma and it was off to boot camp i went (circa 1995).

i am intelligent and capable of enduring and completing nursing school but i do fear master numbers and letters as mathematical equations in order to gain acceptance into a nursing program.

does anyone know of a nursing program that either incorporates these pre-reqs into the nursing curriculum, or of another program that individuals can enroll in that is similar to a vo-tech course?

i am hoping for a school that is an all-in-one kind of program, regardless of it's location. any help would be appreciated.

blud

[beachbum3]

hello all,

my name is scott. quick history, i have just been discharged (medically) from the usmc after 13 years. i now find myself starting over at 38 years old and i need to find my new path fast. i also want to be sure i decide on something that pays well and that brings me happiness.

i really wanted to begin a nursing career but after attending an orientation at my local community college, i discovered there is more to it than just going to nursing school...or is there?

i really messed up academically as a teen. i just never went to school and worked full-time jobs as an alternative from the 9th grade on. i finished high school at the age 24. i enrolled in a high school continuation program at my local community college and completed 3 years of school in 14 months. unbelievably, dreaded algebra was not a requirement for graduation. anyway, i received my diploma and it was off to boot camp i went (circa 1995).

i am intelligent and capable of enduring and completing nursing school but i do fear master numbers and letters as mathematical equations in order to gain acceptance into a nursing program.

does anyone know of a nursing program that either incorporates these pre-reqs into the nursing curriculum, or of another program that individuals can enroll in that is similar to a vo-tech course?

i am hoping for a school that is an all-in-one kind of program, regardless of it's location. any help would be appreciated.

blud

did you have any training from the corps that you could use to test out of any of the prereq courses?

certainly after 13 years of service your mos should have provided you with some kind of training, esp. considering your finishing salary. thats a heck of alot of money even for an officer, so that would tell me that you had some education while you were in. your best bet would be to talk to a college to find out where you stand.

as for money- you should have the gi bill available to you. talk to your college and the va. if you talk to your old batt. education officer they might be able to point you in the right direction or help you out with va loans for school and the gi bill. the marine corps does have programs for people when they get out to go to school.