ABSN Duke Fall 2010

Maryash79 · Dec 16, 2009

Ok so not to be too nosey but how old is everyone. I have applied for another school and the age seems to be so much young. I'm 30 and will be 31 by the time school starts. I am hoping to find similar ages, I don't think I can keep up witht he 22 year olds anymore!

twois · Dec 16, 2009

I am 26 and feeling old. I never in my life thought there'd be such a difference between 20/21 (young! lively! wants to drink all night!) and 26 (hey! it's 9pm! can i put my PJs on?), but jeez...

ESH427 · Dec 16, 2009

I am 26 too, which seems to be a common age for ABSN applicants (from other people of the board and at the one interview day I went to for another program). I feel like I become a better student with every class I take and have no fear of recent college grads :)

twois · Dec 16, 2009

Also, I can't imagine there are going to be too many 22 year olds. I don't think many people are coming straight out of an on-time four-year program into this... it seems a lot of us either graduated and did something else for a while first, or took forever to graduate in the first place. (there's nothing wrong with the 9-year plan! that's what I keep telling myself...)

kspills10 · Dec 16, 2009

I'm 24 and will turn 25 in Feb. I definitely stopped having the "I can drink 2-3 nights (or more) a week" mentality shortly after having graduated. And I'm not gonna lie, I put my pj's on when I get home from work, haha.

ESH427 · Dec 16, 2009

Ha. I remember that realization about how much I drank in the first year or so after college. I was like, "did it really take me a whole year to realize that going to work hungover is absolute hell?"

GenevaMarie · Dec 16, 2009

laughing...

I'm an old soul trapped in a 25 year old body. Have no fear- I'm not overly perky or a binge drinker.

I stopped all midweek imbibing after barfing in a plastic lunch container (while driving) on my way to work last year. It was pretty horrific.

On a less disgusting note. I am so tempted to send an email to "check on things..." I really want to know- but I really don't want to ANNOY "her."

OOOHHH the tension. I was POSITIVE we would find out today. HUMPH! :angryfire

twois · Dec 16, 2009

Well... take heart... it's hump day! As of noon today, we're officially into "later this week."

kspills10 · Dec 16, 2009

I'm hoping that we'll hear at least by the end of the day on Friday. I have a feeling that they know we're all really anxious, and to save themselves from being bombarded with more phone calls and emails, they're probably trying to let us know ASAP.

Abbie Grace · Dec 16, 2009

I'm 26 and I'm hoping that I get to celebrate my 27th birthday with you all in October.

I was always really young for my grade and I finished college "on time." I know some people who I started college with that ended up taking a long time to finish, took time off to travel, held informal jobs for a while after graduation, etc. On the other hand, I've been out in the working world living like a grown-up for nearly 5 years. I feel SO much older than those people! In some ways, it's hard to be friends with them when you feel like you're at such different places in life.

The difference has become really apparent this fall! Since August, I've been working 40+ hrs per week, taking prerequisites 15 hrs per week (NOT including studying), volunteering at the ER 3 hrs per week--plus, I studied for the GRE and submitted 6 school applications. It's been a tremendous amount of work! My friends seem pretty evenly divided. Some of them really admire what I'm doing and are proud of how hard I'm working while others think that I'm crazy and wonder what the big deal is about waiting another year to apply so that I have more time to accomplish all of this. They don't get it at all!

Okay, I'm honestly going crazy waiting to find out about interviews. How much longer can they make us wait??

Last night, I started researching BBQ joints in Durham because I've always heard that the BBQ is delicious in North Carolina. That's how overeager I am to attend Duke Days. Talk about counting my chickens before they hatch. If I don't get invited for an interview, not only will I be crushed that I got denied from my #1 school... but, I'll also be daydreaming about all of that BBQ pork that I'm missing out on.

twois · Dec 16, 2009

Mmm... bbq. I dunno how y'all feel about this, but if I end up at Duke over the same weekend as any of y'all, I think it'd be fun to meet up and maybe go have dinner (mmm... bbq!) or something while we're there.

Didn't someone say the interview days are 1/22, 1/29, and 2/05? Or am I dreaming that?

Carolina11 · Dec 16, 2009

Didn't someone say the interview days are 1/22, 1/29, and 2/05? Or am I dreaming that?

Yes, those are the interview dates per "you know who."

Ok....this almost feels as difficult as shouting out how much you weigh at the gym. But I'm pretty sure you can see it on my profile anyway....drumroll.....I'm 35. Wow that stinks. However, I never really made it fully into the realm of maturity. I'm "the one" in my group of friends who's still a nut. I'm on my second career after taking some time off to raise my two daughters, age 6 and 8 and I've been married for 10 years. I started out pre-med, got a BS in biology, worked in healthcare for a couple of years, migrated into sales, did the mom thing, and here I am! You guys make me feel like I'm close to receiving my first free edition of AARP magazine.