Affirmative action for single mothers?

[Multicollinearity]

Like most places, the competition to get into nursing programs is huge where I live. I met a woman in one of my classes who told me she has been accepted at the community college, and the U of --. Problem is, the wait list here for the CC is up to 3 years. She told me how she got into the U of --. She said to me, you have to have something special about yourself. I asked her, what do you mean? So she said "I got in because I'm a single mother." So I said to her, "I bet you have a really good GPA. I know the average GPA for those accepted is 3.7. Maybe you are underestimating how much you impressed the interviewers." She looks at me and rolls her eyes and says "My GPA isn't near that. They let me in because I'm a single mother." How do you know that I asked. She says "the professors both told me that I was being admitted expressly because I'm a single mother which makes life harder for me."

Excuse me? I have to admit this pisses me off! I used both the pill and a condom when I was out there to be careful...and she gets in because she's a single, never married mother? I can see if she got in on her own merits, then they chose to give her a full waiver on tuition to compensate for the difficulty of being a single mother. That sounds reasonable to me. But to admit her because of this?! Oh, and she's now pregnant again with #3. She's 22 years old. Never married. I am not trying to make judgments on those who have never been married and are single mothers. I just don't think you should get admitted to a nursing program because of it! Am I in left field here? What do you all think.

[BeenThereDoneThat74, MSN, RN]

you are awesome!!!:) i totally agree!!!!! people seem to want to get a pat on the back for everything that they are supposed to do. it's nice to finally see someone say this instead of pussyfooting around. now days it seems we are all *expected* to be politically correct and not hurt anyone's fragile little feelings by saying what we really think. i find myself censoring what i really feel just so i don't inadvertently offend.

that reminds me of a chris rock skit. he talks about how some men they think they're so great because they 'take care' of their kids!!! isn't that what you're supposed to do?!?!?

[stpauligirl]

that reminds me of a chris rock skit. he talks about how some men they think they're so great because they 'take care' of their kids!!! isn't that what you're supposed to do?!?!?

this might be a silly example, i walk my second grader to and from school and it seems that pedestrians don't count as far as traffic rules are concerned. it always baffles me when someone stops for us where they are supposed to stop (we are not jaywalkers) and then think they need to get a big reward for not running us over! :chuckle

[TweetiePieRN]

that reminds me of a chris rock skit. he talks about how some men they think they're so great because they 'take care' of their kids!!! isn't that what you're supposed to do?!?!?

i know what you are talking about and that is exactly what i meant! :chuckle i was going to start quoting chris rock in my post to further prove my point!! :rotfl:

[RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN]

This might be a silly example, I walk my second grader to and from school and it seems that pedestrians don't count as far as traffic rules are concerned. It always baffles me when someone stops for us where they are supposed to stop (we are not jaywalkers) and then think they need to get a BIG reward for not running us over! :chuckle

Not silly, great example :)

[stpauligirl]

Not silly, great example :)

It's great to see you, hang in there with micro!!!!!!!