Back to School at 44

[LaniMacho]

Y'all. I'm beside myself with nerves. I've been out of school for just over 25 years! The exception being one year of LVN school about 17 years ago. My license is in "inactive" status in good standing due to being a stay at home mom for the pst several years.

Now, I'm looking to start over. My LVN license won't really do me any good as it's inactive, I now live in a new state and it was done through a hospital based program which means no college credit awarded.

I've applied to 2 school (jr college and a 4 year university) to begin pre-reqs this fall. I'm scared. Math will be death of me. I have to take placement tests since my SATs are so old and I'm also paranoid about the TEAS. I just need any advice anyone can offer. Am I too old for this? Any all advice, words of wisdom are appreciated.

[ItsThatJenGirl, CNA]

If you feel like you're too old, you probably are

I went back to school at 35. I'm finishing up my prerequisites next month and graduating with my Associates of Science in Biology, then it's onto nursing school for me.

Math was a tough one for me, too. So I took developmental math to save myself a lot of heartache. It only added one semester and it gave me the skills to be successful.

As far as the TEAS goes - I've been studying lightly for about a year now. I have an app on my phone called TEAS Mastery that I use when I have a few minutes (or longer). I also got the study manual and two practice tests from the ATI web-site. My testing date is late May.

Just cultivate good study habits. Go to any offered tutoring/guided study time. Ask your teachers for help (and not a month before school is out - at the first sign you're struggling). Have fun. School at this age is so much more enjoyable for me than it was the first time around - it's something I'm choosing to do rather than something expected of me.

Good luck!