So, is nursing school REALLY hard? I'm 24. I've been going to college part-time after highschool...taking one or two night classes a semester for Business. Just recently, I decided that I'm going to do it...I'm going to work part-time, and do the nursing program full time at a local community college. I'm kinda intimidated though....after looking through some of the threads, it sounds like a REALLY hard program. I have drive, and this is something that I'm going to go through with, but please tell me....exactly how hard is it? Lots of reading? Homework? About how many hours a night do you study?