I am in a two year RN program at a community college. I have a law degree, and I am studying nursing so I can do HealthCare Law or Medical Malpractice. No one at my school knows that I have a law degree (except the administrator), and I don't plan to tell them, because I don't want to answer legal questions for the next two years, or draw attention to myself.
Sadly, I am disappointed with many of my classmates in nursing school. They are very boring to talk to and somewhat blue-collar-ish. I am always friendly towards them, but half of them don't return my friendly gestures because they probably don't understand my nature (I am shy and reserved, but pleasant). My classmates in law school were just so much more interesting, and friendly! I got along great with all of them. I was expecting to really like my nursing classmates too, because I thought most nurses were really nice people. But these people are just working class snobs (they don't like anyone who does not act working class like them).
I probably should have applied to a Masters level Nursing program, in order to find people like myself in nursing school.
I was just wondering if others out there are a "fish out of water" in their nursing programs.
It takes more than just hard work to score well enough on the LSAT to get into law school. I'm just sayin'...
That was NOT my point. My point is that law school admissions are not cutthroat, slim-to-none chances of getting in--unless you're talking Yale, Stanford, Harvard and other top 10-20 schools. Any average student who scores a 150 (the average) and has a 3.0 is competitive for law school meaning they will get in somewhere unless they have something truly detrimental on their record.
The crux of my point?
Compared to nursing school admissions standards where the majority of candidates I have seen on this website are usually 3.6+ and the schools are so competitive some COMMUNITY COLLEGES are waitlisted for years, I don't consider law school students to be fortunate. Now tier one students who have 165s (hey that's me!) and have a 3.8 gpa (hey that's me too!) and bost graduation from Georgetown, maybe-. However the OP doesn't likely come from a Tier 1 school because graduates of these institutions usually do not neglect mentioning so. Now if she has these credentials I will apologize and say "yes, you are fortunate to have the legal education you received from such a prestigious insitution." Until then, I stand by my position.
Just a WILD idea I just had but perhaps she has better things to do than sit and click refresh and wait for replies and that's why she's not back? Maybe?
My dear, I never said anything about people being stupid because they are not familiar with a literary character. I inferred that I, like the OP, felt like a fish out of water because my interests were so very different than those of my coworkers.
Some seem to be confusing condoning with acknowledging. Suesquatch and Commuter both attempted to explain the dynamics and significance of class in our country. This does not mean they promote it. I can acknowledge that racism exists without condoning it. Do you see the difference?
Also, I did not use the phrase "less fortunate" nor do you have any reason to assume that I don't "actually go do some good." That's odd, considering that you were just preaching about not judging people. Tartuffe, indeed.
ZooMommy - Why did this debate take a turn for the worse? I'm just calling it like I see it. Farmer Jane just inferred that I was acting as Tartuffe. I am not being that way at all. My way of thinking may be just a little idealistic but at least I do not judge other people because of circumstances out of their control.
I'm thinking our lively debate just took a turn for the worse.........
I agree...this has gotten painfully personal. Perhaps TootyFruity is not a lawyer turn nursing student afterall...perhaps she is in fact a psychology student testing our reaction to a now seemingly ridiculous initial post.
ZooMommy - Why did this debate take a turn for the worse? I'm just calling it like I see it. Farmer Jane just inferred that I was acting as Tartuffe. I am not being that way at all. My way of thinking may be just a little idealistic but at least I do not judge other people because of circumstances out of their control.
I only implied that you were acting like Tartuffe after you did so. You threw the punch.
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That was NOT my point. My point is that law school admissions are not cutthroat, slim-to-none chances of getting in--unless you're talking Yale, Stanford, Harvard and other top 10-20 schools. Any average student who scores a 150 (the average) and has a 3.0 is competitive for law school meaning they will get in somewhere unless they have something truly detrimental on their record.
The crux of my point?
Compared to nursing school admissions standards where the majority of candidates I have seen on this website are usually 3.6+ and the schools are so competitive some COMMUNITY COLLEGES are waitlisted for years, I don't consider law school students to be fortunate. Now tier one students who have 165s (hey that's me!) and have a 3.8 gpa (hey that's me too!) and bost graduation from Georgetown, maybe-. However the OP doesn't likely come from a Tier 1 school because graduates of these institutions usually do not neglect mentioning so. Now if she has these credentials I will apologize and say "yes, you are fortunate to have the legal education you received from such a prestigious insitution." Until then, I stand by my position.