feeling miserable about RN schools

[Greenapple167]

Hi all,

Over the past few days, I have been feeling miserable and discouraged about applying to RN schools. It is not so much that I didnt apply that have made me feeling so miserable, it's because I have applied and gotten discouraged.

The very first school I applied to is in Los Angeles (as first come first serve basis), I had everything completed and the school only required unofficial transcripts. So i mailed it the first day open application began. One month later, I received an email stating that my unofficial transcripts had only my name and birthday without a school name (and i printed this straight from the computer). When I called to suggest that the school name could easily be found by the website that is embedded in the printout, the nursing adminstrator said that it was not legitimate. Hence, this was an LVN-RN application. By the time, i had to order my official transcripts, it was a longer wait list, and I felt ok at the time, and knew that I had to apply to other schools, which I did.

So on with the 2nd school I applied in Santa Cruz, CA, in june 2008, received and email in July 2008 asking me to come to take a nursing skills assessment and written tests, etc. Passed and was told that it would be in my best interest to start at semester 2 instead of semester 3 (ADN program). I was a bit apprehensive and thought that maybe it was for the best and I could sure use extra review. Last i was told that there were 6 LVNs for total of 5 slots in both semester 3 and 2. I was the unlucky one, I didnt have a spot based on my waitlist number. THEN after this, i thought i would very less hear from the school again, and they called me to tell me to come back and go on to take a physical and get all my shots ready as a student maybe dropping out. By the end of it, the student didnt drop out. I just wished they didnt make me go through all of it only to tell me I will not get in. What was worst was that, once I got all my physical and shots completed, the nursing coordinator said she is not sure if I will have a seat as there may be other LVNs applying. I was getting upset because I was told that I would be the next waitlisted.

Finally, what really did burst the bubble was my 3rd school stating that official transcripts for LVN was not submitted (which I recall I did). I had applied before their priority deadline which was august 31 ...and those who have applied before august 31 would be gaurenteed a slot because there wasn't enough applicants. Now they have extended their application to oct 31 and would be lottery basis. Even though i had submitted my application before august 31, and still having "trascripts discrepancy", i would no longer qualify for their aug 31 priority deadline. What made me upst was that when the secretary called me (before august 31) to confirm that I needed to submit my TEAS score, I had asked her if she needed anything else and her answer was no. And to be told that that have never received it was a bit...rude. I mean we're all humans and make mistakes, but I've just about had it with applying to nursing schools. It just seemed like the odds are against me, and I know i hsould try to be hopefuly, but being turned down over and over for careless mistakes...is just..not necessary. Maybe I just need to go run a few miles and come back, but right now, (because it's midnight), some support is helpful....:sniff:

(sorry for the long post)

[Butterflybee]

Sorry that you have to go through that. I know it must be very taxing for you. I dont know why alot of the people that work in nursing appear to make things so difficult. We had a person at our school that we all had to go through that no one wanted to deal with. What I did when turned away was to go to the department head. Thank God she was nice and helpful. She also said I could come to her if I needed anything. It put me right on the top of the list. The clerical person that we all had to go through didnt like me much for that but left to her I would have had to go through more stuff. If you know youre right and did things the right way, maybe you could go to someone else instead. I even went tothe dean on occasion, when they changed the head of the nursing department. Just make sure you have copies or things documented to verify what youre saying. Dont give up, hang in there.