Frustrated and Waiting

[coffeelover10]

I have been attending community college part time since I graduated high school in 2008. While I have had my rough patches I have a GPA of about 3.2 (and am continually working to raise it) and I scored a 94% on the Nursing Entrance Test. While I hear that many people in my school have had to wait and wait and wait to get into the Nursing program, I am getting frustrated with being passed over, and running out of gen ed's to take.

I am going to be submitting applications to a few other schools, as well as my current school's other campus for the fall, and I plan to simply keep trying. I became a CNA over the summer and was hired in October and I love my job, despite all of its challenges. I am not about to let an administrator try to tell me that this is not the career for me.

However it is frustrating to watch friends in other fields already graduating with no idea of when I'll even make it into a program. I feel as though maybe I am doing something wrong, or that maybe there is a reason I have been passed over (and perhaps I could do something to change that). This past semester I have felt discouraged and it has affected my grades somewhat, despite my best efforts not to let it get me down. With money and gen eds running out its stressful. I keep telling myself to be patient and keep working on bringing up my GPA, and it'll happen, but I feel as though I am alone in all this waiting (or maybe just a little crazy).

Has anyone else been waiting or passed over? Or is it just me? How do you guys stay motivated while dealing with the politics of college?

[Jmb002]

I have not been where you are (I just applied for the first time and won't find anything out until the end of next month), but just wanted to say I feel for you! Sounds like you have a great attitude and are working hard. Keep up the hard work and it will pay off eventually! Good luck! Hope things improve soon!

J