There's an accelerated program I'm interested in that starts in 2009...the deadline to apply is over 2 years away but I'm already planning. It's for people who already have bachelor's degrees in another subject and is 15 months long.
Here's the rub. I graduated from college in 1997 and had a really rough time of it because I suffered from severe depression. I basically limped to the finish line with a GPA below 2.5. It was particularly embarrassing since I was a straight A student in high school and was a national merit semi-finalist, and got a 1350 on my SAT.
I plan to make straight As in the pre-requisite courses, but I'm wondering how much my undergraduate GPA will hold me back. My undergrad degree is in a liberal arts discipline and I took few science/math courses, so it would be hard to examine my undergraduate record and say "Lady DB Programmer is bad at science/math" because I'm not.
I can't even ask if anyone's been through this particular program because it's brand new at TWU (Texas Women's University) in north Texas. They also require 37 hours of pre-requisites, which is how they cram the rest of it into 15 months. I'm not sure I could swing 37 hours part-time over a year and a half. That's the punchline...I'm not even in Texas yet. I'm still in the UK. I'm a native Texan, but I've been living over here for six years and we're going back to TX in about 12-16 weeks...possibly too late to enroll for summer, definitely won't be able to get in-state tuition because I haven't been resident for six years.
Oh, and it gets better...I'm 31 and we haven't had kids yet. We want kids. Badly. Now. We're scared to wait since I turn 32 next year, hubby turns 40, and we're both scared of getting too old.
I wouldn't be surprised if anyone or everyone says to give up.
Sounds like a great plan....I had my youngest at 38. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined to go for nursing....I initially worked on becoming a school teacher, was working as a sub but took a nice long break with my youngest for nursing. After he started school I wanted something more challenging than an English major....so here I am....almost finished with my prerequisites for nursing and doing great at 47!!!!!
We can have anything....just not all of it at the same time?!?!
Good luck and be gentle with yourself, pregnancy takes alot of energy.
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Sounds like a great plan....I had my youngest at 38. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined to go for nursing....I initially worked on becoming a school teacher, was working as a sub but took a nice long break with my youngest for nursing. After he started school I wanted something more challenging than an English major....so here I am....almost finished with my prerequisites for nursing and doing great at 47!!!!!
We can have anything....just not all of it at the same time?!?!
Good luck and be gentle with yourself, pregnancy takes alot of energy.