hello! i just joined this lovely and informative site after lurking for a few weeks. i'm planning to apply for the program after this fall semester. (need to finish a&pII and college algebra).
who else?! :)
edit: can someone walk me through the application process? i know it's pretty easy, but i like knowing 100%! i'm not sure if an adviser would help me much. i know you need high school transcripts, an hcc application and a nursing application. then you just gather all the papers (including money?) in like a.... manila envelope and mail away? or can you electronically send your high school transcripts to them? thank you.
Nervous Schmervous Squeen, lol! We're all getting in so no worries, right? (Just nod and smile :))
Should we try to plan something for next Friday since we should have them by then? We can bring our acceptance letters that we way can recognize each other...and yes I AM that cheesy, lol.
Thanks for the advice SQUEEN , i did check the transcript section but my other grades r not there. If the board is meeting this week, then i guess we will be out of this nightmare soon......hopefully. I wish i could be as positive as TEBYRD. Thanks guys,... you have been a God send in this rough time.
I'm passionate and determined about my nursing path but I haven't always been this way and suddenly it was like a match was lit and I discovered what I should be doing. And, although I understand not everyone is spiritual, I am. So I figure it's a part of my destiny. That being said, not getting in just isn't an option for me and it would literally break my heart into itty bitty pieces if I didn't. And I prefer my heart in one big blood pumping piece, lol. So I only consider one option-getting an acceptance letter next week :)
If they think I'm not good enough with a 3.57 then screw them 'cause I'm quite certain I"m going to make a darned good impact on the nursing profession for many years to come and it would be their loss to not have been apart of that process.
Passion doesn't always equal a 4.0. It equals someone who may have made some mistakes but has cried and been delirious in the middle of the night because they longed to do a good job despite having to go take a test in the middle of a full time job and then come home to raise a child and then do it all over again the next night.
So again I say, we're all getting in right (just nod your head and smile :)).
oh boo! I'm going out of town all next week for spring break! I'm having it mailed to my parent's house, and I told my mom to open it! You guys can party without me though!
I am so ready for this to be over! And I too feel like I was called to this. Everything sort of fell into place, and I would be crushed if I didn't get in. I cannot wait for next week to come!
I know what you mean TEBYRD. I am a very spiritual person myself but i must say that this experience has rattled my faith a bit. I have always wanted to be a nurse from about age 5 or 6.I come from a family of over achievers and that held me up from focusing on my real dream. My father told me "why become a nurse? they do all the dirty work....be your own boss...be a DR". Well i just wanted to be in healthcare so i went into pre med....i hated it! ended up with a BS in Biology, one in Chemistry another in Business and half of a masters in Toxicology....and still was not happy with what i was doing. Nursing is not only my dream but also my passion and there is nothing that i want more than this. I know that it will be tough with two small boys to care for and a husband that i may as well count as another child....hahaha, but i can and will do this....just need the acceptance letter. You all have made this wait alot easier...feels like i have gained some very good friends already.:)
I just love hearing people's stories Kman. So intriguing! And yes it's all about following your passion :) We have to work too many years to spend it doing something you absolutely hate. Not saying that nursing won't be tough, but I'm quite sure it has it's share of rewards. Sounds like we're all going to be pretty good jugglers between the kids, hubbys or significant others, school and work!
Wow...you guys, the four of us seem to have SO much in common. Maybe that's why we are on here the most, stressing the most, etc!!
First...do you realize that TECHNICALLY, if the committee met THURSDAY we could have a letter TODAY???? I know, wishful thinking again, probably...but it never hurts to dream!!
I wasn't one that knew exactly what I wanted to be, that's for sure! I started out in Marine Biology, then Theater and Film, Interior Design, and EVENTUALLY (many years later) completed a degree in Architecture! Talk about all over the place!!! I was working as and Estimating Engineer when I met my husband. We got married and had 2 children right away. We agreed that I would be a stay-at-home mom...but I had NEVER (since age 12) been without a job!!! NEVER had to depend on someone else to "bring home the bacon"!! It was a HUGE adjustment, and one that I am thankful that I made (for my children's sake). BUT...this has been the toughest job I have EVER had in my lifetime. Truth is...my children are both in school now, and I actually do not HAVE to go to work. I feel very blessed for that, but I need to re-claim part of myself that you automatically lose when you stay at home. Our marriage has been VERY rocky..ever since children came along..and YES!!! my husband could also be considered a THIRD child! I NEED to know that I can support my children without ANY help...just that independence in itself will be huge for me. But NOW...I have the opportunity to do it while doing something I absolutely ADORE!!
I am 40 years old... I SO wish that I had figured this out a long time ago...but we cannot go back, only forward from here. I don't feel 40, I don't act 40, and some very nice people tell me that I don't LOOK 40. Age IS simply a number...I won't let it hold me back!!
We are all so passionate about this because we FINALLY know what we want to be "when we grow up", and there is only one small piece of paper standing in the way to us beginning our journey!!
We are ALL four IN!!! I just wish even ONE of you were going to be doing the Dale Mabry DAY program with me!!!!
Hi NICK, i thought i told you that i too applied for the DM day program. Hopefully we will go through this journey together. I actullay will go to any campus as long as it is the day program.....BUT i would do the weekend if i HAD to. You guys have been great...thanks so much.
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Great minds indeed Nick! YAAYYYYYYYYYY :)!