How old is everyone?

katiala · May 1, 2017

Hello I am 20 and I have just finished my AA in pre-nursing at community college and now I'm going to university for my BSN hopefully this coming fall :)

Daniel3819 · May 1, 2017

17, I start the Pre-Nursing program in August, 1 month before my 18th Bday!

Ioreth, BSN, RN · May 1, 2017

I'm 35 and I hope to be entering nursing school in Fall 2017 (already applied and I'll know if I got in by July). I'll be doing an ASN program at a community college while dual enrolled in a RN-BSN program at a local university. I'll be one class away from finishing the BSN when I graduate from the ASN program in Spring 2019. I'm married with two kids ages 12 (almost 13) and 7. My oldest is autistic and needed a lot of support when he was younger, so I have very little work experience. I started prerequisites in Spring 2016, and I have been going a little slow so that I can get good grades and still spend time with my family. I have a prior degree in Anthropology which has helped speed the way through the prerequisites.

OK now for some geekery. I'm almost done with a statistics class, so I entered the data so far into my graphing calculator for some quick and dirty statistics on ages of responders to this thread.

n = 92

Min = 15

Q1 = 23

Median = 27.5

Q3 = 35

Max = 50

mean = 29.3

standard deviation = 8.8

I didn't do statistics on what stage of the process people are in, but at a brief glance, it looks like most of us are either doing prerequisites or just finished prerequisites. Several of us are in nursing school already, and a few have already finished and are already working nurses.

williteverhappen · May 2, 2017

Soon to be 39 and started my pre reqs 2 years ago. I am done with them after this semester. I have a 3.9GPA and have applied to the nursing program twice only to be told NO both times. I also don't have a degree. I was in college right out of HS but didn't know what I truly wanted to do. I figured being that I have done a lot better academically than back then, that I would have scored a spot in the program. I am really wondering if its my age that they are against since there are people in my class who have gotten in with a few C's on their transcript but they are in their early to mid 20's. Has anyone else who is my age or older had any issue getting in?

MsLori615 · May 2, 2017

Don't give up @ williteverhappen! I'm 30 and have a degree in landscape architecture (far from nursing). When I graduated in 2011, my GPA was not great at all (2.3). Your GPA is actually awesome. I started my pre-reqs. the summer of last yr and will be completing the last pre-req. this Spring. I was able to boost my GPA up some. I received an A in Micro and AP I and a B in AP II. I believe I will get an A in Prob. and Stats (final exam is today). I'm saying that to say, I was able to get into a nursing program even when I thought it was unlikely. I was rejected from one school and got in at another school. I don't think age matter but I would email the school to see why you received a rejection letter. I did that for one of the schools that rejected me and found out they split my regular GPA and my pre-reqs GPA apart (school didn't have an interview process so they only went by the #s they saw). Did the schools you apply to have interviews and/or entrance exams? Did you do well on the entrance exams? Just don't give up. The school I got in, had an interview process and I truly believe that helped me a lot. The nursing process is hard, so I try to encourage people to not give up or become frustrated because I felt like that too at one point but hearing positive words may help. Keep applying!

Gemini616, RN · May 2, 2017

I am 19. I turn 20 next month. I will be starting nursing school this Fall.

CreativeUsername · May 3, 2017

I'm 20 and will be turning 21 when I start nursing school this Fall. :)

jm.dillaha24 · May 3, 2017

I'm 28 and will be starting my ABSN (14 months) in two weeks. Army veteran, wife, and mother of 4 children under 8 yrs. Love education and planning to continue regardless of my age! Good Luck everyone!