I am losing my mind the wait is killing me

RunHeatherRun · Jan 8, 2011

I can totally sympathize. I applied in October of 2009 when the application period first opened, the app period closed in February 2010 and they didn't send out acceptance/denials until June of 2010. I was denied but put on the alternate list. I didn't have my hopes up but I found out I made it in for the Spring 2011 semester in October 2010. I start in a week and am SO excited.

Just try to be patient and do something to take your mind off it. Easier said than done, I know!

Good luck and I hope you get in right away and find out soon.

QuarterLife88, MSN, RN, NP · Jan 8, 2011

I completely understand. I don't find out until March, and I too am taking "fluff" this semester to keep myself busy. Truth is, I have no clue how I'd react to a rejection. UGH. I just turned 23 today and I feel like I've already wasted so much time. I just want to start my career already, move out, and get on with life.

I call it a "quarter-life crisis".

Good luck.

RscodADN10 · Jan 8, 2011

Hopefully sometime next month I'll find out. But it could also be as late as March. We just have to hang in there and know that we are great candidates and that we are going to get in.

Happy birthday ifyouseek...! I'm sure you'll get a great belated acceptance gift later!

QuarterLife88, MSN, RN, NP · Jan 8, 2011

Hopefully sometime next month I'll find out. But it could also be as late as March. We just have to hang in there and know that we are great candidates and that we are going to get in.
Happy birthday ifyouseek...! I'm sure you'll get a great belated acceptance gift later!

Thank you! That was my wish when I blew out the candles! :lol2:

Tricia76 · Jan 8, 2011

Happy Birthday!

QuarterLife88, MSN, RN, NP · Jan 8, 2011

Happy Birthday!

Thank you:heartbeat

OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN · Jan 8, 2011

Awwww I know exactly how you feel. When I started for nursing I actually started at OCC and when I was tehre tehy took applicants by when they last finished their pre-req's not GPA and I was told that I didn't have a chance because of all the transfewr students many from waitlists at otehr school and thay all had finished pre-reqs forever ago. Anyhow I switched achool and in between got married and had two babies. When I applied at my new school this past summer with a family at home I was soo nervous. I didn't want to dissapoint my husband and my in-laws that aren't the nicest, I didn't worry about my parents cause I know they believe in me :) Anyhow it was tedious and when I got the letter even more scary. I opened it one lil edge and peeked in and still couldn't see anything and tehn I saw Congratualations! I cried and and was soo happy. Now I worry about passing but I know at least this is more in my hands..I am sure you will get good news just hang in there..I also forgot to tell u I didn't tell a lot of people about my app cause I was so worried which sucked cause when I wanted to tell the good news everyone was like "I didn't know you applied?"

milzer2012 · Jan 8, 2011

I'm with you

My app period opened Jan 3

- first I wasited - if I wont know till May, whats the rush

- freaked myself out making sure the pre reqs all qualified

(some form an old degree, atttendance at 3 colleges)

- a few grades (non pre-reqs) were not so hot

- Double tier elimination

- grades/teas - "random" lottery

From past poster - final acceptance letters go out at the end of Sping Semesster !

2011NursingStudent · Jan 8, 2011

I'm absolutely going crazy with nervousness and trying to figure out if my TEAS score was good enough. Not only that, I applied one week after the Spring application period ended, and because I applied so soon, I had taken TEAS 4 and was one of the first couple of applicants for Fall 2011 back in November. So they called me and asked if I was going to retake the new TEAS, and I said No, that I had already paid for Teas 4. So the lady said she'd have to talk to the dean. After two follow up calls and two follow up emails since November, I got one phone call back basically saying "I did everything I should have, but she still has to talk to the dean, don't call us, we'll call you".......now its January!! I assume everything is fine and they are taking my applicaiton with the v4 Teas and would have let me know if they weren't going to, but I'm still scared that they're going to wait until the last minute or something and tell me my Teas score is no good.......ahhhhh.

And decisions come out March 15th. I'm going crazy!!! I just want to know right now.

oklahomagal · Jan 8, 2011

I applied for the RN program at my college back in Dec. I won't find out until the end of January or maybe a bit later. The wait is killing me especially since I am still on Christmas break and classes don't resume for me until Wed. I completed all of my pre reqs for this college so I took a few fluff classes this semester to keep me busy so I won't be stressed out.
There are days when I feel really confident and tell myself "you'll get in. you did good in all your classes. you have nothing to worry about". Then I have moments when I am very, very anxious and fear that I may get put on a waitlist until 2014 or not accepted at all due to other students with slightly more competitive and better grades than I am. I end up on the verge of tears.
I am under pressure from my family because they are expecting me to get in and I don't want to let them down. if I don't get in I'll be so embarassed and I fear that they will lose faith in me. My parents do not understand the whole college process, they didn't even understand why I was taking all those classes without being in nursing school. so if I dont get accepted they'll be asking me all these questions about what am I going to do with my life, and why am I still taking courses if I am not in the nursing program. If I get accepted the concept will be much easier for them to understand than hearing me explain to them that I need to apply to different schools or take an extra course because this school requires it

I feel your pain, my whole family keeps asking me when I am going to be a nurse... *LOL* I just graduated with my assoc in allied health. I applied for the nursing program last year and didnt get accepted, this year however I feel so much better about it... :-) Good Luck OP on getting accepted and then maybe you won't have to do any explaining to your family.

nyanbensmommy1 · Jan 8, 2011

I'm absolutely going crazy with nervousness and trying to figure out if my TEAS score was good enough. Not only that, I applied one week after the Spring application period ended, and because I applied so soon, I had taken TEAS 4 and was one of the first couple of applicants for Fall 2011 back in November. So they called me and asked if I was going to retake the new TEAS, and I said No, that I had already paid for Teas 4. So the lady said she'd have to talk to the dean. After two follow up calls and two follow up emails since November, I got one phone call back basically saying "I did everything I should have, but she still has to talk to the dean, don't call us, we'll call you".......now its January!! I assume everything is fine and they are taking my applicaiton with the v4 Teas and would have let me know if they weren't going to, but I'm still scared that they're going to wait until the last minute or something and tell me my Teas score is no good.......ahhhhh.
And decisions come out March 15th. I'm going crazy!!! I just want to know right now.

I too was one of the first applicates to apply for the Fall semester at two CC and and i will not know anything until March or April and it's beyond killing me. I failed the TEAS 4 three times.. the first time i didn't study at all because i didn't even know i could've applied for that semester, the other times i wasn't paying attention to the time... so those taking it.. watch your time.. if you get stuck on something go on to the next question and come back to it when you finish a the section... anyways, i'm hoping they will not hold that against me.