Hello everyone, let me start with the basics. I am in my first semester of nursing school, and let me just say I started off really rough. First, my grandmother died the first day of clinicals and I had to go all the way out of state to go to her funeral. And by doing so, I missed my first exam. This already put me behind by one exam. Then Before school even started I got into an accident and I had a court date, AND this was on the first exam for my other class. I had a lot to get caught up on, and in my one class, which is 8 credit hours, I am currently getting a 73%, I need a 75% to pass, and I hear that make-up exams are harder. And the make up exams are on the same day, and that is the same day of my 5th exam for my one class. So if I stay in I have 3 tests in one day? I work full-time, but the week I have those 3 exams I am off work all week., and it is the week before my final.
My question is...Is it even worth staying in? I have 3 more exams for both classes, one is a regular exam, one is a final, and the two make-ups. I am getting a 65% in my other class but I have a lot more points I can do. My final for that exam is worth 70 points as well.
I'm spinning my wheels as my clinical instructor would say...What would anyone do? I hear stay in, I'm hearing withdraw, has anyone else been in my boat before? I would withdraw, but my job does "direct-pay" tuition reimbursement and If I do withdraw or even fail I have to pay back $1000! I'm starting to understand the test questions better now that I got an NCLEX book, so it helped me on my last exam, I got the highest I scored which was a 76% but I would of gotten 80% if I didn't switch my answers!
I woudl cut down my hours but it is impossible. A I lose my benefits--and you need health insurance in the progrma I am in. B. I cannot afford it, I WISH I could, but I cannot. C. I don't want to take out anymore student loans, I have taken out a lot already! I am just going to do what it is I can do. The last 2 weeks of this semester, I'm only working like 3 days...So I thinK i can do it, but it will be really hard. Next semester I will readjust my schedule according so I have more days off during the week.
OK. I hope you get that next semester. Really, I do.
You can get health insurance without being someone's employee. Any insurance agent in the phone book can help you get a cheap policy, which if you are young and generally healthy is all you need, for short money, and probably the difference between part time and full time will make it possible for you to get out of school faster so you'll save money in the long run.
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I woudl cut down my hours but it is impossible. A I lose my benefits--and you need health insurance in the progrma I am in. B. I cannot afford it, I WISH I could, but I cannot. C. I don't want to take out anymore student loans, I have taken out a lot already! I am just going to do what it is I can do. The last 2 weeks of this semester, I'm only working like 3 days...So I thinK i can do it, but it will be really hard. Next semester I will readjust my schedule according so I have more days off during the week.