Is it worth the wait? I do want it.

[Shari1565]

In a nutshell, been on wait list for a year now. GPA is mediocre at 2.89 ( I am a transfer student and 44 yrs old), my GPA at my current school is 3.45, but the dep't takes the cumulative gpa. I am thinking about Radiology tech, but also a lil hesistant b/c I have taken so many courses toward the Nursing, which are not required for the Rad tech and I wanted to get into the Nurse pgrm. BUT, I also need to work, full time. I can only work a lil now, so as myPell and other benefits (medicaid, FS) dont start gettin tampered with. I know its pretty much my call, but wanted to know if anyone had any thoughts to share..

Thanks all

[hollie91999]

Hi Shari1565,

I was on my NS wait list for 18 months before I got in ( I got very lucky, there was not that many people on the waitlist when I had applied, now the wait is about 3 yrs to get in), it is well worth the wait because as a nurse, you can branch off into different specialty fields. I am already in the Healthcare field and I have spoken to numerous Xray Techs and ultrasound techs and they have all told me that even though they love their jobs, they are doing the same thing over and over again. You can always stay on the waitlist and take some extra classes on the side and see where that leads you. Nursing programs are so competitive now that if you have a spot for you somewhere, you should keep it. If I had not went to my current school now, I don't think I would have qualified for any of the other NS due to criteria changes (I live in California). I would had probably had to pay $30,000 to go to private LVN school and then bridge over to RN school (which I would had happily done), but I am very happy that my current school accepted me. Good Luck and keep your options open.

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Ha, I did the exact opposite of what you are stating. I started out in Rad Tech and dropped it for nursing. I had to take a semester + summer of classes so that I could get into the nursing dept here. Totally worth it in my opinion. The patient contact we get is so much better than with the rad techs and it is truly an amazing field.