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1. How long did you have to wait to get into nursing school?

   Star Trek Nerd replied to HopefulRN2be's topic in General Students

   At my school there are no acceptance guidelines except that you have to pass your 4 science pre-reqs with a 2.5 and have English 101 and the Math placement test. At that point you go to the nursing office, they check your grades and if everything's o...

2. What is the name of the college you will be attending?

   Star Trek Nerd replied to PCGrad06's topic in General Students

   Santa Monica College in...Santa Monica CA! :balloons: Go Corsairs!

3. Venting over my own doubts and fear of success

   Star Trek Nerd posted a topic in General Students

   I do not understand me - I am the biggest mystery I know of. I have gone to four different colleges, six different majors, and have spent the last 3 years solely working and preparing to enter the nursing program. I was 100% sure this is what I wante...

4. School and Marriage

   Star Trek Nerd replied to studentNY's topic in General Students

   Well I don't have kids yet and we've only been married for just over two years...but I can still sorta relate. My hubby feels resentful that we are going to have to move out of our nice (expensive) apartment and into a little studio or something as s...

5. My entire class is having difficulty with our new instructor

   Star Trek Nerd replied to mom1ST's topic in General Students

   Oh dear. This is quite the situation. Being her first teaching situation, she probably has a lot of self-doubts and doesn't realize she is just not helpful. I personally would firmly tell her at a discrete time that I require more help than just bein...

6. Anyone here attending school in Los Angeles?

   Star Trek Nerd posted a topic in General Students

   Hey all, I'm over at SMC. I was wondering if there was anyone from CSULA, UCLA, Mt. St. Mary's, or anywhere on my side of the hill. I have some questions about clinicals in the area, as we are going to be sent anywhere and everywhere it seems. I am s...

7. whiners in your class

   Star Trek Nerd replied to Mandylpn's topic in General Students

   Oh, I cannot resist commenting on this whole whining thing, because I have a story or two of my own to tell. But I'll just tell one, the other is way too boring. In my night class for physiology we had soooo many whiners that I seriously considered w...

8. Extremely Dizzy

   Star Trek Nerd replied to studentNY's topic in General Students

   I had the same symptoms early this year and was scared to death. After two weeks of vertigo I was driving home one day from school and suddenly didn't know where I was. I took so many wrong turns but luckily happened to pass a hospital, so I went to ...

9. pre-req frustration....anyone else

   Star Trek Nerd replied to JoniL&DRN's topic in General Students

   I had the exact same problem with every single one of my science pre-reqs. Couldn't get into chem one semester and had to wait until fall. In an anatomy class that only seated 30, we had 84 show up on the first day. About 40 people decided to waitli...

10. What differences do you notice in younger students vs. older students?

    Star Trek Nerd replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Students

    I'm 25 but have never partied or gone out on test nights, etc. etc. Actually I don't party, period. I'm very boring. But I definitely do notice that a lot of my peers party and go out, then try to beg notes and advice before the next quiz or whatever...

11. Has nursing always been your major?

    Star Trek Nerd replied to studentnurse74's topic in General Students

    I have switched all over the place! But now I am settled. Here were my other majors (at my old university that I left 5 years ago) in order: Theater Music Geography Zoology Travel Management When I went back to school in 2002 I decided on Nursing an...

12. Do you skip a lot of classes if attendance isn't taken? Be honest!

    Star Trek Nerd replied to Star Trek Nerd's topic in General Students

    I don't question my commitment at all. I used to, but then I thought about it some more. I never skipped any of my pre-requisite science classes, and except for this class I am normally an excellent student. I work full time while going to school - a...

13. Do you skip a lot of classes if attendance isn't taken? Be honest!

    Star Trek Nerd replied to Star Trek Nerd's topic in General Students

    Right, I wasn't referring to nursing classes. This is the world's dullest and easiest class I am talking about...Psych 101. I really need help getting motivated. Does anyone have any tips? What do you do when you have a class that you can't bear to s...

14. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    Star Trek Nerd replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Humor

    -I used to work at Taco Bell after high school, and one day a gentleman in a wheelchair was trying to use the walk-up window (only used after dark). He couldn't get to it to the window because the curb was too high and the sloped sidewalk was blocked...

15. Do you skip a lot of classes if attendance isn't taken? Be honest!

    Star Trek Nerd replied to Star Trek Nerd's topic in General Students