I just got word yesterday from the university I have devoted my time to since Jan. 05, was not accepted into the fall ADN class. I will have all of my pre-requisites completed the end of this semester, with the exception of Physical Science/Chemistry which I need to retake due to receiving a D and having what most students have referred to as the worst possible prof to teach a large class (There were 180 students and this was her first time teaching a class that big). I am sure it did not help during the fall semester I was contemplating divorce proceedings and moving out. I did end up getting a 105 on the NLN pre-entrance exam.
I explained all of this to my advisor and she told me just to continue taking more classes if was not accepted into this fall's program. I was very disappointed with her reply as my grades were great during my first semester and summer courses. At this point, I don't even feel like going back to classes next week and finishing this semester. I feel it has been a waste of time!
This made reconsider the university's nursing program and rethink my future. I contacted the local vo-tech and researched their LPN program and took the entrance exam and completed the application process. I do not have my results yet, but it did not seem overly difficult. To be honest this is not the route I wanted to take, but waiting another year and putting my life on hold and it costing me more money to take wasteful classes thru the university seemed ludicris!
I think doing the LPN program will be my best option. I also feel that if I were to go straight into the RN program I would have been accepted and I truly believe someone is watching out for me and knows perhaps it is too stressful of a time to learning everything to becoming an RN right off the bat with my divorce and custody situation.
I have talked to various people who have been thru the LPN program here at the Vo-tech and are very pleased with their outcome and most have decided to go on and get their RN degrees.
I guess I am really upset at the fact I gave up a decent job to devote my time to my studies and go to nursing school to become an RN, when if I knew what I knew now, I would be getting ready to graduate with my LPN degree this summer and not wasted this extra time and money. I feel like the university has played god with so many of us and now we are in this situation with taken all of these courses and spent all of this time.
I would love to hear from anybody else that has fallen into this situation.
WHOA, ya'll - give this poor girl a few minutes to feel sorry for herself and to feel bad!! Everyone's allowed that!'
I think she knew what the deal was from the start, but I think she's still allowed to be disappointed and a bit frustrated. The title of her thread WAS, after all, "Need to vent!" - so let her do that! She's obviously thought all this out and just needed someone to cry to for a minute or so.
And as for the "D" - when my father was ill last year I too stuck it out in a class that I was slowly slipping under in... you know you're capable of better and you keep thinking, I'll do better on the next exam...and then you DON'T, and you don't know what to do. I was lucky in that when my father was dying in the ICU, the nurse manager (who said there was NO need for me to have a black mark on my record; she had found out my school plans a while before) was kind enough to write a letter to my dean, explaining that I had spent every day for the previous two and a half weeks (oh, yeah - my boss is also a gem) in the hospital with him AND had helped care for him before he was hospitalized (all very, very true) - and the dean allowed me to drop the class WAAAYYY past the drop date; the kicker was I forfeited my tuition. So I got lucky in that respect. I'd rather lose money than have a terrible grade on my record.
The OP was probably thinking to herself - it will be OK, I'll fix it, I'll fix it - just like I was, and she COULDN'T. It sounds as though she had a heck of semester besides.
So ease up....sometimes folks are just looking for a lift in their self-confidence, and we are probably viewed as a more sympathetic audience. I've heard some BS stories on here, yes, but I think this person should be allowed to vent - I heard a lot of personal disappointment in her OP - and yes, she's upset - but I think it's more with HERSELF. She knows the deal!
Let's ALL start giving folks a bit of credit now and then.
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i think those of you who think most of us were jumping all over the op are all wrong. speaking for myself, i was not trying to make her feel bad and like you, i know she was venting. if you actually read most of the posts, most support her frustration but tried to give a positive spin to the situation. or at least some insight.
i think those of you who think most of us were jumping all over the op are all wrong. speaking for myself, i was not trying to make her feel bad and like you, i know she was venting. if you actually read most of the posts, most support her frustration but tried to give a positive spin to the situation. or at least some insight.
i agree, i felt i was being very supportive. i was trying to encourage her not to give up! every once in a while a harsh post slips into these threads, but i think for the most part we all want the op here to hang inthere, keep her chin up, and get through school with the rest of us! we are all here for each other, right?
I am so sorry you did not get into the program . I wasnt in the exact same boat, but when I got my reject letter I was crushed. I even felt the same way. It was so hard to keep focused on finishing this semester. Since then I have contacted a lot of other schools regarding their programs and found one that just delays me for a semester instead of waiting a whole year. I think you could gain a lot of experience going for the LPN program, then attending the transition program for your RN. If costs are a factor, you can always work as an LPN, gain on the job experience while pursuing your RN. Just make sure you stick with it and finish your ADN. Sometimes you are thrown a different path than the one you had marked, but that doesnt mean that there isn't a purpose for it. You may find that God knows you a little better than you know yourself, and he's always got your back. I do wish you the best.
. I wasnt in the exact same boat, but when I got my reject letter I was crushed. I even felt the same way. It was so hard to keep focused on finishing this semester. Since then I have contacted a lot of other schools regarding their programs and found one that just delays me for a semester instead of waiting a whole year. I think you could gain a lot of experience going for the LPN program, then attending the transition program for your RN. If costs are a factor, you can always work as an LPN, gain on the job experience while pursuing your RN. Just make sure you stick with it and finish your ADN. Sometimes you are thrown a different path than the one you had marked, but that doesnt mean that there isn't a purpose for it. You may find that God knows you a little better than you know yourself, and he's always got your back. I do wish you the best.
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