Nervous about all the warnings regarding school work load

[jafferine]

Hello, after 20+ years of wishing I could afford to leave my job and go to nursing school, I finally have the opportunity and just found out I was accepted at my school of choice for Fall 2011. Yay!

But now I am nervous because not only do I see the posts here about how overwhelming it can be, all the homework, lack of family life, my own acceptance packet had a letter advising that there will probably be 3-5 hours of homework a night!

I am a good student, I have gone to school at night throughout my career (3.8 GPA), so I will more than likely only have nursing classes. All my pre-reqs are done.

Is it as bad as people are saying? What kind of homework takes up 3-5 hours a night?

I have wanted this for so long and now of course I am worried that after all this time, might I not be able to cut it?

Thanks!

[vccorscc]

im in my 2 month of my first semester, so far, its really not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Its alot of reading...but thats about it. Reading and critical thinking. Thank god critcal thinking comes natural to me. I think the problem with most nursing students is that they were 4.0 students in their pre-reqs and mastered the skill of memorization. I was never good at that. I took apart everything and thought outside the box with anything and everything i was presented with. I'm finding much success in nursing simple because i know how to THINK .