Nursing School APN Acceptance!!

AspiringNurseMW

Background: I am 27 years old with 2 children 4 and 1. I completed my first semester this past fall with a 3.9 GPA for 17 credits. I took the PAX, the entrance exam required by my school, and scored a 150, which is in the 99%. My school actually has really easy entrance requirements (only having one true pre-requisite class complete in order to apply), but it makes it highly competitive, over 2000 applications for 150 seats. However, because of my GPA and score on the PAX, everyone kept telling me that I was basically a shoe-in. Application completed before the December 15 deadline, and the waiting game began; letters would be sent out anywhere between January and March.

February begins and rumors are swirling that acceptance letters are getting ready to be sent out, and they are, during the second week of February. People get their letters over the course of two days. Nothing in my mailbox. All the hopefuls in my Micro and A&P class start talking, and I finally get a clear view of what their admission criteria/point system is like. My heart sinks as I get confirmation that my score in the PAX actually did not matter at all, no points assigned for it, it is simply a pass/fail criteria! Furthermore, and kind of obviously, they assign points for co-requisites completed, so although I had mostly A's, someone who has completed twice as many classes as me with B's has a much higher chance of getting in. Started feeling like all my hard work was for nothing.

I swear I went through some of the stages of grief; I was angry, cried, in disbelief, denial, but in the end, acceptance. I stopped checking my student account on a daily basis, although up to this point, my status was still pending. I went to the admissions office and also applied to be considered for the surgical tech and respiratory tech programs, as a back-up. I looked up and make plans for the next few semesters to make sure I completed most of my co-requisites as well as any classes I would need to gain acceptance to other BSN programs. Life was moving on and so was I.

March comes around, still my status is pending, starting to get antsy and waiting for the official denial. I assumed it was pretty much set in stone since there is no official waiting list at my school and the letters of acceptance that were sent out indicated that their deposits had to be turned in on March 3rd. My family and I needed to move and the apartment we had been pining for was given to someone else with a stronger application. Another blow. Nothing seems to be going my way. But within a few days, we find a new apartment (which I now LOVE and am grateful we didn't get the first one) and move during Spring break. I am barely checking my student account now, I am too busy with moving and kids.

I moved on Thursday, and the following Wednesday, for no particular reason other than I was in a place in my apartment with a decent cell phone signal (which coincidentally was my bathroom), I checked my application status. I could not believe my eyes. AAS. NUR, Status: ACCEPTED. No *******' way!! I had refused to hold out hope that I would be among the small group that would get acceptance letters based on the students who did not pay their deposit on time. I did this because I did not want to be further disappointed, but instead, it made it so so much sweeter!!

So there I am in my bathroom, fist pumping and dancing in silence because it's 6:30 in the morning and everyone else is asleep. I keep refreshing my page because I have to make sure this isn't a mistake. I keep checking to make sure it says accepted for nursing and not the respiratory or surgical tech that is also listed.

Yesterday, I got my official acceptance letter in the mail. I rush to complete all the screenings required.

And so my journey is just now beginning. This June I will be starting the short Intro to the Nursing Summer class. I know nursing school will be hard, especially with a family and a part-time job. I accept the challenge. I look forward to someday of being able to reach my goal of becoming a Certified Nurse Midwife (although I am completely understanding of the fact that nursing school may change my course, but it is the primary reason for entering nursing school).

So until next time, which will likely consist of me asking a Nursing Student question to be guided by GrnTea and others, LOL.

Nursing School APN Acceptance!!

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