any one else feeling really discouraged about getting in?

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The nursing school application process is in full swing for me, and I'm just feeling so discouraged. I am applying to 5 different programs all the way from private 4-yr university, down to 12-mo LPN program (with the plan of fast-tracking to RN right afterward).

Basically I had a year of school right after my brother died where I did horribly. I really just should have taken some time off, but now I've got these terrible grades on my transcripts that will very likely keep me from getting into my top picks.

I find it doubly frustrating because I'm a single mom and school/work/parenthood is hard enough... I'm just ready to be in a stable place financially and doing a job I love, but I feel like every where I look there is a huge obstacle. I'm not 22 and I don't have the time to wait around for years and years to get into a program.

And I'll be totally honest here, I really feel like a loser for applying/attending a vo tech to get my nursing degree. I always had this dream of going to a good school, working hard, and being proud of it. But now I feel like I'm going to get stuck going a route where I won't be proud of my educational background at all :cry: Anybody else frustrated by this type of stuff?

Ouch. My app is going in for the next deadline, Nov 30. Im applying for the ASN program. I'm kinda late b/c i really didn't start looking into schools until early october. we'll see though. i hope to see you there too!

I think the ASN program fills up slower than the Bachelor's programs. Or at least that was the case the last couple of years. Don't worry; just get that app. in! :)

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I think the ASN program fills up slower than the Bachelor's programs. Or at least that was the case the last couple of years. Don't worry; just get that app. in! :)

i have another question for you.... the NET's at TJ are on the 15th and the 2nd review deadline is the 30th. will i have to wait for those scores or will i be ok as far as the app? now im scared about this! lol I'm hoping i'll be ok. i have everything finished, just waiting for HS transcripts, and then i make payments and send everything else in. what do think, will i be safe for this deadline if i take the nets on the 15th?:confused:

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i have another question for you.... the NET's at TJ are on the 15th and the 2nd review deadline is the 30th. will i have to wait for those scores or will i be ok as far as the app? now im scared about this! lol I'm hoping i'll be ok. i have everything finished, just waiting for HS transcripts, and then i make payments and send everything else in. what do think, will i be safe for this deadline if i take the nets on the 15th?:confused:

If you take it at Jeff, the admissions people will get the scores sent to them automatically. Or at least that's how it was when I took it in August 2007. (Turned out I didn't need the NET for my JEFF program, but I needed it for another program I was applying to at the time.) I had my NET score in the mail in about a week, so you'd still be good, even if you had to mail in a copy of your results.

Double-check me and email the admissions counselor at Jeff, but I am pretty sure if you take the NET on the 15th, they'll get the scores in time for the deadline.

And practice those reading sections for the NET! They can be tricky, and time can get away from you while you're pondering them. :) Good luck!

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If you take it at Jeff, the admissions people will get the scores sent to them automatically. Or at least that's how it was when I took it in August 2007. (Turned out I didn't need the NET for my JEFF program, but I needed it for another program I was applying to at the time.) I had my NET score in the mail in about a week, so you'd still be good, even if you had to mail in a copy of your results.

Double-check me and email the admissions counselor at Jeff, but I am pretty sure if you take the NET on the 15th, they'll get the scores in time for the deadline.

And practice those reading sections for the NET! They can be tricky, and time can get away from you while you're pondering them. :) Good luck!

Thanks so much again, I'll try and get in touch with someone before next weekend just to double check. Was the math really hard? Was there anything you wished you studied more?

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

I wasn't but I am now... it just takes so long to find out whats next and all that. But I'll just keep plugging along and see what happens. I have a few co-reqs to take still ( Micro, Nutrition, PE & a Humanaties) and I want to add a few more classes that although not required in the program, I want to still take... like Pathophys, Medical Spanish, Culture and Health , & Statistics. By the time I really want to get in,which is Fall, I may even have all the BSN pre and co reqs done as well. Who knows.

Good news is I got a job that after 90 days will pay for all of this :yeah:

Well off to study. I have FINALS starting this week. Want to keep those A's.

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Specializes in ICU, hospice, MS/tele, ED, corrections.

It's really encouraging to read this thread...I can relate so much with what so many people have said. I get very discouraged for many reasons, lack of money, etc., oh, I could go on but my break at work is over and I am so grateful for allnurses.com!!

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I was at first, when I found out how many students were taken into the program etc. Now I'm not. Honestly- the girls on my Indiana board here have made me feel better. Knowing that almost all of them got into the program (same one I am applying to) made it makes me feel better, plus I am applying at 3 different campuses. I just stay positive. I will get in, even if it ends up taking longer than expected.

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Thanks so much again, I'll try and get in touch with someone before next weekend just to double check. Was the math really hard? Was there anything you wished you studied more?

Nope, the math was exactly like the study guide. Just a little time-consuming juggling all those fractions in some of the problems. :) There wasn't anything I wished I studied more. I had done a bunch of practice tests and timed myself so that I would get used to skimming the reading sections for what the question was asking.

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