Teyrae13

Hey everyone, thank you so much for all your input! I think for now I have decided to stay at home and make the drive 5 times a week. If I find that I hate the drive then I will reconsider, but for now I am staying home!

@elkpark Thus far, yes I pay equally with my mom as far as expenses for the home, and I do my part with laundry, grocery etc. I will be saving money staying home for sure, but I'm not sure if its worth the stress of living far from school. And yes my mom and I get along great, but it would also be nice to have my own space.

@motomonkeyThanks for your input, I know the best financial decision would be to stay home, I'm just scared I'm gonna get drained from the drive ( I hate driving lol)

Hello everyone, I am hoping someone can give me some input on what I should do. I currently live with my mom which is 45 minutes (no traffic) away from school. Right now I am only on campus 2 days a week so the drive back and forth has not been so bad. However, starting the 28th of September, my credit hours go up to 16 and ill be taking pharm. and fundamentals. This means I will need to be at the school 4 days a week, and my clinical site (which is about an hour and 15 minutes from home) 1 time a week. All together this is at the very least 10 hours of commute each week. I have found an apartment that is 3 minutes aways from the school, and 30 minutes from my clinical site. I don't know what to do, I will be taking out another loan to help with rent, and I also have money saved up, and plan on working 1 day a week. I don't know what to do, do I move out and be closer to school, or make the commute and save money. I would suck it up and make the commute but I'm just scared I'm going to get worn out after a while with all the driving. Another thing to take in consideration is I will need to be at clinical at 6:45 am, and 2 days of the week at school by 7:45 am.

If you go to a book store like books a million or barnes and noble they have a whole section with pre entrance exam books. The one I studied from was called "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Nursing Entrance Exams". I read the whole book and did all the practice exams. I found it pretty helpful I passed with a higher average than most students who take it. Especially the science Test portion helped me a lot. The math is easy and you can use your calculator. And as far as the reading just practice reading fast because you are timed and also try to study random vocab words daily I think that will help. I also downloaded a few apps on my smartphone that had NLN PAX practice questions.

If you go to a book store like books a million or barnes and noble they have a whole section with pre entrance exam books. The one I studied from was called "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Nursing Entrance Exams". I read the whole book and did all the practice exams. I found it pretty helpful I passed with a higher average than most students who take it. Especially the science Test portion helped me a lot. The math is easy and you can use your calculator. And as far as the reading just practice reading fast because you are timed and also try to study random vocal words daily I think that will help.