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I don't know how this will exactly affect Spring 2021 admissions, sorry!

They recently sent an email saying that they are giving priority seats for the Spring 2021 semester to the 40 alternates who would have been accepted for Fall 2020.

I am thinking of applying here, but they claim that 1,000 - 1,400 students apply for 70 spots each year. That's incredibly more applicants than what the other CSU BSN programs receive...

I am so lost right now and am not sure if I made the right decision to pursue nursing. I decided that I wanted to be a nurse during my junior year of high school primarily for 4 reasons. 1) Job security and considerable pay 2) Nursing allows me to help others 3) Nursing allows me to help address my communities growing healthcare needs 4) I have always had an interest in the medical field but I couldn't think of any other profession at the time. Now, I am practically at the final stretch of my prenursing journey, with the only prerequisite left being anatomy and physiology 2. I am currently feeling incredibly lost and if I were to decide to pursue something else, that would be another 2 or so semesters taking the prerequisites for that major. I need advice... The truth is that I don't know what I am getting into and do not know whether or not I will actually like nursing. I'm not a medical assistant, CNA, EMT etc. so if I were to be accepted into a program, it would be a completely new experience for me. I've only ever volunteered at a hospital discharging patients and helping out at the front desk. Where am I going in my life???

Hey Apple-Core! Thanks a bunch for the response, and I will definitely use that approach!

Thank you very much for the suggestions everyone. I appreciate it!

Lately I have just been down in the dumps, feeling terrible about myself because of how quiet, shy, and introverted I am. I recently started volunteering at a hospital and did my best to hide how shy I really was, but didn't hide it well enough and got assigned to admitting, where I don't do much but sit in a chair my whole shift. They said they needed someone more social to be in the places where you could interact with patients. In addition to this, I'm taking an oral communication class this semester. We had our first speech yesterday, and it was really rough for me. I spent hours preparing my speech and forgot to eat all day because of how much anxiety I got thinking about how I was going to give it. I even cried a little and was considering on ditching class. I hate how I am like this. I know that good nurses are very interactive with their patients, and I'm starting to think that I'm not cut out for nursing. I wish I was more social, but every time someone points out how shy I am, it just makes me not want to talk even more and feel sorry for myself. I wish I could change and need advise on how I can be less shy. Thanks

I am currently taking a human growth and development throughout the life span course and have taken an introduction to psychology course in the past. The first three or so chapters was purely intro to psych material and there are intro to psych concepts scattered within the book. However, I would say that I would still be doing well in this course even if I have not taken an intro to psych class prior to this.