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Just adding my story to the list: I graduated high school in 1988, top 10% with honors. Went straight to a big state university and completely flunked out my first semester. My gpa was .8. Yes. .8. I came home and attended the local community college. I would attend one semester and then take a year off. Enroll in classes again another year just to drop out. Changed my major about a dozen times. Had no real interest in school because, like most of us here, I had no idea what I wanted to be as a career. I had married and had a child during these years and "career" that was just fine with me. So, in 2006, at the age of 36, I enrolled in the local university with a transferred gpa of 2.37. I took 18 hours that first semester and pulled off my first 4.0! I wasn't accepted into the BSN program that year so I had to add a minor in Health Science to fill in the time. I was a full time student working two jobs and raising a teenager while my husband was (and still is) in Iraq! Talk about stress!!! But, I'm so happy to say that on the 27th of this month, I will start nursing school. My gpa currently is 3.76 and I'm so proud of it!!! It took lots of work and determination but I made it. Now I'm looking forward to even more work and determination during the nursing classes. But, it's been so worth it! I have never been so confident in my own abilities. I'm finding that I can do it all. (They call me SuperWoman.) You can do it too! Make up your mind and never take your eyes off your goal. Don't listen to anyone (including that little voice in your head) who says you can't do it. Stay focused and continue to ask for help and support from the members of this forum. It's an incredible resource for school and career. Good luck!!! and God Bless!!!

Maybe look into adding a Minor? I had a semester of nothing so I added a minor in Health Sciences. It worked out perfectly for me and now I'll graduate with a major in Nursing and a minor in Health Sciences.

38 year old here and I used a backpack (on both shoulders, evenly distributed and appropriately weighted.) Might think about those backpacks with wheels too. At the local community college those were acceptable but at the university here in town the wheeled ones "weren't cool". I knew I stuck out like an old lady already so I didn't want to add to the awkwardness by using an "uncool" wheeled backpack. lol