MelanieS

So, I was randomly selected this year along with others to submit my taxes and w2s to the school, even after doing my FAFSA. Well, it's taking them so long to review my documents, due to them being very busy. I get that. Well now, school starts monday, and the financial aid technician assigned to my file has not finished. So my financial aid check will be a month late. She told me that I can go ahead and pay out of pocket, and just pay myself back when I get my aid check. Now I don't know about you all, but I don't have 300-400 dollars just lying around my house. If I did, I wouldn't need the financial aid to begin with. So now, I have to drop my classes for this semester because there is absolutely no way I can come up with the money for my books. I am so upset! I was so excited to start school on monday, and now I can't. Why can't something just go right for me? Just once?!?!? Arg.

I have no advice for you, however, I am interested in what others say. I have chronic shoulder pain due to tendonitis.....but I desperately want to be a nurse. I plan on pursuing my ADN anyway and just pray that my shoulder can handle it.

Thank you all for the wonderful words of encouragement. It means so much. I'm sticking to my guns, and still going for it. If it takes me 10 years, it will still be totally worth it for me. I feel like this is what i'm meant to do. I suppose nothing great in life comes easy, and I just need to work extra hard for it. I'm still young, and I still have some fight left in me. My future relies on this, and mostly, my kids' future. I want to support them like they deserve, not living paycheck to paycheck. And I want them to be proud of me, knowing that their Mom makes a difference in people's lives, to set a good example for them. I'm so much more motivated now, thank you all so much!

I'm new to school, just starting my pre-reqs. I am a math dummy, and scored very low on my math placement tests. So I have to take 2 extra math classes before I get to the required math level for the program and science pre-reqs. Long story short, I won't be able to go into the RN program until Fall of 2011, because I have so many pre-reqs to do. When I decided to go into this, I knew it wouldn't be easy and I knew it would be a lot of hard work. I'm just feeling down because it's going to take my twice as long just because i'm horrible at math. I'm not even sure if I should become a nurse because of my poor math skills! Is it possible to turn myself into a math whiz? Or am I just kidding myself?

Hello everyone, I'm doing my pre-nursing courses right now, along with working as a cashier at Walmart. For the past few years I have had chronic shoulder pain, and was diagnosed with Bursitis/Tendonitis last year. I haven't been able to do in clinic physical therapy due to financial issues. But I do have stretches and exercises that I do at home, and right before work. They have me on Flexaril and Relafen for pain and swelling. I also have had a few Cortison injections here and there when the pain gets really bad. I have good days and bad days, but there's not a day that I don't hurt. I also have decreased range of motion. Now onto my delimma. I have ALWAYS wanted to be a nurse. I am in school right now, and so excited that i'm making my dream come true (sorry if that sounds corny). But i'm VERY nervous that I won't be able to handle being a nurse physically. I'm so scared that I won't be able to hack it, and won't be able to work. Does anyone here deal with a chronic pain condition but still actively working as a nurse? How do you get through the pain so you can do your job? Any pointers on pain relief? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone.

I am SO excited to start school this month. I'm taking Sociology, Speech Comm and English. I've already completed Critical Reading and Psych last semester. There are so many pre-reqs for my ADN, but it's totally worth it. I haven't taken 3 classes in a semester before, so i'm quite nervous how I am going to balance everything (working 25 hours a week, plus being a mother of two kids ages 2 and 4). I keep telling myself it's possible. I'm sure theres plenty of people who have kids, work, and go to school. I just need to find a way to discipline myself to get stuff done in a timely manner, lol. Anyway, sorry for the rambles. I love this site.

Nevermind, I quit being lazy and looked it up, lol. Stan State doesn't even have the nursing program I need, haha. They just have an RN to BSN program, that I will be utilizing in the future!

I'm currently enrolled at Modesto Junior College, taking basic classes and pre-reqs for the ADN program they offer. They go off a lottery system, and i'm nervous about how long it will actually take me to get into the program. What i'm wondering is if I wanted to go to California State University Stanislaus, for their nursing program..how do I go about it? Do I take all my general ed at MJC, then transfer to Stan State for their nursing program? Is that even possible? I'm such a novice at this stuff, lol...so any info on community colleges vs. universities would be greatly appreciated!

Hi, i'm new to the forum. This fall will be my 3rd semester at MJC, pre-nursing. I'm so excited. I would love to chat with any of you, especially the ones in my area attending MJC.