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To all starting in Aug, Rest! Relax! Sleep!!! NS has a way of covertly taking over your life...you may miss resting, relaxing, and sleeping.

I too have experienced the wrath of a clinical instructor. Never did get them figured out, but back to you: I wholeheartedly agree with the first comment; don't let someone who may have any number of reasons to act they way they do affect YOUR plans, and YOUR life! Easy for me to say, but try and tune her out, let her words just roll off of you like a rainy downpour. I take things too much to heart: I'm still crying over getting laid off from a waitressing job four months ago! But this is nursing school, we're tough, and there are thousands who can relate to your pain right now. We're all in this together! We're the class who are going to break the "nurses eat their young" trend! Hang in there:)

jboogie617, I'm just going to go ahead and thank you now:) I'm on day 4 and I can already see the value of your advice!

Thank you and congrats and good luck to you too! I start at RCC tomorrow, and I'm nervous and excited.

By the way, 85 on an A&P test is a GREAT grade!

Is moving an option? It sounds like you were really close, I'm sorry you didn't get in.

Cool! I did get my scrubs; about three days after I heard I was in:) I am excited too, but a bit intimidated by the very large stack of books on my desk! It's great to hear from a fellow student!

I would go for the RN because there is more opportunity to continue your education. Other than that I've heard that LPN's have similar job descriptions. I don't know from personal experience, I'm just starting my RN program on the 26Th of this month.

This looks hard but it's not so bad; you've probably done canceling before in math. You can cancel the units themselves, so, the ones that appear on the top and the bottom can cancel each other out, so you get 12x1x453.6x51 g. on the top, and 6x16x1x100 cakes on the bottom. 277603.2 g. / 9600 cakes equals 28.9 g./cake Reply if you need more help. Good luck! I don't know why but I like these problems:)

My school is the same way; only the nursing pre-reqs are considered in your admission consideration GPA. I have incompletes, withdrawals, retakes, Z's( I don't even know what those ARE!) all over my transcript. But I did well in pre-reqs and that's all that matters. Anyway, don't be discouraged! Good luck to you!

Hi, here is the breakdown at Rogue Community College: "Information About 2011 Selection Process and Points Applicant pools vary from year to year, but students often ask about GPA ranges and points for students who are accepted into the program. In 2011, over 200 students applied to the RCC Nursing Program, with 194 meeting at least the minimum requirements and considered qualified. Of the top 85—those who went to the phase 2 essay session—the GPA range was 3.50-4.0 (the average of the GPAs was between 3.7 and 3.8). Of the 70 points possible in phase 1, the range for the top 85 was 51.21-65.00. After Phase 2 was completed, 36 accepted students and 25 alternates were identified from the top 85 students. Accepted students’ prerequisite GPA ranged from 3.51-4.0. The range of final selection process points among the 36 accepted students was 73.12-91.50."

I looked into it, but at the hospitals here I need my own health insurance, which is a bit out of reach at the moment. I hope to be able to at some point before I graduate.

Thank you for the great advice.

Hi, it's nice of you to share. I hope nursing school goes well for you. I start in late September, and am getting kind of excited. Good luck!

Hmmm.. Words of encouragement..I guess attitude is important. If you are genuinely interested in the science of the body that is a good motivator. One thing I did to help retain the visual stuff, like ID'ing bone, muscle, cell, etc. parts, was to make copies of pictures and white out the labels, then make copies of those, and print out several, then write the labels on several times. My lab partner would make these amazing sheets that she would paste the pictures on, then label with letters or numbers everything in the picture and write out the list next to it. She would quiz herself with those, and she always did really well on lab tests. Another thing is, they may tell you to read chapters twice. They're not kidding. I am amazed at the things I missed the first time when rereading a chapter. Biological science classes are not like other classes, there are so many little details. And don't get behind. Let your friends go to that movie without you for now. Best of luck to you! (Although it's about hard work not luck;))

Hi, I don't have any, at least defined, phobias but I wanted to say something at least:) I think many of the shots you just got will be good for a long time, so you shouldn't have to deal with that at least.

Anatomy in 5 weeks? Sheesh! I did it in an 11 week quarter and it was hard. But never fear! You are young, you have time to do this. Also, you're willing to travel if necessary, which is another boon. At my school you can retake a class and that replaces your grade ( and perks up your GPA), I know of many people who've done that. To be honest, a C in anatomy is not good when competition for nursing schools is so tight. If you do retake it, you need a game plan on how to approach it. I did get an A my first time, but I am a major nerd with no social life, and I lived and breathed A&P. Not that you need to do that, but you do need to find what works for you, because science grades are important. The same topics are going to come up in nursing school, and you'll want to be well prepared. Don't worry! It sounds like you have the ambition, and that carries a lot of weight in and of itself.

Thanks jlpsu, I'm starting nursing school in September, and reading this site has gotten me down so much my husband has forbade me from being on it! Your comments have cheered me up considerably. I work as a waitress currently and while it certainly has it's drawbacks (whole new forum needed for THAT one), the place I work at is beautiful, co-workers helpful and friendly to one another for the most part, management supportive, even customers are 99% nice people. So I must agree that where you work is as important as what you do. My A&P teacher was bitter about local elections decrying the wages of teachers, and remarked that we nursing pre-req students would soon be making more money than him. At the time I was going for pre-reqs to be a registered dietitian. But that sounded boring suddenly after years of being excited about it. It could be that as individuals, it is important to keep on that personal hunt for self satisfaction. It sounds like that's what you're doing:cool:

Thanks so much to everyone who's shared on here. I've been getting more nervous (I start my BSN program on Sept. 26) every day, and my husband is already a little miserable about my being so busy with school. Reading these posts has made me feel better. Just knowing I'm not the only scared one out there is comforting. Thanks again!

Asasims, as hard as it is, leave your heart open for the one who truly belongs in your life. I'm sorry, you must be going through a whole lot right now:(

Ashulee89, I vote that your color wins! That's flipping awesome. How different. Ours are hunter green, Cherokee or Landau only, and NO PATCH. I feel a bit left out that there's no patch. Maybe they will give us one at orientation.

That's awesome! You persevered and succeeded! I'm sure you will do great in nursing school:)

Hi, just wondering if anyone on here is starting at Rogue Community College this fall in the ADN program. It would be cool to exchange excitement, concerns or questions on here. I've been thinking of starting a Facebook group; not sure if we'll have any time to look at Facebook, but...

Jeez, I know, huh? I just got accepted to school, but this is a bit disheartening!

Hi, I know you didn't apply at RCC, but if it is any consolation when I was in their office the secretary said they have called people the day before. I know you are probably on pins and needles this whole time, but hang in there lady:)