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I sent you a PM with some edits meant to clarify certain statements. They are suggestions, NOT definites. You should use what you feel good about. After all, it's supposed to be your personal statement. Overall, I think it's pretty darn good. Your...

a keen observation and some cautionary advice, wrapped in a lovely quote. alas, it's a message overlooked by increasing numbers of today's "communicators", who seem hell-bent on intentionally limiting their linguistic fluency to twitter-speak. i do ...

J-NO, I'm not sure, but I think that you may have missed half of GrnTea's message/suggestion. Did you see the part about checking your lab text for info on focused assessments? I can certainly appreciate that you're being overloaded with schoolwork...

Weezy, IMHO it won't be a waste of time. However, aside from my opinion, there's the question of whether you plan to attend a BSN program, either for your first nursing degree, or an RN-to-BSN in the future. Keep in mind that many BSN programs req...

33762fl, i'm old enough to have witnessed the feminist movement of the 60s-70s, and can fully recall just how limited the options were for women in the pursuit of an education and a career prior to that. i want to haul off and slug those of my genera...

Fabulous post! I very much appreciate the considerable amount of thought and time that I know you put into it. Unfortunately, the people we need to heed this are the very ones whose heads it will fly over. They may read it, but they're so into thei...

John F. Kennedy, Jr. did not fail the NYS bar exam ten times. He didn't even fail the bar "something like" ten times. He did, however, take the bar exam 4 times in a 15-month period. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 1989, and ...

Call my ex. I can't take credit for laughs that his "assets" get me. Although I wish that I was still in a position to take his assets.

Not me. I've heard a LOT of those in my time. At least 70 or 80 from my ex-husband, alone. I like the idea that I've been able to add to his repertoire.

My understanding is that National Geographic is neck-in-neck with Vogue for a Valentine's Day pictorial, Paco. Subjects of the article are holding out for the cover. Personally, I don't understand why you're interested in a story about my ex-husband...

Altra, I agree totally with your sentiments, and I'm very happy to see that people are noticing this trend. However, it's getting increasingly difficult to identify "legitimate" journalism. Almost every mainstream media source (newspaper, magazine,...

Sarah, I think you have a great start on being a fine nurse. I'm not referring to your grades, but to your ability to think ahead and to use your time effectively. That's a quality that is much more rare than you would expect. It's a smart move to ...

Your refs sound good; I'd choose a professor from your current school, over the family friend. FMU will be interested in things about you that aren't always easy to tell from GPA alone, such as your attitude in the classroom, your consistency in sub...

I can't say that this is the case with your friends, but I hear about an awful lot of students who have near-perfect GPAs, 'A's in all sciences, in the 99th percentile on the TEAS....and they're turned down. keepmovinglpn is right: often there's mor...

I can't make it quite that easy, but I can make it a little less labor-intensive. Go to the website of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing; The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education is their accreditation arm. http://www.aacn.nche...

I may be missing something, but I didn't see SCIT 1407 (Applied Human Anatomy & Physiology I) as being a pre-req for Intro/General Biology. It's listed, along with BIOL 1406 (Introductory Biology for Science Majors I), as a pre-req for Anatomy &...

Anyone that's been in nursing/patient care for a few years has seen everything, ribeye, and you'll have to try a lot harder for laughs. On the serious side, have you talked to a physician about this? Sometimes it's symptomatic of underlying compuls...

Ha! I just saw the candy strippers thing, too, and wondered if it was one of the things that qualifies a facility as one of those much-touted "Centers of Excellence"! Wouldn't put any gimmick past the hospital admin bean counters these days. Even c...

There's one problem with your post, MFRN. It's your inclusion of the last word, "right" and the question mark. Stop worrying about what OTHER people think of your accomplishments. I'm no spring chicken, and I can tell you that, without question, yo...

Apparently I have offended some of the more delicate sensibilities here in the section for student- & school-related posts. I am a bit more accustomed to the rough-and-tumble atmosphere of "general discussion" posting area; however, it was not m...

From where is the requirement being issued? Is it (1) a prerequisite for taking OTHER prerequisites, such as Anatomy & Physiology, or Microbiology? Or is it (2) an academic requirement of the nursing program you hope to attend? If it's #1, I'd ...

Gardenfan, the "difficulty" of the sociology course isn't the only thing you should consider here. You also need to consider that You're going back to school (to college this time) for the first time in many years. This will take some adjustment. I ...

I don't think your mental health status is a factor in this equation. Nor is your "dream to be a nurse", although I confess to wondering what you were "following" while accumulating $40,000 in student loan debt for bachelor's and master's degrees un...

IVanillax, happyloser is right: the two-year Associates Degree is a myth. While it is true that the registered nursing programs that offer an ADN are typically 4 semesters (2 academic years), you are expected to have anywhere between 25 to 30 colle...

I concur with your assessment, but will further opine that Donster is awesome-er for having actually read (and comprehended) the Terms of Service. By the way, Donster, thanks for posting that information. I like to think that improvement in the ar...