Hi I took a 3 year break after I got my BA, and then decided that I wanted to be a nurse. Its scary to go back to school, no matter how long you've been out of it. But I have realized some things as I have gotten older. When you are determined you always try your best. When I first started college fresh out of high school, i was not ready, I did ok my first semester, but 2nd semester I had relationship issues, and being young and dumb, i put those issues before school, so I dropped all my classes. I kept switching schools, because I kept following my bf, but when we broke up, I realized that I had just wasted valuable time. After that I got serious about school. Even more when I got married and had kids. It took me 7 years get my BA while I worked, but I did it. I think this had a lot to do with the fact that I was older, and had my children as a reason to motivate me to finish school. Just study hard, and dont give up. It might be a little hard at first but you can do it, dont doubt yourself. What I always recommend to people that are going back to school is it start their first semester with a light load, so as not to be too overwhelmed. I will be starting nursing school next Monday, so I am super anxious, excited and nervous, and I know its because of what everyone says that its super tough, and also because I know that these classes are going to be totally different to anything I will experience. But again, I know I will do good, as long as I give it my all. Good luck to you, and remember your older than you were fresh out of high school, your wiser, and you can do it!