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Hi guys, I greatly apologize for this topic in the nursing forums but I've been posting these questions all over the internet and have gotten no responses and I am getting desperate. I want to go back to school for sonography. I live in Brooklyn and am currently looking at two programs which are both accredited: LIU Brooklyn and CAHE. These two are convenient for me since they're both located in Brooklyn. I've been trying to find reviews on both and so far I've only heard mixed to negative reviews about the overall school so I'm at a crossroads over which program I should apply to. There aren't many sonography programs in NYC unfortunately and both of these are very pricey. It seems to me that both aren't super great. But does anyone have any insights or heard from anyone who has experienced either school? Thank you all!

I've thought about going into other non-science healthcare careers, but wasn't sure what kinda options are out there and would be a good stable job as well?

I think it's the time management...I always try to put it more time for the science courses and not put it in as much effort for the other ones. Maybe it's the fact I don't know how to organize time to study for my classes..

I'm currently a college junior right now majoring in psychology. I originally entered college with a dream of becoming a nurse. The college was famous for its nursing program and was notorious for being highly competitive. I didn't make it in since I couldn't get high enough grades in the prereqs. It was mainly the science prereqs b/c I'm pretty bad at science. I've went to tutoring and had friends who were very smart in science to teach me and they advised me to switch to something that was non science since I was having such a hard time. I was very discouraged and transferred after deciding to switch to OT major at another school since a portion of the prereq's were psychology classes and I had taken a lot already. I didn't do as great as I hoped to for the prerequisites, especially for the anatomy and physiology classes. This brought my prereq GPA down below the required GPA so I didn't get accepted to the OT program. I got so discouraged after not getting into OT and it made me think whether I should be doing anything related to the health professions because I did so poorly in the science classes. I'm currently taking a couple of introductory business classes but I'm not doing so well in those either. I don't have any interest in the content and I just don't feel motivated to really learn it. I never really imagined myself as a business type person and it's not really what I want to do. I kinda feel like a failure right now because I've tried twice trying to get into the health professions with nursing and then OT and I failed in both of them. The only thing I've ever had a passion for is nursing and it's the only thing I've ever pictured myself doing in the future. But I struggle so much in the science classes and I get bad grades in them. I go to tutoring and ask TAs and professors questions, but I was never able to grasp it. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I just feel really bummed out and unmotivated in my psych classes right now. I'm really worried about what to do after I graduate and I need some advice whether I should continue to pursue nursing or completely switch gears to find something I can get good grades at.

Thanks for the responses everyone!! I am willing to retake the class if I am able to, but I'm worried about how that one failing grade looks to the schools when I apply. :/

I'm currently a sophomore and I failed my human anatomy and physiology I course. I ALWAYS have good study habits--I study every day and spend all my free time in the school library. I don't make time to hang out with friends or go to parties. But this semester, I've been so occupied with my worrying of college majors and my future. I thought I wanted to be a nurse (my parents suggested it to me because of its good job prospects) and I really believed I could succeed and become a nurse since I was so confident that my academic ethics and study habits would help me achieve my goal. I knew that since I was sure of my goal to become a nurse, I would give it my all and WORK HARD to get it. But when I saw how competitive nursing is and how there were so many other students who seemed so much brighter than me, I began to wonder whether I can really achieve this. I gradually lost my self esteem and ambition. Instead of using my time to study for anatomy, I would spend all my time researching other possible majors for me to go into and other careers. In the end, it cost me my grade. So now I failed anatomy and physiology and feel like I've hit rock bottom. I'm sure I can't get into any nursing school now. I know I took this upon myself. The only grades I didn't do as horrible in is Essentials of Organic Chem, which I got a B in...and PSYCH 101 and Human Development, both of which I got an A in. JUST A LITTLE RANT THERE heh... If anyone has some advice for me, I would greatly appreciate it. Should I consider other majors and just drop prenursing? Thanks.