TKeith8109

I am actually going through kind of the same thing. I just started school two weeks ago and I'm already losing the motivation. I am actually talking with my boss tomorrow about a better job and if he says yes I'm going to stay with him. Nursing has been in my heart but once I got in the AP class I feel like its not what I thought it was going to be and have lost all motivation. Idk if its because I realized tgis isn't for me or if I'm scared. Good luck with school and all that matters is you're happy in the end.

Thank you so much. Its just hard cause its so much in such a short period of time. I'm going to finish out the semester the best I can and if I see I'm not doing as well as I want to by midterm ill drop it I know if I give up ill never forgive myself. I'm just worried that if I'm this overwhelmed now how will I handle my job??

I just started my ap1 class last week. Even though I umderstand the material, its so draining to the point that I am really worried. It could be that I should not have started this in the summer, but I'm dreading taking any other science classes. Nursing has been in my heart for so long and I'm worried that because of this being so much that its not foe me honestly I have no clue what I would do if I can't manage nursing. My teacher is great but its just so much to learn in such a short time. I feel very drained and exhausted and its only been a week. Anyone else feel this way and make it through? Should I power through or seriously rethink this?

I'm thinking about getting my lpn and then going back aftern i get a job and getting my rn. Is it worth it and will it help get me into an rn program?

Thanks for the replies. Right after I posted this I found a school that's 2 hrs away, same school ill go to for radiology, just a different campus that will be a possibility. I have decided to go for it. Nursing is in my heart and I'm going to do everything possible to make the best grades I can to get in. I have a family and the reason I went with radiology is because I didn't want to work so hard for a year and still not get in. Now that I have options I know I can and will do it. If its meant to be its meant to be. My family is the reason I'm doing this and I need to make them proud!

After a lot of stressing over if I'll ever be able to get into a nursing program, I have finally decided that I think it's best I go into a different program. I have chosen radiology and have just started classes for my pre-reqs. This program is a lot easier to get into and it's in the medical field. Radiology has always been my second, but I still am pretty bummed that nursing is not my path right now. My friend just got her first nursing job and honestly I'm a little jealous, but I know that everything happens for a reason and that for right now this is what my path is meant to be. I wish my gpa wasn't so low from my old school so I could still have a chance, but I have to own up to my mistakes and fight and claw my way into the nursing profession somehow. Does anyone have any advice or encouraging stories to help me through my pre-reqs?

I'm taking it now and its very boring lol.

Yes! My adviser told me that when taking any kind of science like a and p to make sure you're not over doing it in other classes. The sciences are the classes that really matter and you risk hurting your gpa and even having to re take the class if you can't devote more time in it. Also this is your first semester? You don't want to overload yourself when you're first starting out cause you don't really know what to expect. I would take it easy the first semester, focus on your science classes, and do great! There's no rush.

Thank you so much for your advice. I don't appreciate someone telling me to use more reliable protection when I'm married and I wanted to have a baby. I just took on too much and decided that waiting until my husband graduated from college would be better for all of us. Luckily I have found a school that will not count my previous gpa. I am going to work as hard as possible and hope for the best. Everyone makes mistakes, I'm taking responsibility for it and making sure I can do right this time. I won't give up until every school says no and even then ill go a different route!

I have already used an appeal. I started going back and did well for 2 semesters. Right before my second semester I had a miscarriage and focused on school, I got pregnant right before my 3rd semester and once I started classes I got really overwhelmed and had a 1 yelr to care for. I honestly don't understand why I'm on financial aid suspension. I dropped the classes in enough time and was doing well. The adviser even suggested me going to a different school cause I would have a better chance.

I agree with the above poster, my school does a points system and for every A you get 3 points, b's are 2, and c's are 1. Every re-attempt they take off points, but you get a certain amount of points for sat scores and TEA's scores. One of the nursing advisers told our orientation class that the minimum will NOT get you in, we need to have at least a 3.2 gpa, all A's in science classes, and an SAT score of 900-950. I think you need to re-take some of your classes and talk with an adviser about what else you can do. Your science classes are a huge deal breaker with a lot of schools, those are really the classes that count, so if nothing else, re-take those. Good luck with everything.

Well luckily I can get Pell, so school is paid for, it's just the old school i used to go to won't allow me to use financial aide. Paying out of pocket right now is just not an option, we have two kids and my husband just graduated so he's in the process of looking for a job. I am not going to give up! I will not stop until I find a school that won't average my gpa and if for some reason I can't then I will just find a way around it! This is my dream and I can't give up on it just because of a stupid rule!

That's great! I am currently looking into our local university to see if that's what they do. I wish more schools were like that, but the one I decided to go to is not like that at all! That's encouraging, I won't stop until I find a school that doesn't average the gpa's. That's the only thing I'm worried about at all. I'm still going to start my classes as planned and do my best until I figure this out! Thanks for your encouraging story!

I can't go back to the school to improve my grades, because I will have to pay for them out of pocket since I am on financial aid probation with them. The schools in this area do not have any kind of programs that will let me wipe anything out and they don't have an essay that I can write, at this point I would much rather have an interview and essay so I can explain what happened and take my chances. I will definitely be going a different route, like LPN or MA...anything that will get me into that field. I know it's going to be hard and I know it's going to take more time, but it's going to be worth it in the end. I am worth it and I know I've made mistakes, but that was 5 years ago, I'm a completely different person now. I am so passionate about this field and I wish it wasn't going to be this hard, but anything that's worth having isn't supposed to be easy, right? Unfortunately with the schools around here it's just let me look at your gpa and testing scores and that's it, they won't take into consideration that people change. Also, with my current school they take off points every time you re-attempt a class so it will end up hurting me more at this point. I have found a school that doesn't go by points I just have to wait and get the answer about the gpa thing. Thanks for your comments.

I'm devastated, after reading a post on here about a girl that had a high GPA, was on the deans list, honor student, and didn't get excepted, because she made a few mistakes 10 years before and had a low GPA at a different college, I started thinking that sounds like my situation. I too had a hard time my first year or so of college, stuff I couldn't really control, and my previous school GPA is terrible. Sure enough I talked to the adviser that deals with the applications and she said that they will average out my GPA, which puts me at around an overall GPA of 2.4, and that's if I make a 4.0 at this school. I am in the process of looking at the 1 other school around here, but if they say the same thing I'm on to plan b. I don't even have a plan b yet, so if anyone has any suggestions on different medical fields I can get into that aren't as hard to get into or if anyone had this happen to them and has advice please reply.