dylai

Ahhhhhhhhhhh guys i got in off the waiting list. I'm freaking out so hard

I have been volunteering at UNC hospitals for over a year now in the Pediatric Emergency Department. My friends say I need more experience though. I am about to switch from PED to the Pediatric Playroom just for a different scene though.

I got waitlisted today. Pretty bummed but after seeing everyones posts about their work experience and volunteering I realized that I should have worked harder. Going to stay on the waitlist but I'm not going to rely on that to get in and start working on boosting my application for next year. If people could let me know of any good volunteering opportunities that I could do in the Chapel Hill/Durham area that would be super helpful. I think I will also start CNA training in the next spring semester if I do not get into UNC this round.

Thank you for your response! My friend's reasoning is though, if you were an admissions person, would you more likely accept a person who has all As in science at UNC or all As at Durham Tech. I understand that Durham Tech is no cakewalk and is definitely hard as well but if I'm applying to UNC wouldn't it be better to try and take classes at the same college? My undergraduate GPA was 3.2 so I'm not sure if that is considered good or only decent. How many hours is considered tons? If i volunteered for 3 hours a week until I applied would I have enough for it to be considered tons?

Thank you for taking the time to reply! I actually am lined up for a volunteering position at UNC currently. I have completed orientation and will be working in the Pediatric ICU. I was debating also potentially volunteering at another hospital or clinic to gain more experience as well. I currently live in Chapel Hill and commute to Raleigh for work so the drive is also draining at times. Basically my dilemma is I don't really know how I am going to do in the science classes. The last science class I took was freshman year of college in 2008 which was Chemistry. I took AP Biology in High School but only managed to get a B in the class although I did get a 5 on the AP exam somehow. UNC science classes are definitely difficult but I can't help but think if I just lock down and focus on the only class I would be taking in the fall (anatomy and physiology) I should be able to get an A. However, talking to my friend who is a premed student at UNC, the teacher in the fall for anat and physiology is supposed to give out monster tests. I don't want to feel like I'm copping out and just taking DTech classes because I think the admissions committee may think I'm not up to the task. As for my financial situation, my parents have offered to help me pay for my loans but I don't want them to help me that much becasue I am striving for financial indendence from them. However, I do have the option of them helping me out as I work towards my goal of getting into a nursing school. As for the craigslist ad, I did find the job on craigslist so I do believe that listing is the same one you are looking at. The house where the brothers live is in North Raleigh and is only like 10 minutes away from NCSU. I will private message you more details. EDIT: I actually can't private message. You may email me at [email protected] and I will respond.

So before I begin I apologize as this is a VERY long post but if anyone could read it and give me some advice it would be greatly appreciated. Currently I am a semester graduated from NCSU with a degree in General Education. However, after doing student teaching I found that I did not enjoy it as much as I had thought I would and began doing some "life searching". Fortunately, I came upon a job as a physical assistant for two college aged boys who have Spinal Muscular Atrophy and are wheelchair bound and essentially only able to move their fingers/hands a bit. After helping the boys out and being their physical assistant for a couple of months I found that I really enjoyed the interaction that came with the job. After talking with my friends about potentially going to nursing school I came up with potentially a couple of plans that I could go through. However, since none of them are nurses I don't know what would be the best way to go about things. However, I came upon this forum and decided it would be a good idea to lay out my ideas here. Pretty much I looked at the UNC ASBN program and I found out that I only need three more classes to apply for the program: Anatomy and Physiology, Intro to Physiology, and Microbiology. Currently the job I work at runs from 9:30 am to 7 pm. However, if I potentially took a night class I think I would be able to end work at 4 pm. I say I think because the boys have told me that finding physical assistants is difficult for them because of the abnormality of the work compared to "regular jobs". I am actually currently doing the work of both the morning/afternoon assistant and the evening assistant so I am doing two people's jobs essentially. Herein lies my dilemma... 1. I could continue to work from 9-4 pm and then take a night class at Durham Tech in the fall semester. Then I would quit work at the end of December and take the remaining two classes in the Spring. However, my concern is that the job I have now is very tiring and I won't have any energy or drive to focus on school. 2. I could quit my job at the end of July and take Anatomy and Physiology in the fall and focus hard on it. Then, in the spring I would take the other two classes and focus on them as well. During this time I would be volunteering at UNC hospital once a week. However, I am worried about whether I should take classes at UNC or classes at Durham Tech. In one aspect Durham Tech is cheaper and may potential be "easier" so I could get that good science GPA. On the other hand UNC classes are more expensive and harder but if admissions looked at where a person took a class wouldn't it be better to take a class at UNC rather than Durham Tech? So these are the two paths that I am most thinking about. I know that the first path would definitely look better because I am working and taking classes but it would be immensely tiring. I understand nursing school is going to be like 300x more tiring than that so I'm wondering whether I'm just being a wuss and need to get my act together. Financial problems are also a concern, as I am 30k in debt already because of undergrad and I am working right now to just start paying off loans. My friends have told me that I should focus on school earlier because once I get a better paying job then I will be able to pay off loans easily but I'm not sure if life is that simple. Currently, the job pays $12.75 for the first 8 hours and $14 for any remaining time after that. Thus, my paycheck every two weeks is around $1000, which is a respectable amount but I am not sure if its worth working for if I want to focus on school. I think that covers all aspects of my future plans. I know that this is a lot to read but if anyone would take the time to read it and give me feedback it would be greatly appreciated. If there are any questions I will do my best to reply to them ASAP. Thank you.