Jenney

Workin and going to school is challenging, but it can be done. I have been completing my prereqs at a community college the past couple years while always working 50+ hours a week, its hard and I'm not gonna lie my GPA could be a little better but you gotta do what you gotta do. Just need to prioritize your time- when you aren't at work you study, and you sleep when your body needs it, thats what has made me keep going. I go to school with a lot of single mothers who are in the same boat as me and on top of that have kids to care for, so anything is possible, just prioritize.

Sorry for the long message, looking for help with applying! So after three and a half long grueling years of finishing pre reqs and working full time I can finally start applying to nursing schools. I have literally taken every pre req from stats to psychs to sciences and english's and getting my CNA and so forth. I will be honest in saying my GPA could be way better, honestly I'm just expecting to get declined by every school I apply to because my gpa will be around a 3.2, so I have little hope but am going to apply anyways. So far I know I will be applying to Umass Boston, Umass Dartmouth, Regis, and CCCC since I'm a student there right now and I feel its my only slim chance. So even if your not around the area, what exactly is the application process? I have researched the sites and sent out emails and most require basic things such as common application, transcripts, teas scores, recommendation letters. Is there a specific nursing application I need to get my hands on or do I just send all this stuff in? I know, i know I should be going to schools and asking this question, its just hard working around my 60 hour work week and taking these last three courses, anyone have advice? What was your application process?

So heres the deal, In november I very stupidly scheduled my TEAS exam for the last day of classes. I know. . I obviously cannot skip classes right before finals, I have no idea what I was thinking. Anyways, the thing thats really getting me down is I pad around $70 total for the exam. Did I pay $70 for the exam itself or the scheduled exam time? Will I be able to reschedule a time and not be charged, or will I have to just pay up again? I mean, whatever has to be done has to be done, I got myself into this pickle, just wondering if any of you have had to reschedule!! Thanks in advance!

Ok, so I have been attending community college for two years now. I started out with a very low math level, so it took semester or two to build it up for my science courses. I have one more semester before I will apply to nursing schools. By this time i will have the following classes completed: AP 1 AP 2 Microbiology Chemistry Gen Pysch Pysch life span Pharm Calc Sociology English 1 English 2 Communications Statistics A few of these classes I had to retake. I now have a mix of A's and B's, and hopefully with hard work the end of next semester classes will be all A's. If all goes well my GPA will end out to be around a 3.5 or 3.6 (I know, not great). Just wondering if anyone else has been in this sort of a situation. Nursing is the only career out there for me, I literally need to do it. Just worrying that my lower GPA will affect me, I hear of people around me with better grades not getting into programs, I know how difficult it is. It would be awful applying to a ton of programs and not getting into any. I also live near Boston, and would love to get accepted into a school in/near Boston, but I will be applying everywhere i can hah. Sorry for the long post!