Amanda97

I'm a high school student in California and I want to know the chances of me getting into pre-nursing at UCLA, UC Irvine, CSULA, CSULB, and any other good public pre-nursing programs. My SAT score is between 1900 and 2050. AP classes I took were World History AP, Chinese AP, Calculus AB AP, US History AP, AP Literature. Next year in senior year, I'll take AP Biology, AP Government/Economy, AP Statistics, and AP Language. I got straight A's with 1 or 2 B's in freshman and sophmore year. But in junior year right now, I'm doing really badly. Last semester, I had B,A,A,B,D,C. This semester, I have C,A,A,C,D,B. It might change though. My extracurriculars include Choir, volunteering for Key Club, Marching Band, dancing, Kung Fu, and a bunch of random stuff but I don't think they count. Also, I'm Asian so that probably lessens my chance of getting into college because I'm not as good as what the Asian expectation expects me to be. Anyways, I was just wondering the statistics of people who got accepted into UCLA, UC Irvine, CSULA, CSULB, and other public California pre-nursing programs. My mom really wants me to go to a UC but I don't think I can because the acceptance rate for nursing is less than 10%, I have bad grades, and there are only 2 UC's with nursing. Do you think I can make it into a UC? I live in San Jose so do you think I should go to SJSU? My mom thinks it isn't very good. What are the best California public nursing programs? Does it even matter what college I go to? Doesn't it only matter if I pass the NCLEX or not? My mom says I will be an Asian disgrace if I don't get into a UC. Thank you for your time.

My mom doesn't want me to be a nurse but I really want to be one. Can you help me convince her to let me be a nurse? These are the things she says to me to try to make me not be a nurse: -"You'll be surrounded by sick people so you will contract a contagious disease and die." -"Why won't you be a doctor? Why be the person underneath the doctor?" -"You have to clean up people's poop, pee and vomit." -"You'll be really tired working 12 hours." -"When you grow old, you will be weak and will get fired because you can't do physical labor." -"Violent and horny patients will try to rape or attack you." -"You got good grades, good SAT score, and took many AP classes in high school. Why are you wasting them to be a nurse when you can be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer?" -"It's okay for immigrants to be nurses, but not you because I gave you a great opportunity to be something higher in the ladder." -"Your friends, cousins, and brother are all doctors, lawyers, and engineers. And you want to be a nurse? You are a disgrace to me and your family. I will disown you." -"The only reason you want to be a nurse is so you can get out of college in 4 years instead of 12 years so you can be a young mom and get married." -"Nurses don't need analysis. They just do what the doctors and bosses tell them to do." -"If you become a nurse, I never want to see you again. I won't pay your tuition." -"You have to go to Ivy League or UC school. CSU's are a disgrace." -"You are selfish. You are not the type to care for people. You can't be a nurse." At first, I wanted to be a pediatrician, but they have to go to 8 years of college and 4 years of residency. I don't want to be 32 when I start my job. I don't want to rely on my parent's money until I'm 32. I also don't want to be an old mom and marry in my late 30's. I might not be able to see my grandkids. I really love biology, psychology, nutrition, and kids. So I really want to be a neonatal nurse or a pediatric nurse. But my mom won't let me. How do I make her let me? Every time I talk about wanting to be a nurse, she tells me to shut up and leave and she yells at me and makes me cry. She wants me to be a doctor or pharmacist or doctor. I don't want to go though so many years of schooling. What should I do? Nurses in my area get like $112,000 salaries. My aunt is a nurse, but she was an immigrant. My mom doesn't like her. She says I will be some low class worker or something. She is so mean! She is a strict Asian tiger mom. UCLA and UC Irvine are the only UC's that offer nursing. The rest are CSU and community college. My mom said I can't go to CSU or community college. But I can't get into UCLA or UC Irvine because the acceptance rate is like 7%. Please help me. Thank you very much. I don't want my mom to control my life because if I don't like my job, then I'll be unhappy in life. But I also don't want to lose my mom's love.