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I tried working 30hrs a week plus school and adding family life to the mix I was pulling 16 hour days most days. After 2 months of this I'm now laid up with pneumonia. So I'd recommend making sure you don't burn the candle from both ends. I'm going t...

Me and a few classmates are getting really frustrated with a few students who spend most of the lecture chatting with each other. It's distracting and really quite disrespectful! Considering we all spent some time and effort to get our spots on the p...

Thanks for all your support and tips! I'm hoping our instructors come down heavy. I didn't work my butt off to get into this program to learn about someone's boyfriend issues or what they're doing next weekend. All that gossip can wait. The two lectu...

Our class is about 36 I think, but I already foresee at least 3 students failing by Christmas as they're not passing exams with over 77% and one in particular has tried copying my work in clinical because she hadn't done it beforehand.

I'm only a month into my first year so my views might change over the course of the program. But so far I study alone. I find it too distracting trying to study in a group. Plus already I've found 2-3 people latch on to me in lecture and lab and want...

I work 25 hours a week. My husband works full time. We just about break even each month but we knew with me going to school for 2 years it's such a short time in the grand scheme of things to be living on such a tight budget. Once I'm done, and back ...

I just did exam 2 in fundamentals and got a 96!!!! I worked so hard and totally changed my usual methods (which only got me an 82 last time) and I'm so happy it worked! I hope I don't sound obnoxious, I'm just proud of myself and don't want to make a...

My usual way of studying was to focus on resources outside of the PowerPoints and objectives, thinking that they were the guide rather than the actual material iyswim? This time I took more time to really learn EVERYTHING on the PowerPoints and in th...

Thank you both í ½í² I think thats what I'm most proud of: getting out of my comfort zone and trying a new method of studying (I'm a "mature" student í ½í¸„ So my usual method is ingrained.) and I put in time to learn how to learn differently not ju...

Check out Pinterest! I get a lot of really delicious recipes from there. There's some sites that have dump bag recipes that you can prep and keep in the freezer, I can't remember the website names though. A couple family favorites though: Chicken an...

I was in your shoes 2 years ago, although I'm an older RN student at 38. It took me 3 semesters to complete my pre reqs for the ADN I'm starting this fall. I had to complete: - anatomy and physiology 1 and 2 - college writing 1 and 2 - statistics -...

I had the same question. I got given all the books I'll need for the program but, like you, they're the last edition and the program book list has the new editions listed. Would love to save a fortune by using the gifted ones!

Hi! I'm very excited to be starting as Associates in Nursing in the Fall. What would you recommend I read or study to prepare? I'd like to get a handle on medical math and fundamentals of Nursing so I won't feel so overwhelmed. Any good books on crit...

Excellent advice, thank you all í ½í¸Š I've been given a copy of Calculate With Confidence by a current student in the program and I'll have a read through that along with the Test Success book. I am so excited to start, I know I should just enjoy t...

Hi, is anyone at Mount Wachusett Community College, for pre reqs and the ADN? I'd love to hear more about your experiences! :) I'm starting pre reqs in the Fall and hoping to get into the ADN program in Fall 2015.

I saw that warning too. I've spoken to nurses at Heywood Hospital (where many clinicals take place) and the nurses there all said the program is really well respected. I'm not sure what the warning is for, the college hasn't made it public I don't th...

Hi, I ended up taking another year before I applied and I'm currently waiting to hear if I got a spot for this Fall too! That's great you heard so quickly, hopefully I'll hear soon too. What GPA did you apply with? Have you completed all the classes ...

I just did an exam (it was a makeup one as I missed the original due to being unwell) and I was still very unwell with severe bronchitis. I had to do the exam within a certain number of days or get an F. So I took it, and did horribly, I had a fever ...

Yep that's what I had to do. I've been unwell for 11 days now, am on 3 meds, but I can't miss another class so plod on I must! It's just sucky as I have a perfect 4.0 at the moment and this one exam is more than likely going to ruin that, and there's...

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I've got 100% in all my labs so far and a 94.7% and a 96% in my first two exams. Am super proud of myself, as I've worked my ample behind off to get good grades and so far me and one other girl are top of the class with a substantial lead over our cl...

I know!!! I'm a supposedly somewhat intelligent student yet I really do some awesomely idiotic things every now and then!

You press "Submit" for an online test after checking it over 3 times and THEN you realize you did indeed make an idiotic mistake by getting organelle and cell mixed up. Ugh. So cross with myself, this means a likely B+ Glad the tests are only worth ...

I'll be 37 when I start the ADN and (god willing!) 42ish by the time I get my MSN. If you're following your passion, you're never too old!!! (Tired maybe but never too old!)

I'm going to be taking 13 credits and working 24-36 hours a week. I'm sure it'll be tougher some weeks than others. But it's necessary as I still have mortgage and car payments etc. I think us older students might have to work more whilst at school a...