clover89

thanks everyone for your advice and feedback. I suppose I have some work to do. :) Congrats to your accomplishments!!

Hey, so long story short: In high school I was a great student, I over acheived everything I could, but I settled down too quick. I had my first child at 20, and I have three now and am still married. Needless to say, it was a long long road out of high school. This shows on my college records and has affected my GPA. I've always taken a class here or there whether I thought I really could or couldn't. I always thought I had enough time to fix it. Time was not important then as it is now. Something always happened in my marriage, the kids, sometimes I had two jobs at a time, I became closely acquainted with Murphy's law. What ever could go wrong, did. Well.... I am coming short of a 2.5 GPA. I dropped Physiology with a W because my kids had chicken pox, I lived an hour away from this class and no one would watch them, my professor wouldn't work with me because it was during his midterms and he recommended I drop it because it was better than a bad grade. When I retook it I got a D because the teacher was horrible. She chatted with her class pets for about 20% of the class. 52% failed her class and when the whole class tried telling her her questions were worded off she still didn't change the quiz's because 1-5 students got the answer right, so in her head the question was fine. She's not even working at the college anymore. I retook that class a third time and got a B. It's the only class I had to retake. Anyway, I'm currently dealing with counselors at two different schools to try and raise this GPA. I've taken all the prerequisites for Nursing/Radiology. My life is calmer now than it has been since 2004. It's taken 11 years but the word "routine" finally makes sense in my life. Is there any bouncing back from a rough start? Has anyone become a nurse after a rough start. I was hoping on applying at Los Angeles Trade Tech for Nursing. I've heard it's a little easier getting in. I know I can do this. My kids are 2 years apart, the youngest will be four and going to school this year and I know that I can get into a studying routine that will effectively work for me. Has anyone gotten into a nursing program with more than one repeat in the prerequisites? Has anyone gotten into a nursing program after having bad grades early on in college? Do schools give you a chance when life hasn't? Do they even care if you explain your situation? I basically want to figure out, if I'm done? I don't want to give up, but I don't want to waste my time, if my efforts from here on out are not worth a dime. thanks