Jessies_hope

Why is it so hard to get into nursing school? Let me please ask that you not make mean comments here, I'm already heartbroken. But I seriously don't understand why it's so, so hard to just get IN to nursing school. I have heard that nursing school i...

I appreciate all of the responses. I am not letting this one program stop me - and I am grateful for the sharing of your stories. It was a hard hit to take. And when I wrote the post, I was hurting, but I want to clarify something. My comment of peop...

I can appreciate your comments but as I said in my op - I am NOT saying I want it more than others. I am not "judging" anyone, and I certainly don't have an "attitude" as others suggested toward anyone. I don't even know any of the other candidates. ...

A lot of the threads about Platt College in Aurora, Co are several years old. I am considering going there in the fall and I'd like to know a couple of things. 1) Do they generally accept most applicants? I'm on pins and needles waiting to find out ...

I watched the tele monitors as my patient who was on comfort care went asystole and then was asked to help provide post mortem care. She was still warm and I kept thinking she was going to wake up or move. After all, she was awake and talking when I ...

It's time to get serious about my application to nursing school. Okay, I've been serious about it, but it's time to start really putting things in order. The last official prerequisite that I need is a week away from ending. Mind you, I'm taking two ...

Thank you for the words of encouragement! I think the number of people who get in is what intimidates me the most but I feel like I have a lot of things going for me. I'm glad to hear that you like the school - that's important!! I'm sure you're busy...

Was it hard to get in to ACC? I recently heard that of the 79 people that applied for fall 2015 only 35 were accepted and I'm starting to wonder if I need to make a back up plan. I have a good GPA, but I haven't taken the HESI yet. I think I'm going ...

Lifeinthefastlane.com has been one of my favorites.

What a great opportunity for you! I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. I suppose I need to simmer down and enjoy life while I can.

I was supposed to start a microbiology class today at a certain school. I went to pay for the class before it started and they hadn't added it for me yet. As annoying as that was, we got it sorted and the class was added. I had to wait until the next...

I do schedule all my own prereqs, I am also attending two schools concurrently. I didn't wait till the last minute, when I found out having micro was "highly recommended" (it's not required to apply, only to graduate) I started looking for a class. T...

I posted earlier about looking for an online micro class and came across WGU. I don't understand their prenursing RN/BSN. Is the program really all it's cracked up to be? I think what confused me was the clinicals, how does an online program guarante...

Congrats on deciding to get your RN! I'm in a similar boat, where my biology was too old to count. (Which makes no sense to me...) I did find a workaround for that, which required me to attend two schools at the same time. one option - since you need...

Wow, thank you both for your words of encouragement and resources! It's nice to have a vote of confidence from you! I am going to start studying very soon. I figure I'm about 3 months out from testing. I'm both excited and nervous! I will definitely ...

I took an EKG course while I was waiting to start my CNA course. It was a 1 day class, and it was free. But here's the best part...I accepted a teletech job at a hospital in my area, and I will be paid the same as a beginning CNA, and get ICU experie...

I recently made the decision to jump (back) into the medical world and have been taking classes at a community college to get ADN prereqs out of the way. I am a full time accountant and going the CC route felt like it was going to take forever so I h...

I can't like this post enough! It's good to know that I'm not the only one who made such a dramatic decision. I am fortunate to have a family that supports me and when things get hard I remind them in the end this will all be worth it. In other news,...

Hwngrl, did you end up taking one of the jobs you posted about? If so, which one? I interviewed at Castle Rock and I am really, really hoping I get the job!

Did you end up taking these classes? I am about to pay for the first one and was looking for feedback on this site but haven't come across any. I have the same questions as you do, which is what was the experience like?

I wish I could say I was...I have one prereq left, which seems easy enough, except it has a prereq of its own. I'm likely not starting until fall 2016. I'm considering other options because I'm ready to be a nurse, not a perpetual student.

Can anyone who attends DSN tell me how the process works? I have already applied to another nursing school for fall start but I would like to actually have another option ready for a fall start if I don't make it. The problem is, every time I look at...

I'm feeling really hopeful but I don't want to get my hopes up too high..here's the deal: after reading this site I learned the different jobs available for pre-nursing students and learned what a monitor tech was. There happened to be an opening at ...

Prereqs are hard. Ok, not necessarily hard as in difficult, they are a pain. You can't take this until you take that, which usually = a semester setback. That one semester set back might set back your potential nursing school start by a half a year. ...

I also plan on taking CNA classes this summer and I registered for 2 online classes on top. I was wondering the same thing. I'm hoping the two other classes are fairly easy, I didn't go for biology or anything like that.