I am so excited! I just got my acceptance letter into a 4 year nursing school! I worked so hard for this and now it's finally here! But now I am becoming quite nervous and anxious. To start, I am a senior in high school and I'm just in general nervous about this big change that is about to happen in my life. Leaving my friends, family, and boyfriend of 5 years to go to college scares me! So I have some questions and I will very much appreciate if nursing students and nurses could give me some feedback.
I am very stressed that I'm not going to fit in with the other nursing students at the school. Especially because I am so young. Are there a lot of students who came straight from high school? Will the professors take me seriously? Should I live on campus? Will living off campus be a disadvantage? What should I do to prepare myself for nursing school? Any books I should read? Will I be able to work? What supplies should I buy for school and what to bring the first day without looking like a over supplied freshmen?!
Any tips or suggestions will be greatly appreciated or anything you wish you knew before going to school. I have so many mixed emotions! Will I really have no life? Or does it depend on an individuals time management skills?
Tell your boyfriend you do the cooking, he pays the rent! lol Honestly, having a sense of independence is a huge factor here, which is totally understandable. You know what, I don't know how much it may cost to dorm, but its a ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE! So, you could totally spend the extra $$$ and just enjoy it. College is about studying hard, and having fun. Which ever option you choose, it's still a wise one. Just don't over think anything!
Congratulations! My school is a 4-year program as well. First semester, you take mostly gen-eds like A&P, chem, math, etc plus NURS 100 which is essentially here's what nursing school is, here is what kind of job you get after nursing school, here's how this all works. Second semester, more gen-eds plus NURS 101 which is more basic nursing stuff. Then you start nursing core classes 3rd semester! You do all your 64-hours of gen-eds/pre-reqs throughout the 4 years and nursing core at the same time. Pretty neat :) Good luck! I only lived on campus for one year and I hated it. I went to a public university and got stuck with two crappy roommates so I decided to live on my own, then with my boyfriend (now husband) after that. If your school is JUST a medical professions college (nursing, sonography, radiology, etc), I would suggest living with your parents for the first year because you will save tons of money - you can even start paying a little rent or pitching in on groceries or bills . You will mingle with all types of people in school and then your second year, maybe you can move to an apartment with a classmate who knows how much work it takes and it's just another resource for help! But if you get stuck with a bad roommate, you're still going to see that person daily at home and for the next 4 years of college (awkward). If your school is a larger university, it might not be so bad to live on campus and do a random roommate selection BUT I would still recommend living with your parents.
I wouldn't recommend living with your boyfriend just yet. My husband thought nursing school would be just like regular school but there is SO much work and he didn't understand. It caused a lot of fights at first If your boyfriend can see how much you are going to the library, studying on the weekends, etc. then maybe he won't be so mad that you are busy when you two DO live together. Plus it will that much more exciting when you get to see each other on the weekends!!
. You will mingle with all types of people in school and then your second year, maybe you can move to an apartment with a classmate who knows how much work it takes and it's just another resource for help! But if you get stuck with a bad roommate, you're still going to see that person daily at home and for the next 4 years of college (awkward). If your school is a larger university, it might not be so bad to live on campus and do a random roommate selection BUT I would still recommend living with your parents.
If your boyfriend can see how much you are going to the library, studying on the weekends, etc. then maybe he won't be so mad that you are busy when you two DO live together. Plus it will that much more exciting when you get to see each other on the weekends!!
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Tell your boyfriend you do the cooking, he pays the rent! lol Honestly, having a sense of independence is a huge factor here, which is totally understandable. You know what, I don't know how much it may cost to dorm, but its a ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE! So, you could totally spend the extra $$$ and just enjoy it. College is about studying hard, and having fun. Which ever option you choose, it's still a wise one. Just don't over think anything!
Good luck to you!