Start classes on Tuesday :)

Congrats! And good luck

Congratulations! You'll do great!

Congratulations and best of luck to you!

Are you going to go for your rn or are you just doing medical assisting? just curious. If you are going to do rn why are you doing the medical assisting. I wish you the best of luck. I am hoping to do medical coding in august.

Just from my personal point, I graduated this past January with my AS in Medical Billing and coding and NO ONE is hiring, and the ones I have found want someone with 2+ years experience. Not saying it is like that everywhere. I would say take whatever you get first and than use that for experience factor even if the pay is not good at first. Good luck! I don't regret my degree at all.

I'd love to do RN but around here its sooooo hard to get into. Three colleges, in three cities near me take a total of 75 students. The prereqs take at least a year usually more and then its a two year at least waiting list. MA is growing fast where I am, many openings and many doctors offices hiring them. I've talked to many doctors, specialists ect that rec it as the way to go. (their hiring them in their offices :))

Thanks for the advice CandAmommy, :) Hang in there, you'll find something soon. I'm told that field is going to open up again soon. :)

Good luck on your path! Like I said I am happy about having my degree. I was never really interested in Medical Billing, but wanted to have an option to work from home with my two little boys. I'm much more excited about having my CNA license..the associates degree is just the silver lining :)

congratulations! :w00t:

you will do great, you sound like a real go-getter!!

Thank you!!!!

That's good to hear about MA's in your area. I almost considered taking a MA class here & even filled out an interest form at a local school, but I decided to take a CNA class instead & I'm glad I did. There seems to be more MA's in this are than there MA jobs.

I start Tuesday, too! I'm really excited and getting more and more nervous the closer I get. Congrats to you on getting enrolled and moving forward in life. I've learned that life is all about these small steps, which you take so you can be in position to take these medium steps which give us the tools to make the big steps once in a while. So, don't forget to take life in small steps.

I had thought about the whole MA course, but then decided to go the CNA/PCT route instead, since there are more positions where I'm at for CNA's or PCT's.

I got approved for a big Pell for the fall, though, so I may sign on full time and continue. I need to do some of my pre-reqs like A&P and Alg before I even feel comfortable applying for RN school, so if I go this fall, it will be to do that, and perhaps get more training, possibly EMT. Couldn't hurt to have one more license, and hopefully I will be working as a CNA or PCT when classes are done.

If you got the Pell grants, I say go for it! MA is really an area by area kind of thing, I'm really lucky that out here its growing so fast. I'm already registered for AandP in the fall, its another hurdle to get over on the path. I'm in an intensive Medical Term class right now, only six weeks. I thank God I took CNA because it gave me a good basis and I knew the foundations of the first couple of chapters. You're going to do great in your class. :) If you ever want some help or need some advice, just drop me a line :)