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THE RUNAROUND

right after graduating in 2008, i continued with school as a full time student for a year and a half... after still seeming so far from getting into ns i evaluated my life and decided i want to work full time to finally be making decent money... now working full time i'm only taking one class at a time and still continuing on my journey...of making it to ns. (i do love my job...and the experience is great but i know this isn't a forever thing...i work in pharmacy)

after, finally learning that i won't ever be able to get into spc (here in fl) bc of gpa requirements and not being a pinellas county resident... i transferred to phcc hoping i have a better chance... i have all a's and b's ...except in a&p 1 and 2 ...where i got c's (a's -go figure-in the lab courses) :( **i know... this is where it really counts!!! :( .. i don't know if i will ever make it into the program... i only need two more classes... comp (easy a) and science of human nutrition (most likely easy a)...alhtough they have an lpn program...which is a way to backdoor the rn program by first getting lpn (which will take another year..from me getting my rn...) i feel like i have picked the hardest field to get into...and wondering who else has gone through this predicament?!!

i would love to hear from ppl in the same boat...and people that have traveled the same road before me :) i'm willing to do whatever it takes to get to where i want to be...i've been working at this awhile now... but it seems everytime i evaluate myself...i still feel so far away!!

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    There are certainly many people in the same boat as you. At my school its called taking classes over again for a higher grade. Lots of people talk about it here. That is what I see my classmates doing who do not meet the competitive GPA to get accepted.

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    Yes, all these courses are difficult, but you can master the material - you just might have to concentrate harder than you ever have. As has been the case for me. My pre-reqs have kicked my behind, and I dont know if it is because of the material or what is riding on it. I haven't determined that one yet.

    I have to retake my anatomy course and was especially bummed because I would have been done with all my sciences (anatomy - was in physio this summer but booted, and micro - still in). But such is life.

    The courses are hard, but the reward is SWEET and that is all I am thinking about when I ponder over viruses and prokaryotes.:)

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    LOL, anie it sounds like you are taking Micro. I remember that well, it was not easy.

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    at the schools I have and will attend they do not allow for students to re-take classes :( I had planned on doing so...

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    *you can't re-take if you have passed the class.. I passed "C" ...but that's not a good enough grade for nursing programs!!

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    Oh no! There would be a lot of students at my school that would never get into the nursing program. How does dropping a class affect you? Some people opt to drop out after a certain point if they know that they cant get the grade they want. I dont see how it matters at my school because they dont get their money back, they have to take it again and it wont count against them.

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    I guess that's how my school weeds out students... You can drop a class but only so far into the course (like halfway through it.. Or before then)..but up until that point..i think i'm always doing well! Lol if you 'withdraw' you receive a "w" for the class but can re-take it. *i suppose i should have done so...but it's too late for that!! I live in pasco county near tampa fl..and st. Pete college.. And pasco hernando community coll. Both have the same rules about re-taking a course.

    Lots of students cheat the system by..just failing the class if they are not doing to well so that they can attempt it again.. Ughh such a pain..another part to this nursing school runaround lol!!

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