Hi, I just joined here, I have been trying to be a nurse since 2002! I NEVER dreamed that it would turn out this way. I currently go to Kennesaw State University. I know that school is crazy hard to get into, but i grew up in kennesaw and my sister graduated there in 1999. I don't really care what school i get into, or even what program, I even tried for my LPN (but found out yesterday I probably didn't get in). I just need some words of encouragement. i am soo discouraged. I have finished all of my prereqs. but 1 at kennesaw, bio II lab, and I only have a 3.07!!!!!!!!! I had a 3.5, but my mom died and i messed my grades up. Now i don't know what to do. I feel like im spinning my tires, and I am tired of throwing my $$ away on applications. AHHHH!!! I am so frustrated! and on top of that my husbands pressuring me to finish school (like i don't want to, idiot!) Please if anyone has recently been accepted in ANY georgia school with a 3.1 please let me know. Or just any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading, ~Natalie:cry:
Thank you guys so much! wow the support on here is wonderful...I don't really get it from my family..they don't understand the process, so its not their fault.lol.. but anyways, thank you for the advice, I am actually going to apply to GPC, and Georgia Highlands, I have already applied to West Georgia and got accepted to the college, I just need to apply to the nursing school, but the last time I tried I couldn't get into the application. hmmm...but maybe it wasn't up and it is now? I dunno, but you guys are great and my spirits are rising! I will let you all know if anything happens with me, since you all have been so kind to write. ~Natalie.
okay so if anyone is still reading my post. I have some news! I got an interview letter for KSU!!! I am really nervous and excited! I did apply to West GA and Im in the process for applying to highlands...(they make it SO difficult) and Clayton State. I just retook my TEAS and pretty much sucked! I only made a 75.9! But I was at a 72.4 so its gradually going up..lol..but thanks everyone for all the advice. I didn't give up and I wont!
DON'T GIVE UP! you obviously are very passionate about your dream and you'd be an amazing nurse. I would try and talk about your situation with dean of health science at your school. I had a couple of things I knew I was going to refuse to do and thought it might be an issue with me being accepted but I called her and she was so helpful and encouraging. That's what they're there for.
Good luck. I know you can do it! One day, when this is all over, you'll say it was all worth it.
My situation is totally different from yours but I just wanted to say hang in there and don't ever give up. God has a special plan for your life and this is only a test that you will get through. If you get a moment read Jeremiah 29:11, everytime I read that passage it gives me such hope to keep pressing on and never give up achieving my goal for becoming a nurse. I will keep you and your family in my prayers.
OMG!! milan18400 and ziggles this just goes to show how incredible nurses truly are! Thank you both so much for your kind words and your thoughts. And especially for your prayers. It means a lot to me to know that there are such great people in the world. But, I actually did email my advisor for the nursing dept. explaining my situation. (how my mom died and I had a 3.5 and now only have a 3.1) and how I haven't given up since 2002 and I really wish that I could get in front of someone and get into an interview. And then I got my letter saying I was invited to an interview!! I was so so happy, I actually cried about the interview. It has been a long time coming. So I really think that she made it happen. I feel like I should do something for her or give her a gift. I dunno, I just really am grateful to her for helping me get an interview.
I just hope that I get in! I am really anxious and nervous but I have A LOT of people praying for me, and I really do believe that if it's GOD's will then I will get into KSU. But if not, im not giving up and I will perservere until I DO get accepted into a nursing program. I would just really be estatic if it were the school I have been going to for so long. I feel like GOD closes one door and opens another and maybe this is my new door. I really do hope. My interview is on Friday Sept. 11, at 1:30. So I am SURE the first thing I will do is get on here when I get home, I will tell you guys how everything goes. But thanks again for all the support, its really great to know that other people understand! Have a good night, and a great week! TTYL... ~Natalie.
okay, so maybe I was a little too excited on Aug. 6. B/c now after asking my advisor how I did, I am totally depressed again, and wanna give up! haha..oh well, I will find out if I get accepted next week. But I am SO scared about it. I am worried I didn't answer the questions right. I hate myself! GOD!!! PLEASE!! I just want to get accepted. I even told the ladies interviewing me that I can't wait to wear the white scrubs and the KSU logo (my schools). They laughed but I was really serious. I have been there daydreaming about it for 10 g-d years!!! I am so discouraged! If I don't get in, I don't know what will happen...
I hope everything works out for you. I know how frustrating it can be. I am sure they saw how passionate you were during the interview. Good luck and let us know if you got in. I'm praying for you!:heartbeat. No matter what happens don't give up on your dreams. I didn't give up and it finally paid off. I am starting GPC in the spring. Trust me, you can do it!
Thanks everyone...well I did get my letter and unfortunately it wasn't what I/we were all praying for. Several people have said to me over the years that if "its GOD's will" then it will happen. Well, maybe its not. I recently read a lot of information on child abuse, and it REALLY bothered me. It bothered me so much it consumed my time for 2 weeks. I just cant imagine how anyone could hurt precious children. But I really felt like I wanted to do something to help these kids that have no one, I didn't think there was anything I could do but last night it just hit me. I could be a social worker for abused children. I would still be a service to the community, just in a different way. I don't know if maybe I am giving up. (it is still very conflicting to me) but just the thought that I am actually considering something other than nursing is pretty amazing to even me! I have sought out nursing since I was 19, I am now 27 and much more mature. I look at my daughter and wish everyone could have a mom that loved their kids as much as I love my baby girl. I know that the pay is nothing like nursing, but even nursing is underpaid- if you ask me-. but we don't do these things for money, we do them b/c we genuinely care. I am still undecided, and I am still applying to nursing schools, but I do want to do what GOD has planned for me. I may have not been listening, or maybe I just didn't know until now..I actually could still be wrong! haha..but all I know is that I want to be a service to the community, and that if I don't become a nurse, I could still feel good about what I am doing for others.
Again, thanks everyone for all of the support. This is such an amazing website. Everyone is very caring and compassionate. I hope that I figure out what I am supposed to do, maybe if I just sit back and give GOD my worry and confusion, he will straiten everything out for me. Thanks again, I will definitely keep everyone posted!
I wish you good luck in your journey. Don't give up! my dad always say NEVER GIVE UP ON THINGS, DO NOT TAKE A HARD SITUATION AS A PROBLEM BUT AS A CHALLENGE. CHALLENGES ARE MEANT TO BE OVERCOME. You will overcome yours
Thanks healthcarestudent, I can't give up! haha..so I guess I wont. But I think that I might have to quit school if I can't get into a program of some sort, b/c I have a family...I am almost 30, and they need my financial support too. I got offered a job at my bank starting in Nov. and I guess I am going to have to take it. It isn't my passion, but it would definitely help my husband out with everything. But thanks I like that quote.
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Thank you guys so much! wow the support on here is wonderful...I don't really get it from my family..they don't understand the process, so its not their fault.lol.. but anyways, thank you for the advice, I am actually going to apply to GPC, and Georgia Highlands, I have already applied to West Georgia and got accepted to the college, I just need to apply to the nursing school, but the last time I tried I couldn't get into the application. hmmm...but maybe it wasn't up and it is now? I dunno, but you guys are great and my spirits are rising!
I will let you all know if anything happens with me, since you all have been so kind to write. ~Natalie.