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:
okay, so I still want to be a nurse! Ugh! this journey really sucks! I really wish that GOD would Please stop testing me!! HE knows how strong I am, Jeez! But I guess this has really effected me, b/c yesterday I went to my Psychiatrist and he prescribed me another anti-depressant. I already take welbutrin. But I really think that I am getting really down. I try to fight my depression but I have not been doing very well. I even have been forgetting to eat/drink. I have been having weird crying outbursts ( I NEVER cry!) and everything. I just really hope that I get accepted somewhere, its actually starting to effect my marriage. My husband mentioned tonight that I having kissed him in 3 days! I didn't even realize it. Sorry that I am telling pretty much everyone this, I just need to vent. Thanks for reading everyone! I am going to sleep...
Okay so update..(if anyone is still maybe reading this thread) so much can happen in a year. I FINALLY got accepted into a nursing program!! I am so excited and scared! haha..but just wanted to update this b/c it kinda ended on a sour note. But I didn't give up. I retook my anatomy's (which didn't end up mattering) but still I gained invaluable knowledge the second time around. I just kept applying to schools. I actually applied to 10 and I got put on a waiting list at the school I got into, and then out of the blue, yesterday. I got my letter! I totally did NOT think that I would get into a program this fall, I was already in the process of reapplying to schools. I actually just started volunteering at an assisted living community just to increase my chances..I guess in the end. all the crap I did didn't even matter. I think it was just time. I was tested long enough..lol. But I just hope this can help someone who feels like its never going to happen for them to know that if you keep going you will get in somewhere. Just make sure your options are open. But thanks for reading and all of the support last year. Last year was kinda a rough year, and I am SO looking forward to this new chapter in my life.. Nursing School!! yay!
I hadn't read this thread before, so just read it all the way through. How exciting! Congratulations! I'm glad you hung in there. Good luck with your program. you can do it!
Thank you SO much OBplease. Are you already a nurse? or are you a student? any experiences on nursing school would be awesome. I have no nails left to bite and I am not even starting until Aug. 17.. but thanks again! :)
:yeah:YOU CAN DO IT! Have you checked the online options? Excelsior is online--I don't think they 'reject' anyone, either. Don't quit. Just don't even let that be an option.
You have lots of good advice posted here already--so I'm just here to cheer you on. There are plenty of platitudes out there about silver linings and darkness before dawn--lights at the end of tunnels. The best thing I was told when I started the process of getting into nursing school was to have something to focus on; something I loved and was passionate about outside of relationships, outside of school. I have a climbing rose we planted two years ago. It won't bloom until it is at least five years old. I should be an RN by then. I see it every morning as I walk out my front door. I keep that rose in mind--how it is growing bigger and stronger every day. How it is slowly getting closer to blooming. I am too. I am grateful for that advise. School is tough and sometimes I feel so alone and overwhelmed--but I remember the advice; I think of my rose. I get a little peace, a little reassurance. Best wishes. Don't quit! I wish we had audio so I could call out "YOU CAN DO IIIT!"
Thanks I know..I WILL do it. lol...I am so excited to start! I am a little worried about everything..haha but I can't wait! Thanks for the rose idea.. I guess I already have something that keeps me motivated. My sweet little girl. I can't believe she is going to be 3 July 5th. but I just keep thinking how she will be going on 5 when I graduate and I can't wait to see her proud of mommy. She already is so cute about everything. When I was retaking classes she would say Mommy..make a B!! I would say no hunny..mommy wants an A...and she would just keep saying make a B! I finally realized she was talking about a little bumble bee! haha..kids are so cute. and everyday I see her grow and can't wait to be able to give her everything she wants...Finally the future is looking bright! Thanks so much you guys for all your posts, its so great to know that my incredibly hard uphill battle is worth telling people about. sometimes I just feel like I am just complaining. But I am so glad to finally have met people who just "get" it. Thanks!
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okay, so I still want to be a nurse! Ugh! this journey really sucks! I really wish that GOD would Please stop testing me!! HE knows how strong I am, Jeez! But I guess this has really effected me, b/c yesterday I went to my Psychiatrist and he prescribed me another anti-depressant. I already take welbutrin. But I really think that I am getting really down. I try to fight my depression but I have not been doing very well. I even have been forgetting to eat/drink. I have been having weird crying outbursts ( I NEVER cry!) and everything. I just really hope that I get accepted somewhere, its actually starting to effect my marriage. My husband mentioned tonight that I having kissed him in 3 days! I didn't even realize it. Sorry that I am telling pretty much everyone this, I just need to vent. Thanks for reading everyone! I am going to sleep...