Found out last week that I didn't get accepted into nursing school for this coming semester. I applied at Baptist School of Health Professions for the evening/weekend RN program. They only accept 20 students for this program. My NET scores probably weren't high enough. I met the minimum required, but my reading score wasn't all that high either. The thing is, two of my pre-reqs are going to be 5 years old by the Spring semester, and they want the pre-reqs to be no older than 4 years old. I emailed and called the advisor last week to ask if these two classes will still be valid by Spring 2010 semester, or if I'll need to take them over (which I don't want to do), and take the NET over. She hasn't replied to neither email or voice mail! If they will still be ok, I'm going to apply again for the Spring, but if not, I'm going to apply to SAC's nursing program, and maybe take those classes over. I also have another problem: I HAVE to continue working my day job for at least another year, and from what I understand, SAC's nursing program is only daytime. A lot of these programs for nursing or surgical tech (I'm also interested in the surg. tech. program) are day time! Should I just wait until next year when I can quit my job? My husband and I were really hoping I would have gotten accepted (the sooner the better), so I could begin the nursing program, and finish so we could move into a better neighborhood. Now this is going to set us back. I feel stuck and lost, and dealing with this is making it even more difficult for me to go into work every day to my crummy job!
The only evening nursing program I know of if the one I applied to, and Galen's (for LVN). I do not want to attend Galen, mainly because their program is very expensive and the evening program is long (21 months for LVN). I also do not want to become an LVN, because I hear there aren't many options for LVNs, and I'm afraid I won't have that chance in the future to go back to school for my RN. (I really had my heart set on going straight for my RN.)
I got in touch with another school (Academy of Health Care Professions) to get some info on their x-ray tech program, but the guy wouldn't give too much info over the phone except that they have an evening program, so I made an appt. to speak with him. Now it's to the point where I want to get in some type of program in the medical field that will satisfy me and pay decent money...if I want to save my sanity, I need to get out of my current job!
I'm just hoping the advisor from BSHP will tell me my pre-reqs will still be good for next semester...
Does this mean nursing wasn't meant to be? Now I feel that I'm not smart enough, and I'm so lost and depressed right now! I'm sort of afraid to even try again...don't have too much confidence in myself at the moment.
Please do not feel discouraged!! Although my situation is a bit different from yours, I know its hard not to feel discouraged sometimes but don't go by your emotions - walk by faith. Do what you have to do even if you have to take a year off from school and pick up from there. You're gonna be okay. There are people in their 50s in my classes taking certain classes over because of the same reason.
What I suggest is although you really don't want to take those classes over, you may most likely have to because nursing schools are pretty strict about this [heck we all gotta jump some hurdles to get where we wanna go]. Enroll in a community college and take the classes that you need at night while you work during the day [i'm currently doing this and I'll be the first to tell you its not so easy, but its doable - my grades are pretty good and I'm not that smart, just determined]. A year is going to fly by really fast so I suggest you start re-applying for next year like now. I know this suggestion is not part of your plan, but I know that if you just have some faith, you can and will do it. In the end, you'll appreciate your accomplishment even more.
JoI8815
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Please do not feel discouraged!! Although my situation is a bit different from yours, I know its hard not to feel discouraged sometimes but don't go by your emotions - walk by faith. Do what you have to do even if you have to take a year off from school and pick up from there. You're gonna be okay. There are people in their 50s in my classes taking certain classes over because of the same reason.
What I suggest is although you really don't want to take those classes over, you may most likely have to because nursing schools are pretty strict about this [heck we all gotta jump some hurdles to get where we wanna go]. Enroll in a community college and take the classes that you need at night while you work during the day [i'm currently doing this and I'll be the first to tell you its not so easy, but its doable - my grades are pretty good and I'm not that smart, just determined]. A year is going to fly by really fast so I suggest you start re-applying for next year like now. I know this suggestion is not part of your plan, but I know that if you just have some faith, you can and will do it. In the end, you'll appreciate your accomplishment even more.