Hi ladies and gents, i'm very new to this forum, so this is my first post. I really need some input, because the last couple days i've been over thinking everything and it's really been getting to me. This may be long, so I apologize...
I've been an on and off student since I was out of high school. I was always so indecisive about what I wanted to do, therefor I was never the most studious. the last semester that I attended at my local CC I received some less than stellar marks (F's) just out of shear unmotivation and immaturity. I don't know what I was thinking at the time and I don't think it matters now, being that it was back in 2011. All I know is that I declared my major as psychology and I figured I'd just pursue that. At that time I transferred to a different University and went there for 2 semesters. My grades were steady B's for the most part, again because I felt unmotivated with my major. I didn't feel right about continuing with psychology so I took a semester off to really think about if that's what I wanted to pursue. I decided to take a specialized career placement exam, with results in the field of nursing. I then spoke with family members and friends who are nurses and they encouraged me to look into it more. Basically in 2013/2014 I did some serious soul searching and planning. I moved back to my old area and attended my old CC. From 2014/2015 I took A&P 1 and 2 and Microbiology. I Aced all three courses. I also retook some past bad grades and Aced those as well. Within that time, it became more apparent to me that nursing was really what I wanted to pursue....
Alright cool, but now I feel haunted by my bad academic behavior from the past, being that those old failing grades are still on my transcripts, but not calculated in my GPA. Don't get me wrong In general I have more B's a few A's from the first couple years I attended college, however I can't get over the fact that If I was as motivated then as I am now I would have straight A's and wouldn't be worrying like this.
I took the Teas test for the first time last fall. My score wasn't good enough for the ADN program but I was accepted into the LPN program for this coming fall. The director of my school encouraged me to pursue the LPN-RN bridge program, which sounded like a good idea when I really started thinking about it. I will be starting that program in a month, and I'm very excited and nervous about it. My plan is to eventually transfer to a BSN program, but i'm worried other programs may not be as forgiving of my past.. It's been on my mind the last couple days and for some reason I can't shake it.
Besides the bad grades that I retook, I have general nursing prerequisites that I took previously that are mostly B's and a couple A's. Including my sciences, my nursing prerequisite grade is a 3.5.
After reading my story, would you say I have a chance of getting into a good program? Is there advice that could be given to me? I've never been more committed to anything in my entire life.. I'm just feeling discouraged that i'm not a traditional student and I have a not so stellar academic past.
I have been in community college for 20 years now. That sounds really bad. Context: I took one class in 1995 after I graduated HS because my 17 year old husband and I (I was 18) had decided that school before baby would be a good idea. But, I had a pretty severe back injury I was learning to live with. That class ended up in a W. Thusly began my "career student" path. Off and on, for the next 20 years...we had two babies, he left me. I was single mommin' it and still trying to do school. Did not work out that well as my little one got the chickepox THREE times. The daycare wouldn't take her anymore. There were a few years off here and there. Then dental assisting called to me. There was a bit more stability, so I went for it. 4.0 in my dental program. Passed the boards the first time. :) All was good. That was 2002. Life happened. I'm no longer in dental, decided to focus on the whole body rather than just the mouth.
Now...about 3 years ago, started the journey again. This time, just to "get back into it" and to see what happens. Every class I took since 2013 is either A or B (mostly A's). I've gone through almost all of the prereqs..I have Micro, Physiology, and Philosophy left. I took Physiology last semester and BOMBED. I got a D. I'm retaking next semester, but I am worried about my GPA now so I've tacked on a couple of fluff classed to pad it. I totally understand your worries.
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I have been in community college for 20 years now. That sounds really bad. Context: I took one class in 1995 after I graduated HS because my 17 year old husband and I (I was 18) had decided that school before baby would be a good idea. But, I had a pretty severe back injury I was learning to live with. That class ended up in a W. Thusly began my "career student" path. Off and on, for the next 20 years...we had two babies, he left me. I was single mommin' it and still trying to do school. Did not work out that well as my little one got the chickepox THREE times. The daycare wouldn't take her anymore. There were a few years off here and there. Then dental assisting called to me. There was a bit more stability, so I went for it. 4.0 in my dental program. Passed the boards the first time. :) All was good. That was 2002. Life happened. I'm no longer in dental, decided to focus on the whole body rather than just the mouth.
Now...about 3 years ago, started the journey again. This time, just to "get back into it" and to see what happens. Every class I took since 2013 is either A or B (mostly A's). I've gone through almost all of the prereqs..I have Micro, Physiology, and Philosophy left. I took Physiology last semester and BOMBED. I got a D. I'm retaking next semester, but I am worried about my GPA now so I've tacked on a couple of fluff classed to pad it. I totally understand your worries.