Worried about the rejection from program

zzbxdo · Oct 14, 2014

You're 22. Even if it takes you another year or 2, you are not behind, nursing is not a 4 year track. Comparing yourself to your friends isn't gonna do you any good. Gotta let some of that type a go and enjoy yourself otherwise you'll find your self broken down in a corner cause you got an a- somewhere. It's tough, but so is the rest of life. I graduated a couple years after most of my friends. Half of them struggle still in this economy. You may as well, who knows, none of us can predict what's gonna happen in the next half decade.

zzbxdo · Oct 14, 2014

And if you get rejected, so what? You think successful people don't get rejected? Anyways, it's your career and life choices, what people think of you shouldn't matter and vice versa.

iDrumKing · Oct 14, 2014

You're absolutely right. Comparing myself to my former classmates will not benefit me in any shape or form. I, for some reason, have the preconceiving notion that just because everyone heads off to 4 years colleges, are going to be top of the chart successful. I've been off my anxiety medication for several months and I WANT to strive through this without a crutch.

Like I said, I currently hold a 4.0 GPA. I hope to maintain it when finishing out the rest of this semester and next semester. I want to do well on the entry exam. I'm just working on believing in myself to be able to accomplish this.

In the case that things don't go the way I want them. Say I score well with my 4.0 GPA and entry exam score, but don't get in. I will have to wait until Spring of 2016 to reapply again. I will be off for an entire year. Would you look down upon me? To a stranger I could care less about what they thought. It's just those around me family wise, who I don't want to let down.

iDrumKing · Oct 14, 2014

Thank you so much for the words of advice.

zzbxdo · Oct 14, 2014

I would take the time and travel, volunteer, find yourself and accept you did your best. What's done is done. But don't worry about it. You sound like the stereotypical first/second Asian daughter lol. In the end it's for you.

UnaNayeli · Oct 14, 2014

I liked your first paragraph, the one about competing only with yourself.

Is your family in medicine? If so, I can't imagine they don't already know it's a hard path with serious responsibilities. If they aren't in medicine, they will never experience it the way you do - at least, that's been my own experience with my own family and a number of co-workers' families.

iDrumKing · Oct 14, 2014

HAHA! You would NOT be the first person to every say that. I guess I don't like to lose lol.

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Oct 14, 2014

I started refreshing my prerequisites in 2006 and started applying in 2007. It took me 4 consecutive academic years to get get accepted... I started in Fall 2011 and now I'm done. The local schools had 2 filing periods every year. I turned in 15 applications between 2 schools. I was persistent and I eventually got accepted. Once I was in, I continued to show just how persistent I can be. While I failed out and was readmitted, the process of which pushed my grad date back by a year.

Get your prerequisites done and apply everywhere you believe you're qualified. That way you have a chance to get started with a program on a timeline that's more to your preference. To give you an idea how competitive it is out in Sacramento, I was competing every semester against anywhere between 850 and 1100 applicants that were as qualified as I was... for approximately 90 seats among the two schools I could realistically attend.

iDrumKing · Oct 14, 2014

It's funny that you bring that up. My soon to be brother in-law will be receiving his ABR later next year. So having a Doctor join the family has really put some form pressure on me to perform. Nonetheless though, I will try to do what is best for me. It's just scary when life decisions are yours to make.

iDrumKing · Oct 14, 2014

That's an awesome work ethic you possess. Thank you for sharing. I should have brought this up in my original post, but it's my school's Radiology Tech program that I'm hoping to enter. (I'm new to this site so my navigation skills are a bit off.) Now I'm not sure whether one program is more competitive than the other, but they're all competitive nonetheless.

I just want to be 1 of the 15 students chosen out of the 100 that apply.

SnowballDVM · Oct 14, 2014

Yes. You are being FAR too hard on yourself. Please give yourself a break. All you can do is your best. If you get accepted to the program for next fall, then great! If you don't, then regroup and try again. Do NOT feel like a failure if you don't get in the first time. If that happens, see if you can talk to someone involved in admissions and ask what you can do to make yourself a "better" candidate for next year. And then find a way to make that happen, while ALSO finding a way to enjoy that extra year as much as you can.

As for your high school classmates and keeping up with them, this will sound more harsh than I mean it to, but who cares? You're not in competition with them unless some of them are applying to the same program you are. Let me tell you, a four-year degree is NOT a guarantee of success in anything.

Is your family actively putting pressure on you, or are you perhaps just thinking they are? Please don't be so hard on yourself. You're still quite young and you have a lot of years ahead of you.

You mentioned being off your anxiety medications for awhile. I can't give you medical advice, but perhaps you could talk to your doctor about that?

Good luck! I hope it all works out for you. But the most important thing I can say is give yourself a break and be kind to yourself.