I'm posting this on its own thread because I really want everyone keep your hope and dreams alive! I really hope that none of you give up. Even if you get denied several times or have to wait several years, keep trying and your time will come.
(As most of you know, I was denied for Spring '06, but retook my Algebra class and reapplied.)
[bANANA]
The letters came today!!!!!!
Come June 1st, it will have been fifteen years since I graduated from high school. I went straight into college in pursuit of my nursing degree, but never got to the point of applying.
15 years after I graduated from high school, I finally have an acceptance letter into the nursing program!
I will start at North Lake College in the Fall '06 program! :balloons: :balloons:
Please, no one give up!!!!!!
Thanks to all of you for your support!!!!!!!!![/bANANA]
I got my letter today too. I got accepted to El Centro.
I'll see your fifteen years and raise it 16. Last summer, we had our 30th reunion for the Class of 1975 of North Garland High School.
Mike
Fun2 - once again I will tell you how happy I am for you! I think it is truly awesome how you - and these boards - inspire each of us onward to achieve what God has in store for us and has led us to!
Mike, I'll see you at El Centro!! At least I won't be (quite) the oldest person there :lol2: , lol!!!! Let's see, how many years has it been for me - 22 - instead of me dancing it is actually me stumbling over those numbers - so I won't even mention age!!!!!
Just curious for those of you who would like to respond - Would you have picked Nursing when you graduated from High School many years ago? Not me! My dad's death 10 years ago from cancer inspired me!
I graduated from high school almost 11 years ago and at that time if you would have told me I was going to be going to school to become a nurse, I would have laughed in your face
DreamBelieve, I too was inspired to go into Nursing because of my Dad's death 5 years ago, his was sudden but he was hospitalized for a few days before he passed. The nurses that cared for him made me see what an awesome career nursing is! Amazing how such a low point in one's life can lead to such a wonderful outcome!
Oh yeah yippee!!! I got on here today just to see if you got accepted. I've been following you since before the acceptance letters for spring 06 came out last year. I am sooooooooooo glad you made it this time! You are going to love it. I am in my first semester of the nursing program and yes it's crazy (especially with five young children and homeschooling and hubby having to make up his hours at work due to watching the kids while I'm gone so I don't get to study until late late at night and weekends), but it is sooooooooo worth it!!!! Well, I gotta get back to the books. I am very very happy for you!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!
Melissa(RN in 12-07), Kaylee 9/14/97, Megan 12/13/99, Chelsea 8/9/01, Hannah 6/3/03, Sarah Grace 4/23/05, & 4 Angels In Heaven
rn_wannabe2008, my Kaylee (9/4/07) asked this, "Does this mean that you can get free band-aids?" Sometimes she seems too old for her age, but times like this remind me just how young she is. :chuckle
I actually started out as a pre-med major....switched to biology...then EE/Physics...and never got my degree. I've been working as an engineer for years and my doctor/best running buddy tried to convince me to take the M-CATs 10 years ago...I should have listened to him. He was a registered pharmacist and 38 years old when he started medical school.
When the telecom market crashed about 5 years back, I started thinking about this path and with the help, pushing, prodding and begging of my little sister Gauge14IV...I finally got my hindquarters in gear. She knew what I needed to be and do before I did.
For my classmates...and dear friends Amy & Dee Dee....they won't be too far behind me. I just took the jump a bit faster than they did.
Thanks to all of them and a few really great instructors at Eastfield...a color blind (shhhh...don't tell them at El Centro) electrical engineer is making a change.
Mike, if ever your my nurse.....You tell me what color the medicine is suppose to be, if I don't know, and I'll tell you if you drew up the right one. :chuckle
I've been out of HS for 10 years. I went to college to become an orthopedic surgeon. Wound up getting a job as a computer geek after my freshman year, and never went back.
I finally realized I never wanted to be a computer geek. The medical field is where my heart is. And, I'd rather be a nurse than a doctor, so here I am :)
:lol2: , lol!!!! Let's see, how many years has it been for me - 22 - instead of me dancing it is actually me stumbling over those numbers - so I won't even mention age!!!!!.thumb.gif.55aeaafdb61768ab641b1fab52f42961.gif){kind=avatar}
Sometimes she seems too old for her age, but times like this remind me just how young she is. :chuckle
SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN
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You have a good attitude. Congrats to you!!! :biggringi