Young Nursing Students

I am an older student. How old are you? I think the youngest student in my nursing class is 22 and I think after that is 24. But we had wait list admission and I was on the waitlist for 3.5 years so most of the students in my class that didn't have a previous BS degree waited for the same amount of time so we don't have anyone fresh out of HS. You couldn't get on the waitlist until pre reqs were done as well.

I am 16 and going to college full time for my pre-reqs. I was able to do this through early adimission due to awesome SAT grades. I will start and upper division BSN program in Fall 2011 after I complete my AA in pre-nursing. Then on get my MSN and become a Neonatal Nure Practitioner. (maybe a DNP after that?). I am a very organized person!

Im debating right now on getting my CNA lisence. Its good expierience but I am not sure.

a CNA certainly wouldnt hurt! You could work part time and make some $

a CNA certainly wouldnt hurt! You could work part time and make some $

Yeah thats what I thought. I had a part time job 20 hourse a week at a office complex. But now I moved across country and its almost imposibble to find a part time job. I have stuff to pay for (yes I do know i am only 16, but my mother moved out when she was my age and expects me to move out soon I asume.) I have enough in savings got a CNA course. Thats probably what I will do while i am in school.

congrats on starting so early… i just started the nursing program & i am 21 years old. i’m not that young but i look kind of young for my age. i find that most people think i’m still in high school and about 17-18 years old and it can be kind of frustrating at times.

Well I will be 20 when I start this January. I look VERY young for my age. I have the baby face like my mom. People ask me often how old I am. For example: working as an office assistant at my mom's office (shes an NP) "Is it bring your daughter to work day?" People constantly think I am about 16 y.o. SO ANNOYING when I am almost 20! But I will most likely be the youngest or one of the youngest in my class. I think us youngin's have it hard too, although I have so much respect for the women/men who are married, working, have kids and are in nursing school! I don't know how they do it!

I'm 18 and in my first semester :)

I dont really fall in either category. Im not old and Im not young, im just living life and hating school.

Hi everyone! I'm 22 and have just started my first semester of nursing school. That's so wonderful for those of you who entered out of high school! Keep at it.. it will certainly be tough, but it's all worth it in the end!! Good luck to you all

I'm 19 and just started my pre-requisites, but I often get people that come up to me and ask "Oh, are you in Running Start?" (It's the program for high-school kids to go to college.) I was like Um no?

I'm looking at going to a four-year university to get the "full experience", but I'm not sure yet.

I'm one of the older students 34. However I have great respect for younger students who have already figured out what they want to do with their future and the strength they have to push ahead and do it. :yeah:I have a BS previously but never used it much after I graduated, I stood in the way of my own dreams then. Now I have been a Stay-At-Home-Mom for 5 1/2 years to a special needs child and our daughter I have finally been able to apply & get into a nursing program. I know there was a girl at one of our doctor's offices who worked the front desk, she was going to graduate with her BSN at 18. Good luck to you and all of the other students!

Wow, that's impressive those of you that are going straight into upper division. I'm a senior in an BSN program... I'll be 21 when I graduate, so I guess I'm pretty young. My nursing class is very young/nondiverse compared to the amount of 2nd degree nursing students these days. There are about 100 of us, the oldest is 23, and only 1/100 is married.

I guess the biggest challenge for me has been trying to get the whole college campus experience (making friends, etc.) and keeping myself sane, while keeping my grades up and stuff. It's hard, but definitely doable. I really respect the older students that have so many responsiblities that they have to keep up with and are able to be successful through nursing school... that's a lot to carry. I plan to get a few years of experience and hopefully return to school to become a nurse practitioner. I'm currently in the process of applying for jobs, and im also thinking about going ahead and starting some of my prereqs for grad school next year. Scary!