the waiting game
two and a half weeks ago found me stressed out to the max. i had to write a "statement of purpose" to fulfill the requirements of my application submission to University of Florida's Accelerated Nursing Program which begins this may. never having had to write one before, i found myself stumped for words, for a format, for a purpose. too many thoughts were running through my head. i did a draft of basic ideas. then i researched on how to write one. good thing i did that.
apparrently, according to admissions review panelists, the worst thing an applicant can do is submit a "ho-hum" statement, one that basically sounds blah and does nothing but enumerate accomplishments and generic goals (i want to be a nurse because it has always been my dream--BIG DEAL! SO DOES EVERYONE WHO APPLIES TO THE PROGRAM! duh!). the statement of purpose is basically the applicant's chance to attempt to stand out, to be viewed as unique, to emerge from being just a number on a pile of hundreds of application forms. taking all this into consideration, i slumped into a quandary. how the heck do i do this? where do i begin? my draft read like crap.
i had but a few hours to write, print, and mail off everything to meet the january 15 deadline for submission. i had everything i needed (filled out forms, letters of recommendation, application fee, transcripts, etc)...everything except for that damned statement of purpose. i needed to churn out something of substance in such a short time. procrastinator that i am, it was payback time. i had half a year to do this and waited until the last moment. my bad.
a week later, i got a call from University of Miami International Admissions Office. they needed my transcripts. asap. i had applied to them last year as a safety net in case i don't get into U of FL. so i went there last week and gave them the last of my hand-carried sealed official transcripts from la salle. they said i would know in about three weeks whether i'm in or not. U of FL told me decisions would be mailed out around the second week of march. all i can do now is wait.
meanwhile, i am struggling with microbiology, the last of my nursing prerequisites. it's a far cry from human anatomy and physiology 1 and 2. those ones i aced. those ones made sense. but microbiology? i am having a hell of a time making heads or tails of the darned subject matter. and it's a 5-credit class, 3 credits for the lecture part, and 2 credits for lab. i purposely took the same teachers who taught me anatomy last sem, the same two teachers who gave me my A's. this time around, i'm a borderline B in my lab class. next week is my first lab practicum. next week is also my first big test in my lecture class. when it rains it pours.
oh well...back to doing laundry. got the day off and must catch up on the backlog of housework...
apparrently, according to admissions review panelists, the worst thing an applicant can do is submit a "ho-hum" statement, one that basically sounds blah and does nothing but enumerate accomplishments and generic goals (i want to be a nurse because it has always been my dream--BIG DEAL! SO DOES EVERYONE WHO APPLIES TO THE PROGRAM! duh!). the statement of purpose is basically the applicant's chance to attempt to stand out, to be viewed as unique, to emerge from being just a number on a pile of hundreds of application forms. taking all this into consideration, i slumped into a quandary. how the heck do i do this? where do i begin? my draft read like crap.
i had but a few hours to write, print, and mail off everything to meet the january 15 deadline for submission. i had everything i needed (filled out forms, letters of recommendation, application fee, transcripts, etc)...everything except for that damned statement of purpose. i needed to churn out something of substance in such a short time. procrastinator that i am, it was payback time. i had half a year to do this and waited until the last moment. my bad.
a week later, i got a call from University of Miami International Admissions Office. they needed my transcripts. asap. i had applied to them last year as a safety net in case i don't get into U of FL. so i went there last week and gave them the last of my hand-carried sealed official transcripts from la salle. they said i would know in about three weeks whether i'm in or not. U of FL told me decisions would be mailed out around the second week of march. all i can do now is wait.
meanwhile, i am struggling with microbiology, the last of my nursing prerequisites. it's a far cry from human anatomy and physiology 1 and 2. those ones i aced. those ones made sense. but microbiology? i am having a hell of a time making heads or tails of the darned subject matter. and it's a 5-credit class, 3 credits for the lecture part, and 2 credits for lab. i purposely took the same teachers who taught me anatomy last sem, the same two teachers who gave me my A's. this time around, i'm a borderline B in my lab class. next week is my first lab practicum. next week is also my first big test in my lecture class. when it rains it pours.
oh well...back to doing laundry. got the day off and must catch up on the backlog of housework...