"We Regret to Inform You..."
Well, I didn't get in.
They only had 70 spots available, down from 100 last round and 120 the round before that. Over 300 people applied. What horrible timing. If I had applied last year before all of the budget cuts, I would have been safely in.
It's disappointing, to say the least. I don't think any less of myself as a student- I know that I'm good and qualified and will make a great nurse someday. But it's a huge blow to my confidence going into round two of the application process. I mean, I applied with only two B+s on my whole transcript and an average of a 95% on my nursing exam. I don't know how, if that wasn't good enough, I'm supposed to work even harder than I already have and do BETTER for the next round.
Mostly, though, I'm just tired. I'm tired of being stuck in this phase of my education. I'm ready to move on in the program. I'm ready for this part to not be the big stress, event and wish in my life.
So now comes the big question of what to do in the meantime. I submit my second application in December, find out in March, and start in May (a.k.a. summer session) if I get in. After this semester, though, I will have finished all of my pre-reqs for the nursing program, and I've already completed all of my honors credits. I'm seriously thinking about taking next semester off to travel and work on my honors thesis. It's a really strange concept to me, but it's the most logical option that I've come up with. Instead of wasting my scholarship on a semester of electives to pass the time, I can defer it and save the money for one of the extra semesters I'll have to take once I'm in the program. I also didn't have a summer this year and I won't have another one again during college, so it might be a nice chance to stop and breath and work on other important things besides my nursing courses for once.
Any thoughts?
They only had 70 spots available, down from 100 last round and 120 the round before that. Over 300 people applied. What horrible timing. If I had applied last year before all of the budget cuts, I would have been safely in.
It's disappointing, to say the least. I don't think any less of myself as a student- I know that I'm good and qualified and will make a great nurse someday. But it's a huge blow to my confidence going into round two of the application process. I mean, I applied with only two B+s on my whole transcript and an average of a 95% on my nursing exam. I don't know how, if that wasn't good enough, I'm supposed to work even harder than I already have and do BETTER for the next round.
Mostly, though, I'm just tired. I'm tired of being stuck in this phase of my education. I'm ready to move on in the program. I'm ready for this part to not be the big stress, event and wish in my life.
So now comes the big question of what to do in the meantime. I submit my second application in December, find out in March, and start in May (a.k.a. summer session) if I get in. After this semester, though, I will have finished all of my pre-reqs for the nursing program, and I've already completed all of my honors credits. I'm seriously thinking about taking next semester off to travel and work on my honors thesis. It's a really strange concept to me, but it's the most logical option that I've come up with. Instead of wasting my scholarship on a semester of electives to pass the time, I can defer it and save the money for one of the extra semesters I'll have to take once I'm in the program. I also didn't have a summer this year and I won't have another one again during college, so it might be a nice chance to stop and breath and work on other important things besides my nursing courses for once.
Any thoughts?