It would seem that we have only been in college for a couple
of months, right? That “winter” we had
was only a week long cold chill, right?
Wasn’t welcome week like two months ago?
Every time someone walks up and mentions that we have around four weeks
left, I want to flip out. This place has
become home to me, and the thought of leaving it again for my real home in
Alabama really freaks me out (ironic, right?).
Some days it seems like I haven’t been here long at all. Other days, when I’m bored, I will reflect on
how much I have changed at UT and I will feel as though I have been here
forever. It’s rather depressing to think
that it is almost finals time, when it still feels as though I have just made
it back from Ignite Summit and have made my first friend here.
I guess I am so nervous because there is no guarantee that I
will still be here in the next year and a half.
I made a promise to myself when I was eleven after having my gallbladder
removed. That promise was to become a
nurse. However, I am not in the nursing
program yet. For whatever reason, I did
not know that we were supposed to apply to the College of Nursing separately,
so now I am competing with all of the other students in the same position. It is notoriously hard to get into nursing
school this way. The frustrating thing
is, I am taking the same courses as my fellow freshmen who knew they were
supposed to apply. A lot of these people
have not been doing so well in a few of these classes, but I have been doing
relatively ok. Please note that I am not
trying to insult any of my classmates, but you might understand if you felt as
much uncertainty about your future as I do right now. They could stay in the nursing program if
they kept a GPA about 3.0 (I think) and I still might not get in even if I have
a GPA of say 3.7 or 3.8.
I do not regret my decision on coming to UT. I have learned so much here and have made
many friends. I wanted to experience a
different state and challenge myself by starting over somewhere that I didn’t
have a single friend. It will be the
absolute happiest day of my life if I am accepted into the Nursing Program
here, because I will stay at the school I love, and will not be forced to
return back to Alabama.
The future is such a mystery, and even I feel the stress of venturing into the unknown. I have to keep my GPA up also in order for my career to continue where I left off at. What is your contingency plan? You should keep applying to the college of nursing and other schools if you don't land it this time, but I think you will.
ReplyDeleteI think you would make a great nurse and hope that you get in. I have another friend who is also trying to get into nursing school here so I know what you mean when you say it is very competitive.
ReplyDeleteI really hope you can get into the nursing program! And I feel that way about the school year almost being over, too. It's crazy that we've almost finished our first year of college already. Good luck on the nursing thing!!
ReplyDeleteFirst year flies by. I think it's because of all the new experiences, lots to take in!
ReplyDeleteIt will only get faster
ReplyDeleteI hope you get into nursing here. I know I loved this year and can still remember my Ignite experience too. Even when things are uncertain, there is always hope!
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