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Don't Freak out...YET
Dec. 21st, 2004 04:38 pmI just got home from the college. I went online to submit my application for the fall (as I was told to do by the head of the department over the summer - "wait until to finish half the pre-reqs before you apply so we know you're enrolled and taking the other half of them") and discovered that the date you could start applying changed (was December, now it was September) and that I had to have all my prerequisites done by the end of the winter session.
I'm not even enrolled in the winter session. This had no relation to what the department head told me months ago or what the academic advisor told me three weeks ago when they did my Spring schedule. In fact, they advised against the shorter winter term because I would be taking additional bio classes after this one.
I freaked, called the school and got put into someone's voice mail. So I drove over to get it sorted out.
There's no Bio in the winter session. I meet with the head of admissions (who was nice) and he tells me that's Ok because I wouldn't need to take it because it's on my high school transcript. He tells me that the head of the department has nothing to do with admissions and was wrong to tell me I had to take Chem and Bio over.
I'm OK with that since I needed the refresher and my application is OK as it is.
He then tells me that there's a 1 in 10 chance of my getting in base don the number of applications they have already - and there's three weeks left to apply!
I don't know what I'm going to do. I won't know if I got in until April. I'm freaking out. All the other programs are 40 minutes to an hour away from the house.
It's totally primal scream time.
I'm trying to focus on what I can do now - order the review book for the nursing aptitude exam we have to take as part of the application process, apply to the nearer schools as back ups and hope someone takes me in.
The upside is that the UMDNJ program accepts applications until the middle of May. The bad news is I need 3 more prerequisites for that program to be considered. I need to decide if I am going to add them to my spring (I can get probably the first anatomy in) or just focus on the others.
I am a wreck. I feel like I'm totally cornered in. I know there's very little I can do here and that's what freaks me out the most - the lack of control. I've planned and prepared for this program since last summer. The thought of NOT getting in is just too much.
UGH.
I'm not even enrolled in the winter session. This had no relation to what the department head told me months ago or what the academic advisor told me three weeks ago when they did my Spring schedule. In fact, they advised against the shorter winter term because I would be taking additional bio classes after this one.
I freaked, called the school and got put into someone's voice mail. So I drove over to get it sorted out.
There's no Bio in the winter session. I meet with the head of admissions (who was nice) and he tells me that's Ok because I wouldn't need to take it because it's on my high school transcript. He tells me that the head of the department has nothing to do with admissions and was wrong to tell me I had to take Chem and Bio over.
I'm OK with that since I needed the refresher and my application is OK as it is.
He then tells me that there's a 1 in 10 chance of my getting in base don the number of applications they have already - and there's three weeks left to apply!
I don't know what I'm going to do. I won't know if I got in until April. I'm freaking out. All the other programs are 40 minutes to an hour away from the house.
It's totally primal scream time.
I'm trying to focus on what I can do now - order the review book for the nursing aptitude exam we have to take as part of the application process, apply to the nearer schools as back ups and hope someone takes me in.
The upside is that the UMDNJ program accepts applications until the middle of May. The bad news is I need 3 more prerequisites for that program to be considered. I need to decide if I am going to add them to my spring (I can get probably the first anatomy in) or just focus on the others.
I am a wreck. I feel like I'm totally cornered in. I know there's very little I can do here and that's what freaks me out the most - the lack of control. I've planned and prepared for this program since last summer. The thought of NOT getting in is just too much.
UGH.
