Paperwork, an end in sight, and a new schedule!

So, my school is officially the absolute worst school ever when it comes to paperwork. Every single thing I've handed them has gotten screwed up one way or another except my nursing application (knock on wood!). The worst of all has been my immunization records. The campus I'm on is a satellite of a larger campus. This site doesn't require immunizations unless the program itself does. Well, the nursing program does and I didn't realize this. I ended up getting a letter in the mail telling me that if I didn't get my records turned in I wouldn't be able to register for classes. Luckily I happened to have the paperwork with me, so I turned them into the school the following day. A week later, I went in and sat down to register for classes. Guess what! The hold was still there. I explained all this to my adviser who said it should've gone through. She opened up my file and gee! They were sitting right on top!

 "Oh! These aren't suppose to be here!"

Great! Well, she took down the list of classes I had ready, which wasn't my whole list, but good enough, then said she'd send them over and register me once the hold was lifted. Another week goes by and the hold never lifts. 1st call I made to her she said something about them never returning her emails. Second call I made to her she said they're faxing them into the computer system. 3rd call I made to her, she said they're going to just override the hold and register me for classes. All well and good, but here I sit with 2 more classes to sign up for and I still have that stupid hold! I finally got the direct number for the health services on the main campus, so hopefully I can get all of this sorted out...UGH!

Anyways, so this semester is slowly coming to an end. All in all I have to say it went pretty well. I'm still not doing the best in psychology, but it really could be a lot worse. I'll do another post on advice for getting through Anatomy and Physiology since it really warrants it, but all of this really just comes down to having a good focus. I really really really want into this nursing program, so I'm more willing to work my butt off to get there. I do have to say, though, it will be a relief to get that acceptance letter and not have the weight of the world on me next semester! I'm literally daydreaming of the day I can post my letter on here for you guys to see! :)

So, my next set of classes? Much of the same. I'm going on to Anatomy and Physiology 2, which I've been told is a bit easier, but we'll see about that. I'll also be going into Organic and Biochemistry, which actually sounds like fun and I'll have my favorite instructor! Ok, so I really do like all of my instructors (except psychology), but my chemistry instructor is awesome because he actually understands how much a person can learn at once, the pointlessness of needless memorization, and how stupid it is to expect a perfect lab report for full points. Yeah, he's the bomb! :P I'll be going onto College Algebra as well, which is the final math class I'll have to take, thankfully!

Those are the classes I have so far. I also want to sign up for medical terminology, which isn't required for my major, but a lot of people have said it's really helpful once you get into the program. In order to get both of my grants, I'll have to add on one more class, so I'll probably do something dumb like study skills online. Or maybe lifetime fitness and wellness. We'll see. I first want to dig my adviser's brain and see what she thinks would be a nice simple online class. I say online because my schedule's full. I can't fit another class anywhere. I do have the option of driving 45 min. and taking an evening course of English Composition 2. I'll have to think on that...

All in all this semester has had it's ups and downs, but I'm already starting to miss it. (Pretty sadistic when final exams are on the horizon!) Oh well.

Stay safe and keep studying!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

~THE Future Nurse Chelsey

**Update: Called the Health Dept. this morning and found out the hold never should've been there in the first place. She removed it and everything is back to normal! :)