Villanova sent me an acceptance letter last Friday. I told myself I wasn’t going to know how I felt until I had that letter in my hands. And here it is, Monday, and I’ve read the thing about 10 times and I think I’m still in shock. It’s all the way in Pennsylvania, which freaks me out to no end. Maybe I will know one other person if she decides to go. But she’s kind of in the same position as me, what with a husband and a home here in Portland. Oh, and she grew up right by Villanova. 14 months. Fourteen months. That’s it. It’s a shit ton of money, but then again, a bargain compared with going to Linfield for 2 years or the University of Portland. Hell, I think it’s even less expensive than OHSU. Listen to me, already trying to rationalize…
I feel like if I go ahead and send them the $500 non-refundable deposit for my uniform and stethoscope and misc stuff that I will have committed myself and there’s no reason to look any further for a school. $500 is just enough of a hit to really smart and I’d feel sort of foolish giving it up if I decide later on to go somewhere else.
I’ve got to decide, and SOON. The deposit is due by the 31st of December.Of course the school starts a lot earlier than most of the other schools I’ve looked at. Oh yeah, that’s the other thing; May 19th. School starts on May 19th. No vague amorphous date sometime in the future. It very clearly begins 6 months from Wednesday. I’ll have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in August of 2009. Everyone, regardless of whether they get an A.S. or a B.S. has to take these national exams, but in theory I could be working before September of 2009. Or I could continue going to school and get my Masters right away and then begin working as a nurse practitioner.
It’s so crazy! A year ago I hadn’t even started taking my pre-requisite to get into my pre-requisites! I was looking to start Math 65, and have taken math every term until now, when, in winter I’ll FINALLY be to the point where I’ll get my math pre-requisite taken care of. Dang that’s a lot of math.
By the way, I totally aced fall term. I love being a full time student. Actually, it’s rather stressful, because I put a lot of stress on myself to do well. I pretty much felt like I was having a non-stop heart attack for the last 2 weeks of school. And now, a week after finals, I have a cold.
My little sister is due to have her baby on the 24th. Isn’t that a week from today? OMG!!! She and Joel are still not giving anyone a definitive answer on a name. I know he wants to go with Joel… I think they both like Jack… I had this dream the other night they named him Andrew… don’t ask me where that came from.
If I go to Villanova there will be holidays and breaks of course. And B promised we would see each other at least once a month. Fourteen months. I’ve been going to school so far for 12 months.
Winter is going to be crazy intense. I have a conditional acceptance, which means I must complete organic chemistry, statistics, human development, pathophysiology and my third term of anatomy & physiology with a B average or better prior to beginning the nursing program on May 19th. So yeah, I’m taking all of those classes at once. In fact, I only have another 3 weeks of freedom! I know, woe is me, but it doesn’t feel like a very long break!
I can’t stand it. I’m going to surf around and see if I can find some dirt on Villanova; at least a student website or something. But truth be told, it’s a damn fine university.
