I love college!

Well, I finally am a college student! I am loving my classes so far! I know they'll probably get harder, but I really enjoy them! I'm even ahead of schedule with my English & Ethics classes! I am fully prepared too :) I had a weekly quiz in The Human Body yesterday and I got a 6/7, 85% which is a solid B, but I'd really like to get an A for the class, that would be awesome.

A little bit of a damper on my parade though... apparently UNH & the tech schools run a transfer program which usually, is a good thing...but not in my case. In order to transfer into UNH they like to see english comp, a science class with a lab, and a college level mathematics, and you cannot have a grade below a C.... none of which I will have! But I am a special case, which really no one gets! This is my first ever semester of college, so it would be like applying as a freshman... I'm still applying, although I probably won't get in. We'll see I guess. UNH is extremely competitive.

So really, I have a few routes here:

--I could apply to UNH for Fall 2010 and get in... then I would just take my freshman year there...more expensive, but it's easier to transfer into their nursing program (Fall 2011) if you already attend UNH.

--Or, I could continue on at Great Bay for a few semesters and apply to UNH for the Spring of 2011, by then I'd have my transfer admission requirements out of the way. And then just apply to transfer into their nursing program for Fall 2011

--Or, I could continue on at Great Bay and apply for their nursing program for Fall 2011. I would graduate in May 2013, and would have dual admissions to UNH to get my bachelor's degree.

I've come to the conclusion that it would take longer at Great Bay, but would be cheaper. UNH is 12k a year... that's a lot. And thats NOT including books & what not. If I were to go to Great Bay for Nursing, It would take 3 years to graduate, and another 2 years to get my BS in Nursing... so 5 years. Then I'd have Graduate school to attend, so theres another 2 years. And my Nurse Midwifery program is about 2 years... so theres 9 years. YIKES.

If I were to go to UNH to get my BSN, it would take 4 years to get my BSN, another 2 for my masters, and another 2 for my Nurse Midwifery program... so 8 years.

I continue to receive letters from the CNM's I wrote to, I think I've received 5 letters back...and about 5 that were "undeliverable"...that really bites! All of the Certfied Nurse Midwives I've hear back from were very nice, and told me to go to the ACNM website for more information. I shall do that.