Housing woes and school stuff and lots of swearing

[aprilstarchild]

Oh, I forgot to mention earlier--the house near Hawthorne won't know if they have room for me until, I think, early July. And the place I emailed that faces Laurelhurst never got back to me! Grr.

There was stuff I wanted to get done today. I got some groceries and that was it. Ran into frostnoris at the bus stop and got to chat a bit.

PCC has a Math 95 class online this summer. I'm seriously considering it, although part of me strongly suspects that math is the wrong thing to start with in terms of going back to school. It would a review, but I last learned that material, like, four years ago. Anybody got the PCC mth95 texts (including solutions manual) sitting around? Anyone? *LOL*

Have I ever mentioned that I loathe graphic calculators?

Wait a minute. I just downloaded the .pdf of the PSU Bulletin. Near as I can tell, I don't have to take chemistry. The 100-level biology classes are enough to get me into anatomy and physiology, and they don't require chemistry as a prerequisite. It's recommended but not required. *pokes around some more* Hey! There's a 100-level chemistry series that only requires mth95 and is recommended specifically for nursing.

Fuckin' A, man, why have I been so freaked out? I've been terrified that I have to take math 111 again, which I failed so very miserably my first time trying full-time school. But the 200-level chemistry and biology classes are recommended for pre-meds, not for nurses!

I've already taken writing 121 and 122...I need to find out what my grades were. If they weren't an A or B, fuck it, I'm taking them over again. I remember that 121 was an A. Thankfully, OHSU only bothers to look at classes that you're using to transfer. So they don't care that I bombed such'n'such history class if I'm not using it to apply! Which is a definite blessing--it's hard as fuck to get into OHSU for nursing already. They point out that while they don't accept anybody with less than a cumulative 3.0 on their prereqs, it's pretty competitive--the average GPA for anatomy and physiology was 3.8.

Yeah...they only accept one out of every seven applicants or so. Jesus. A lot of it is based on a one-page "statement of purpose." No pressure there, ha ha. I should definitely get a job with direct patient contact, saying "oh, and I've worked __ years with patients who are low/no income, homeless, and/or mentally ill and/or drug addicted..." would probably be a nice addition to that statement, eh?

I only want to go part-time for as long as I can. So this'll take me a couple of years. I can totally do this, especially if I dive into the 100-level bio and chem classes this fall and finish them--then the next year I could take anatomy & physiology plus the other classes required and possibly two psychology classes. I think that I should probably apply to be formally admitted, or I get zero financial aid.

Jesus H. Christ. If I'm so set on going back to school this fall, why the fuck haven't I filled out all that FAFSA shit? I need to do that. And bug my parents to see if they'll help me at all. Probably not, but it's sure worth a shot.

I'm totally doing this. I think I'm going to freak out now.

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[ourglasslake.livejournal.com]

http://veganyumyum.com/2007/06/knit-night-cupcakes/

And YAYYYYY for school!

[(Anonymous)]

OH MY GOD that was a lot of work in marzipan. I've wanted to try working with that stuff myself, it's so yummy. But I'd feel guilty eating those!

We should start a knit night, dammit. *lol* Which weekday night is good for you right now? Because I've got several projects that just need finishing up, and I'm unlikely to do them without company.

School = mass quantities of anxiety. I have flunked out community college once, had my financial aid dropped due to grades another time. I have gone "back" to school several times. The only reason my GPA is over 2.0 at PCC is because when you finally pass a class, they drop all your failures from your GPA. So it doesn't matter that I took math 95 six (yes, seriously) times, because that last time I got a B. And let me tell you, there was never another five credits capable of bumping my GPA so much higher. *lol*

I seriously am more than 3/4 done with an AA through PCC, but because I have only one science class (and it's ecology!) I'm starting almost completely over. It's depressing to realize I went through all that stress and crap for zip squat because I've decided to do nursing.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Aaaand that was totally me. Obviously.

[ourglasslake.livejournal.com]

I love Vegan Yum Yum. I want to coo over, and then devour, everything she makes.

There are no good weeknights for me from now until...June 25th, lol. I've got classes to go to and papers to write, then I go to CA. When I get back, though, we shall knit! I wonder if I can finish James' scarf before Deathly Hallows comes out??

I don't ever think education is worth zip squat, even if you never end up "using" it in a way that's obvious to you. But I'd be willing to bet you at least got something out of the time you spent at PCC. I'd just recommend using the resources that PSU has...I'd also be willing to bet they are equipped to help people with ADD.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

The help for ADD students is stuff like untimed tests and getting to take the tests in otherwise-empty rooms so there is no distraction. I can also borrow laptops to take notes and/or get a volunteer note-taker. Thankfully, note-taking is not one of my problems. *lol* Matter of fact, I focus much better that way. I have to knit or play with silly putty (depending on the teacher) to focus in non-note-heavy classes.

My general problem is I forget to ask for accomodation by any individual teacher until halfway through the term when I'm flailing, and then I'm too embarrassed. I don't know what PSU has for accomodations, but I think they require the full neuro-psych workup as opposed to just a doctor's note, and that kinda sucks.

[5minutelimit.livejournal.com]

Actually, I bet they don't.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly going to look into it, though; one way or another.