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Nursing School According To Mikayla Rooney
AHS Alumna on Nursing School
Fitchburg State University, her
number one choice. She realized that she had been anxious
for nothing.
Jason Kinniburgh
Contributor
I remember the fall of 2014
vividly. Each day I watched
my sister, Mikayla Rooney
(AHS Class of 2014) anxiously
await the mail delivery. She
was hoping to receive acceptance letters from the colleges she applied to. Mikayla
wanted to be a nurse “more
than anything,” she would say.
Her future depended on acceptance to a college nursing
program. Mikayla felt apprehensive because colleges had
extremely high standards for
acceptance. According to her,
most schools require a 3.8
GPA or higher for admission
to the nursing program. And,
the American Association of
Colleges of Nursing has stated
that in recent years, less than
40 percent of completed nurs-
Mikayla Rooney (Courtesy Mikayla
Rooney)
ing applications have been
accepted.
The tuition for state universities is much lower than private
universities, so denial to state
nursing programs is common.
This made Mikayla anxious
about her odds of getting into
an affordable program. Nursing had been her dream major
since she was in the seventh grade. Finally, in January
2014, she was accepted into
“Nursing is hard, and a lot of
work. In order to stay in the
program, I must maintain a
minimum grade of 77 in all of
my nursing classes. I took
many pre-requisite classes
freshman year prior to beginning my nursing courses. Some
of my freshman classes included: anatomy and physiology,
psychology, sociology and
chemistry. (During my) sophomore year, my class schedule
has been more complex, including classes such as pathopharmacology, foundations of
nursing, health assessment,
microbiology and medical
surgery,” said Mikayla.
Time management is critical.
“These courses are extremely
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