Christine Gittens:  

Life (5/8/2008 updated) School Wow, it has been some time since I last visited this site. Well, to bring you up to date, I did get an "A" in Microbiology, so all my science classes are done now. Yippee!!! With that finished, I did aplly for the Nursing Program here at Chabot and didn't get in. They had 690 applicants and only 414 were eligible. I was one of the 414 but at that point they choose applicants by lottery. Boo hoo :o( I didn't get accepted and not even waitlisted. I did apply to another Nursing Progam in the area at Ohlone College. I don't know how many applications they received but I know it is less than Chabot. I didn't get in, however, I'm on the waitlist there, #55. At least that is a start. I'm carrying 12 units at school-Nutrition 1, Speech 1 and Intermediate Algebra plus I'm tutoring in Microbiology, Physilogy and English. I'm also a learning assistant for one of the Physiology instructors. This semester has been quite the challenge as it has bee two years since my last math class. Lets just say that math and I aren't best friends :o) So far I believe I have an "A" in Nutrition and Speech and a "B" in math. In my last posting I mentioned the TEAS test which is an aptitude test the Nursing schools are giving to potentially eligible applicants. By being on the waitlist, I had to take this test sooner than I expected. Well, we can all breath a sigh of relief because I just recently took it and passed. Another Yippee is in order. Now it is back to real life (I had to adjust my school schedule to cram for ...Expand for more