When Dan passed away I made few long term goals. One was to go back to school, after being home for a year to help us find our new normal. So off to the local community college I went. My goal was to get my AA and all my dental hygiene pre-recs done.
Turns out this was easier said than done. You see the only school I could apply at was EWU because I was not willing to relocate my family for college. EWU is one of the best schools in the nation for dental hygiene and also one of the hardest to get into. Ugh.
All they require is an AA plus 11 other classes, 20 hours of volunteer work in a dental office and not allowing your GPA to drop below an A.
To accomplish this I took 20 credits a quarter and took classes through the summer.
They get approx. 500 applications a year. From that they deduct for too low of grades in selected individual classes and then deduct from too low of a GPA. Ya know the A minuses from the A pluses.
That leaves them with 56 people they will interview. It is a four hour interview process with a critical thinking exam.
From there they choose 36. We have to wait for 3 weeks.......
Today I cringed as I checked my email after school. I had to wait until after school because I had an exam today and I did not want the bad news of not getting accepted to ruin my ability to concentrate.
I GOT IN!! I am official.
I start in the fall. Three more years left of school. WOOO WHOOO!!
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Way to go Jenn!!! Love you girl! I think some celebrating is in order now!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could. Sadly Ben's work schedule, kids schedule, and my schedule do not allow for that. Will aim for a big celebration in three years.
ReplyDeleteSo happy for you! All that hard work pays off with more hard work =)
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking about you lately Jenn! So excited to hear you got into dental hygiene school!! You can do anything you set your mind to!! You are amazing!! Congrats!!
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