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I have been a stay at home mother since I was 18 years old. When my children were grown up enough to take care of themselves I started looking for a carreer. I saw an ad for National College and made an appointment. I was in awe of the school. While It has always been my dream to become a nurse, when I saw the medical assistant associate degree diploma I thought I had finally found my calling, since nursing schools are so hard to get into. I enrolled and was told that they would get me a job when I was out of school and I would probably be hired by the doctor where I did my externship, which was part of my graduation requirement. I worked very hard and sacrificed my time and money as well as time with my children to attend school in the hopes of bettering myself. I have always been a very good student and while I did not perform to the best of my abilities, I had three kids to raise, I passed. I thought my dream of being self sufficient was coming true. However, a few months before I was to graduate, the school announced that they were going to start a registered nursing program. I thought my prayers had been answered. To be considered for enrollment everyone had to take a placement test. The base score to get in was 700. I got well into the 900s but was not accepted. My medical assisting teacher at the time, Roberta Wolford, also took the exam. She failed. I knew a lot of the people there that did not score high enough to get in. There was a second chance to take the test before the selection was made and I retook it, thinking that if I got even higher it would ensure my place in the program. Sure enough myself and a lot of the same people took the test again, this time I scored even higher. My teacher, Mrs. Wolford also retook it and this time she passed. But she barely passed. She barely got past a 750. And there were others who passed this time but barely. I was notified that I did not get into the program, and while heartbreaking, I realized that I still almost had my degree and could still get a good job. I later learned that Mrs. Wolford as well as several of the others had been accepted. I was truly disappointed but decided to just focus on my graduation. As graduation came and wen the career center said they would send me emails concerning new job openings and set me up for interviews, etc. I was sent on one interview and I never heard back from them. It has been over two years now and I still cannot get a job. I have applications in at every hospital in my area as well as other places. I have yet to find a job. I feel like I sacrificed two years of my life, my hard work, and time with my children for nothing. I feel very cheated. I have about 25000 in student loan debt and have had to get deferments because I do not have a job to pay the loans back. I am in a poor financial state right now and things do not seem to get better. My dreams never became a reality and I feel like I was lied to and was just not good enough.
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