Feeling out of place
Hi guys, I am starting my nursing program involve 2026 and I’m in the process of getting all my paperwork together like health forms academic counseling and financially. I just got out of a counseling appointment and I felt like she wasn’t super informational or helpful. I guess I wasn’t super sure about this whole process or what the appointment would entail, but I thought maybe she would be more informational and sort of lead the appointment rather than I. I guess it makes sense since this appointment is about what I want for my academic future but how can I be so sure of exactly what I want when I haven’t even started the program. I know that I wanna get my BSN after my program. I’m just not sure how soon . I wasn’t someone that took all the CSU transfer requirements while I was in my general ed pattern because honestly, I wasn’t fully set on Nursing until fall of 2025. But what I really felt passionate about and what I really wanna do is hopefully get into a midwifery program, but obviously that requires a BSN first I just wish that she was a little bit more informative about how it would impact my competitiveness in the job market being that I did already have those prerequisites done And would be prepared to get my BSN almost immediately versus just sitting with my ADN and allowing myself to complete the program before making any of those decisions. Anyways she ended up putting my Student education plan as a CSU transfer. I just felt like she wasn’t super clear about it all. After I was done with the appointment, I needed to go to financial aid office to give them my ID and figure out my next steps for getting my FAFSA processed. I went and knocked on the door at the Nursing office since that’s the I’m most familiar with on campus and was with a blank stare by the nursing administration assistant luckily some nice instructor or administrator was walking by and offered to help me find the office and when I finally got to the office, I was met with more blank stares and more feelings of being Out of place or not being guided as much as I wished. I’m from the same general area as the people out here, but I am a transfer student from another college, one that’s an hour away. I guess it’s the end of semester so new student on campus seeming confused is probably a little bit out of the box but I just wish people were maybe more enthusiastic or informational. Has anyone else felt this way? Ik I can be sensitive but I just got a weird vibe from everyone, not one that made me feel secure in my choice of attending this college.