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according to my five year old i’m having twins next time i get pregnant, they will be boy girl twins and their names will be Danny (boy) after Danny Go, and Rumi (girl) after Rumi from K-pop demon hunters. he told me this today. honestly? kinda impressed cus they’re not bad names and they go with his name pretty well. I’m more shocked that it seems he has his future siblings all planned out and did not include me or his dad or even a prayer to God in this plan. hes just certain it’s going to happen 😂

i’m a rad tech pre requisite student who had bio waived from my HS regents score. i was confused cus the credits were still “missing” in degreeworks so i scheduled an appointment with a rad tech advisor who told me it’s because i still need to make those 4 credits up with another life science course or just wind up taking bio.

my original plan was leave of absence for the spring semester because i’ll be done with all pre reqs this fall. but now i’m thinking to just take the 4 credit class in spring so i dont have to do it during the clinical program.

so what should i take? i dont want to do bio after already completing a&p 1 and 2. dont want to take chem cus i hate chem. dont really want to take physics either cus i know later on i’m gonna have to take radiation physics. plus i want something that’s as chill as possible. i was considering astronomy because the lab and lecture are combined somehow and it seems easy, but it’s completely unrelated to my major lol.

what do you think?

i don’t see anyone talking about it and i’m scared it’s gonna affect my application even tho i have a 4.0. is there anyone here who got into the clinical portion of the program without taking Bio 1101 bc it was waived from their regents score? I need some reassurance and just knowing theres a few people who did will help.

i am applying to the rad tech program, however due to the competitiveness i would like to have a backup plan so that i am for sure starting something next fall. i wanted to go into nursing as well originally but rad tech interested me more so it’s not just me settling if i do get accepted to nursing instead. can i apply to both programs at the same time?

i have all the pre reqs for both rad tech and nursing and i know i would have to take the teas exam for nursing but i’m almost certain i could pass it with at least an 80-85 because i’ve been reading study material. would that be good a good score combined with a 3.9-4.0? the 4.0 is my current gpa but i’m taking A&P2 right now and idk what i’ll get.

i saw someone post on the radiology careers thread about their clinical site being over 30 miles away. 😭 it made me wonder, what is the furthest clinical site that city tech sends students to? nassau? suffolk? upstate? or are they all somewhere in the boroughs? i’m rly hoping wherever i wind up when the time comes i’ll be able to take a train or bus to.

forgive me, it’s 4am and my anxiety is horrible. i have a 4.0 in pre-reqs and overall. i’m taking a&p2 this semester though and i’m scared i’ll ruin that. i think worst case scenario i could end up with a B+ or an A- which would bring my overall down to 3.87 or 3.95 with my pre-reqs remaining at 4.0. would this destroy my chances of getting in? i know this sounds a bit delulu because those are still perfectly fine GPAs but we allll know how competitive it’s been these past few years and i think i’m psyching myself out a little bit. i need some realistic perspectives.

I sent my application in on time, have a 4.0, wrote a really thought out and meaningful essay for why i wanted to join like they asked, but never received anything back from them and classes start tomorrow. so does this mean i didn’t get in? i don’t really care that much tbh as I’ve already got a lot on my plate this semester but i’m confused. i thought maybe they’d send something telling me whether or not i got in. if i didn’t, i’m assuming it’s because i didn’t have enough credits completed when i applied, i had 6 in progress though.

my mom is 59 and diagnosed with DID. shes been on a whole lot of medication throughout my life but i’ve never seen her act like this.

for the past few weeks shes been very confused about where she is, where i am, even confusing me with my older sister. and i know forgetting stuff and being confused is common with this diagnosis but shes been in therapy since she was 20 years old, has done a lot of work with integrating her alters, and hasn’t switched much over the past few years (at least as far as i can tell, and i’ve gotten pretty good at it).

she started taking abilify about a month and a half ago. the psychiatrist started her on 15mg which seems high. she knows shes confused and she told me she has a feeling it’s the medication. i thought so too, but she stopped it now for about a week (with guidance from her psychiatrist) and she still isn’t totally back to her normal state, although it’s a little better.

i’m wondering if i should be worried it’s her mental health getting worse, or if she’s developing early onset dementia. shes working with a state appointed care team and they dont seem as worried about any of this as i am. i mean this could be dangerous if she doesn’t even know where she is… up until this point they seemed okay, but now i’m also questioning that because of the initial prescribing of the abilify.

i’m also wondering if it is her mental health getting worse, could it just be due to age? does that happen? (that’s why i’m asking for elders advice)

what do you think?

i’m finishing my pre requisites right now, hoping i have a good shot of getting into the clinical portion of my school’s program. and ive been thinking about the future a lot lately. i live in NYC, and i’m married with a 5 year old. i keeo wondering what shift would be the best for me to still have adequate time with my child. Hes starting elementary school.

it feels like a 9-5 in a clinic might be the best choice sometimes because i would be home shortly after he is and i could possibly still drop him off in the morning. but then i think about how much of his school events i might miss, especially in the first year that i’m working because i know i won’t be able to take that much time off.

then i think maybe 3 12’s at a hospital, but theres the possibility i would be on call some days/nights (idk if u can opt out of this), and i would also miss family dinner and bedtime 3 nights a week.

then i think about overnight shifts at a hospital and still the possibility of being on call lingers, but i wouldnt miss any day time. but i would be exhausted, not sleeping at night and still having to be a mom during the day, only sleeping while hes at school.

tell me what has been the closest to perfect shift for you please? help me feel like i’m not making a choice that will hurt our bond. hes so used to me staying at home. ive been a stay at home mom since he was born.

I need the intro to rad text book 9th edition, and i know financial aid is supposed to be able to cover my books, so i dont wanna buy it if i dont have to. it’s also not on anna’s archive before anyone suggests that. i looked. but the city tech bookstore doesnt show the financial aid option. does anyone know how to do this? i haven’t had to do it yet for any other classes.

does anyone else get like this? i always get nervous before starting a new semester. mainly about how i’m gonna handle the course loads and what my grades are gonna be in the end. i’m only taking two classes in the fall. i’m doing my last pre req for rad tech and my last gen ed course but im just worried. theres so much pressure to be the best. i’m doing really good so far, but even knowing how well i’ve done in my other classes isn’t helping. i have like a pit in my stomach. on the flip side, i can’t wait to be back on campus at least. my summer classes were so boring being that they were virtual and i felt like none of it was real lol.

well, the time has finally come…

we’ve been living with my mother in law since our son was 6 months old. hes 5 now has always shared a room with us, his whole life. with his own crib and then eventually his own bed.

the reason he never transitioned into his own room is because my brother in law was also staying with mother in law, and his was the only extra room that we could possibly make a bedroom for our child, unless we moved out on our own. which if you know the situation with housing in NYC, is next to impossible right now for most people.

but brother in law was able to get his own 1br place eventually with a great new job. so now our son is going to have his own space. we are hyping it up in all the ways we can. talking about how we can decorate it, and how nice it will be for him to be able to play with his toys in there, and how hes gonna get a bigger, cozier, and cooler (house) bed. hes currently still in a toddler bed.

hes excited but hes also worried about sleeping all on his own at night. i told him i would come lay with him until he falls asleep and check on him throughout the night if i’m awake. but i can already see how much we’re going to be going through in the middle of the night with him probably waking us up, wanting to come into our bed, or him wanting me to come spend the entire night with him. he usually sleeps through the night but i understand that this transition is highly likely to disrupt that.

any tips for getting him settled as quickly as possible without putting pressure on him to be perfect at sleeping in his own room right away? i know this is gonna be something major for him developmentally even if it seems like a small thing.

Final grades are supposed to be up for summer session 2 and i still see nothing. Do the professors still have the rest of today? Like how our assignments are due at 11:59pm? lol. or should they have been posted already? idk i’m just wondering bc for my previous 5 classes all of my grades have been posted at least a day before.

My son is half dominican on his dad’s side and half italian on my side (ethnically). We live in America. My husband immigrated with his mom when he was 2. my family has been here for 2 generations. So i never learned anything other than english from my parents, and that’s the language i have to communicate with my son in.
My husband speaks spanish fluently. And although i’m picking up on spanish, my husband communicates with me in english, so my son has always known he speaks english.
my husband has tried only speaking to him in spanish though. and his grandma who lives with us too. but since the day he started talking, he has absolutely refused to say anything in spanish. he didn’t pick it up when he was a baby/toddler and now that he’s 4, almost 5, he seems like embarrassed? i don’t know exactly why. when asked he just says “i’m shy” or “i dont want to”.
most of his extended family speaks spanish only, so it’s really important to us that he learns. we’ve tried to take the pressure off, just say words casually and hope he starts using them but he won’t. so we’ve started to ask more often if he can say them, but he also won’t do that. i’m lost. idk how i can help. i’ve tried speaking in spanish too even though it’s not good, to motivate him. hoping he would want to do what mommy is doing. but still nothing. any advice?
also he does understand quite a bit of it. phrases like hello, how are you?, have you eaten?, what did you eat?, do you want…?, come here, here you go, thank you, your welcome, kisses, hugs, hurry, that’s mine, leave it alone, fart (lol of course), sleep, shower, etc.

My son wants a birthday party. He’s turning 5 in September. We can absolutely do a little party in our backyard with family and his cousins all around the same age. We will cook for it, we could even barbecue, and we will have cake. Problem is I assume by then he will have made kindergarten friends and want them to come too. He’s very social and loves including other kids. I would be open to inviting a few of them, but what if they tell the whole class and the other kids feel left out? I definitely cannot afford to feed 20-24 kids, nor do I have the space (very small house and yard and huge family already coming). Do i just wait till next year to start inviting friends, or should I invite a few if he wants? So far all of his parties have been family only. This upcoming part of parenthood with real and potentially lifelong friends already has me feeling so stressed LOL.

1. i got an invitation to apply today and i wanted to know from people who have done it or are doing it, what are the true advantages besides early registration and getting to graduate with an honors title? especially for someone who's going to be applying to the rad tech program because the email mostly mention advantages for other majors such as engineering. they say there is also opportunities to make connections in your intended field, was that true for you as a rad tech honors scholar?
2. what kind of events and activities did you do? theres a requirement for at least one event and one project each semester but it's vague what those things are.
3. I'm going to be done with all my pre requisite and general ed requirements this fall, so i will have a gap semester in the spring while waiting on application results for fall 2027. does this impact the honors scholar status? will i have to forfeit my spot and reapply once i'm attending the clinical rad tech program? or would filing a leave of absence keep it active?
   btw i do plan on calling or emailing to ask before i submit my application, i just know sometimes it takes a while to hear back from staff at city tech and it's due august 3rd so i dont have much time to decide.

i have two diff professors for a&p2 in the fall, isaac barjis and john babu. one for lab and one for lecture. their rmps are good enough for me but i’m wondering how it is having two different professors, is it hard to keep up? does the material get confusing? i’m really good at science but it was a struggle to get an A in a&p1 and i feel like it might be hard to stay organized..