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[quote=Anonymous]Hey, OP. I know how you feel!

We went through this (and to some extent are probably still going through it) when my HS senior ds announced last summer that he wanted to go to nursing school, or a college that offers a BSN degree. The very first thing nearly everyone has said is "why doesn't he want to be a doctor?" Because they're different jobs, that's why!

I posted a bunch of weeks ago about my daughter telling me she heard grandma (MIL) whispering to the aunts (SILs) that "it was probably her idea" (her meaning me) and that I was shortchanging him.

He goes to a boys school and his guidance counselor frankly admitted early on that he didn't know anything about nursing school admissions because he'd never had a student who wanted to go in that direction. So we have largely had to do most of the research ourselves.

The thing that makes me most proud is how my ds has held fast to his ambition all senior year so far despite the Gaylord Focker jokes (that everyone thinks they are so clever for), he wrote great essays about what he liked about working in a surgical practice over summers and vacations where he was very well liked. Like your son, OP, he is a very good student but he is not a double 750 SAT and a 4.0, but he shows up for school every day, has a great attendance record, and genuinely likes the idea of working with patients.

Like you must have been, I was originally surprised when he told me he was thinking of nursing school but he had good reasons for it (from talking to other nurses at his summer job) and now his dad and I are his biggest fans.

I don't even know your son and I'm kind of excited for him! What a gift to know what you want to do so early on, and have the courage to pursue it in this climate of everyone chasing the same brass ring.

I never heard of the term Excellent Sheep (and it looks like it's a book?) but I know EXACTLY what it means. Congrats, OP, you've got a winner of a kid. Good luck to him.

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