Nursing or Teaching

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I am a undecided sophomore. I can’t not pick a major between nursing or teaching. As of now I have a 3.5 gpa.

I was always interested in nursing, but did not get accepted to my schools nursing program.

If I do nursing, I would major is psychology and minor in biology and try to get accepted to an accelerated nursing program. So I would do my four years plus a year for the accelerated program. But I am scared I won’t get into one because I did not get accepted into a 4 year nursing program.

If I major in childhood education, I would do the 5 year program my school offers because I would need my master to work in NYC. I would graduate on time. But I am hearing grad school for teaching is just as hard as nursing.

I am a very caring person and I’ve been stuck on this for a while. I know both jobs are great in there own way, I just can not choose what career is best for me.

How did you guys pick between nursing and teaching?

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My D didn’t choose between the 2 as she was never interested in nursing, but she did the 5 year master’s at her SUNY school, which also has a direct entry nursing program, in which she had several friends, and from what she said, the education program is way easier than nursing.

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Grad school for teaching isn’t hard. Teaching is hard though!