School withholding transcripts, diploma and threatening to not send application

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I started my 12 month LVN program in June of last, year. I officially graduated of June of this year. My school then informed us of a page in the catalog that requires mandatory NCLEX review. 6 weeks long. We were all very upset but they kept telling us we wouldnt get our things. We did our loan exit counseling and we our interest is already adding up. I have to start paying my loan in 5 months. They got paid. I have no outstanding debt. They are telling me if i do not finish attending the review, i will not get the "second part" of my application sent (Our actual school work? do they really send that? its packets we did each term) and I wont get my att. Its been 13 months now, and i have to start on other things i need to do. I have been without a job for a year and this school is an hour away from my house. I cant go there anymore. The school catalog says the review is supposed to be before the comprehensive exam, and if you dont go then you cant take the final comprehensive exam. I took the exam and passed. They didnt schedule nclex review until after the exam. now theyre saying we signed the contract and we have to follow it but they are not...does this seem fair to you? are they allowed to hold my transcripts or my 20 thousand dollar diploma and not send my application in even though i have loans due because i didnt complate the nclex review? They keep making things up too. what do you think about htis.

Specializes in Med-Surg/urology.

Our school did that to us as well (due to the PN scores falling a point below the minimum standard for 2011). Our dean informed us a couple of weeks before the semester ended. We were all so mad! But we just had to show proof that we registered for a class & the majority of us bought the NSCBN review for $50 (you get 3 weeks of access). I didn't feel that it was a way to punish us, but just ensure that we would be more prepared for the exam. So far, all of us have successfully passed (with the minimum amount of questions, I might add). I guess I'm in the minority, but I would just pay for a review class. I wouldn't let that be the thing that holds me back from getting my application processed by the school. Good luck with the outcome.

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Specializes in Forensic Psych.

Of course you do, or you may not pass the NCLEX and those scores would reflect on the school and the accreditation they probably almost lost before they made students take the review.

Don't believe for two seconds they're doing it for YOUR benefit. Consult an attorney.

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My school doesnt have the same rules. We arent allowed to take a review course somewhere else we have to attend every day of the 6 week course there.And my issue is i cannot attend my school anymore as its too far away from meAnd i wasnt aware it was more than 12 months. Unfortunatly Since i cant attend anymore i need myDiploma and transcripts or i just wasted 20 thousand that i have no way to pay back.

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Well I would not give up. You need to find a way to make it there. You didn't spend all of that money for nothing.

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.

What they are doing is illegal.

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ditto, consult with a lawyer... it doesn't hurt to call up a lawyer and explain the situation, see if you have a case.

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Worst case scenario, you may have to bite the bullet and attend the six week course. Litigation would probably cost you more than six weeks of your time and gas money. You've already spent $20,000 and you're literally too close to the finish line to stop now. You've signed on the dotted line...technically...the school might have the upper hand because the contract is considered legally binding even if they did not schedule the review course in the appropriate time frame...but that may also be your ace in the hole. But I think you might just want to take the course and try to get a lawyer later once you get what you paid for.

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Specializes in Med/ Surg/ Telemetry, Public Health.

I start the nursing program in one week. At my school after you graduate you come back the next week and take a four or five day NCLEX review class. You have to attend the class before they release your info to the stateboard and before you can get your att and sit for the NCLEX. (The review class is a part of your tuition at school). Maybe you need to find out when the next class session and attend. Did the school not make that clear to the students? It seems like your future to becoming a nurse is on pause. I would ask to review the paperwork that you signed, because if you get a lawyer and loose what a waste of time and money.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Thread closed. A lot of good input has been offered

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