Disappointment and sadness

[amberella123]

Warning! Long rant ahead.

I just got the letter. The letter that denies me my appeal. I'll explain.

I took a course at my local CC and my roommates kept me up til three am the night before my paper was due for this class and I overslept. The teacher said I wouldn't pass this class if I couldn't get it in and she got the go ahead from the dept head for me to get it turned in. Once again my roommates kept me up yelling. Screaming. Crazy drunken stuff. Had nowhere else to sleep and I didn't think to go to my car. And no, couldn't go anywhere else. Suffice it to say I missed class again. So I just didn't go to class anymore since there was no way to turn in the paper. I got an F in the class. I ended up moving to Indiana and going to school there finally to start prereqs for nursing. I couldn't do any more schooling in Illinois because my job wouldn't let me go to school so I had to move to find a job. I went and completed ALL required nursing prereqs for nursing. Finally I have moved back to my hometown as planned and transferred my credits and excited to apply to nursing program only to find out all the classes that transferred over? Don't count for my GPA. So my GPA is 0. So I tried to appeal the GPA requirement as I had a 3.2 GPA at other school, it's the only thing stopping me from applying, and it was FOUR years ago. Just got the letter saying their denying it.

I am just so grieved. I signed up for that stupid class to replace the f as a backup so if I can get accepted for next time I'll be able to start in the fall. But I have to wait a whole other year! And in the mean time I have to take 6 credit hours a semester because to take these classes I had to take a loan out. So I'm stuck taking nonsense classes. I'm just so fed up. And mad. And sad. And just. Ugh. I don't know what to do any more other than vent on here.

Any other stories of how you struggled for so long but finally made it into the nursing program?

[amberella123]

For what's it's worth it's pretty typical for schools to not count transferred courses toward your GPA, only the courses you've actually taken at that school.[/quote']

Yes. I find this out after its too late. Blah.

[amberella123]

I am so confused. How does a school not count transferred courses? What's the point of a "transfer student"? Or did I miss something? One F should not give a gpa of 0. Unless I'm not understanding the entire situation.

What do you appeal?

It's the only class I've ever taken there. And I have no idea why it doesn't count for your GPA! Bah. It counts as I took it but not for anything else.

[amberella123]

I have 2 babies who often prevent from ANY sleep or some nights no more than 2 hours and I still make it to class. If you can't make priorities then how do you expect to keep a nursing job? Deadlines are the real world everyone has things that come up and yours sound childish.[/quote']

Because I took it just to get started with college. I didn't have any plans of being a nurse when I took the class. **** happens. I expect to keep a nursing job because I grew up since that class. Ever since I decided to become a nurse, I've been dedicated and have never gotten an f or had to withdraw from a class since. No ones perfect.

[elkpark]

It's the only class I've ever taken there. And I have no idea why it doesn't count for your GPA! Bah. It counts as I took it but not for anything else.

(Actually, on a standard 4-point scale, an F counts for 0 points, and having taken one class and gotten an F would give you a GPA of 0.)