Community college has a 7% graduation rate...

I have to admit there is one nursing class I dropped 3 times just missing the W deadline but it was a fashion sketching class so doesn't really count LOL.

Your school considered "Fashion sketching" to be a nursing course?

Sorry I forget to put in the non. Wouldn't that be fun though. Baking should be a required nursing course so you can console yourself after a long day with a freshly baked brownie.

Sorry I forget to put in the non. Wouldn't that be fun though. Baking should be a required nursing course so you can console yourself after a long day with a freshly baked brownie.

Ha! I figured that is what happened. With my hirrible fashion sense and artistic abilities, I was thinking that I will never make it to BSN if those are required!

Well obviously mine's not any better otherwise I would have passed it.

The first year of nursing school is very daunting. But having survived, the best advice I can give is practice, practice, practice your clinical skills and join a study group or group of friends to study with and practice on.

The pressure gets to everyone and some handle it worse than others. Just don't do this, lol!:

http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/07/25/no-failing-grades-or-else-aspiring-nurse-pleads-guilty-to-anonymous-threats/

Does your school use a lotto system? I graduated from a 4-year. Only two people failed the program, and in the last semester; both went on to pass the following semester....my friend at the JC said they had three people fail the first semester, a girl I was in pre-reqs with failed out the first two weeks. What is the difference? My school went by merit, everyone in my class had a 3.5 GPA or higher, the JC took anyone with a 2.0 and stuck them in a hat and drew names...and everyone but two people in my class passed the NCLEX on the first try.

There's also another reason. Some programs are less hesitant about flunking students out for all kinds of issues

When I started my ADN program we had 250 students. We graduate in December and our class is down to 90 students (Very Scary). Our NCLEX pass rate is 100%..

Community colleges don't get to count there successful transfers to 4 years colleges which drives down there over all graduations rate. aka it skews the results to a non favorable false percentile. Prob and Stats 101. roflmao.

That is correct Chad. I also would not judge a community college based on graduation rates. I read a lot on this, found that graduation rates for CC aka State college and universities are based on 4 years graduation rates. Most people in community colleges , are working adults, work parttime or fulltime and go to school part time. Some are also transient students just taking classes for their prospective university. Myself as an example, if they were measuring 2 years graduation rates from my CC for AA degrees, I would not be in the stats...why? Because It took me 4 years to complete my AA, a story that a true for most adults working fulltime. Hence a 10% graduation rate...you need to state, how many years are being measured in that stat or else its just missleading. These stats favor big universities. Your CC is a probably doing just as good or even better than the local university even if the stats only tell part of the truth. Some big head honchos, i cant remember who, were discussion changing how graduation rates are reported and were considering a 6 year rate rather than 4 year rate which would place CC and state colleges on a fair ground with universities. Its all part of the conspiracy to get people to think CC give mediocre level education, but they don't.