Drop Rate for Nursing School

my class started at 113 and we are now less than 60. and that was after our first clinical class. we still have 2 years left of school. every school is different in drop rate. most of the people that have dropped in my class didnt want to try hard in school to make the grades so they dropped or they couldnt make the grades and they dropped.

I talked to a friend of mine today. She started cosmetology school and said the same thing. No flames, I know this is completely different, and so does my friend. She said many gals (and guys) just could not pass the hair chemistry tests. She said it is normal in anything that a certain percentage will not finish the task. I also believe it because I see how some people act during my prereq classes. It is quite unbelievable the #'s of people who do not come to class because they would rather lay in the sun. I am taking afternoon physiology this summer, but still they knew this when they signed up!

She said many gals (and guys) just could not pass the hair chemistry tests.

Hair chemistry???

thx guys :)

I've seen around 30% of my class drop out. Some decided nursing wasn't for them after the first day of school, others lost focus and some just plain don't get it. I think Its a person dependent thing. As long as you are able to put the time in you need to, you should be ok!

We started with 40 students at my school, ended the first year with 38, then added 8 more students the second year for a total of 46. By graduation at the end of the second year, we had a total of 45 students walk across the stage. It was featured in the town newspaper about how we were the largest class to ever graduate from that particular program. Of that 45 that graduated, only 2 failed the NCLEX and one has taken it again and passed. They were both English as a second language students and testing proved to be more difficult for them.

Melanie = )

My BSN class started with around 40. 2 had to drop to part time for personal reasons and finished school in the next graduationg semester. All of the class graduated and we had a 100% pass rate for the NCLEX.

I know my school has a 40% drop out rate. I will be that 60% who make it because failing is not an option for me. I am paying all that money on loans, I cannot afford to fail; so therefore if it takes 10 hours to study a day to comprehend the materials, I will do that. I am starting out aggressive from day one. I plan to go to tutoring, read before class, tape the class, rewrite my notes, study weeks before the exam, ask questions and pass the exams. Nothing is impossible to achieve. If you can dream it, you can achieve with God's help.

My school also had about a 40% drop rate, but the spaces were filled up quickly the next semester by those waiting to get in--like someone who had failed a previous course, or transfer students. There were LOTS of people who had failed or dropped out who rejoined us every semester, so it is kinda deceiving to look at the number who graduated.