Dropped from cohort

So you knew the date and time of the orientation well ahead, but because you weren't reminded you failed to attend? 

You have no recourse here. The school did nothing wrong. Hard way to learn a lesson to be sure. 

Well I dk about all that, I actually read the terms of it and in it, it says nothing about no compliance = dropped. No payment, yes, but I fulfilled that. I wasn't speaking legally, I was asking in terms of taking it to the dean or student affairs.  

This is kind of off topic but, just as a word of advice, I've learned from experience that checking emails needs to be a daily occurrence in nursing school. Even while on Summer vacation, I've gotten reprimanded for not checking my school email often enough. Plugging in important dates into your calendar is a must as it's not enough to rely on the school to always remind you of things. It may not seem fair but that's just the way nursing school goes - they're  expecting you to demonstrate a degree of initiative and responsibility.

Oh yeah, I am usually like that believe it or not. I just figured since the school texts/emails at least 4-5 times week about 'reminders' (payment due, sign up for classes deadline, financial aid deadline, 'you haven't met with the required academic advisor' texts) I'd get a reminder. Just so much chaos for no reason. 

I actually feel like if they just left me alone throughout all this, I would have remembered as the message is like 60 messages from when it was sent. But the whole, micromanaging of other aspects (academic holds, 'testing out' of an intro calculations class when I've taken Calculus 2, misinterpreting developmental psychology as not a direct substitute for life stages of psychological development, even though ACE said the 2 courses are interchangeable) 

I just feel like they only contact me to annoy me or cause roadblocks, of which I managed to dodge up until now. Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise, although the Director of the program emailed me today and said no students that were paid and registered for the program were dropped...OK. Guess I imagined the $4000 leaving my bank account

Well I certainly hope everything works out for you and you're able to get your money back.

You missed your orientation where you were going to get important information related to your nursing education. I'm sure you'll get your refund. What I know generally, there's a timeframe for it. You aren't in the program, so you should be able to get your refund back.  Anyway, the emails are automatically generated. You personally have to do something about it such as unsubscribing or turning off notifications from the primary sources.  

I actually just emailed the assistant dean and the dean about it, if nothing else than to get my money put back into my account. From the 2 financial administrators I spoke to a couple days ago, the nursing department has to confirm that I am no longer enrolled. Director of the nursing department implied that I never paid (or wasn't dropped) but both my bank account and registration contradict this. Just don't feel like putting more time/effort into this when they couldn't give me a minute long phone call or email to remind me about a hour long orientation before cutting my classes. Good riddance. I figure notifying the people at the top could help this move along a little quicker

8 minutes ago, DMQ48 said:

I actually just emailed the assistant dean and the dean about it, if nothing else than to get my money put back into my account. From the 2 financial administrators I spoke to a couple days ago, the nursing department has to confirm that I am no longer enrolled. Director of the nursing department implied that I never paid (or wasn't dropped) but both my bank account and registration contradict this. Just don't feel like putting more time/effort into this when they couldn't give me a minute long phone call or email to remind me about a hour long orientation before cutting my classes. Good riddance. I figure notifying the people at the top could help this move along a little quicker

Call your bank or check your account. You should be able to see your transfers. With my bank, I can cancel the transfer that is not taken yet. If it's credited to the receiver, I call the receiver what's going on. Just because it shows that your money left, it doesn't mean that the receiver got it. 

Nursing school can be b-word. I'm entering my last sem at my ADN program this January 2021. The professors have at times been ruthless and due to COVID, everything changes so fast and we have to keep up to date 24/7. That is harsh in my opinion, but it's similar to any college class. If you don't show up the first day, they assume you dropped the class or do not want to attend. Nursing school is tough because ADN programs are so dang competitive, so of course they will bump someone off who doesn't do their due diligence to attend something. I'm so sorry, I know this must be rough! Can you reapply to another program/get a spot in the other school? It might be too late, but at least you know you can try again elsewhere. I think it's a good lesson though. There have been days I had to do my own research to even find a clinical location, perform clinical tasks, or even do an assignment. They didn't care if my 10 month old was in the OR having surgery, I still had to show up for check-offs, etc. I'm sure you're a great student and will get your money back. I've always been refunded at my community college, you just have to alert the right department! 

27 minutes ago, soon2beRN2021 said:

Nursing school can be b-word. I'm entering my last sem at my ADN program this January 2021. The professors have at times been ruthless and due to COVID, everything changes so fast and we have to keep up to date 24/7. That is harsh in my opinion, but it's similar to any college class. If you don't show up the first day, they assume you dropped the class or do not want to attend. Nursing school is tough because ADN programs are so dang competitive, so of course they will bump someone off who doesn't do their due diligence to attend something. I'm so sorry, I know this must be rough! Can you reapply to another program/get a spot in the other school? It might be too late, but at least you know you can try again elsewhere. I think it's a good lesson though. There have been days I had to do my own research to even find a clinical location, perform clinical tasks, or even do an assignment. They didn't care if my 10 month old was in the OR having surgery, I still had to show up for check-offs, etc. I'm sure you're a great student and will get your money back. I've always been refunded at my community college, you just have to alert the right department! 

Thank you for the reassuring words. Tbh I couldn't believe I got into any programs! 2 out of 3 isn't bad. I think maybe with the covid stuff not that many people applied. My HESI was a 96, but my GPA is like a 2.6-2.7 and my work ethic/discipline is...? I agree with the lack empathy thing. I wouldn't really complain but it's like just to ride me like that on other things: my developmental psychology class/make me redo the HESI because it was the 'wrong' subjects/not putting my application through until I did the intro calculations that a 9th grader could do is just annoying. That was the nursing department, not the general community college. Like bothering you when you need it the least. The dean of student affairs actually contacted me back and said he was going to look into why I wasn't notified some other way and was pretty nice about it. I dk how I feel about the thought of possibly getting my spot back at this point. It has been the nursing department making the headaches for me before this and I'm not sure if that's just 'the way' it is or if this program is exceptionally ornery.