Failed out of nursing school. Do I have a fair chance of getting into another?

Keisha2017 · Nov 8, 2016

For the record everyone. I do not have a problem with anyone's responses. Some are blunt and straight to the point! I have no problem with that! My situation is not perfect so I don't expect anyone to baby me or tell me everything will be okay. I just wanted to clarify that. Please be straight forward! The advice has been great.. tell me your experiences. If I don't know something, educate me, don't belittle me. you learn new things everyday and I'm learning from every one of these comments! Thank you

OrganizedChaos, LVN · Nov 8, 2016

you starting to understand why I failed out of nursing school? Lol You don't even know me personally but you understand why I failed? I won't even tell you what I really want to tell you. But thanks for the advice!

Your posts & lack of comprehension say a lot.

Josie, RN/LCSW · Nov 9, 2016

In what way did you "Fail"? Grades? Clinical mistakes? What? Normally if a student doesn't make grades they are given a chance to retake that semester, as the school wants to keep its attrition rates as low as possible. The fact that you were completely removed from the program seems as if there was a serious problem.

Keisha2017 · Nov 9, 2016

I failed a course by 1 point and I appealed and they granted it and then revoked it because the class I failed was 9 credits and killed my gpa! The appeal committee didn't look at all of that before granting my appeal. They didn't catch the mistake until after I went to summer school and paid an arm and a leg and I couldn't drop the summer courses bc it was past the drop date. Once my appeal was revoked I was dismissed from the program.

Keisha2017 · Nov 9, 2016

In what way did you "Fail"? Grades? Clinical mistakes? What? Normally if a student doesn't make grades they are given a chance to retake that semester, as the school wants to keep its attrition rates as low as possible. The fact that you were completely removed from the program seems as if there was a serious problem.

I failed a course by 1 point and I appealed and they granted it and then revoked it because the class I failed was 9 credits and killed my gpa! The appeal committee didn't look at all of that before granting my appeal. They didn't catch the mistake until after I went to summer school and paid an arm and a leg and I couldn't drop the summer courses bc it was past the drop date. Once my appeal was revoked I was dismissed from the program. The serious problem was my gpa dropped so low after that 9 credit course.

qcfynest1 · Nov 11, 2016

Yes, you have a very real chance of getting into another program. I too failed out of nursing school years ago my very last semester of nursing school. I applied to several schools with the hopes of getting my credits transferred and not having to start over. I lived in a larger city with many schools and was accepted into several, the problem I ran into was getting all those credits to transfer. I gave up and decided that nursing wasn't for me anymore. I sat out for two years with no real job prospects. I sucked it up and started a new program from the very beginning and I passed and became a nurse two years later. I'm proud to say I've been a nurse for 10 long years.

Keisha2017 · Nov 11, 2016

Yes, you have a very real chance of getting into another program. I too failed out of nursing school years ago my very last semester of nursing school. I applied to several schools with the hopes of getting my credits transferred and not having to start over. I lived in a larger city with many schools and was accepted into several, the problem I ran into was getting all those credits to transfer. I gave up and decided that nursing wasn't for me anymore. I sat out for two years with no real job prospects. I sucked it up and started a new program from the very beginning and I passed and became a nurse two years later. I'm proud to say I've been a nurse for 10 long years.

wow! That's great! I'm happy you decided not to give up! Your story gives me hope! I hope one day I'll be telling the same story to someone that happens to be in the same position I'm in one day in the future :) thank you for the encouraging words!

HyzenthlayLPN · Nov 29, 2016

Did you meet with the Dean? Have you found out whether or not you have been accepted to the program?

Keisha2017 · Nov 29, 2016

Did you meet with the Dean? Have you found out whether or not you have been accepted to the program?

Yes i have and i feel 10000000 times better. The dean told me I do have a fair chance. She said because None of my nursing clinical courses transferred and I'll be starting over completely with clinicals that me failing another program won't be counted against me. They give students a fair chance and that's not how their enrollment process works. It would've been different if I had tried to pick up where I left off. I meet the requirements but the only thing that determines if I'm accepted into clinicals is if I pass the pre req nursing class that everyone has to take which I heard is very tough! I made friends with some students that's in the program and got them to send me the syllabus and the books they used!

I have been reading and getting a head start on things before the spring semester begins.

HyzenthlayLPN · Nov 29, 2016

That is good news! Hang in there!!!

Keisha2017 · Nov 29, 2016

That is good news! Hang in there!!!

It is! I'm happy I asked for advice on here because I wouldn't of thought of most of the things people told me! I just don't want to make the same mistake twice so I have to go the extra mile and do more!

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silverbat · Nov 3, 2018

Be very careful with some of the nontraditional "schools" like You see advertising all the time on TV. Many times their classes do not transfer to other more traditional colleges. You don't want to spend 3 times the amount, graduate, decide you want MSN and wow none of the courses you just took will transfer.