F's from several years ago, I have a 3.8 now.

[Coca_Evagria]

Hello everyone!

I am am extremely stressed out. I graduated high school in 2011 and I immediately went to college that Fall of 2011. I was excited and ready for school but then I became homeless and I didn't know about withdrawing and all that so I just stopped going and failed. I went back in Fall of 2012 after petitioning to get in and it was going good again except I was in an abusive relationship and the guy beat me and made me too scared to leave the house so I couldn't withdraw and failed again. I stopped going until I broke up with him and then at this point I have several Fs again since I automatically failed. I started again in Fall of 2013 and the semester was going perfectly. I was holding all A's in my classes and it was only 3 weeks until finals when my mom called me and said my stepdad had suddenly passed. He died from a drug overdose. It was beyond the withdraw date and each of my professors refused to sign the withdraw sheet because we couldn't withdraw beyond the date without Professor permission so I stopped going and helped my family since my mom was now alone raising 3 kids. I failed again and gave up completely. However, flash forward to now. It is July of 2017. I am married to a great guy and I go to a new school which I am mainting

a 3.8 in and I am looking to apply to their program this September. My issue is that they require any and ALL previous transcripts and I've pleaded with the other school and they told me they don't do academic forgiveness after a certain time period and that I would need to go back there and take 12 credits out of pocket to wipe my record. I am terrified that this record will haunt me because of my insane past. I apologize for the incredibly long read but I am hoping that someone, who was not in my exact situation personally but academically can shed some light on what I can do.

Thank you.

[ItsThatJenGirl, CNA]

Check out this link: NursingCAS | The Centralized Application for Nursing Programs . The essential information is right at the top of the page. This is how different nursing schools gain access to your academic information.

Yep, they knew which schools I had attended. While they didn't have access to my actual transcripts, they wouldn't accept my application without them.

It's not worth withholding that information, IMO. Especially if your program requests ALL transcripts, like mine did.

[tropsnegRN, ADN, BSN, RN]

I got a BS in PoliSci in 2013. I went to school right out of HS and by my 5th year at the university (I had changed my major a few times), I graduated with a 3.0. With this being said, a couple of semesters had horrible grades. One semester I literally withdrew/dropped from every single class except one and that one had a D if I remember correctly. I was burnt out on school and just wanted to get it over with already.

Anyway, long story short - I was immature and didn't give a damn about what my transcript would say in my future because I never intended on going back to school once I got out and secured a job.

Well, here is is 4 years later and I am in nursing school. I had no problems getting accepted even though some of the semesters on my transcript from UM were embarassing. However, I have been putting my full dedication into returning to school and it shows.

I'm not so sure how schools are going to look at 3 times just quitting because without the withdrawal it looks like you didn't care enough to even drop. Literally every nurse I have talked to says, "if something bad is going to happen it's probably going to be during nursing school." I mean that's just...life.

[ayuhime, BSN]

I believe all nursing schools are able to verify which schools you've previously attended. It is not a crime or fraud to not send some of your official transcripts, but when it comes to applying you will get a notification saying that some transcripts are missing and admissions will not process your application until all transcripts are sent, or they could possibly deny your application and you'll miss the deadline. Also, most nursing schools only look at the last 60 credits if that helps you any.