Has anyone attended is currently attending Lasalle University in Philadelphia?

Nadanurse · Oct 1, 2015

So I was enrolled in the Achieve program. I entered as an honor student, made Deans list for the first 3 semesters. I was set to graduate in December. Because the school is on provisional status for accreditation with the Pa Board of Nursing, each semester they would initiate new requirements & change grading guidelines. The administration is basically penalizing current students for past mistakes. We realized that they are trying to decrease the amount of students. Who will be taking the NCLEX. Smaller # of students equal higher percentages. During the Spring semester a new rule implemented was cumulative test grade average must be above 78%. I was in the ER with an ovary torsion days before my Research final. Our instructor was traveling & made it clear that she would be unreachable the day of, and 4 days before the exam. Knowing I was unprepared, I took the exam & got a 64. This was the first exam I failed. My overall average for the course even with the failure, was 79, C. However, my cumulative test average was a 74 (two exams I got an 85 & 64) . so I was given a D in class & with 2 semesters & only 3 classes left to take, I was expelled. I provided hospital records, letters of recommendation & begged to be put on academic probation.. It was decided that because I did not email the instructor (who was unavailable & told us she wouldn't be checking her email prior to the exam)to reschedule taking the final, I would not be reinstated. LaSalle administrative staff could care less about the students and are focused on saving their own ass. I would have never agreed to spend so much time and money on a program where one exam has the potential to completely ruin my future. I'm supposed to graduate next month & instead I'm applying to college. I don't understand how it's fair that a student can agree to attend a program based on one set of guidelines & requirements, and once the student is invested, those requirements are changed to the detriment of the student. The Nursing Board has given Lasalle multiple opportunities to makes changes to improve their pass rates. Yet Lasalle administration refuses to extend a similar opportunity to their own student after an extenuating circumstance.