Leaving Nursing Program

[Wiggly Litchi]

So some words of advice/encouragement are needed.

My fiance and I broke up over the holidays and I'm forced to leave my nursing program because I can't rely on him for financial help anymore. I will be moving to another state and I'm hoping that I'll be able to re-enter another program.

Because I didn't fail out and I left on good terms (4.0GPA, passed all classes, filed for a leave of absence), does anyone have any experience joining another program later/in another state and being successful? I'm not sure how the American College system works still - I'm not sure if I'll be penalized/refused entry to other programs, so any words of advice are absolutely welcome.

To say I'm heartbroken about this whole thing is an understatement though... Life is full of roadblocks, but this is getting ridiculous now :/.

Stay awesome everyone and thanks for reading!

[Wiggly Litchi]

On 2/23/2019 at 2:10 PM, FullGlass said:

Why are you unable to complete nursing school b/c of your former fiancee? That doesn't make sense. When you complete a FAFSA, if you are an adult, it only includes your own resources, not a fiancee's. Talk to the school about your situation and see if there is additional financial aid/loans available. You could also consider working full time or part time and finishing nursing school part time.

It is odd you think it is ok to start nursing school all over again. Who is going to pay for it this time? How about having to take out more loans for the same classes, which is a complete waste?

There are plenty of nursing students w/o fiancees who are able to get through nursing school on their own financially. Get your financial house in order and learn to be an independent adult.

Wow that's overly harsh from someone who knows nothing of the arrangement that my fiance and I had.

Like many, I had stopped working when I entered nursing school. I devoted myself wholly to it and my GPA reflects the effort I put in. When my fiance and I broke up, I had to leave the home, which again is the norm for people who break up.

Currently, I'm working again and I'm holding my own just fine. I am an independent adult thankyouverymuch. I owe very little in student debt and when I do return to nursing school, I will be footing the bill, even if it means having to work extra to make ends meet.

I won't be starting from scratch per-se, I have all of my prerequisites in order and luckily for me I was only 2 trimesters into the program. My current school has given me a year out to get back on my feet, which I've managed to do pretty quickly.

The original post was written in somewhat of a panic when everything was hitting the fan at once, and I'm still not completely familiar with the American education system (I'm foreign), everything's a learning curve.

Thanks for your concern.

[FullGlass, BSN, MSN, NP]

23 hours ago, Wiggly Litchi said:

Wow that's overly harsh from someone who knows nothing of the arrangement that my fiance and I had.

Like many, I had stopped working when I entered nursing school. I devoted myself wholly to it and my GPA reflects the effort I put in. When my fiance and I broke up, I had to leave the home, which again is the norm for people who break up.

Currently, I'm working again and I'm holding my own just fine. I am an independent adult thankyouverymuch. I owe very little in student debt and when I do return to nursing school, I will be footing the bill, even if it means having to work extra to make ends meet.

I won't be starting from scratch per-se, I have all of my prerequisites in order and luckily for me I was only 2 trimesters into the program. My current school has given me a year out to get back on my feet, which I've managed to do pretty quickly.

The original post was written in somewhat of a panic when everything was hitting the fan at once, and I'm still not completely familiar with the American education system (I'm foreign), everything's a learning curve.

Thanks for your concern.

I did not mean to be overly harsh but to give you a dose of reality. A fiancee or boyfriend has no legal obligation to support you. Perhaps he was a jerk, but it was also very naive of you to quit work and expect him to support you through nursing school. In the future, unless you are married, plan on being financially independent ( and even if you are married, best to not be totally dependent on a husband).

Good luck.