Help! I'm getting ready to apply for my schools nursing program. Before acceptance, I have to have a background check ran. I was arrested for theft over $1,00 (felony) but not convicted. I am on probation and judicial diversion, which means in December 2017 I can have it expunged from my record. Although I have never been convicted of a crime, I know the arrest will still show on my background check, especially if they run a criminal background check. My lawyer told me to answer "no" to the "have you ever been convicted of a crime" section of any background check, because I haven't been. However, I don't want to be dishonest at all. I honestly have no clue if it is even worth spending the time going through my prerequisites for the program, just to be turned away because of an arrest. Not only that, but say I DO get accepted and get through the program, only for the Board of Nursing to see it, and deny me licensing. Has anybody ever been through this before? I feel like I'm stuck and have no options.