Post-Masters help

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I have a big problem...please no judgement. I need the best possible solution if anyone knows anything that can help..please let me know. I utterly hate putting personal/professional issues online but...here it goes. For the last 18 months I've attended an unnamed University for their post masters psych program.I commuted 2 hours one way once or twice per month to attend classes.In the fall of 2018 I had an encounter with a teacher and she asked me how much I made..and I regrettably told her. After that encounter I went through hell...I ended up barely passing her class with a C. This class was an introductory clinical class and I took the harder class at the same time and made an A. So, I was very concerned with my grade and I called her and she said I got a C and asked if I was on Academic probation. I told her no I've never made a C in the program. Nor, in the MSN program I attended the year before with the same school. I went up until graduation which was supposed to be this past May. In the spring semester I thought I was well on the way to being dually certified. I was notified by the faculty in March of this year that I was subject to a "Random audit" in which they found that I plagiarized myself in the Fall of 2018. I had an A and a C in the two clinical courses prior to being notified. During the audit they called and verified my clinical hours with all of my preceptors. They bothered a Psychiatrist that agreed to let me sit with him for over 600hours so much that he said he would no longer accept students. I was his first student??‍♂️. So, they verified my hours...then they said they would give me zeros for those assignments. To add they said that the A I received in the one class was a "Clerical mistake" so my grade was changed to a "B". They then assessed the zeros...my grades went from a C to an F..in the other class it went from a A to a C. My total GPA went from 3.35 to 3.05, plan GPA went from 3.2 to a 2.5, the program director told me that it would be impossible to regain the 3.0 needed to graduate with my post masters certification. So, I was essentially expelled. Every college that I have applied to since has declined my application. I have never been in trouble at this college or for that fact at anytime during my education. My job helped with my tuition payments, and they hired me for my extensive psychiatric experience but also with the promise that I would finish in May. I was also promised a 10k/year raise and I had accepted another part time job pending certification. So...my employer says it doesn't effect my job..but with me being a black male...I really dont trust anything a job says. I'm asking if anyone knows how I can straighten this out..??‍♂️ I'm devastated. I've tried a lawyer in Rhode Island and paid him 1500 to start and he just sent a bill for 2300. He has made no progress. So I am about to lose 14k and 720clinical hours...and hopefully I can hold on to my job. Thanks.

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This story may sound hard to believe, but I went through something bordering on this, and I am a white female. Not sure if your sex/race has anything to do with it.

I had to repeat some clinical hours. I did not get expelled.

I am curious about the plagiarism, and not at all surprised the Psychiatrist did not enjoy mentoring you.

A lawyer specializing in such matters would probably be money better spent.

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Yes, they said I used a portion of my work for two different classes. I'm not sure of that because that's a grey area...it was a complete psychiatric assessment and a medication management note. I doubt that my race or sex has anything to do with it. The psychiatrist was very nice I still call and text if I have a question. I agree I'm going to find another lawyer.

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I am so sorry this happened to you. I am applying to psych np school. I hope it is not that school

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Well, it could've been about your race, or the fact that you made more than her, or both. We don't know, but the struggle is real and as a person of color, we can't help but to factor these things into the equation. It's draining....

But regardless, what happened to you and your ability to obtain an education due to your academic record is horrible, and unjust.

I would definitely work to keep searching for a lawyer (preferably with reliable references) who can help you fight this.

Best of luck ❤

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Thank you, the dept of education pick up the case and I found a great lawyer.

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