I was arrested in June of 08 for misdemeanor vandalism. The charges were dismissed but the arrest is still on my background check. I have ONE MORE pre-requisite to take at college in the Spring of '09 & planned to apply to the Nursing program in Fall of '09. I called the admissions to the Nursing program and they said that the "clinical settings" would reject me because of the "positive" background check, which only shows an arrest and subsequent dismissal! I then called a few other Nursing schools in my area and they told me the same thing! What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? But I've seen many posts on this website by people who have gone to Nursing school with actual convictions on their record! I would be curious to know which schools those were? Apparently some programs are more forgiving (& fair) than others. Anybody have any experience with this?