" I too believe that the school did me a huge favor because now instead of going for another AAS, I'm going for my BSN. Listen, there is a lesson and a blessing in every circumstance and as cliché as it sounds..." PhoenixTech Am I to understand that you were rejected by the AAS program but accepted into a BSN program in AZ? If so, would you be able and willing to elaborate? The state that I am in has a strange twist to its laws; civil convictions (contempt of court) cannot be expunged but criminal convictions can - so my civil conviction will remain with me for life, but the rehabilitated serial-killer can apply to become an RN after having their crimes expunged! My civil convictions show up as "Criminal" convictions in the background check. Thus I have failed the background check despite having, in my hands, an unrestricted AZ fingerprint card. The CC has not rejected me yet, but I am sure that it is coming. God helps those who help themselves, but right now, I feel like I have been thrown overboard, and then my rescue boat torpedoed.