rmiller12

Hello all, so it's been eight months since my last post. I met with the director and she was far from helpful to me. The only thing she wanted to know was how the school could improve for the upcoming students. I now know that last semester for the new students was easier for them than us because of students like me who were dismissed. They made it easier on them by finally taking our complaints into consideration, well I'm happy for them, but sad for myself. Can't find any RN programs to even apply to due to my D's even with a 3.4 gpa. My local community college only accepts 18 students a year, and I would have to get CNA before applying. I'm currently registered at my old school in a different major just to have a degree, but my heart is heavy and discouraged. I just want to be a nurse.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I have not had test anxiety before like this. I did try to go to the learning center on campus but the director with whom I was supposed to meet with did not show up because he was sick. I realize now that I should have continued to call/email him until I got a response, but nursing school schedule is not the best in the world, especially first semester. :) Anyway, I agree with sauconyrunner, I put a lot of pressure on myself. Knowing I had to make a 75 just ruined my train of thought. As soon as I finished the exam I KNEW what I missed, I also changed answers from correct to incorrect 15 times on one exam. My instructor explained that as the semester continued and my grades started to drop, my confidence in myself dropped as well. I don't want to be a nurse for the money, or anything else, I just honestly care for people and want nothing more than to have that chance to do so. As I said before, I have to go meet with the director tomorrow, and I'm pretty sure they will not even allow me to tell my story to the committee, but I was wondering if it would be a good idea to have an "appeal" letter ready to hand to her just in case? I am already prepared for the dismissal, but I also just want to know I tried everything. I am going to start looking into community colleges for my LPN. There are not a lot around me, and they only let 20 people in once a year. My GPA is 3.2 after the D's so I am opptimistic? Well, trying to be at least. I don't want to take a break, because I took a break in 2005 and did not start back until 2010 :) Again, thank you and I would love to know what everyone thinks about the appeal letter.

Hi everyone. I just received my final grades for my first semester of my BSN program Sunday. I failed one class by 4 points, one by 10 points, and the other by 15. During this semester I developed severe test anxiety and by the week of my second exams in all my classes I was a mess. Heart rate above 115 before an exam, tears and all. My instructors suggested I go to the student help center, but they wanted 300.00 to tell me I had a problem and to maybe get the opportunity to take my exams in a separate building with 30 extra minutes. I wish I would have charged that to any credit card I have, but I thought I could pull through. Of course our finals were 30% of our grade and I came up short. I have finally found a doctor in town who will prescribe me a beta blocker, and have gone to see the student services again. I said all that to say my program has a policy if you fail two you're kicked out. I have an appointment with the director Thursday which I think is required to basically say you're kicked out. I have called, emailed, visited every college within two hours of here and every single program will NOT even allow me to apply because of the D's in my nursing courses. This is what I want, this is what I was meant to do. I am 27 and my husband and I are depending on this. Can my dream really be over because of test anxiety?! Help.