When I was in school, I felt concerned that I would not pass; however we started with 17 and 17 graduated! I will say there were a lot of immature people who were more concerned with shopping than care plans, and then wanted to blame the teacher for their not passing the nclex... I passes and feel I have very strong nursing skills, but to be honest if knew that the first year would be such a set back in my confidence level due to the lack of acceptance in my first year, I never would have become a nurse! I LOVE the nursing field but there should be a program for new nurses, or warning of the fact that nobody will hire you in your first year. My life has changed drastically, was in customer service 20 years ago making more money and a hell of a lot more secure...... I told myself I would stick it out for 2 years then re evaluate. 3/28 was my 1 year. Thank you for the opportunity to vent, because nobody else in my family understands why I'm going "crazy"