1/2 way through level one... 1/3 of the students are gone...

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That pretty much sums it up.

Today in NU 116, Level one, I noticed that many of the seats that were once occupied are now empty. Just to check, I thought I'd count the occupied seats. Sure enough, of the +/- 65 students that I started level one with, there were only 43 left after eight weeks. Talk about depressing!

I'm a "B" and hope to be there at the end of the next 8 weeks. How does this compare with your school?

Any tips?

The two girls that failed in my final semester were A and B students. But the programs policy was that you had to pass the med calc with 100% each of the 4 semesters. So when they didn't label the answer, they didn't get 100% and were bounced out. I know it's hard to believe but it's true. One girl finished in Hopkinsville, KY and one girl finished at Richmond KY so they both DID become nurses, just not from the program I was in.

I thought most of those that ended up leaving the program I was in was because they just couldn't get the hang of having 4 right answers to every question on the tests. Failing was anything below a 77% and there was no rounding up. I don't know anyone who failed because of clinicals.

Hi Meredith,

Your question isn't stupid at all. Please ask away!

It seems that the people who have left fall into one of three categories:

1. Those who thought they could get through the program with a minimum of effort.

2. Those who were prepared for the commitment, but just couldn't pass the different style of exams used in the nursing theory class (NCLEX type)

3. Those who went to a couple of clinicals and said "yech...not for me".

Before I had gotten accepted, I understood that the nursing program was basically a "mini-med school", so I completely reorganized my life for a total commitment to the program. On the other hand, one of my classmates admitted that she won't work on school stuff on weekends, that weekends were "her time off" from school. She has yet to pass her first theory exam.

If you're going to nursing school, guess what! It's real hard and it's for real!

Specializes in LTC.

The RN-ADN program I started (and had to quit years ago) started with about 50 and graduated with 4. They all passed NCLEX, though.

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