Will florida nursing school give my seat away for a misdemeanor?

[TeeBee9]

Hello!

So about a year ago I was arrested for a DUI. I hired a great attorney who was able to get it dropped down to "reckless driving" and withhold of adjudication. I have never been in any trouble before. Squeaky clean record prior. BUT in the mean time of my court dates i applied to a nursing program before my case was closed and i was accepted then had to give my seat away once they ran my background. I received a letter stating that once my case is closed, "Your are more than welcome to reapply." Now that my case is close and i have a misdemeanor on my record(reckless driving), I have applied to two nursing schools. I got accepted into one and im still waiting for the other to reply. What are my chances of getting past the background check with a reckless driving adjudication withheld? Should i make an appt with the dean to explain myself? any advice would be great. Im not a bad person by any means. I made a mistake that I deeply regret. Im just really hoping that someone will take chance on me!

[Krystille Bayudan]

Hi! I’m in your same boat however my charges weren’t discounted :( what ended up happening in your situation? I had a dui 4 years ago.

[Theresa2467]

Hi,

What was the outcome?

[TeeBee9]

Hello!

I am now in term two of nursing school. For one school my background came back clean. For the other school it showed up but they didn’t give me a quick enough response so I went with the school that had a clean background for me

[TeeBee9]

On 3/10/2020 at 7:59 AM, Krystille Bayudan said:

Hi! I’m in your same boat however my charges weren’t discounted ? what ended up happening in your situation? I had a dui 4 years ago.

It didn’t even come up on my background thankfully. With yours, IDK how they will perceive it but I do think it’s good that it was 4 years ago. Hopefully they take that into consideration.