I was accepted into a nursing program and realized yesterday that I had left off two classes from a community college I attended a long time ago.
I was admitted to the nursing program, and then had to submit a separate application to the actual school. The school emailed me yesterday saying I needed to report a college I had left off. Took me a while to think of what they might be referring to, and then I remembered.
I immediately contacted the nursing school admissions and told them of my mistakes, and I am panicking.
The grades in the classes were an F and a Pass. Seems bad to hide an F right? Hereâs the catch though, I have 20+ Fs and Ds from this time period almost 10 years ago. I even got academically dismissed from the university I was attending at the time for poor grades. At no point have I tried to hide that, and I wrote an entire essay explaining the circumstances and how I have turned things around. They accepted me despite my past. Leaving out 1 F really wouldnât have done me any favors, but I am still worried it looks bad.
I have attended a lot of schools and moved around a lot, and genuinely forgot about this stint at this specific college. I have over 200+ units from starting my education from scratch and earning another bachelors degree.
Anyways, I immeditely called the nursing school and sent an email detailing my mistake, and sent them a transcript. I am not trying to hide anything.
Anyone want to guess my chances of having my admission rescinded?
Thanks for reading :(.
I should add that the classes I unintentionally omitted are not prerequisite classes. I am not worried about the pass class obviously just the F. I retook this F down the line without even realizing it because I was trying to fill a GE requirement to graduate.
This is my dream school, and I feel so stupid.
I know some may think âoh thats convenient that you âforgotâ to report an Fâ, but like I said, tons of Fs and Ds during this time. I have so many units now this one F wouldnât have made a bit of difference.
If you really already showed them numerous other Fs and Ds, then honestly, I doubt one more is going to make much of a difference. You will of course need to wait for their official decision, but I doubt this is really going to move the needle, if they are already fully aware of the challenges of your past and have decided that you are now better prepared for academics.
Thanks for your response. Yep, I truly reported all my Fs and Ds. I know that hiding these things is way more damaging. I have done the work to fix my mistakes and know I can only show that I am not that student anymore, so I have never hid anything, even though it has been admittedly tempting at times! haha
Hopefully they will understand that it was an honest mistake. I donât think it looks like you were intentionally hiding it - you were totally candid about your other grades, so why hide one F? It wouldnât make much sense to do so. So hopefully you will be alright, although Iâm sure waiting to hear back is really stressful.
Yeah hopefully.
My nervous system is going haywire for sure.
Update if anyone is following:
Heard back from the school itself. They said it was fine, no big deal, but that they were actually just referring to me listing a system of community colleges that appear on one transcript as one college rather than listing them individually. So⊠i outed myself on the two other community college classes. I guess upon realizing I left something out, I needed to update them anyways. Better now than something going wrong down the line.
Nothing from the nursing school yet. Anxiety is definitely ramping up by the day. Debating calling them and asking for an update, but also donât want to be a bother.
I would go ahead and call politely. I wouldnât call repeatedly. But one polite call would probably be fine.
Thank you for your kind words and responses.
Final word: They rescinded my offer. To say I am devastated is an understatement. They quoted policy and basically said thanks for your honesty but per policy, we have to rescind your admission. Basically, since the F dropped my GPA at all, it was no longer the GPA they chose to admit me with.
I guess I am updating this for anyone that has a similar situation in the future and is frantically searching this site for someone who might have had a similar situation.
I guess the lesson here is honesty isnât the best policy? I outed myself without waiting to see what they were really looking for. If I had held my tongue I would be going to my dream school.
But the real lesson I suppose is to make sure you triple-check that you didnât omit any information on accident (donât omit on purpose either), or you might end up sad like me.
Oh no, I am so so sorry to hear this. Did they indicate whether you could re-apply? This is truly heartbreaking and I am just so sorry.
They didnât say anything about re-applying. I will probably call tomorrow, see if I can do any last-minute groveling, and get some clarification.
However, I donât think I will re-apply. It seems like if this is how things are then it just wasnât meant to be. I want to be in a program that supports me, and works with mistakes rather than just dismissing me.
I have some other options and will apply elsewhere just making sure to include everything.
definitely still in shock.
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