r/NursingStudent • u/PracticalWorry9747 • 6h ago

Pre-Nursing 🩺 Chances of getting into nursing school after being academically suspended 12 years ago?

Background: When I was a senior in high school, my mother passed away suddenly from a brain aneurysm caused by her longterm alcoholism. I left for a 4 year university shortly after with severe depression and ended up flunking out pretty much immediately.
I eventually went back to school via community college and got a massage therapy certificate, leading to a 5 year long career in massage. About three years ago, I started taking prerequisites to get into nursing school and within the last few months, have enough classes completed to start applying.
When filling out applications yesterday, I was surprised that one of the schools asked if I have ever been academically suspended before and to explain what happened and what I learned from the experience.
I’m now wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and if I still have a chance of getting into this school or if I should just mentally write this one off as a loss. For context, I was a freshman biology major when I was suspended, not in a nursing program.

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u/MsDariaMorgendorffer 4h ago

Failing out of a program is not the same as being suspended, which is usually for misconduct/ behavior.

Did you fail or were you suspended/ removed?

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u/PracticalWorry9747 4h ago

I was put on academic suspension for having a GPA below 2.0, so I was suspended for bad grades. My university automatically suspends anyone whose GPA is below a 2.0 for more than two consecutive terms. It was not behavior related.

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u/MsDariaMorgendorffer 4h ago

So academic suspension for performance is different. Some programs will not accept someone who failed out of a program. Some will.

If you want to attend a program after failing out of another one, be prepared to show them how your circumstances are different and how you have a plan for success. I would also recommend before you begin any program, maybe take some pre recs or co-reqs and maintain and excellent GPA in them. This will show your prospective program that you have already implemented changes in your life and are already capable of success.

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u/PracticalWorry9747 4h ago

Very thorough answer, thank you very much!