Dismissed, Reformed, Ready

<p>I was dismissed from a University about 3 years ago.
I was on academic probation due to pure laziness & getting caught up in the college life.
Took some time off to reflect on the shame i had brought on myself & family (who still don't know i got dismissed)
Enrolled in an LPN program graduated with a 3.3 GPA (completed in 12 months)
Currently in an Associates in Nursing Program with a 3.0 GPA (15 months)
Set to graduate in 5 months from my ADN and i definitely plan on getting the GPA higher.
Basically i realized my mistakes. Both my LPN & ADN programs were accelerated so its hasn't been easy.
I have been traveling from to NJ from NY monday through friday, since January 2011 for school.
I also work full-time as a pediatric home care nurse with my LPN.
I now plan on going back to a university for my BSN.
Do i have any chances? I will be as brutally honest on my college essay & lay the cards on the table.
I don't want to get stuck with these online universities (walden, chamberlain etc)
ANY advise will be greatly appreciated. Thank you</p>

<p>Am there unfortunately. It wasn’t laziness that caused me this, it was misguidance. I basically wasn’t studying enough and all my efforts to correct this failed woefully. At the end of my last exams, i smelt doomsday. I had needed minimum of 60%(B) in all my courses to succeed but afterwards i discovered to my horror that i wouldn’t make it. I prayed, i hoped while i waited for my result. It was the hardest wait in my existence. I realised during this period that i may not have been the ideal hard working student but wasn’t a lazy student afterall and if i had been smarter i could have bounced back before probation 2. The determination, the concern, the interest, the effort were always there but i missed facts, directives and orientation to set things right. It was like continously struggling to climb a tall fence without a ladder.
The result was released after 11 weeks wait, and i failed, i made only Cs. The last atom of optimism, positivity and hope in me was crushed and so began my misery.</p>