Met a guy at a bbq on Sat who had a similar experience to C-change.
He'd made it through the Enroute college phase but not the final field training. His instructor told him that he needed a couple of weeks of extra training prior to his final check, but didn't tell him that he was at a make-or-break stage.
In the past week, this guy had moved house, had a newborn bubs, and bubs was crook.
Two days before his final check, he made a mistake in a sim and his instructor pulled the plug, told him that's it and that he wasn't cut out for this career.
He appealed the decision, but it seemed the instructor had the final say so it didn't get him very far.
He was upset at the ruthlessness of the whole experience as he honestly felt that given the 2 days he had left before his final check, he would have been fine.
This happened around Easter last year and he was still gutted. I reckon I still would be as well.
Some sobering advice from the posts above has given us newbies a lot to think about.
Keep your head up C-change