Kapiolani Community College

Calimom:

Seems you are angry and perhaps are barking up the wrong tree. What are you REALLy frustrated with ? KCC as I mentioned above is a VOCATIONAL career ladder school. This may be funded by the state , federal and heck, aliens but their mission is to educate to local first to fill vocational needs. ( its their mission and right) This really is not discrimination. And the line is clearly drawn between UH and kcc both state and federally funded.

Hawaii is not the mainland and caters to many ethnic and cultural groups. We are not sustained by as much big company money. Why are you so freaked out about your fees ? Hawaii is expensive, you knew that before you came. Rant and rave but eventually you will get yourself sick. Its not negativity being placed on you, its the fact that Hawaii is unique and partial to its local community. You can't just get in a car and drive. I repeat this is not the mainland. Attitudes need to be left at the airport.

I am in the KCC nursing program and I was born and raised here but I am NOT Hawaiian. Why don't you people understand that "local" is not a race and is not to say only "locals" get into the program. To me, being a local means that you were born and raised here. I can tell you that more than half of my classmates were not born and raised here and that there are most in my class are from the mainland. Probably only 3-4 part-Hawaiians. So please stop making this system seem as if it is racially discriminatory towards hauole's or as if KCC refuses to take non-residents, they will take you into consideration if you have the grades and test scores but state residents have priority and just because you are a state resident does not necessarily mean that you are local. I suggest you do your research as well. Then you start bringing up crap about how you paid over $1000 to the STATE for your dog..seriously??? If I go to the state that you are from , I will have to pay YOUR states taxes too right?? So once again, this is a STATE funded program, paying $30,000 for each student..so they require that STATE residents have priority..how does this not make sense? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out..if there are not enough state residents applying, your in luck..but this will be close to NEVER..if this is seriously that hard for you to understand, maybe you should rethink your profession because things will only get much more difficult. Also, if you are so hung up on this, you should be taking this up with the STATE, KCC has nothing to do with these regulations..so go ahead and write to "your" legislature instead of declaring your hatred for our schools

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Oh and Calimom, it just seems you have a pure disrespect for Hawaii and our people of ALL races and colors..Most locals never pay over $1080 in taxes in 4 years??, *** is that supposed to mean..Who are you to say that and why would you assume that? You think ALL locals have crappy jobs and are too broke to even make enough money to pay that amount of taxes or something? All this talk about how the STATE is soooooooooo discriminatory, yet the truth is..SO ARE YOU!!

I also agree with an earlier post..get your ass back on the plane cuz Hawaii dont need people like you here..BTW, I'm not military but I would absolutely LOVE to go shopping at the exchange or commecery..will they let me shop there if I am not in the military or a dependant of someone in the military??

F-NO they wont right? Does that mean they are discriminatory as well? Well, I pay my FEDERAL taxes...DO YOU GET HOW STUPID YOU ARE NOW?

Augie Bear:

Can I email you questions about the KCC program ?

How has the program been ? Honest, level of homework and difficulty ? How is the first semester ?

Thanks.

Okay KL2010 & augiebear, cc me on that email, I need to know too!

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone on here has first-hand knowledge on the stats (GPA, co-reqs, NLN score) of students recently accepted into KCC's ADN program. I have been hearing A LOT of rumors (such as no one with less than a 155 on the NLN and all co-reqs completed were accepted) and it would be nice to know the facts.

Any credible info would be much appreciated!

Lala

This is my first semester in the KCC nursing program. That 155 NLN score rumor is sooo not true. The highest NLN score that I know of in our class is 145. Many students had NLN scores between the mid 120's to the mid 130's. I do know of one classmate who had a NLN of 121. I think its safe to say that having all co-reqs completed is a good idea and more beneficial. Unless you have a really high NLN score and a high GPR, you will probably not get in without completing all coreqs and it would be insane to be taking co-req classes with the nursing classes. I am not sure about everyones GPR, but I am pretty sure mine was 3.7. Only 30 were accepted for my class but I hear next semester will be accepting 50 so even better. Even if you are an alternate you should pursue it because I know of atleast one alternate that is in our class.Hope this helps some, anymore questions just ask!

Thank you so much for clearing up the rumors and providing some great insight! I applied at KCC for Spring 2009, along with UHM, and am sort of waiting on pins and needles...after hearing some of the rumors going around I was feeling a bit discouraged b/c I definitely didn't score a 155 I feel better knowing that they may take more students; perhaps, I'll have a better chance of being accepted. All my classes are complete, I have a 3.97 GPA, scored 137 on the NLN, and am a CNA --crossing my fingers!

Hope your first semester is going well!

Thanks again,

Lala

no problem..is your 3.97 GPA cummulative or just for the reqs?..they go by GPR..your GPA only for pre-reqs and give extra points for whatever co-reqs you have completed..did you complete all of your co-reqs? either way, your GPR must be pretty high too, looks like you will probably definitely get in!! congrats in advance:yeah:

looks like I should learn how to read better..lol..so you did complete all your co-reqs also!! yup, your in!

Augiebear,

Please explain GPA vs. GPR to me? I have 4.0 in all the pre req's and co req's but I'm missing 2 classes still. I've taken other classes outside of what is required (my old degree) but did not do so well back then. Will this come back to haunt me? Or am I to be concerned only with the list for the nursing program? I have an NLN 141, 4.0 but missing 2 classes, anthro & Pharm. I applied to see if I could sneak in for this January 2010. What do you think??