Calling all Paducah, KY Nurses!

I also go to WKCTC. hoping to get accepted in spring of 2010

there's a user named Ocelot on this site that is in the program at WKCTCS now. She has been great about answering any questions i've had. She told me the spring semester is usually less competitive (not sure why). Good Luck!

I am currently in the nursing program now at WKCTC. Not many of us on here from P-town!!

Cutoff for points for Fall 08 was 63 and Spring 09 was 55. I believe cutoff for Fall 09 was in the sixties also. Can't be sure. I do know they are making changes to the program on the points/cutoffs. If I hear anything else I will let you all know. Good luck to you guys!! If I do hear, I will post. I check the boards every couple of weeks.

Howdy...

Graduated gosh.. going on 6 years ago.. dang the time flies....

Not so competitive in the spring.. because... I imagine... you dont walk graduation.. I mean you can... I started spring... and graduated in December... we had our own pinning ceremony it was better than any graduation... not sure if thats why they dont start then.. or just decide that starting in the fall is better for them... go figure..

My background is ICU/CCU Im now in Hospice and loving it..

however... Both hospitals have great units either one you decide on going with you will get well educated after you graduate.. they both have wonderful training programs.... I learned so much from going into ICU/CCU as a new grad.

Good Luck and look out for Connie in Psych Semester if she is still teaching... she is a hoot!

I went to my conference to apply yesterday. From now on, no one with under 60 points can be admitted to the program. Shari said that in the past few years the trend has been that students that get accepted with under 60 pts haven't done well so that's why the changed the cutoff. (my friend said last semester the cutoff was 50 pts). I'm really nervous to see if I got in! 6 weeks to wait!

Yesterday's conference was the last one to apply for the spring and there were 80 people there, and Shari said there were at least that many at all the other conferences also, so a lot of people are trying to get in!

Also- Make sure you get to your conference on time because they will now be dismissing anyone who comes in more than about 10 minutes late. Some girl came in at 10 after 4:00 yesterday and they couldn't let her in(new policy) so now she can't apply for spring at all! I felt so bad for her but at the same time they need you to hear all the information so I understand. (I got there an hour early to be on the safe side! LOL!)

Good LUck to all applying!

Yea I think if the 80th person on the list had under 60 points they would still let them in. I mean as long as you have a 2.0 GPA you've met the requirments there, and you said you took the NLN so you've got that. I think she meant they are less successful (but in your case that old GPA is biting you in the a**) Good Luck to you!

I had a similar problem. I was going to apply for this fall but I didn't yet have 12 college hours. Well I'll admit I goofed off in high school so my GPA SUCKED! my advisor told me If i wanted a fighting chance of getting in I'd do better to wait it out another semester so my college GPA would be used. And thats what I did, so whenI applied this past monday i had 93 points whereas if i had applied for the fall i would have had 61.

That is an AWESOME NLN score! You should be very proud of yourself!!