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Anyone else looking to apply to the Hopkinsville CC Fall 2023 RN Traditional Track? If so, hi! I am a fellow Fall 2023 hopeful. I'm relocating to the area next month. I'm a military spouse and I've got kids. Hoping to make this long term dream finally a reality! I still need to complete the NAA 100/Nursing Assistant I pre-requisite and start that class in Feb. For co-requisites, I still need Microbio and I will start that class in March. I need to take the PAX exam still and have started studying for that. If you've taken it, what was your score? 111 is the minimum HCC requires, but I've read 130 will really help with admission, although it varies with each admission cycle. I meet one of the waiver requirements for ACT/SAT. I also need my CPR for healthcare providers and plan to take a course soon after I arrive. Once the Pre-Admission Conference dates are available, I will be jumping on that too! Writing it all out, it seems like I have a lot to complete, but it all feels within reach and is just a matter of time before I can get everything done. I hope whoever else is looking to start at HCC in Fall 2023/s RN traditional track finds this thread and reaches out! It would be nice to get to know some others and for us to all encourage each other an follow our application progress.

With such an amazing degree offering as an ABSN, it is really unfortunate that you are no longer eligible for Pell Grants once you have a bachelor’s degree. You should still be able to qualify for federal student loans though. Always look and apply for scholarships that you are eligible for! Military grants may depend on your sponsor’s branch of service. I’ve heard Army offers something to their spouses. My husband is Air Force though and I’m not sure of anything.

U of A has a great nursing program! Congrats!

If it were me, I’d take the job! It would lay a great foundation for the rest of your career and help you gain experience that will set you up as well. Hope it all worked out!

I know this post is old, but maybe someone else will come across this.. if you can plan things out, get your schooling done first. Then you can work as you’re able. Nursing school schedule isn’t that flexible and it can be really hard to work out childcare.

Hi everyone, I am a military spouse, with a supportive, but gone-often husband. We have three children, who will be 8, 5, and almost 3 when I hopefully start an ABSN program next year. I am no stranger to having no life, being busy from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed. I have gone to school taking 18-19 credits while pregnant, while I had a newborn, and during an international move. I drop my older kids off at school and pick them up. I volunteer with Girl Scouts, PTO, and in the classroom. I take my kids to various sports and sometimes have to help with that. My husband has also been dealing with a knee injury/surgeries and I've had to chauffeur him around too. All the driving can be a full time job The stuff I do is not hard, but it does keep me busy. I plan to scale back on the volunteer stuff while in school... I will also have my older two in school and will put my youngest in a preschool/daycare. I fully expect nursing school to be time consuming, and an accelerated program even more so. I've read the material is typically not too difficult to understand, it's usually the amount of material within a limited time frame that is the most difficult aspect. I'm good with deadlines, prioritizing, and working under pressure. As a military family, we don't live near extended family. My husband deploys, goes to courses here and there, and goes on a lot of short trips for work- usually one or two weeks of each month. Part of the time I'm in school, he will be living in a different country (me and the kids will return to the states early for me to go to school), but we expect to be able to live together about halfway through. I plan to get realiable childcare situated. Daycare/preschool, after school programs, back-up/sick care. The program I'm looking into has online courses with tests on-site once per week, in-person skills lab once per week for 7-8 hours at a time, and clinicals once per week for a 12 hour shift. So, although I will only have two to three days where I am on campus, I want to "attend" class and study while the kids are all in school. I am nervous to go to school, know it will be hard and that I'll be very busy, but I feel like I am capable of getting through an accelerated nursing program. I've read it's often parents who do well because they're used to not having a lot of extra time/social life. I am no stranger to parenting on my own. I just want to hear from others who have been in my boat... If you are a military spouse, a single parent, or your significant other is gone often... if you have young children who depend on you... and you are in, or made it through, an accelerated BSN program... how is/was it? What tips do you have? Or am I crazy for attempting this with their current ages/being on my own often? Thanks in advance for your responses!

Did you ever end up applying?

I'm going to track my own experience here in case any one is looking for this info in the future! :) I spoke with an admissions counselor and was given the following info: -Courses are online, but exams must be taken on campus once per week. -There is a 7-8 hour skills lab on campus once per week. -There is one 12 hour day per week devoted to clinicals. The sites change according to what you're learning about, but you get to choose what day and time to attend and you know the schedule at the beginning of each semester. I am applying with a 3.29 overall GPA from my previous degree and a 4.0 nursing science GPA. They calculate your nursing science GPA based on your most recent grade. So, for someone like me who didn't do well during the first year of college (12 years ago) and got a bad grade in psychology and A&P1, it's not going to be held against me forever! They used my retakes, which were A's. I am applying for August 2019 start date, but I still have some prerequisites to complete, so it will be a few months before I complete those and submit my application. I'll update once I have an acceptance or denial.

Has anyone applied to the Concordia University Texas ABSN program? If so, please share your stats! When did you apply? Were you accepted, denied? Overall GPA, Nursing Science GPA? Did you ever have to retake a course that you didn't do so well on, early in your college career, and have it affect your admission to CTX ABSN? Their website makes it seem like as long as you meet the minimum GPA/prerequisite requirements, and check all the other boxes- there is a spot for you. If you did poorly in a class before, it's okay- they will accept your most recent grade that you are happy with and only calculate that in your GPA. (Huge benefit to someone who messed up early on in college, but got put back on the right class and redeemed themselves after retaking a couple courses!) Is it too good to be true? I know tuition is expensive, but I have GI Bill funding so that's not so much of a concern. I'm just wondering if this school is as competitive as the rest, or maybe not as much due to the private university cost associated with attending there. Also, if you went through this program- how was it?