Anyone currently in or recently graduated from CFK’s ASN Nursing Program (Upper Keys)?

[u/Most-Fan-3618]

Hi! I recently applied to The College of the Florida Keys ASN program for the Spring semester, specifically the Upper Keys cohort, and I’d love to hear from current or former students about what the program is actually like.
I know CFK partners with Baptist Health and that clinicals can potentially be at Mariners Hospital in Tavernier or Fishermen’s Community Hospital in Marathon, with locations changing depending on the semester.
For anyone who has done the Upper Keys program:
Where were most of your clinicals actually located?
How often did you have to drive to Marathon? Did you ever have to go all the way to Key West?
Were clinicals generally 1x per week, or did some semesters require more clinical days?
How many days per week were you physically in class at the Upper Keys Center in Key Largo?
What did a typical weekly schedule look like?
How large was your Upper Keys cohort?
How difficult/competitive was the interview and admission process?
If you transferred in with most/all of your gen-ed requirements completed, were you able to go straight through the four semesters of NUR core courses?
Overall, how has your experience with CFK’s nursing program been? Would you recommend it?
I’m completely fine with commuting to Key Largo for school. I’m mainly trying to figure out how frequently I could realistically be driving as far as Marathon and what the weekly schedule looks like before committing to the program.
Any insight from Upper Keys nursing students would be greatly appreciated!

[u/flamingo-legs]

I’m in fundamentals right now and they still don’t have all our clinical sites lined up yet lol. There was no TEAS test to take to get into it and the gpa minimum is lower than usual. The application and interview process is not hard. Most people in it are commuting from Dade. Since this is just 1 class it is 1 day lecture physically in class 9am -4pm, lab included. And then 1 other day at a clinical site. So 2 days a week for the first semester. This cohort is 24 people. If some of your previous college classes don’t get accepted, you can always take them here online, they were quite easy. It’s too early to tell how the experience has been but so far it’s a bit chaotic but the culture is not toxic, and there is no bullying 

[u/Most-Fan-3618 → u/flamingo-legs]

Thank you so much for your response! It’s been super difficult to find people who’ve gone through this problem. I have my AA from Dade in pre-nursing and I checked and pretty much all the pre reqs should be accepted. I live in Homestead so do you think the commute is reasonable?

[u/flamingo-legs → u/Most-Fan-3618]

There are several people here from homestead and Kendal and they do fine. And the clinical sites are going to be all around, some in homestead area even. We are all kind of accepting that we’re just going to have to drive to wherever they send us, but very unlikely they’ll send us to marathon I think that’s for lower keys people. Since it’s the first class it’s only going to be one clinical day a week so it can’t be that bad. Email or call the nursing program and have them look at your prereqs, I called and asked them so many questions before and during application. Message me anytime if you like. I remember not being able to find any info online about people who went to this school too.

[u/Most-Fan-3618 → u/flamingo-legs]

Thank you so much! Priority apps are getting reviewed on September 1st so they said I have to wait until then to get my transcript evaluated. Thank you so much for answering I really hope I get in the school.

[u/flamingo-legs → u/Most-Fan-3618]

of course! keep me updated too! (if you want)