BCIT August 2013 Applicants

[SIMBURGER]

Hello future nurses,

I am so excited to be starting nursing at BCIT in August!

For future applicants: To have a strong application make sure you have work experience, volunteer experience (preferably healthcare), as well as liberal arts courses - my Psych 241 at SFU transferred over as a libs course and I will find out if any other courses of mine transfer over once I send them an updated transcript.

I am going to be going in with a completed BSc in Kinesiology and Psychology, but a full degree is not necessary, just at least 60 credits to be competitive!

Anyone else defer to August?

[Chhun3]

Ilovesushi,

Congrats, welcome to the team!

That's a good idea, an A & P refresher will serve you well. I'm doing that too at the moment. As for microbiology, you would have to apply for a transfer credit to determine if your microbiology course will transfer over.

Here's the link:

http://www.bcit.ca/files/pdf/admission/course_credit_exemption.pdf

careubc,

The tentative course list is on the BCIT website.

http://www.bcit.ca/files/admission/pdf/2013_bsn_matrix.pdf

Cheers!

[memegumi]

does anyone know anything about the criminal record check? Are we still waiting for their email instruction?

[ace12345]

Pretty sure we get a package in the mail in June with instructions!

[aspiring91]

Hey guys! Has anyone asked if there will be an orientation rescheduled at campus? I don't really like the idea of having an orientation just being online:p

[vana_]

They are supposed to mail a criminal record package to be completed in a specific time frame so we can wait on that. I'm sure if we don't have an orientation, the first week of classes will have orientation incorporated into it.

[PublicHealthHopeful]

Maybe this is a stupid question lol but what do the immunization records have to include (the shots that we need) because i think i may be reading something wrong in the email, but it just says immunization records but not which vaccinations we need. Help?

[aspiring91]

@publichealthhopeful what I did was print out that immunization records form on the bcit health services page and went to bcit health service office, if you don't have any of the records of your vaccinations from high school and when your were little your public health clinic can get you that info for you within a couple of minutes! If you need help filling it out just go to bcit health services at school and they'll fill it out for you. That's what I did and they just told me to get my hepatitis antibody test done at a lab. They also take your form for you, so you won't have to fax it to them and the antibody test will be sent to them directly from the lab:)

[vana_]

Basically on the immunization records its just whether or not you already have been vaccinated and if you cannot get your records you can go and get a titer test done. They will give us the necessary vaccinations that we have not gotten or is now outdated and no longer protect us. The form basically lists just what we should be protected from.

Anyways I handed mine in the other day, had trouble obtaining a Doctors or Public health nurses signature but I called BCITs Health Services and the lady I spoke to said its fine as long as theres the necessary information.

[ilovesushi]

I phoned my local public health nurse and after giving her my info, care card number etc. she wasn't able to find any of my immunization records from elementary school or high school as she said since I was born in 1989 they weren't entered electronically into the system at the time? Weird because I would've thought they'd still have some sort of info. So I think my plan now is to head over to BCIT Health Services

[ace12345]

All documents submitted so far! Can't wait to start:)

[vana_]

Has anyone gotten a package or anything about the criminal record search?

[smokeytaboo]

I received a package in the mail yesterday about the criminal record check.

We have to log online to fill out a request form then print, submit and pay a fee at BCIT.