April 2018 BCIT Nursing

[al-j3an]

Is anyone else feeling anxious ?!

[aaaibra]

I applied with 47 credits. 350 hours volunteering at a care home, 200 at a hospital. I got two health care jobs at nurse next door and spectrum society where I got amazing experience with meds, personal care, and a lot of things related to nursing. I included two references from one from the hospital and one from the professor. My gpa was high they said, I think 3.6 or above. I did the two libs courses as well and also included that I started a project at the hospital I worked at in the NICU. I improved a lot from my first application and that is what they look for

[al-j3an]

I'm part of the top 10 waitlisted for april and it says I would be guaranteed a seat for sept 2018 if no offers are made for April. Was there anything else you had to do? Or did u just wait for the next intake

[aaaibra]

That's awesome!!! Either way you start nursing school this year! I'm not sure how the wait list works you probably just have to wait and that's it

[lumieresky]

Is anyone here also on the waitlist? I want to apply for the September 2018 intake but I'm not allowed to unless I get off the waitlist. BCIT admissions haven't told me if I'm top 10 or not, so I'm really unsure what I should do for a better chance at getting accepted.

[al-j3an]

Did you receive an email? It should say if you're part of top ten. Would u consider emailing to inquire ?

[lumieresky]

I didn't get any message this time about being top ten or not. I did get one for the January intake though. I emailed admissions but I'm waiting for the admissions officer to get back to me. :/

[Canneg]

Does anyone know if they will just look at our pereq gpa or cgpa?

[Jcbcnurse]

I've asked and was told they look at both.

[Canneg]

Ahhh thank you, I'm applying with 45 credits, my pereq gpa is 3.39 and my cgpa is 2.46 which I'm really concerned about.. but I do have related work and volunteer experience. Do you think I'll still have a chance?

[Jcbcnurse]

You might want to ask advising or talk to the nursing people at BCIT's big info night - think there is one next week. Nursing produces a handout that describes the ‘typical' student that got accepted into the last intake, that might be helpful too. I think it was advising that gave it to me when I met with them but would expect nursing would have it at their stand next week. Good luck.

[Canneg]

Thank you!! I'll definitely go next week.

[Victoriaaaaaaaaa]

Hey I'm applying to bcit as well and looking for somewhere to do my chem 11. Where did you do yours?