BC nursing programs

[summer2064]

Hi, I am a second-year student at SFU looking to get into nursing. I was wondering if I need to do the Academic Foundations for Potential Nursing Applicants at Douglas in order to be considered for admission for their nursing program. I am interested in joining the nursing program at Douglas, however, I do not want to wait to apply in Fall to be accepted for the following year (Fall 2022). Could I just do the prerequisites at Langara or VCC and then do my remaining prerequisites at Douglas (some are only offered at Douglas) as a visiting student? Also, how is Langara's nursing program as well? I am aware you need above a 3.7-3.8 GPA to be considered, is this doable? I am also looking at places such as Camosun, UFV, and TRU, which I think I just need high school grades for? I am a bit lost in all this and would just like some clarity. This whole process seems so daunting and competitive. My GPA at the moment is a 3.6 (around an 85 average) however it seems like I need to be performing much better, keeping how competitive this all is. 

[FutureLDRnurs]

I’m a current student at Camosun, but I also applied to UFV and TRU and got accepted. I applied for fall 2019 so things might have changed since then but I used my high school grades with my lowest being an 86% in Chem 12 and 86% in English 12. Hope that helps! 

[futurenurseRN1999]

Hi there,

I applied for the Camosun program this year and have been put on the waitlist. My GPA was calculated at a 91% average in my 4 grade 12 grades (91 in English 12, 98 in Elective 12, 86 in Biology 12, and 82 in Chemistry 12). It was an extremely competitive year this year, but being on the waitlist doesn't mean there's no shot either. I think from what I heard, at Camosun they offer 160 seats and then keep about 40-50 people on the waitlist pending people accepting offers at other school, deferring, or withdrawing. When I got the notification that I was on the waitlist, it said that waitlisted students could hear they got a seat offer any time between May and the first week of September, so they give a lot of room for seats to become available and keep your application open until September. From what I have heard in the Camosun program, you should aim for your GPA to be a minimum of 86% when applying, but in some years, people with below 86% have gotten in. It all depends from year to year, but you shouldn't let that discourage you from applying! I had to upgrade a few of my courses last year and I also took most of the courses open to non-nursing students to knock off a few credits. If you wanna do nursing, don't let anything stop you from doing nursing! You got this ?