BCIT Aug 2010/ Jan 2011

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I applied for Aug 2010

I graduated high school 2009

Re-taking bio 12

math 76

Eng 68

Chem 72

Any one currently taking BCIT nursing program are there any people who came directly from high school?

Hi kaay,

That's awesome that you applied for the January intake. I can give you an insight as to how short-listing works as I have been through it, and totally understand how anxious/nervous and feeling right now! It will take maybe another few weeks (or less) if you get shortlisted. If you are shortlisted, they will ask for a letter of intent & your resume. After this, you will wait another few weeks and hear from them, if you are top-waitlisted, meaning you have a pretty high chance of getting in, you get an opportunity for an invite to orientation. If you don't attend the orientation, I'm sure they will understand. You receieve a package obtaining papers regarding scheduling, and what is expected of u as a student, etc etc etc. After orientation, they contact top-waitlisted people for those who dropped out. I got my call the very next day after orientation and got a seat! So your chances after being top-waisted is very high! I hope this helps, but like always, if you have doubts u can always contact the program instructors :)

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Hi Kaay

I have also applied for Jan 2012. There are a few of us chatting on another page- https://allnurses.com/canadian-nurses/rn-school-wait-526561-page6.html- if you would like to join in :yeah:

I applied exactly 7 weeks ago last friday, this is the beginning of week 8....trying to remain patient. My status reads "Pending Department review" which I believe it will until I am offered a seat or not. I got the email that they my application is complete and being considered on July 19

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Heya!

I just applied for BCIT Nursing Jan '12 intake. I barely reached 30 credits, with a failing grade in Calc & D in Philosophy. Had volunteer & some nursing experience... Nonetheless, I'm just giving it a shot.

Does anyone here have been shortlisted OR put to it, been notified by the school of their application review??? I'm kinda anxious if the school has sent out letter this early...

Thanks...

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Hey!

I've applied to the January 12' intake..... this will be the my first time applying to the BSN program at BCIT, does anyone know if my chances are slim to nothing, i have all my requirements (except the credits for Psych and Sociology) ....someone told me that I have to be short listed first to be accepted? is this true??

has anyone heard from BCIT yet for the January intake??

Thanks so much for your help!

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Hi green tea,

Congrats on your acceptance! i just had a quick question for you.... did you have all minimum and addition requirements before applying? for example, did you have credits for psych and sociology?

Thanks so much!:)

Hope you are enjoying nursing school....

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BCIT BSN

Hey guys, so heres the info.

to be competitive you need:

1-a minimum of 60 post secondary credits (yes it says 30 on the website, but it is competitive entry so it's based on what everyone else has. for the last couple years, successful applicants have had a minimum of 60...sometimes even a previous degree)

2- some volunteer or work experience in a health care setting with patient interaction

3-all of the high school requirements

-4having the Libs and other 5 part time courses from the program completed prior to entry, greatly increases your chances at acceptance as it lightens your workload which increases your chance for success in the program.

timeline:

deadline for applications and all documents was Aug 31st

Shortlisted applicants should know around OR before OCT 15

once shortlisted, you will be asked to provide a reference letter and letter of intent

final decisions will be made by OR before NOV 30

This program is highly competitive. Previous intakes have had over 700 applicants. 150 are usually shortlisted and I believe there is about 88 seats...however some of those seats will go to people who deferred last intake.

hope this helps!

good luck to you all, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and have been checking my BCIT inbox a hundred times a day. :)

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Specializes in perioperative, ACE.

my friend got in to BCIT at age 21 also but she had a criminology degree from AB and worked as a vet tech in BC for about 1.5 years during school. She was considered quite young for the program. She said most of her classmates were prior RTs, EMTs and LPNs

good luck!!

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Thanks for the info smiley65!

Those competitive requirements are intense....yikes! How did you get all the info? Is it written somewhere on the website?

This waiting and checking my inbox 100 times a day is exhausting! Lol

Soooo nervous!!

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rachel94

BCIT is very competitive! I got my info from a few sources actually. I have been working at making myself a competitive applicant for this intake for about a year and a half. When my transcript was first assessed, it was valued at 45 credits, I was told this wont make me competitive and that I should take the 2 Libs courses, Psych, engl and 2 electives. So thats what i did this past year....There is also a video of an info session on the BCIT Nursing website where they talk about what you need. AND there are a few long and informative threads on cnsa from previous applicants.

I ALSO check my email a hundred times a day and since I was told they are working weekends to get through our applications, I check on weekends too!!! It is nerve wracking

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Does anyone know whether they will cut the credit count by December? or by next term in April?

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