Hey everyone, I know the BCIT January 2019 admission deadline is still a ways to go but I just wanted to know how many people are planning to apply, and also exchange some advice and questions with each other.
First off, I'd like to show you what I am applying with:
Highschool reqs
Precalc 12 - 99
CHEM 11 - 86
UNI reqs (UBC)
ENG112 - 74 (B)
PSYC101 - 72 (B)
CPSC - 86 (A)
STAT - 82 (A-)
A&P1 - TBD
A&P2 - TBD
I'm taking A&P in the Summer
experiences
- senior home (occupational therapy) volunteer
- first aid volunteer
- pharmacy assistant volunteer
Here are my questions:
Does BCIT determine your GPA based on your own university's grading scale? Or their own? And also, I'm not too sure about how to calculate GPA, since there are so many different scales online. Can anyone provide an accurate estimate of my GPA?
Does number of hours you've volunteered matter? Or do they consider it by months? Because I don't see a box where you input how many hours in the form.
How strong does my application look so far, and any advice?
Silly question... but did you guys include reference letters and resumes?
I have a reference letter from my volunteer that includes hours but it's addressed to Kwantlen. I will have to request a new one for BCIT but it may take a while to receive since it took me roughly a 1.5 weeks last time. I'm hesitant to use the one addressed to Kwantlen for obvious reasons.
Silly question... but did you guys include reference letters and resumes?
I have a reference letter from my volunteer that includes hours but it's addressed to Kwantlen. I will have to request a new one for BCIT but it may take a while to receive since it took me roughly a 1.5 weeks last time. I'm hesitant to use the one addressed to Kwantlen for obvious reasons.
Yes I included a reference letter from the hospital I'm volunteering at! They didn't address it to anyone or any school specifically so I was able to use it but I personally wouldn't use it if it was addressed to Kwantlen. But like what @yellowseji said, do you need to include it if you've already been short listed?
Yes I included a reference letter from the hospital I'm volunteering at! They didn't address it to anyone or any school specifically so I was able to use it but I personally wouldn't use it if it was addressed to Kwantlen. But like what @yellowseji said, do you need to include it if you've already been short listed?
Nope, you don't have to submit reference letters at all, apparently. I asked BCIT the same thing several times throughout this past summer and every advisor I spoke to said that you could include them in your application but admissions would not look at them.
Nope, you don't have to submit reference letters at all, apparently. I asked BCIT the same thing several times throughout this past summer and every advisor I spoke to said that you could include them in your application but admissions would not look at them.
Anyone want to disclose any tips/advice for the questionnaire? How specific are the questions?.... Planning to write it early next week. I'm so nervous!
does anyone know what they mean by self regulation??? is it in terms of dealing with stress and balancing your life style because I dont have any work experience in a "self regulated" profession so if that's what they mean I have no idea how to answer the question (if asked)
I was wondering that too ^^ I do remember reading a senior moderator's response on a previous intake saying this: "Self-regulation in this sense has NOTHING to do with personal behaviours." I'm really hoping this question doesn't show up on the questionnaire because I have no experience with self-regulated professions..
Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.
Nursing is a self-regulating profession, in the same way that physicians are part of a self-regulating profession. The Canada Health Act and each province's Health Professions Act are the framework for regulation. The provincial colleges of nursing are the regulatory bodies. Basically, what this means is, nurses will be held to certain standards by their regulatory body. If they fail to meet those standards they will be held accountable by their regulatory body and their infractions will be published for all to see. Let's use the example of Carolyn Strom, the RN from Saskatchewan who posted a scholarly article about end-of-life care and then commented on Facebook about the end-of-life care her grandfather received in a long-term care facility. The Saskatchewan regulatory body (SRNA) received a complaint about her post from nurses at the facility and launched an investigation. The resulting ruling changed the whole ball game for nurses in Canada; she was found guilty of professional misconduct, even though her comments were not initially made widely public. She was fined $1000 for misconduct and another $25000 to defray some of the costs incurred in prosecuting her. She lost her appeal of the ruling and made freedom of expression something nurses can no longer access. Once you become registered as a nurse in any province, you lose many of the rights we all take for granted, because you're expected to toe the Colleges' ethical line 24/7. Had this been a bus driver instead of a nurse, it would never have gone anywhere. Essentially, self-regulating professions make their own rules and run their own tribunals with "peers" standing in judgment, meting out punishments based on the opinions of the people sitting on the "jury". The rationale is that who knows what nurses should be and do better than other nurses.
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Silly question... but did you guys include reference letters and resumes?
I have a reference letter from my volunteer that includes hours but it's addressed to Kwantlen. I will have to request a new one for BCIT but it may take a while to receive since it took me roughly a 1.5 weeks last time. I'm hesitant to use the one addressed to Kwantlen for obvious reasons.