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?
Anyways , for people who got accepted may I know what u guys applied with the work experience and GPA? Because I'm planning to apply after this fall semester for September 2019 intake , but if I don't get accepted Im planning to take Medical Office Administrator which is only 2 months at Langara for a higher chance to get into BCIT , but I'm not sure if it's worth it. Any suggestions?
Anyways , for people who got accepted may I know what u guys applied with the work experience and GPA? Because I'm planning to apply after this fall semester for September 2019 intake , but if I don't get accepted Im planning to take Medical Office Administrator which is only 2 months at Langara for a higher chance to get into BCIT , but I'm not sure if it's worth it. Any suggestions?
Thank you
Hello!
I applied with 62 credits with a cumulative GPA of 3.36 from one university, and then 8 new credits from one college with cGPA 4.33 (had to redo the anatomy and physiology).
Work/relevant history that I put in my application:
-2 years at shoppers drug mart as a merchandiser
-3 months as a volunteer at a local hospital
-2 years in the bcit RN program from 2011-2013 but had to leave due to illness
There is really not much downside to taking the MOA course besides the cost..it gives you more learning opportunities and you will learn lots of medical jargon which will be useful in the nursing program. If you don't get in for sept maybe it would be a good idea??
@cat19 They weigh your education (degree/number of credits) quite heavily during the ranking process and I believe 18 credits is the absolute bare minimum. When I talked to admissions last year, they strongly recommended applying with more credits and I realize now that I would've have had a slight chance with only 24 credits! Also, one of my friends recently applied with a phenomenal application in every aspect but then only had 33 credits so she was waitlisted because of that. Don't let it discourage you though - you'll never know unless you try!
Im planning to take Medical Office Administrator which is only 2 months at Langara for a higher chance to get into BCIT , but I'm not sure if it's worth it. Any suggestions?
Thank you
You could apply to BSN at Langara instead/also? They consider GPA only for admissions & not work experience.
Did anyone from the waitlist reserve a seat for April? I think I saw one comment that said there's a deadline?
From my understanding, I'm pretty sure that comment was referring to accepted April applicants! By December 7th they have to confirm their seats and hopefully, if anyone declines the offer, the waitlist will hear about any spots opening up
Ah makes sense haha! So, December 7th is when they will contact waitlist for January and April?
I don't think so. This is just my theory but I don't think they can email people off waitlist for April when January seats aren't official until Jan 7. So I think after Jan semester starts that's when we'll start to hear back for April.
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Hello! Did anyone make an April facebook group out of curiosity?