BCIT September 2019 Intake Discussion

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Hey everyone, now that offers have been given for January/April 2019 intakes, mind as well fire up a new discussion for the September 2019 intake.

Anyone else planning to take the LIBS courses prior to applying?

Just now, wizkid1 said:

Yes, you can probably Google the old nursing program schedules but there are 2 LIBS courses that will need to be taken. My friend who is in the 2018 September intake told me they are taken during term 2 and 4.

Thanks for the quick reply! I guess we will hear more once we are in the program. Sounds like we don't have to worry about them yet?

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Just now, BCITStudentNurse said:

Thanks for the quick reply! I guess we will hear more once we are in the program. Sounds like we don't have to worry about them yet?

Np and I guess not. But taking them earlier would have helped. My friend told me that some students complained about the workload for one for the classes. Specifically LIBS7001, but it all comes down to time management. I did find that LIBS7001 had a fair bit amount of weekly readings, LIBS7002 wasn't too bad.

But one thing to note is that, if you have taken certain writing classes in post secondary, you may be able to argue for them to count as credits towards your LIBS classes. SFU offers a class, HSCI319, an ethics class and my friend was able to use that towards his LIBS7002 requirement and I forgot which one he used for LIBS7001 but he had to nag them to have them count it LOL

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1 minute ago, wizkid1 said:

Np and I guess not. But taking them earlier would have helped. My friend told me that some students complained about the workload for one for the classes. Specifically LIBS7001, but it all comes down to time management. I did find that LIBS7001 had a fair bit amount of weekly readings, LIBS7002 wasn't too bad.

But one thing to note is that, if you have taken certain writing classes in post secondary, you may be able to argue for them to count as credits towards your LIBS classes. SFU offers a class, HSCI319, an ethics class and my friend was able to use that towards his LIBS7002 requirement and I forgot which one he used for LIBS7001 but he had to nag them to have them count it LOL

Oh that is great news! Thanks for the tip

I have a previous BSc and had to take a lot of english/scientific writing courses. Maybe I'll be able to count my previous coursework towards them.

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2 minutes ago, BCITStudentNurse said:

Oh that is great news! Thanks for the tip

I have a previous BSc and had to take a lot of english/scientific writing courses. Maybe I'll be able to count my previous coursework towards them.

Just make sure one of them is an ethics class and the other one to be something around the area of critical reading and writing! GL and ask them during the period before term 2, that is the time my friend did it!

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Hey guys,

Just wanted to let people still on the waitlist know that I just got my acceptance today. I had just over 24h to respond before it expired. I accepted. I was in the top 15 of the waitlist, but I don't know my exact position.

I also want to mention that I also applied to Jan. 2019 and April 2019 (the intakes before this). I made it to the second round, but didn't pass the quizz and didn't get waitlisted. My advice is to email the department for feedback about your quiz. Also, for those of you who have to study the CASPer, use a textbook! I found a promotion that gave me access to an e-book for a year for $5.00. It helped so much because it revealed the recurring question types and gave model answers on top of the practice material (I also applied to UBC so took the CASPer).

One area that I was weak in on my quiz was task fulfillment - my responses seemed "superficial" - so I tried to be more present in forming new experiences to talk about on the quizz. If something significant happened at work, volunteering, or school, I would write it down in a journal to use for the quiz and personal questions on the CASPer. It ended up saving me more time to edit my responses so that they were precise since I could recall my experiences quickly and organized-ly (sorry grammarians).

I also just tried to strengthen my application in whatever way I could. I was fortunate enough to be able to secure a care attendant job, two volunteer positions in healthcare, and enroll in the LIBS courses at BCIT, in the short amount of time between the application cycles. Even though I had only worked in those positions for a couple of months, I think all four of my responses on the Sept. intake quiz came from these new experiences. So, even if they didn't improve my score that much (though I assume they did), they gave me more material to draw from in the quiz.

I hope this helps those of you still waiting or looking to apply. Good luck to you :)

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2 minutes ago, joe5634 said:

Hey guys,

Just wanted to let people still on the waitlist know that I just got my acceptance today. I had just over 24h to respond before it expired. I accepted. I was in the top 15 of the waitlist, but I don't know my exact position.

I also want to mention that I also applied to Jan. 2019 and April 2019 (the intakes before this). I made it to the second round, but didn't pass the quizz and didn't get waitlisted. My advice is to email the department for feedback about your quiz. Also, for those of you who have to study the CASPer, use a textbook! I found a promotion that gave me access to an e-book for a year for $5.00. It helped so much because it revealed the recurring question types and gave model answers on top of the practice material (I also applied to UBC so took the CASPer).

One area that I was weak in on my quiz was task fulfillment - my responses seemed "superficial" - so I tried to be more present in forming new experiences to talk about on the quizz. If something significant happened at work, volunteering, or school, I would write it down in a journal to use for the quiz and personal questions on the CASPer. It ended up saving me more time to edit my responses so that they were precise since I could recall my experiences quickly and organized-ly (sorry grammarians).

I also just tried to strengthen my application in whatever way I could. I was fortunate enough to be able to secure a care attendant job, two volunteer positions in healthcare, and enroll in the LIBS courses at BCIT, in the short amount of time between the application cycles. Even though I had only worked in those positions for a couple of months, I think all four of my responses on the Sept. intake quiz came from these new experiences. So, even if they didn't improve my score that much (though I assume they did), they gave me more material to draw from in the quiz.

I hope this helps those of you still waiting or looking to apply. Good luck to you ?

Grats!

From what I know, those who aren't top 15 will most likely not get a spot for the Sept2019 intake. Those who are top 15 will either get a spot for Sept2019 or Jan2020 depending on whether or not seats open up for Sept2019. The top 15 no longer needs to apply again, which is nice.

Cheers

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Hi!

I am hoping that some students currently in the Sept 2019 class can answer some questions for me? I am waitlisted for April intake, in the top 10 which is a high likelyhood of being accepted. I am trying to plan accordingly.

I am just wanting to know what your class schedule looks like for this first semester and how heavy the course load is? I've got 3 kids at home and want to make sure I have appropriate childcare lined up!

Thanks!

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35 minutes ago, Mamanurse03 said:

Hi!

I am hoping that some students currently in the Sept 2019 class can answer some questions for me? I am waitlisted for April intake, in the top 10 which is a high likelyhood of being accepted. I am trying to plan accordingly.

I am just wanting to know what your class schedule looks like for this first semester and how heavy the course load is? I've got 3 kids at home and want to make sure I have appropriate childcare lined up!

Thanks!

This is a typical week. We have labs and exams on Thursdays, but we've had a bunch of free Thursdays. The labs and exams are usually in the morning around 9:00 (all classes end by 16:20). The workload has been much lighter than I anticipated. There are several moms in the program who seem to be managing fine ?

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2 hours ago, joe5634 said:

This is a typical week. We have labs and exams on Thursdays, but we've had a bunch of free Thursdays. The labs and exams are usually in the morning around 9:00 (all classes end by 16:20). The workload has been much lighter than I anticipated. There are several moms in the program who seem to be managing fine ?

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Thank you very much! I think I am stressing myself out because I didn't think I'd even get in.

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Hi everyone! Do you guys think it is needed to buy all of the required textbooks? If not, which do you recommend? I have the Google drive of the textbooks but I would like to buy a hardcopy version of the ones we use most often. As well, do you guys have any tips on how to prepare for April? Any topics I should study beforehand?

Thank you!!

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On 11/5/2019 at 9:40 AM, Mamanurse03 said:

Hi!

I am hoping that some students currently in the Sept 2019 class can answer some questions for me? I am waitlisted for April intake, in the top 10 which is a high likelyhood of being accepted. I am trying to plan accordingly.

I am just wanting to know what your class schedule looks like for this first semester and how heavy the course load is? I've got 3 kids at home and want to make sure I have appropriate childcare lined up!

Thanks!

Hello, for course load, it’s not bad, just focus on learning objectives for modules. That is all you will be tested on. Knowledge exams aren’t cumulative but understanding the concepts translates over between modules. For communication, you can read, skim or not read the readings because there isn’t an exam for it. But you should understand the concepts. Context is basically like knowledge, you need to do the learning objectives cause that’s going to be on the exam. You don’t really need to do readings for knowledge either but I wouldn’t recommend not doing them because in future terms, you will need to research on your client before clinical.

as for textbook, Canadian fundamentals of nursing and porths essentials of patho are probably 2 books you will use a lot

16 minutes ago, futureRNcanada said:

Hi everyone! Do you guys think it is needed to buy all of the required textbooks? If not, which do you recommend? I have the Google drive of the textbooks but I would like to buy a hardcopy version of the ones we use most often. As well, do you guys have any tips on how to prepare for April? Any topics I should study beforehand?

Thank you!!

Read my other post about textbook.

and honestly, there’s no point in reading things ahead because they way they teach it is concept based which is a different learning experience if you haven’t been taught based in concepts

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17 hours ago, wizkid1 said:

Hello, for course load, it’s not bad, just focus on learning objectives for modules. That is all you will be tested on. Knowledge exams aren’t cumulative but understanding the concepts translates over between modules. For communication, you can read, skim or not read the readings because there isn’t an exam for it. But you should understand the concepts. Context is basically like knowledge, you need to do the learning objectives cause that’s going to be on the exam. You don’t really need to do readings for knowledge either but I wouldn’t recommend not doing them because in future terms, you will need to research on your client before clinical.

as for textbook, Canadian fundamentals of nursing and porths essentials of patho are probably 2 books you will use a lot

Read my other post about textbook.

and honestly, there’s no point in reading things ahead because they way they teach it is concept based which is a different learning experience if you haven’t been taught based in concepts

thank you!!

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