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?

9 hours ago, yaboyalx said:

Hey guys and girls. Just want to let you know I may be dropping the acceptance from BCIT in favour of Langara (I have got accepted to both) so whoever gets accepted from the wait list can thank me later LOL. I’ve talked to multiple friends who are enrolled in BCIT nursing and they have informed me that the new program is not entirely welcomed by current students and professors. From what I gathered, there are a multitude of kinks in the program and I’m not sure if I want to be a guinea pig in the system. One of my friends have informed me that while she was doing her preceptorship, BCIT students were not as well equipped to handle the same tasks that Langara students. There were another two BCIT nursing students who have told me to really consider Langara over BCIT because of issues stemming from the change. I’d be great if someone here can talk highly of BCIT so I have a better representation of what my options are.

I am currently working in med surg and we get preceptor students from UBC, Langara and BCIT. BCIT used to have a good reputation but my colleagues and I have experienced working with some recently who seem to struggle much more than the other students in their final clinical terms. We hear it is because of the new changes to the program. So if you have a choice between the three programs I would pick UBC or Langara for now.

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9 hours ago, yaboyalx said:

Hey guys and girls. Just want to let you know I may be dropping the acceptance from BCIT in favour of Langara (I have got accepted to both) so whoever gets accepted from the wait list can thank me later LOL. I’ve talked to multiple friends who are enrolled in BCIT nursing and they have informed me that the new program is not entirely welcomed by current students and professors. From what I gathered, there are a multitude of kinks in the program and I’m not sure if I want to be a guinea pig in the system. One of my friends have informed me that while she was doing her preceptorship, BCIT students were not as well equipped to handle the same tasks that Langara students. There were another two BCIT nursing students who have told me to really consider Langara over BCIT because of issues stemming from the change. I’d be great if someone here can talk highly of BCIT so I have a better representation of what my options are.

From what I know, both BCIT and Langara are solid programs. I've spoke with nurses before and they tend to prefer students from either over UBC due to the fact that they tend to be better prepared in real life situations since we have more training (I can't speak for the programs at Kwantlen and Douglas College as I hear they are fairly new). Right now I do know a number of people who prefer Langara over BCIT, but what you're saying could be why they are implementing CASPR as a requirement for the 2020 application. But that's my 2 cents.

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12 hours ago, boomshakelaka said:

I am currently working in med surg and we get preceptor students from UBC, Langara and BCIT. BCIT used to have a good reputation but my colleagues and I have experienced working with some recently who seem to struggle much more than the other students in their final clinical terms. We hear it is because of the new changes to the program. So if you have a choice between the three programs I would pick UBC or Langara for now.

12 hours ago, wizkid1 said:

From what I know, both BCIT and Langara are solid programs. I've spoke with nurses before and they tend to prefer students from either over UBC due to the fact that they tend to be better prepared in real life situations since we have more training (I can't speak for the programs at Kwantlen and Douglas College as I hear they are fairly new). Right now I do know a number of people who prefer Langara over BCIT, but what you're saying could be why they are implementing CASPR as a requirement for the 2020 application. But that's my 2 cents.

Thank you to the both of you! This further my suspicions that BCIT may not be the number one program of choice for applicants who are aware of the insider conflicts that is currently occurring. I'm sure there are some who are more financially driven towards the cheaper cost of BCIT or it's relative closeness of the Burnaby campus from their household. Perhaps BCIT's past and probably to some degree, it's current status still has some meaning for new applicants that would choose this school over Langara. Nevertheless, if a school can teach you well enough to pass the NCLEX, I don't see too many issues with either schools. Seeing how I have the option between the two, I am leaning heavily towards Langara at this very moment.

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1 minute ago, yaboyalx said:

Thank you to the both of you! This further my suspicions that BCIT may not be the number one program of choice for applicants who are aware of the insider conflicts that is currently occurring. I'm sure there are some who are more financially driven towards the cheaper cost of BCIT or it's relative closeness of the Burnaby campus from their household. Perhaps BCIT's past and probably to some degree, it's current status still has some meaning for new applicants that would choose this school over Langara. Nevertheless, if a school can teach you well enough to pass the NCLEX, I don't see too many issues with either schools. Seeing how I have the option between the two, I am leaning heavily towards Langara at this very moment.

The main reason I chose BCIT was cause I transferred over from SFU and the problem with SFU is that the anatomy courses don't transfer over properly to Langara. I have to take an additional course including the 3 I took at SFU to meet their requirements, which to me is a deal breaker. But otherwise j would have applied to Langara because I heard their program is pretty good and it's close by for me, haha

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5 minutes ago, wizkid1 said:

The main reason I chose BCIT was cause I transferred over from SFU and the problem with SFU is that the anatomy courses don't transfer over properly to Langara. I have to take an additional course including the 3 I took at SFU to meet their requirements, which to me is a deal breaker. But otherwise j would have applied to Langara because I heard their program is pretty good and it's close by for me, haha

Urg, I had the same issue as you with the biology courses (I am a SFU graduate)! I ended up taking TRU's online biology courses in the Spring & the labs portion up at Kamloops in the summer just so I can apply for Langara, BCIT and VCC's nursing programs.

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7 hours ago, yaboyalx said:

Thank you to the both of you! This further my suspicions that BCIT may not be the number one program of choice for applicants who are aware of the insider conflicts that is currently occurring. I'm sure there are some who are more financially driven towards the cheaper cost of BCIT or it's relative closeness of the Burnaby campus from their household. Perhaps BCIT's past and probably to some degree, it's current status still has some meaning for new applicants that would choose this school over Langara. Nevertheless, if a school can teach you well enough to pass the NCLEX, I don't see too many issues with either schools. Seeing how I have the option between the two, I am leaning heavily towards Langara at this very moment.

When i went to bcit two years ago, the NCLEX was not incorporated into the program. most of us paid to take a course at kaplan or hurst. Langara on the other hand had incorporated it into their program by that time.. maybe BCIT has by now, but BCIT definitely did not teach us well enough to pass the NCLEX.

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3 hours ago, boomshakelaka said:

When i went to bcit two years ago, the NCLEX was not incorporated into the program. most of us paid to take a course at kaplan or hurst. Langara on the other hand had incorporated it into their program by that time.. maybe BCIT has by now, but BCIT definitely did not teach us well enough to pass the NCLEX.

AHHH!!! I will keep this in mind. Thank you very much for this comment kind person

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On 4/12/2019 at 9:11 AM, boomshakelaka said:

I am currently working in med surg and we get preceptor students from UBC, Langara and BCIT. BCIT used to have a good reputation but my colleagues and I have experienced working with some recently who seem to struggle much more than the other students in their final clinical terms. We hear it is because of the new changes to the program. So if you have a choice between the three programs I would pick UBC or Langara for now.

The new changes to the program were implemented in April 2018, and wouldn't be doing their final clinical term any time soon, I don't think. Therefore, these students would have continued learning with the old curriculum. Is it possible that these students who were unprepared were exceptions then?

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2 hours ago, sumad said:

The new changes to the program were implemented in April 2018, and wouldn't be doing their final clinical term any time soon, I don't think. Therefore, these students would have continued learning with the old curriculum. Is it possible that these students who were unprepared were exceptions then?

Yes I don’t know why they are struggling compared to the other students then. Maybe it’s just these individual students or they’ve implemented some changes even to those about to finish the program. But it’s also the first year students that we get from Bcit that seem more unprepared than the other schools

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Don’t get me wrong. Bcit is still and amazing school and you’ll become such an amazing nurse if you do choose to go. But they are currently going through a lot of changes to the curriculum - you probably don’t want to be the first few to try it out if you do have the choice

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Hi everyone! I've been following this thread for awhile as I plan to apply for April 2020. This will be my first time applying and I was wondering if anyone could provide me with more information regarding the application process? I understand that it has recently changed but is there anything that I need to have ready for when I apply? I just want to make sure I'm prepared! In addition, what is the CASPer assessment?

Thanks so much everyone and congrats to those who have been accepted! Best of luck ?

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1 minute ago, futureRNcanada said:

Hi everyone! I've been following this thread for awhile as I plan to apply for April 2020. This will be my first time applying and I was wondering if anyone could provide me with more information regarding the application process? I understand that it has recently changed but is there anything that I need to have ready for when I apply? I just want to make sure I'm prepared! In addition, what is the CASPer assessment?

Thanks so much everyone and congrats to those who have been accepted! Best of luck ?

From what I know, the application process is the same with the addition of CASPer. From what my friend has told me (friend did CASPer for a different program in the UK) CASPer is essentially MMI's where you go on webcam with the evaluator and you basically do what you would do in an MMI. Presented with a question/scenario where you have a given amount of time to read and think before you have to answer it in a given amount of time. I believe you type up the answer and the answer does not have to be long, so long it answers the question.

Otherwise, everything else looks the same for the application.

https://www.bcit.ca/study/programs/8875bsn#entry

Hope this helps!

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