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Hello all,

The first few emails came out yesterday (April 1) to accept people into the program. Those who got emails were a mix of current high school students and out-of-high-school/transfer students in what seems to be no particular order. Many of us have not received emails yet and are wondering what the process has been like from previous years as to how they accept people. Do they usually try to send them out pretty close together or do they spread them apart? Can we expect to hear during the Easter long-weekend or is there no hope since the college is closed? For those who have been accepted, they have until April 9 to pay their acceptance fee, and the rest of us are worried about what that might mean for us. When the college is back in business after the long weekend on the 6th, that leaves us only 3 days to pay the fee if we are accepted, and if we didn't get these first batch of emails, does that mean we're not in? Do they send all the initial acceptances out at once or do they do them in waves? What is the process? If anyone knows, please share here as many of us are getting a bit stressed haha

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Usually, they send out waves of application.  Of the people who didn't pay the deposit by the due date for the first wave, that will open a seat for the next wave of applicants. I would expect the next wave would probably be end of April for them to send out acceptance letters. There is also a wave of acceptances in July based off the high school students final grades. Deb Delaney at Camosun may be able to give you more insight because she is the person who sends out the emails (or at least did when I got in) ? 

I will say, usually they give you about a week from the day they send the acceptance to pay the deposit, so try to make sure you are able to pay it whenever they do send out the next rounds

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Hello! Thank you so much for your response! It sounds like of this round of acceptances (sent on April 1), they have until the 9th to pay their deposit so I'm assuming the next round will come out sometime next week. When you're talking about high school applicants, is this because if high school applicants didn't maintain their GPA but got accepted, it's given to high school students who ended up having higher GPAs? I'm not a current HS applicant myself, but I have a few who are wondering, because I know they're accepted on a conditional basis.

Also, in my calculations, I think I have somewhere between an 89-92% average. Based off of your acceptances and intake year, do you think that's a good enough average to get me in?

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Yeah! Since the high school students get accepted on their self reported grades, if their grades drop below what they expected after their transcripts come out, that spot will go to any applicant (not just high school) that achieved a higher GPA. 

I think your GPA is definitely competitive! I remember someone telling me that if you had 3 out of 4 A's in the pre reqs or an average of 86+, you were basically guaranteed to get in

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That's good to know! We're getting really stressed and I'm wondering what your intake looked like? Did the letters come out on the same day every week (I.e., Monday or Friday) and if so, what timeframe were they usually sent in? I know for the first wave, their letters were received at 5:25pm. Nobody has heard anything from the department for quite a while and it's quite understandable because they're probably so busy, but any insight you might be able to give on if there's a trend or what order they do it in, that would be great. From the first round, both current hs students and students out-of-hs using their hs marks got in, so it must be somewhat random?

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On 4/12/2021 at 6:15 PM, futurenursehopeful99 said:

That's good to know! We're getting really stressed and I'm wondering what your intake looked like? Did the letters come out on the same day every week (I.e., Monday or Friday) and if so, what timeframe were they usually sent in? I know for the first wave, their letters were received at 5:25pm. Nobody has heard anything from the department for quite a while and it's quite understandable because they're probably so busy, but any insight you might be able to give on if there's a trend or what order they do it in, that would be great. From the first round, both current hs students and students out-of-hs using their hs marks got in, so it must be somewhat random?

For me personally, I was in the first wave of not in high school but using high school marks and I received my email the first week of May on a Friday morning just before 11 am, so I really think it is randomized. From what I had heard, other students got their first acceptance at the end of May, and others didn't get theirs until July. I think it's really just a waiting game for you guys at this point :( 

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