Camosun/UVic BSN Admission Statistics

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For those of you looking to pursue your nursing education with the Camosun College & University of Victoria Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, I thought I would share some admission statistics I have gathered over the last couple years to help you know where you're at and how you can gain admission.

Disclaimer!

None of the numbers mentioned are associated with either UVic or Camosun. They are just a personal observation of past admissions grades gathered from person-to-person conversation. They are not official and are only meant to be used as a guideline as it can change year to year and not all data was gathered.

Admission Requirements

The Camosun/UVic BSN program is a GPA-only entry. This means that only your GPA will be used toward admission and they do not consider things like volunteer/work experience, CASPer, etc.

You are able to use either your high school marks or university transfer marks or a combination of both. They use best case-scenario. You can find the list of admission requirements and approved courses here: https://calendar.camosun.ca/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=1141

Calculating GPA

To calculate a student's GPA, the 9-point scale is used. This is different from a 4-point scale in that each letter grade is assigned it's own whole number. For example, if you received an A+ (90%-100%), that is a 9. The conversion table is here: https://www.uvic.ca/registrar/students/policies/calc/index.php

If you are using your high school marks, GPA is only calculated using the 4 grade 12 courses listed in the admission requirements. The grade 11 courses are only to prove completion and are not used in GPA calculation for the program.

If you are using university transfer marks, GPA is calculated using all of the listed UT courses.

Offers

The program accepts a total of 160 students each year (there may be a few more seats opening up for the 2023 intake). About 50 seats are offered to direct-entry high school students (students who are currently in high school at the time of application), 8 are reserved for students with Indigenous ancestry, and the rest are for students who have been out of high school for 1+ years or are transferring from another post-secondary institution.

Initial seat offers are typically sent out at some point in April. Once all 160 seats have been filled, any student who is eligible but did not receive an initial seat will be put on a waitlist that will be maintained until the first week of classes in September. Waitlisted offers are sent out when a spot opens up after another student either defers or withdraws.

2020 Intake

Initial seat offers appeared to be sent out to students with an 87% average or above. Any student below an 87% was put on the waitlist. The last few students to get off the waitlist in the first week of September appeared to be in the 83-84% range. 

2021 Intake

Initial seat offers appeared to be sent out to students with a 92% average or above. Any student below a 92% was put on the waitlist. The last few students to get off the waitlist in the first week of September appeared to be in the 89-90% range.

2022 Intake

As this is being written, it is currently the beginning of August, so it is unsure what the last GPAs off the waitlist will be.

Initial seat offers appeared to be sent out to students with a 93% average or above. Any student below a 93% was put on the waitlist. As of now, students in the 91-92% GPA range have been accepted off the waitlist.

Looking Forward

Each year seems to get more and more competitive, due to the inflation of grades during online instruction during the pandemic. As well, nurses are in extremely high demand which makes the volume of applications higher each year. Of nearly 1000 students who apply, only 160 get in. Because the only factor toward admission is GPA, it is recommended that students try to achieve an overall GPA of 90% or higher for the best change of getting into the program.

Have More Questions?

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