Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2014

[helisha]

For the sake of simplicity, I created a new thread.

How many points are you expecting? I should end up with 12 which hopefully gives me a good chance

What was the cutoff for the previous intake?

[STAR LITE]

I am hoping to end up with 14 points. I have a previous degree, work experience, and the university courses they suggest. I spoke with admissions today and they said they only have space for 5 students to enter into the 2nd year direct entry. Therefore, waiting for a year is the most likely scenario. Have you applied to Douglas's RN program as well? Or any other schools? I put my application into UBC, but don't have too much hope.

[helisha]

Wow. That is a whole other issue. I never thought about getting accepted and having to wait another year because I was trying to get ahead.

I was working really hard to meet the Douglas requirmements so I didn't apply to any other schools. I applied for the degree and diploma program.

[helisha]

I hope it doesn't take too long for the points to be distributed because its all I can think about. Lol

[STAR LITE]

I only applied to the Bachelor's Degree, but in retrospect I wish that I had applied to the diploma as well because if you get into the diploma at least you can get started on the PNUR classes. Waiting another year does change life plans for me too. I am only a few courses away from the certificate needed to apply to the RN program at Douglas so perhaps I will finish that up and see which program I get into first. Admissions told me that the first round of offers go out in March. Good luck to you!

[helisha]

I have also heard seats are given out late March. Once I have confirmed I have the number of points I think I have, I will be able to relax a bit. It's so stressful lol the waiting around makes me so antsy.

Thanks and good luck! Glad I have someone to talk to about this haha

[mbabic]

I was told there is no threshold for points and that it all depends on where you sit in relation to other applicants--so if everyone that applied has lower scores, your score won't need to be as high. I should have 14 points, but we should get our final scores in a few weeks. I think many of us have courses from the first year crossed off so I am not sure what the protocol is with that.. I was hoping to take some 2nd year courses in my first year. I wish they offered PNUR courses in the summer to balance out semesters, as it looks like it's going to be really hard to work as well.

[helisha]

Anybody know where the score is posted?

[mbabic]

When you sign in to admissions/registration services, click on your application. Mine hasn't been posted yet, but the individual scores/criteria are all filled in.

[STAR LITE]

I just checked my account and my preferential score was posted. It was what I was expected, 14 so I feel a bit relieved.

[dressage_girly]

Hey, I applied for the fall 2014 intake. I've finished all of my first year of the degree program except the biology classes. I have 9 points, I think, and I am a bit scared I wont make the cut.

[dressage_girly]

Also, I talked to the admissions officer and she told me that last intake you had to have 14 minimum for the diploma and 9 minimum for the degree.