Langara January 2021 intake

Mary Clarin · Jul 30, 2020

Hey everyone!

I am super excited to be part of the January 2021 Intake Class and I know it is a weird time to start an intense journey so I thought I would start a facebook Group Page for anyone who has been accepted and any current students who might want to connect! My name on facebook is the same as on here (Mary Clarin) so feel free to look up the Group Name which is "Langara January 2021 Intake" and search for my name. Also, my Messenger is open for anyone who wants to connect.

Can't wait to meet you all :)

LaVidaesBuena · Jul 30, 2020

16 minutes ago, John De Guzman said:
I'm on the waitlist with a 3.54 GPA ? I get this isn't a bad GPA, but apparently Langara has my transferred class credit from bcit (88%) translate to an A- (which I still don't get but w.e) and ik last year 3.6 was the safe average. Anybody thats been on waitlist before, is 3.54 enough to get in off the waitlist or im I screwed this intake because of the pandemic (ie closing of bcit nursing intake until feb 2021)?

Looks like bubbletea got in with 3.6. But there could be 20 students with 3.55 to 3.59 GPAs on the waitlist. I don't see how anyone who was wait-listed for a previous term could be of any help here. Different term, different students, different marks. Good luck though.

Hewooo · Jul 30, 2020

2 hours ago, Mary Clarin said:
Hey everyone!
I am super excited to be part of the January 2021 Intake Class and I know it is a weird time to start an intense journey so I thought I would start a facebook Group Page for anyone who has been accepted and any current students who might want to connect! My name on facebook is the same as on here (Mary Clarin) so feel free to look up the Group Name which is "Langara January 2021 Intake" and search for my name. Also, my Messenger is open for anyone who wants to connect.
Can't wait to meet you all ?

Thank you :)))

Karen Ng · Jul 30, 2020

I got in with 3.59, in degree :)

LaVidaesBuena · Jul 30, 2020

Interesting. So looks like someone got in for September 2020 from the waitlist with a 3.59 (in May). So the Spring intake is a bit less competitive, but pretty close.

Once · Jul 31, 2020

Do you know the lowest GPA that got in during the September 2020 intake? @LaVidaesBuena

LaVidaesBuena · Aug 5, 2020

On 7/30/2020 at 6:50 PM, Once said:
Do you know the lowest GPA that got in during the September 2020 intake? @LaVidaesBuena

They don't release that info

gc_nursing2017, BSN, RN · Aug 6, 2020

Hey guys! I am a Term 7 student in the BSN program at Langara and would be happy to (hopefully) answer any questions or ease some nerves you may have about the program ? If I can assure you of one thing, it's how fast this program will go by. I personally felt that each semester went quicker than the last and I can guarantee most of the people in my cohort feel that way. Congratulations to those who have been accepted! And for those who have not just yet, please don't give up! I did not get in my first attempt when I applied to nursing school, and now that is just history. Don't lose hope!

eemliy · Aug 6, 2020

3 hours ago, gc_nursing2017 said:
Hey guys! I am a Term 7 student in the BSN program at Langara and would be happy to (hopefully) answer any questions or ease some nerves you may have about the program ? If I can assure you of one thing, it's how fast this program will go by. I personally felt that each semester went quicker than the last and I can guarantee most of the people in my cohort feel that way. Congratulations to those who have been accepted! And for those who have not just yet, please don't give up! I did not get in my first attempt when I applied to nursing school, and now that is just history. Don't lose hope!

Hey! Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions!!

I was wondering what clinicals are like? Do we get to visit hospitals around the lower mainland? What was term 1 like for you?

Any tips to get us through the first hurdle? Haha. ?

Thanks again!!

gc_nursing2017, BSN, RN · Aug 6, 2020

@eemliy No problem at all! It is your clinicals where you will take the knowledge that you have gained in your theory and skills classes and put them into practice. For the second half of term 1 and all of term 2, your clinical focus is older adults in residential care. When I was in term 1 there was no residential care practice, clinical was mostly discussions, presentations, and a few off-site experiences such as touring a couple hospital units and a doing a full head-to-toe assessment with vitals on one residential client. You can only use the skills you have learned in the clinical setting after you have learned it in the corresponding skills class. That is why you won't be giving oral meds until term 2, because medication administration is not taught and practiced until then. In term 1, the focus in skills will be about learning to do head-to-toe assessments, bed baths, bed making, taking vitals both manually and with the vitals machine and communication. Don't stress too much about it because you will get a hang of the flow of clinical as the terms progress. Your first full clinical experience in the hospital will be a medicine unit in term 3. We did get to do a hospital tour in the lower mainland in term 1, and you will shadow a nurse for the morning. I found it to be a really valuable experience.

I enjoyed term 1! Everyone was eager to learn and work together to be successful. My advice for term one is to be as organized as you can and to manage your time effectively. If you are able to form a study group and connect with people in your class and work together, you will find term 1 to flow a lot smoother. It can feel overwhelming as the term progresses if you hold assignments and readings until late, so I really would suggest staying on top of everything. Don't stress to much about it, I was a major procrastinator and still managed to do well, but it certainly would have been better if I spaced my work apart hahaha!

Incising · Aug 6, 2020

12 hours ago, gc_nursing2017 said:
Hey guys! I am a Term 7 student in the BSN program at Langara and would be happy to (hopefully) answer any questions or ease some nerves you may have about the program ? If I can assure you of one thing, it's how fast this program will go by. I personally felt that each semester went quicker than the last and I can guarantee most of the people in my cohort feel that way. Congratulations to those who have been accepted! And for those who have not just yet, please don't give up! I did not get in my first attempt when I applied to nursing school, and now that is just history. Don't lose hope!

Thanks for being here! I have a question as a student currently finishing his last 2 semesters and planning on applying as a degree holder with a lower than competitive GPA, I emailed the Langara nursing advisor(I attached his response) about preference in acceptance, and was told that they may not give preference to degree holders, is this true? Or a new change perhaps? If so I am so screwed...

Hewooo · Aug 6, 2020

14 hours ago, gc_nursing2017 said:
Hey guys! I am a Term 7 student in the BSN program at Langara and would be happy to (hopefully) answer any questions or ease some nerves you may have about the program ? If I can assure you of one thing, it's how fast this program will go by. I personally felt that each semester went quicker than the last and I can guarantee most of the people in my cohort feel that way. Congratulations to those who have been accepted! And for those who have not just yet, please don't give up! I did not get in my first attempt when I applied to nursing school, and now that is just history. Don't lose hope!

Hi there!! Thank you for taking the time to respond to us ? Very much appreciated!!

I just wanted to ask, which term has been the hardest for you so far, and why?

(I've heard that after term 1 and the pre-reqs, it gets a bit easier in the sense that people get used to how the program is, but I'm not sure if that is all true)

thank you!! ?