Langara Spring 2022

harryberry · Jun 3, 2021

17 minutes ago, nclb said:

Hey there! I believe Langara only looks at your overall GPA from the 5 pre reqs only. Other schools like UBC or BCIT require a lot of work/volunteer experience to be a strong applicant but Langara doesn't. Hope this helps!

Thanks nclb :)

roseflwer · Jun 5, 2021

I think I’ve read something about this program not having a Summer break, but I’m not exactly sure. Does this program have any kind of break at all?

krliu · Jun 5, 2021

2 hours ago, roseflwer said:

I think I’ve read something about this program not having a Summer break, but I’m not exactly sure. Does this program have any kind of break at all?

hi there! I’m in term 2 of the langara BSN program and unfortunately there is no Summer break, but there are breaks in between semesters that range from 2-4 weeks! it is 3 years of 9 consecutive semesters, but a couple weeks in between each semester (April break, august break, december break). I’ve heard that our december break is one of the longer ones for the nursing program as it begins early december.

roseflwer · Jun 5, 2021

29 minutes ago, krliu said:

hi there! I’m in term 2 of the langara BSN program and unfortunately there is no Summer break, but there are breaks in between semesters that range from 2-4 weeks! it is 3 years of 9 consecutive semesters, but a couple weeks in between each semester (April break, august break, december break). I’ve heard that our december break is one of the longer ones for the nursing program as it begins early december.

Oh, I see! That’s good to know, thank you!

nclb · Jun 6, 2021

8 hours ago, krliu said:

hi there! I’m in term 2 of the langara BSN program and unfortunately there is no Summer break, but there are breaks in between semesters that range from 2-4 weeks! it is 3 years of 9 consecutive semesters, but a couple weeks in between each semester (April break, august break, december break). I’ve heard that our december break is one of the longer ones for the nursing program as it begins early december.

Hi, krliu!

May I ask how nursing is so far and if you have any tips/advice about the program? Also, I was wondering if students get to choose their specific clinical placements based on where they live closest or if it's all randomized?

I hope you're doing well. I'd appreciate your input!

Hallinski · Jun 8, 2021

On 6/5/2021 at 8:23 PM, nclb said:

Hi, krliu!

May I ask how nursing is so far and if you have any tips/advice about the program? Also, I was wondering if students get to choose their specific clinical placements based on where they live closest or if it's all randomized?

I hope you're doing well. I'd appreciate your input!

Hi! I'm not krliu but I'm a term 5 student in the program right now.

Term 5 is less chaotic than the first four terms and it's more manageable! Honestly term 1 was hard because everything was new, term 2 was harder because you do more than term 1, and term 3-4 was INSANE and can really tear you down ? It's doable though! My GPA tanked but hey I'm doing awesome in clinicals and that's really all that matters.

As for placements I know term 1 is randomized. I live in East Vancouver and they placed me in West Vancouver, while other people who lived in West Vancouver got placed in East Vancouver. I think in term 1 the placements were mainly in Vancouver / one in West Vancouver so a lot of Surrey peeps had a long commute. It was a struggle to figure out rides but it's only for a few weeks since the first half of your term 1 clinicals is doing presentations and orientation.

After term 1 you get to pick your placements and it's not first come first serve (I'm not really sure how they allocate the slots). I think if there are a lot of applicants to one specific placement they consider things like where you live or if you have considerations (there's a spot in your clinical placement selector that you can write some comments / considerations). You get to rank your placement choices 1-4 and so I think they consider that as well (In my experience however I have rarely gotten my first choice- for example I chose UBC Hospital as my fourth choice in term 4 but I got placed there because there were only about 8 applicants (which is how many people are in each placement)). However I do know that you can trade placements with another student if you notify the faculty early on.

Hope this helps! Good luck everyone ?

krliu · Jun 8, 2021

On 6/5/2021 at 8:23 PM, nclb said:

Hi, krliu!

May I ask how nursing is so far and if you have any tips/advice about the program? Also, I was wondering if students get to choose their specific clinical placements based on where they live closest or if it's all randomized?

I hope you're doing well. I'd appreciate your input!

Hi there!

Currently in term 2, it is definitely tougher than term 1 in terms of workload and demand! Term 1 was a breeze, it was mostly the initial adjust to the new program that can be overwhelming, and there are some weeks where deadlines are close together that can be stressful but other than that, the best advice I’d say is to enjoy your first term because it gets harder haha!

Term 2 is when the real grind begins is what I’d say! Pathophysiology 1 was a huge wake up call in terms of difficulty and time needed to prioritize my time. I’ve also heard from upper terms that term 3 and 4 are even more difficult as the learning curve is extremely steep, but this makes sense due to pathophysiology being in terms 2, 3, and 4. In term 2, I am currently in my exam season, and it is quite demanding. There are around 3 to 4 exams per week for the next three weeks, with papers, clinical assignments, and presentations all throughout the month.

You also have to keep in mind that on top of all the schoolwork, in term 2 you go to clinical twice a week (T, W) whereas in term 1 it was only once a week. The responsibilities from term 1 clinical and term 2 are also kicked up a notch. In term 1 we focused on making beds, taking vitals, shadowing - the “light stuff.” In term 2 we begin administering medications, showering our assigned resident, administering suppositories, feeding, changing, bowel care, the list goes on!

For clinical, in term 1, it was randomized. Similarly to @Hallinski, I live in East Van and was placed at West Vancouver in term 1! Seemed to me that all my friends also were randomized as we were all placed in West/North van. In term 2 we got to pick 4 top choices of where we want to be placed, but in the end it looked like we were picked based on our home address!

Hope this helps! Goodluck!

Samantha Seaborn · Jun 9, 2021

Hey guys! Does anyone know when we will find out about our acceptances into the 2022 intake? Also, what are you all doing as we wait - re-doing pre reqs, taking other courses, taking a break semester..? Thanks!

bbtree · Jun 9, 2021

1 hour ago, Samantha Seaborn said:

Hey guys! Does anyone know when we will find out about our acceptances into the 2022 intake? Also, what are you all doing as we wait - re-doing pre reqs, taking other courses, taking a break semester..? Thanks!

It usually takes 4-8 weeks to find out. Prior to getting waitlisted for the last intake, it actually took 10-12 weeks to find out— I’m guessing they were short staffed? What GPA are you applying with if you don’t mind me asking?

Hallinski · Jun 10, 2021

On 6/9/2021 at 6:06 AM, Samantha Seaborn said:

Hey guys! Does anyone know when we will find out about our acceptances into the 2022 intake? Also, what are you all doing as we wait - re-doing pre reqs, taking other courses, taking a break semester..? Thanks!

There is one course called PHIL1105 at Langara that is a required course for Term 6 that you can take during pre-reqs! That's one I'd recommend to take as it makes it one less class to take ?

Tn21 · Jun 21, 2021

On 6/8/2021 at 1:50 PM, Hallinski said:

Hi! I'm not krliu but I'm a term 5 student in the program right now.

Term 5 is less chaotic than the first four terms and it's more manageable! Honestly term 1 was hard because everything was new, term 2 was harder because you do more than term 1, and term 3-4 was INSANE and can really tear you down ? It's doable though! My GPA tanked but hey I'm doing awesome in clinicals and that's really all that matters.

As for placements I know term 1 is randomized. I live in East Vancouver and they placed me in West Vancouver, while other people who lived in West Vancouver got placed in East Vancouver. I think in term 1 the placements were mainly in Vancouver / one in West Vancouver so a lot of Surrey peeps had a long commute. It was a struggle to figure out rides but it's only for a few weeks since the first half of your term 1 clinicals is doing presentations and orientation.

After term 1 you get to pick your placements and it's not first come first serve (I'm not really sure how they allocate the slots). I think if there are a lot of applicants to one specific placement they consider things like where you live or if you have considerations (there's a spot in your clinical placement selector that you can write some comments / considerations). You get to rank your placement choices 1-4 and so I think they consider that as well (In my experience however I have rarely gotten my first choice- for example I chose UBC Hospital as my fourth choice in term 4 but I got placed there because there were only about 8 applicants (which is how many people are in each placement)). However I do know that you can trade placements with another student if you notify the faculty early on.

Hope this helps! Good luck everyone ?

Hi! What GPA did you apply with? Did you get in on your first try?

On 6/8/2021 at 3:12 PM, krliu said:

Hi there!

Currently in term 2, it is definitely tougher than term 1 in terms of workload and demand! Term 1 was a breeze, it was mostly the initial adjust to the new program that can be overwhelming, and there are some weeks where deadlines are close together that can be stressful but other than that, the best advice I’d say is to enjoy your first term because it gets harder haha!

Term 2 is when the real grind begins is what I’d say! Pathophysiology 1 was a huge wake up call in terms of difficulty and time needed to prioritize my time. I’ve also heard from upper terms that term 3 and 4 are even more difficult as the learning curve is extremely steep, but this makes sense due to pathophysiology being in terms 2, 3, and 4. In term 2, I am currently in my exam season, and it is quite demanding. There are around 3 to 4 exams per week for the next three weeks, with papers, clinical assignments, and presentations all throughout the month.

You also have to keep in mind that on top of all the schoolwork, in term 2 you go to clinical twice a week (T, W) whereas in term 1 it was only once a week. The responsibilities from term 1 clinical and term 2 are also kicked up a notch. In term 1 we focused on making beds, taking vitals, shadowing - the “light stuff.” In term 2 we begin administering medications, showering our assigned resident, administering suppositories, feeding, changing, bowel care, the list goes on!

For clinical, in term 1, it was randomized. Similarly to @Hallinski, I live in East Van and was placed at West Vancouver in term 1! Seemed to me that all my friends also were randomized as we were all placed in West/North van. In term 2 we got to pick 4 top choices of where we want to be placed, but in the end it looked like we were picked based on our home address!

Hope this helps! Goodluck!

Hiii just wondering what GPA you applied with if you don’t mind!

krliu · Jun 21, 2021

18 minutes ago, Tn21 said:

Hi! What GPA did you apply with? Did you get in on your first try?

Hiii just wondering what GPA you applied with if you don’t mind!

hi! my GPA was 3.87! I did however, have a bachelor’s degree in health sciences from SFU already, in which langara prioritized my acceptance because they considered degree holders before this term where they changed the criteria, so I got in on my first try!