CassieBaxter

Many of my classmates work part time. I don’t, and I’m happy for the extra time and flexibility it gives me.

Thanks @tapioca16 , 1. Can you share a bit about what kind of delay there was from when applications closed to when you got your offer? 2. Once you got an offer what were the steps you followed to complete your qualifications (- I know that there are cpr requirements, immunization record requirements, etc)? 3. How is term 1 so far? What have your classes and the study load been like? 4. Do you know if you have time off between semesters as with a regular university type semester situation (where you can typically count on having a couple weeks between the end of the exam period and the next semester beginning)? thanks!

Thank you, Zebbiana! I’m very excited to have submitted my first application. It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster of excitement, anticipation, dread, stress, and then some more excitement ? as I’ve been learning about all the different programs (and worked through the first five pre reqs). I got a 4.00 GPA for my five Langara application pre reqs. I’m also continuing to work on my Douglas pre reqs in the meantime. If I don’t get accepted at Langara I’m going to throw in a long shot application at BCIT in the spring too. Where are you taking your pre reqs?

Hi Zebbiana! I’ve just applied to Langara September 2020 intake ??. I think we are going to get offers in mid-March. From their posts, it looks like seaofgreatness started at Langara Nursing in Sept 2019. When are you planning on applying?

Thanks seaofgreatness, this is correct, you need 48 credits, but ubc only considers the most recent 30 credits for your at your GPA calculation; good correction. In terms of the costs for each school, in my rough math I used the suggested additional costs from each school’s website, and I did not include the pre req classes. Regarding those additional costs: in my experience, you can only opt out of student health insurance if you are covered on another plan (like from your spouse or parents). And although there are only 10 academic foundations classes, they must be taken over at least 3 terms (because of needing to take some classes before you can take others). So there are lots of confounding factors in the calculations, at large. I will add, I had to take supplementary English tests at both BCIT and Douglas; it cost $100 at BCIT, and it was free after I was registered at Douglas. I just had transcripts sent from both schools, I think BCIT charged me $10/$15 and Douglas charged me $5... so there are definitely big price differences between schools for all kinds of things. If possible, I would suggest taking pre req classes at one of the more cost efficient schools, regardless of where you are going to apply to nursing. This online tool will tell you how your courses transfer between schools, so you don’t take courses that won’t work in all of the applications you intend to make: https://www.bctransferguide.ca/ I think ultimately, anyone interested in applying to any of the programs should be digging deep into the schools’ websites to nail down the requirements, costs, time frames, application dates, etc. I would also *highly* recommend speaking to admissions counsellors from anywhere you are interested in, because what’s on the website isn’t always what’s actually needed to be competitive (looking at you, BCIT). I’m happy to pm with anyone who has questions about anything I’ve said- or post on here ?

Hi! do you mind telling me when you finished your academic foundations classes? Im currently doing my academic foundations classes and it’s interesting to see how long people are waiting. Thanks!

Hi all! Fun to find this forum, so nice to see you here. I just had my transcript sent from another school, and I’m so excited to hear back from Langara. I was trying to do some rough calculations about when we will likely hear from admissions with offers- I’m thinking mid-March? Does anyone have any ideas how likely that is? ?????????

I’ve researched the different program requirements quite extensively as I’ve prepared to apply. When I spoke to the admissions councillor at BCIT, she recommended that I have “about 75 credits to be competitive.” I was totally flabbergasted because they list only five pre reqs for nursing on their website. I was very discouraged to by this news. After that I was very careful to speak to an admissions councillor at each of the schools as I was doing my course and application planning. Langara requires the fewest pre reqs to apply, but has the longest program (9 consecutive semesters,) and is therefore the most expensive (I compared ubc, Douglas, and langara in this case). When I did the rough math they came in at around $35k (domestic student- Douglas and UBC were closer to maybe $26k?). They have two intakes per year (Winter and Fall). Ubc is a very short program compared to any of the others (I believe it’s 5 consecutive semesters), but requires at least 30 credits to apply, only has one intake per year, and is very competitive (get that high GPA)!! Douglas is three years, two semesters a year (summers off!), has a ten class set of pre reqs (it’s called academic foundations,) but has a “waiting list” type entry rather than competitive (and like an earlier poster, I’ve heard it’s about 2.5 years). I would love to do this program since the six semesters is substantially cheaper than nine semesters... and summers off means you can work and make some money. But if you are trying to get into a nursing program fast, this isn’t fast. If you are struggling with maintaining a high GPA, this might be good though, because they only require a C+ in all classes to apply for their nursing. Wishing you well in your academic journey!!