throwaway1999991

Congrats to those that got in. Was accepted as well. Made an account to post advice from anyone that didn't make it but wants to in the future. I have to assume: you've thought long and hard about your life and that you actually really want to be a nurse, and understand what the job involves. -Okay so you put a ton of thought into it, and you're committed to this career. But you didn't get accepted to a school -How to get accepted next time? Simple but not easy, become the ideal applicant. -You KNOW what the ideal applicant would look like. Someone that if they posted their stats here you'd say WOW you're getting in! Luckily the way UBC assesses their applicants it's always possible to become much closer to ideal within a mere year. -Grades are simple. Crush them. Take an entire year of courses in things you can demolish for an awesome GPA. Remember it's a game, and the goal is to get the best grade possible. Play (fairly) to win, but don't forget it's only that silly number that matters. -Supplemental stuff? Hard, but you know what looks great...Be a leader, start a business, volunteer for CHALLENGING things etc, literally be the change you wanna see in the world (it's all so cliche, but that kind of stuff stands out) What would you rather read: I volunteered at the gift shop in the hospital OR I started company xyz to address problem xyz in the healthcare field and had zyx impact? (you could spend the same amount of time at both these things and guess which one jumps out, and likely changes your life in a bigger way...but one is harder...) -Casper: a lot of people *** on this test, but as someone who is fairly confident I did well on it...this test is great. (though I have no idea how good the grading is) What its trying to get at is fundamentally important to this field...if you can't do well on a test like this, I think it fairly should be held against you. How to improve? Learn how to be a leader, learn how to work on a team. Put yourself into difficult situations. Through the life experience of learning how to deal with real problems...quality answers to the CASPER come naturally. I hope that made some sense and was somewhat helpful. I know I always appreciated this sort of thing.