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I applied to the Queen's AST program in 2007 and was accepted (although I did not end up accepting my offer so I can't tell you anything about what the program and courses are like). I don't know if they have an out-of-province quota but I was a BC applicant as well. I tried asking for the average GPA as well, but they didn't really tell you anything. I would assume if you have a B+/A- average, you would be competitive for most admission programs for nursing.

Yon can basically take whatever courses you want provided you take the 2 prereq courses (ENGL 112 and BIOL 153) to apply for nursing school in third year. For me, I was working towards a science degree when I got accepted into UBC's nursing school. If you want to start nursing right out of high school, there are many other universities and colleges in BC that offer a 4 year BScN degree instead of UBC Vancouver 's 2 year program. For example, the Okanagan campus of UBC offers a 4 year BScN program.

Hey SimplicityGirl, I applied last year and I will be starting nursing at UBC in January. Are you thinking of applying for next year?

The lab depends on if you're focusing on either anatomy or physiology that week. If it's about anatomy, you usually have to study for a short 10 min quiz with no lab report due. If it's about physiology, you usually do some experimentation and measure some variable with regards to some human system and write up a lab report about it. I don't think we ended up doing any dissections at all the year I took it. I took it during winter but some of my friends took it during the summer said it wasn't too bad...although a lot of condensed studying.

Hey Angel, I believe to get into UBC nursing, you need to take BIOL 153 instead of BIOL 155 because they require the lab component. I took BIOL 153 a few years ago and the same prof is still teaching it and he's awesome! The lab component isn't too difficult and just as long as you study for the quizzes and write the lab reports, it's not that difficult to get a good mark if you study for it. Usually the lab helps boost up your final mark because it's worth 40%. BIOL 153 is all about human anatomy and physiology so it's completely different than bio 11 in high school where you learn about plants and invertebrates. It's a lot closer to bio 12 in high school with all the human systems. There's A LOT of memorization in the course but personally, I found it super interesting. It's not too difficult if you do it in the summer but you have to make sure to study/review after each class because he goes thorough a lot of material each class but it's definitely not impossible.

Hi Kendall, Here at UBC, both the September and January session are collectively known as the Winter Session. We don't have what most schools would call a Fall Session. I was also accepted for the January intake and in my admission letter it also said that I was accepted for Winter Session 08 so I wouldn't worry too much about it. Did you asked to be switched into the Sept intake...I would think they would let you know if you were able to be switched. Looking forward to seeing you on campus. =)

I've been a lurker on the forum for a while but I finally decided to post. I've also been accepted to UBC for the January intake. Michelle, did you use a UBC email as your contact info? I had a UBC email and I didn't get my offer until today even though my letter was dated for last week because they've been having problems with bounce back emails from interchange accounts. Someone from UBC Nursing gave me a call today to get an alternate email to send my offer. Congrats to everyone who has been accepted! See you on campus!