jmcl

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1. Personally handing in resumes AHS

   jmcl replied to nrseam's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Unfortunately AHS is notoriously difficult to get in to unless you know someone/have connections somehow. I've heard that a lot of managers do not like it when you show up on the unit unannounced - a...

2. University of Calgary Nursing Transfer January 2017

   jmcl replied to rjfried's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   I just finished the U of C program, so I can tell ya a lil bit about textbooks.. the main ones you should really buy are Fundamentals and the Jarvis assessment, those are used throughout the entire...

3. U of C Degree holder/Transfer Route Nursing Jan 2016

   jmcl replied to tparno's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   Hi Senzen, U of C uses letter grades to calculate GPA, so even though my university's letter-to-GPA conversion didn't match U of C's, that's what they used. An A or A+ both count as 4.0, A- as 3.7,...

4. Bad cGPA, final year - trying to get into UCalgary's Degree Holder BN Program.

   jmcl replied to senzen5's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   U of C doesn't look at anything other than the GPA you get in your most recent 10 half credits, so your current GPA doesn't even matter. If you do end up getting a 3.8 then I'd say you have a really...

5. U of C Degree holder/Transfer Route Nursing Jan 2016

   jmcl replied to tparno's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   Depending on who you have for 285, there is one textbook that I never used. If the professor is still ****, then she has a textbook (pretty sure it's called "Older Adults") that she says is necessary...

6. U of C Degree holder/Transfer Route Nursing Jan 2016

   jmcl replied to tparno's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   Honestly, the wait to find out is the worst, and it seems U of C admissions is a little disorganized when it comes to this stuff. I waited for a long time with no change on my status in the student...

7. U of C Degree holder/Transfer Route Nursing Jan 2016

   jmcl replied to tparno's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   Might not be a bad idea to contact admissions and just ask them whether they will accept your language arts course. Send them an email with the course description and maybe the syllabus if you can...

8. U of C Degree holder/Transfer Route Nursing Jan 2016

   jmcl replied to tparno's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   Hi tparno, I'm a current U of C nursing student.. I transferred into the September 2014 intake and just finished year 2 of the program in April. I know exactly how frustrating it is being in your...

9. BCIT Nursing January 2015 Applicants

   jmcl replied to Cesh's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

   Hey everyone...Have people started applying yet? I need someone to tell me that I'm not going crazy - when I first opened the additional form for the application, there were multiple sections such as...