First off, hello everyone. I'm new to the forum and stumbled on it while spending hours trying to research my alternatives.
I'm in Vancouver, BC (permanent resident) planning to go for my RN. I'm a mature student with 19 credit hours from a US university, but most of those credits are liberal arts, so I'm not sure what will really count except for the math and English. I know I'll have to take the A&Ps and Psychs- biology was much more than 5 years ago, but I did make an A! lol
When I first started looking, I found that VCC has a relatively new RN BSN program and I spoke to the academic advisers who told me that there was no wait list. I got approved for my student loan, requested all my transcripts and registered as a student. Today (only a week later) I spoke with a different adviser who informed me that not only is there a wait list, but that there are 49 students on it and that they will only be taking 24. VCC only has a fall intake so she told me that if I'm "lucky" I could get in the class of 2012 but likely 2013! ack. I suppose the only positive there is that they are a first come, first serve school so I will eventually move up the list for sure.
In the meantime, the adviser suggested I apply to multiple schools in the Lower Mainland, and choose one to attend for prerequisites while biding my time, hoping for one of them to eventually send me an acceptance. I'm sure many of you are in the same boat. I applied to Douglas and will probably actually attend there because it is much closer to home than VCC, plus they do two intakes per year so that's a plus. Will anyone be attending the Douglas psych or A&P for summer 2011? Would be nice to know someone going in.
So I guess the purpose of my post is to first make contact with anyone else currently waiting out their time, and also to compare any up-to-date info you have on wait lists. As far as Douglas' preferential placement goes, with a max number of points at 14, what is a "good" number of points to have to be competitive? I'm thinking I will have around 8. >
Yup. STILL pending :) rachel94, I have no idea what that "see decision" means...is there even a spot that says "decision" on the app status page?? Status stays pending until you are rejected or accepted..
ok, so after refreshing my 'mybcit' page about 100 times, I think it's time to 'step away from the computer'...lol. hope everyone is having a great day!
WOW! I only havent been here for a couple of week and the forum page jumped from 9 to 16! We'll I'm happy to see all the striving nurses out there!
Smiley65, I just got a new section for my volunteer work as well :). I hope 350 hours of volunteer will do me good. Thing are soo happening! :) :) I'm still hoping Douglas would give me my deposit back though if I got into BCIT.
ya bcit says ---see 'decision'---- on my application status, and i got an email under mycomunication that says ---nurse non offer competitive---- , and the email basicly said "we've picked great people, sucks to be you". just jokes, but basicly "contact us if you want to know what to do next,bla,bla,bla,...." as for ufv, i won't know till the beginning of november. fingers are crossed, this is the one that will make me sad if i don't get in . i am taking all my classes there now.
It's really good! New Orleans weather is amazing, been keeping super busy. Obviously I had to bring my laptop to keep on top of applications lol. With all this free time on my hands I find myself checking like first thing in the morning and before I go to bed at night!!
. i am taking all my classes there now.
babywhisperer333, BSN
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Aww sorry
that sucks. have you heard from the other place yet? *hug*