The University of British Columbia (UBC) BSN 2023 Entry

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Hi everybody, I thought I'd create a thread for those who are applying to the UBC BSN program for the 2023 application cycle. Please feel free to drop any questions and share your background/experiences! ?

PoppyBouquet said:

 

Such a weird situation. Did you need to send in multiple transcripts? Or did you take all of your courses at SFU. I hope this gets resolved... that really sucks :((

I took some courses at Douglas as well and I saw they changed my status that they received my both transcripts. 

"This email is to inform you that your transcript request has been processed. Your official Douglas College transcript was sent and received, electronically, by the destination institution that you selected when placing the order."

+ this is the email what I got from Douglas when I requested to send transcript. 

 

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John Lee said:

Thanks, yes I have to call tmrw morning. I can't wait LOL :(((((((((((

Really hope they figure this out for u! 

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jta122 said:

Really hope they figure this out for u! 

Thanks again, I would let you guys know after contacting admission team tmrw. 

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Thank you everyone

According to school of nursing reply, my "CASEPR exam wasn't sent to us as [my] registered with an incorrect student number for the exam." Thus they will update my file accordingly and re-open my application. 

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Hi 2023 hopefuls!

I have a question about the CASPer exam. I applied in 2022 and when I did the CASPer it was vignettes and we had 5 minutes to write our answers. I am reading that they have added an audio part to it which some schools use and some don't. I don't love the idea of recording myself, it would feel like an interview. I plan on applying again next year and plan to practice so I can hopefully improve my score.  Any insights would be helpful, along with any tips. Thanks!

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VanLpn said:

Hi 2023 hopefuls!

I have a question about the CASPer exam. I applied in 2022 and when I did the CASPer it was vignettes and we had 5 minutes to write our answers. I am reading that they have added an audio part to it which some schools use and some don't. I don't love the idea of recording myself, it would feel like an interview. I plan on applying again next year and plan to practice so I can hopefully improve my score.  Any insights would be helpful, along with any tips. Thanks!

I took the CASPer this year and I think they changed it from previous years! From what I know, I just mainly focused on the typing section of the test with respect to the things they're assessing (empathy, collaboration, problem-solving... etc). I'm pretty sure only certain schools will look at the video response section but they don't tell us which schools :). For studying, I didn't pay a single dime. I just browsed YouTube and practiced with their scenarios, and did some free practice. Lots of typing practice as well ?

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Hi there, 

Can a current student give their take on how intense the grading is in the UBC accelerated nursing? I don't have any plans to do a graduate degree at this point but I would like to get good grades for getting any merit based awards.

Also, do you get any breaks during the program? I have heard that weekends are not off in this program so I am also wondering if people find themselves burnt out often. 

Thanks!

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anon321 said:

Hi there, 

Can a current student give their take on how intense the grading is in the UBC accelerated nursing? I don't have any plans to do a graduate degree at this point but I would like to get good grades for getting any merit based awards.

Also, do you get any breaks during the program? I have heard that weekends are not off in this program so I am also wondering if people find themselves burnt out often. 

Thanks!

The grading is very reasonable and it is attainable to get grades in the high 80's and 90's. Lots of students are in this range of grades. However, many students realize throughout the program that the courses are not important (well, the lab, physiology/disease, and pharmacology courses are critical) and instead you need to study to survive in the clinical setting (I.e., actually working in the hospital). You can have amazing grades but perform poorly in the clinical setting (this was me early on). The clinical setting is more important, so committing too much time to your course work could hinder your ability to actually be a good nurse. Many of us finishing the program in 2 weeks feel we put too much effort into courses, which affected our ability to adequately prepare for the clinical setting. UBC is not very good at preparing you for the clinical setting so you need to teach yourself and commit just enough time to the actual courses to get an OK grade. You are training to succeed in a job that is practical and hands on, so do waste all your time on superfluous courses like leadership, informatics, and research methods. 

As for breaks, there are ~3 weeks off in December/January between Term 1 and 2. Between Term 2 and 3 (term 3 runs through the Summer) there are ~10 days off. Between Term 3 and 4 there ~5 weeks off (all of August is off). Between Term 4 and 5 there are ~4 weeks off. During the actual terms there will be 2 days of class and 2 days of clinical. There is very little class time (9am to 4pm on one day, then 9am-12pm on the other day). This means you will always have 3 days off in addition to a day of class that finishes at 12pm noon...so I always felt like I had 4 days off a week, which is plenty of time for completing assignments and studying.

The only way you'll be working over the weekend is if you get a hospital placement is Saturdays & Sundays (as opposed to, for example, Thursdays & Friday), so it is just a gamble. 

Burnout definitely occurs, which is why it is important to be very organized with course work/deadlines and not attempt to achieve super high grades. Just aim for grades in the 70's, spend more time studying for the practical aspects of the clinical setting (the actual nursing job), and take lots of time just relaxing. 

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HappyHappyWhatALife said:

The grading is very reasonable and it is attainable to get grades in the high 80's and 90's. Lots of students are in this range of grades. However, many students realize throughout the program that the courses are not important (well, the lab, physiology/disease, and pharmacology courses are critical) and instead you need to study to survive in the clinical setting (I.e., actually working in the hospital). You can have amazing grades but perform poorly in the clinical setting (this was me early on). The clinical setting is more important, so committing too much time to your course work could hinder your ability to actually be a good nurse. Many of us finishing the program in 2 weeks feel we put too much effort into courses, which affected our ability to adequately prepare for the clinical setting. UBC is not very good at preparing you for the clinical setting so you need to teach yourself and commit just enough time to the actual courses to get an OK grade. You are training to succeed in a job that is practical and hands on, so do waste all your time on superfluous courses like leadership, informatics, and research methods. 

As for breaks, there are ~3 weeks off in December/January between Term 1 and 2. Between Term 2 and 3 (term 3 runs through the Summer) there are ~10 days off. Between Term 3 and 4 there ~5 weeks off (all of August is off). Between Term 4 and 5 there are ~4 weeks off. During the actual terms there will be 2 days of class and 2 days of clinical. There is very little class time (9am to 4pm on one day, then 9am-12pm on the other day). This means you will always have 3 days off in addition to a day of class that finishes at 12pm noon...so I always felt like I had 4 days off a week, which is plenty of time for completing assignments and studying.

The only way you'll be working over the weekend is if you get a hospital placement is Saturdays & Sundays (as opposed to, for example, Thursdays & Friday), so it is just a gamble. 

Burnout definitely occurs, which is why it is important to be very organized with course work/deadlines and not attempt to achieve super high grades. Just aim for grades in the 70's, spend more time studying for the practical aspects of the clinical setting (the actual nursing job), and take lots of time just relaxing. 

Thank you so much for sharing; I had similar worries and only have the UBC website to derive my info off of so I was under a completely different impression about the course load compared to clinicals! This was a life-saver!

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HappyHappyWhatALife said:

The grading is very reasonable and it is attainable to get grades in the high 80's and 90's. Lots of students are in this range of grades. However, many students realize throughout the program that the courses are not important (well, the lab, physiology/disease, and pharmacology courses are critical) and instead you need to study to survive in the clinical setting (I.e., actually working in the hospital). You can have amazing grades but perform poorly in the clinical setting (this was me early on). The clinical setting is more important, so committing too much time to your course work could hinder your ability to actually be a good nurse. Many of us finishing the program in 2 weeks feel we put too much effort into courses, which affected our ability to adequately prepare for the clinical setting. UBC is not very good at preparing you for the clinical setting so you need to teach yourself and commit just enough time to the actual courses to get an OK grade. You are training to succeed in a job that is practical and hands on, so do waste all your time on superfluous courses like leadership, informatics, and research methods. 

As for breaks, there are ~3 weeks off in December/January between Term 1 and 2. Between Term 2 and 3 (term 3 runs through the Summer) there are ~10 days off. Between Term 3 and 4 there ~5 weeks off (all of August is off). Between Term 4 and 5 there are ~4 weeks off. During the actual terms there will be 2 days of class and 2 days of clinical. There is very little class time (9am to 4pm on one day, then 9am-12pm on the other day). This means you will always have 3 days off in addition to a day of class that finishes at 12pm noon...so I always felt like I had 4 days off a week, which is plenty of time for completing assignments and studying.

The only way you'll be working over the weekend is if you get a hospital placement is Saturdays & Sundays (as opposed to, for example, Thursdays & Friday), so it is just a gamble. 

Burnout definitely occurs, which is why it is important to be very organized with course work/deadlines and not attempt to achieve super high grades. Just aim for grades in the 70's, spend more time studying for the practical aspects of the clinical setting (the actual nursing job), and take lots of time just relaxing. 

These are good tips! I wonder if this also applies to the Advanced entry BSN at KPU?

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HappyHappyWhatALife said:

The grading is very reasonable and it is attainable to get grades in the high 80's and 90's. Lots of students are in this range of grades. However, many students realize throughout the program that the courses are not important (well, the lab, physiology/disease, and pharmacology courses are critical) and instead you need to study to survive in the clinical setting (I.e., actually working in the hospital). You can have amazing grades but perform poorly in the clinical setting (this was me early on). The clinical setting is more important, so committing too much time to your course work could hinder your ability to actually be a good nurse. Many of us finishing the program in 2 weeks feel we put too much effort into courses, which affected our ability to adequately prepare for the clinical setting. UBC is not very good at preparing you for the clinical setting so you need to teach yourself and commit just enough time to the actual courses to get an OK grade. You are training to succeed in a job that is practical and hands on, so do waste all your time on superfluous courses like leadership, informatics, and research methods. 

As for breaks, there are ~3 weeks off in December/January between Term 1 and 2. Between Term 2 and 3 (term 3 runs through the Summer) there are ~10 days off. Between Term 3 and 4 there ~5 weeks off (all of August is off). Between Term 4 and 5 there are ~4 weeks off. During the actual terms there will be 2 days of class and 2 days of clinical. There is very little class time (9am to 4pm on one day, then 9am-12pm on the other day). This means you will always have 3 days off in addition to a day of class that finishes at 12pm noon...so I always felt like I had 4 days off a week, which is plenty of time for completing assignments and studying.

The only way you'll be working over the weekend is if you get a hospital placement is Saturdays & Sundays (as opposed to, for example, Thursdays & Friday), so it is just a gamble. 

Burnout definitely occurs, which is why it is important to be very organized with course work/deadlines and not attempt to achieve super high grades. Just aim for grades in the 70's, spend more time studying for the practical aspects of the clinical setting (the actual nursing job), and take lots of time just relaxing. 

This is amazing!!

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Hi there,

Just wondering if anyone has heard yet for admission to UBC Nursing Sept 2023 intake?

Thank you!

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