For all of us applying to UBC's BSN 2016 program, let's communicate, share and give encouragement to one another throughout the process.
I just submitted my general UBC application to get the ball rolling early, and it already gave me access to get started on my supplemental application. This is my second time applying, so I hope to do a better job on my app this year and at least get an interview. But I have also accepted that this may not be my fate and I have other options.
Incidentally, to others who also applied previously: I phoned to make sure all my transcripts were still on file, and they are not! UBC admissions discards everything from last year. So I have six transcripts to send in again (including high school). Expensive and time consuming, and also seems a little crazy in the age of computers that they didn't keep electronic copies. But, we do what we have to do... Good luck everyone!
Don't worry to much about what the administrator (I used someone's name on here once and it was removed) thinks NERVOUS IN VAN. Not to say she is not a crucial player in all of this, as she has been super helpful with me in the past, but I do not believe she plays any role in the decision making process. I think many of us are feeling like we might have screwed up. I am still pinching myself that I got an interview, but I am also stressed about this.
I just realized I also forgot to leave my ubc number when I signed up on doodle and I also didn't receive a confirmation e-mail from doodle. Did anyone receive that e-mail?
No Nurcedes, I don't think it sends a confirmation. Glad to know I'm not the only one that screwed up. I sent the admissions assistant an "I'm a huge dummy" email. Not literally, but told her I forgot my student num. and asked if I should resubmit a new Doodle appointment. Unfortunately, with the long weekend, there is only Tuesday as leeway on such things, since the cut off was March 30 to respond to the interview offer.
I am thinking that as soon as possible I will send my e-mail confirmation with my scanned ID to tell her that I forgot my student # in my doodle appointment... it's true there isn't much wiggle room with the time frame! I'm glad we are in the same boat. I wouldn't be surprised if there were others as well.
I was thinking we could start a private FB page for interviewees to chat. There seems to be a delay on receiving replies on this forum. I don't want to leave future applicants out of this process though, as I found the previous year's forums extremely helpful. What does everyone think?
when signing up for second slots, does that mean the first one gets deleted? just curious as to how they'll be able to tell which slots are still available if multiple people have signed up for more then 1 slot?
Hey all, I'm late to the conversation, but I thought I'd say hey and offer to help anyway I can. I started this past September 2015, and the program has been amazing so far :) good luck to all of you!
In terms of interview questions... A good friend of mine is applying this year and when she was invited for an interview the other day I was *shocked* to hear that your interviews will only be 15mins! Last year we had 7 stations with 7 interviewers and 7 questions (6 or 8 mins at each station- I forget). The interviewers scored you on the spot as there was 2 mins between stations. I really liked the format, because it kept the interview very specific and focused (no real room for potentially awkward small talk). Also, because we were interviewed by 7 RNs (mostly faculty) and these 7 interviewers were all in seperate rooms, I thought it was a very objective way to interview- eliminating the possibility of positive or negative bias by the interviewer(s).
So I'm not sure if it's going to be MMI style scenarios for this year, but part of me thinks they will throw scenarios at you, because a) they need a way to standardize it, and b) they already know each of you and your personal experiences from your personal statements in the application. With that in mind, we can't disclose the questions/scenarios we were asked (because we signed non-disclosure agreements), but I do want to share what I and a friend (who also got in last fall with me) used to prepare for the interview. The following is a big list of scenarios/ethical dilemmas etc. that are from UBC med. So while some of the questions are harder in some ways than the ones we were asked, it really helped me turn on my critical thinking skills/"think like a nurse". Some of the questions and themes are in fact very similar to the interview questions we had. Personally, looking at a bunch of these scenarios and writing on a few in prep for the interview really helped me I think. At any rate, they may help clarify some of your values and give you a sense of the kind of thing UBC health sciences has asked of incoming applicants in the past. Good luck everyone!
Oh and to a poster who was wondering... they did call one of my references (my employer rather than professor) and asked how I managed balancing school/work... Did I get stressed easily under pressure... That sort of thing. Likely because this program IS pretty intense (ESPECIALLY the first semester! OMG!) well at 18 credits a semester, you get the idea
This year, tuition was $3800 term 1, $2800 term 2, $2600 term 3. There's two terms next year- they will be similar in cost. Uniforms are maybe like $90 new? You will need at least two. You'll also need a good comfy pair of Black or White non-laced leather shoes (by comfy I mean think about being on your feet 12hrs a day at clinical! So good supportive shoes= priceless. Don't go cheap on saving your knees/back).
If I had bought all the textbooks nee at UBC bookstore they wouldve been over $1400. I found all of them used on Amazon and Craigslist and they came out to be ~$550 I think. I wish I'd waited though, because some you'll barely read, others you can borrow from friends in a different rotation than you, and many are available for free as pdfs online. If you're like me and do like hardcopy textbooks though, amazon and craigslist are the way to go. People from our cohort will probably sell books and uniforms for cheap at the beginning of the year on your cohort's facebook page as did the cohort above us did. There is also a book sale with deeply discounted texts each fall in the nursing school.
Other than that, as far as money goes- if you are eligible for a BC/Canada studentaid loan- get one! If only because it's the only way you qualify for the nursing school bursary- and let me tell you it is the SINGLE MOST GENEROUS bursary program at UBC! Even better than the one's for med students (they have a $3000+ deductable, nursing students do not). So basically when you get a student loan, student aid will assess see you as having a certain dollar level of "unmet need". 100% of us who were eligible for the nursing school bursary not only got a bursary- we each got 100% of our individual assessed need awarded to us- that's non-repayable money! Obviously, The figure is different for everybody because everybody's assessed need is different. Let's just say that I know somebody in my class who got a bursary for $600 cuz that was their assessed need, while others got over $10,000 awarded to them (matching their individual assessed need). I was near the upper end of that myself. The bursary program is indeed SUPER GENEROUS at UBC Nursing (because nurses are in HUGE demand!) So do know that if you qualify for a BC student loan and have any "assessed unmet need" you will likely get most or all of it as a bursary from UBC's School of Nursing.
So, it seems there was enough people interested that I created a FB group. To join just search "UBC Nursing 2016 Interviewees". It's a closed group, so only the members of the group shows, not what we say. This way we can offer support one another over the next few weeks and messaging will be instant.
and I also didn't receive a confirmation e-mail from doodle. Did anyone receive that e-mail?
julianth
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Oh my gosh! I signed up on doodle with just my name, address, email address. I thought the student number part was just for in the confirmation email.