University of Calgary, January 2020

damonas · Sep 17, 2019

6 minutes ago, Abhijeet Jassal said:
When they talk about "transferable" courses in this scenario, it pretty much means any university approved courses. So it can be anything, for example, the last 5 courses I took (which equals to 15 credits as one half-course is worth 3 credits) were all options like music, astronomy, religion studies, archaeology and anthropology. All of these courses were GPA boosters option courses. So I do recommend to take easy option courses for your last 5 courses in order to have competitive GPA. Obviously, the other 5 pre-requisite courses are fixed, we have to take them, there are no exceptions.

Hi please where did you take the courses am looking at taking simple courses to boost my GP. Thanks

jcena3211 · Sep 17, 2019

I applied in July I think and the funny thing is I didn't submit my anatomy transcript until it was almost too late. I was taking anatomy from Athabasca and I finished that course on September 10 and obviously the deadline for transcript submission was September 15. So I had to make lots of visits to the admission office and make numerous calls to Athabasca university to make sure they send my transcript on time which they did on September 13. So to be honest, I'm pretty sure that the evaluated my transcripts recently, like yesterday I think and that's also when I got my yellow check mark. Also one thing to note is that I did my previous degree from UofC too, so maybe that's why it went very fast for me, I am still surprised. Also if you have 3.7 GPA you should be hearing from them soon, as long as you have taken all of the necessary prerequisites and submitted all the right transcripts. Like I said there can different factors which explains why you are still waiting, but as long as the GPA is good and all the course requirements are met, you should be fine. I know it is very hard to wait, but with your excellent GPA statistically speaking I wouldn't be worried. So hang tight and hopefully you will receive your letter in next few days.

jcena3211 · Sep 17, 2019

12 minutes ago, damonas said:
Hi please where did you take the courses am looking at taking simple courses to boost my GP. Thanks

I took all of these easy option courses at UofC as part of finishing my previous degree there. I'm sure there are also some easy transferable online courses you can do but to be on the safe side always make sure by contacting the nursing department if those courses are applicable to your application or not. Hopefully that helps!

Samuel Nsi · Sep 17, 2019

Awesome news. Congratulations to everyone who has gotten accepted. Please any idea of 4 easy courses one can do to boost CGPA? Maybe with athabasca preferably.

Samuel Nsi · Sep 17, 2019

3 hours ago, Abhijeet Jassal said:
I took all of these easy option courses at UofC as part of finishing my previous degree there. I'm sure there are also some easy transferable online courses you can do but to be on the safe side always make sure by contacting the nursing department if those courses are applicable to your application or not. Hopefully that helps!

I was told by the nursing department student advisor that any 200 level course is good for CGPA booster as long as the main 5 prerequisites are done. The problem is knowing the easy courses to take. Can you please tell me the easy ones you took? If you don't mind. Thanks

jcena3211 · Sep 17, 2019

8 minutes ago, Samuel Nsi said:
I was told by the nursing department student advisor that any 200 level course is good for CGPA booster as long as the main 5 prerequisites are done. The problem is knowing the easy courses to take. Can you please tell me the easy ones you took? If you don't mind. Thanks

For sure but I'm only aware of the ones offered at UofC, is that okay?

Samuel Nsi · Sep 17, 2019

9 minutes ago, Abhijeet Jassal said:
For sure but I'm only aware of the ones offered at UofC, is that okay?

Yes that's okay. I don't mind taking the courses at UofC too.

leecia69 · Sep 17, 2019

Sam, you can try these ones through Athabasca. I did them and they were easy.

Human Sexuality

Complementary and Alternate Health

HLST 200( can’t remember the name)

Samuel Nsi · Sep 17, 2019

1 hour ago, leecia69 said:
Sam, you can try these ones through Athabasca. I did them and they were easy.
Human Sexuality
Complementary and Alternate Health
HLST 200( can’t remember the name)

Thanks so much. Thank you.

jcena3211 · Sep 18, 2019

1 hour ago, Samuel Nsi said:
Yes that's okay. I don't mind taking the courses at UofC too.

I took two astronomy courses 207 and 209, online religion studies 201 and 203, Arky 327 (archaeology in popular culture), physics 303 and 371, history of dance, it's a theoretical dance course but don't remember it's number, music 301, 303, 401 and 403. The trick is to see the profs review on rate my prof and decide if they made the course easier or harder. Pick a course that you think sounds easy, check the profs review and past course outlines to make a decision. Good luck!

Samuel Nsi · Sep 18, 2019

6 minutes ago, Abhijeet Jassal said:
I took two astronomy courses 207 and 209, online religion studies 201 and 203, Arky 327 (archaeology in popular culture), physics 303 and 371, history of dance, it's a theoretical dance course but don't remember it's number, music 301, 303, 401 and 403. The trick is to see the profs review on rate my prof and decide if they made the course easier or harder. Pick a course that you think sounds easy, check the profs review and past course outlines to make a decision. Good luck!

Thanks a bunch. I appreciate will surely follow your advice. Thanks again

Korny · Sep 18, 2019

Just got the green checkmark!!! ? ? ?

I applied through the degree holder route - I think my GPA was a 3.74 (if I calculated it correctly).

I submitted my application on July 15 and I think they had received all of my transcripts by the beginning of August.

Good luck to everyone who is waiting! I look forward to meeting you in January!