University of Calgary, January 2021

[JReid26]

Hey everyone! I am planning to apply to the degree holder route for nursing at the University of Calgary for January 2021. I found this site by reading through the University of Calgary, January 2020 forum and thought it would be good to start one for this next years in take.

I am currently finishing my English prerequisite and my anatomy and physiology course at Athabasca. Last year it looked like the GPA cut off was a 3.6 and that most people over a 3.7 got accepted.

[Sasha-Shey]

Don't worry, be optimistic. I was told that applications this year are less compared to last year.

[Sasha-Shey]

Hi guys!

Is there any applicant with international undergraduate transcript here that applied through the after-degree route?

If any, could you please share your updates, GPA and timeline of documents submission.

I submitted my transcripts for the prerequisites (3.8 GPA) on the 2nd and got an update on the 4th of September, but submitted my international undergraduate transcript first week in August.

I got a status update "documents have been reviewed and ready for evaluation..." about 2 weeks ago. I'm yet to receive an evaluation update. I sent an email last week Friday to an advisor, no response yet.

Please share yours, thanks. The wait is killing! LOL. I'm being optimistic and can't wait to get in.

Congratulations to those with admission offers!

[Allison Newhouse]

27 minutes ago, DNP on my mind said:

Hi guys!

Is there any applicant with international undergraduate transcript here that applied through the after-degree route?

If any, could you please share your updates, GPA and timeline of documents submission.

I submitted my transcripts for the prerequisites (3.8 GPA) on the 2nd and got an update on the 4th of September, but submitted my international undergraduate transcript first week in August.

I got a status update "documents have been reviewed and ready for evaluation..." about 2 weeks ago. I'm yet to receive an evaluation update. I sent an email last week Friday to an advisor, no response yet.

Please share yours, thanks. The wait is killing! LOL. I'm being optimistic and can't wait to get in.

Congratulations to those with admission offers!

Hi!

I am applying from the U.S to the degree-holder route. I submitted my application the first day they opened and had all of my transcripts and documents to them within a couple weeks. My portal has been “reviewing courses” for over 2 weeks and I had reached out via email to them about which course(s)/GPA calculation. They responded within a few days and gave me a number to contact about my application and also couldn’t disclose a GPA since it most likely won’t be calculated until the courses are approved. I believe I’m somewhere in the 3.7-3.8 range. 
Hope you hear back soon! 

Best,

Allison

[pacha]

14 hours ago, DNP on my mind said:

@pacha Congratulations! Please did you get in through the degree-holder route or transfer route?

TIA. This waiting is killing?

Hey!

I was degree-holder. Hope you hear from them soon! Also I believe they take 2-4 weeks for students and up to 6 weeks for international so just a little extra time maybe.

[Yellowsoft]

On 9/18/2020 at 10:05 PM, nursing_c said:

External transfer out of province! Are you a transfer student as well? 

@nursing_c yup! Except I'm an internal transfer from a different faculty at the UofC. May I ask when you applied and had your documents finalized, etc? 

 

The wait is honestly so brutal haha Trying to be optimistic with my 3.71 cuz I think it might be more competitive for internal/external transfer-route students.

and congrats @pacha!! and everyone that's been admitted!

[nursing_c]

13 minutes ago, Yellowsoft said:

@nursing_c yup! Except I'm an internal transfer from a different faculty at the UofC. May I ask when you applied and had your documents finalized, etc? 

I had my school process my transcript on Aug 26, then I emailed the admissions office on sept 9 bc the dashboard still said I was missing my transcript. On the same, they replied and processed it and my dashboard updated to “documents have been reviewed and ready for evaluation.” Then Sept 18 was when I received the green check mark!  

[Sasha-Shey]

I'm glad I'm not the only one. We'll get in definitely. I'm just tensed. LOL.

Yeah! Fingers crossed. Thanks!

[INFJnurse33]

9 hours ago, nursing_mpa said:

Yeah, I'm waitlisted (after-degree). My documents were received close to the deadline at around Sept. 12. 

what was your GPA? 

[NT1]

Hello, 

how did you all get to know your final GPA? I called the admissions office today and my application is still under review. hope I hear something soon.

 

[Crystal6055]

1 minute ago, NT1 said:

Hello, 

how did you all get to know your final GPA? I called the admissions office today and my application is still under review. hope I hear something soon.

 

Calculate your GPA by taking your grades from anatomy and physiology 1 and 2 (6credits), statistics, english, highest GPA in an arts course, as well as the grades from your last 5 courses excluded prerequisites above. Add up the GPA value of each and divide by 10 to get your admission GPA. 

[nursing_c]

Does anyone know if classes are on campus or online or both? Do they send an acceptance package with more details?? 

[ks1234]

8 minutes ago, nursing_c said:

Does anyone know if classes are on campus or online or both? Do they send an acceptance package with more details?? 

I don't think they've made a final decision on the Winter semester yet regarding online vs. in-person classes. I was accepted at the end of August and still haven't received any further information from them.