University of Calgary Nursing Transfer January 2017

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I applied to the U of C Winter 2017 program! I took the Athabasca University A/P course and haven't done well in it due to some family health issues that have taken most of my time. It is strange for me as that course comes in way below what i am used to getting. I have a 89.46 major average at the University of Waterloo. Unfortunately due to the uniqueness of my program there, most of those high average courses wont transfer and they will probably end up taking my lowest marks. I am really confused about how they calculate averages though. I know that an 80-84 is a 3.7 but then it drops to 77-79.9 is a 3.3. So how do we know what is in between that? Also i have courses transferring from an exchange in Australia but they wont tell me what they translate to in my GPA. I think that i am actually about to go crazy from the anxiety that i feel not knowing these things! It is 1 am and i am frantically searching for answers when i work at 4 am. Can anyone help me out? Also when i called they told me that the cutoff is 3.07 BUT that the faculty will release a higher one later on. Good luck everyone! :)

I've applied for a line of credit with the Bank of Montreal. I would call up and look into the banks before applying, don't go for RBC. They seem to have a higher rate added onto prime after you graduate. CIBC is the lowest rate (I think), if you are looking into banks that are accessible in Alberta :)

jwillis1- maybe look into registering for a car2go membership for now? That way, you will at least be able to access a car with out having to purchase/rent one and the fee when driving them is super cheap. The only caveat is that after you park and go into somewhere, the car can be reserved and used by another member in the area.

If you live out towards tuscany or ranchlands, you will have a very long commute every day, back and forth. The public transportation here is decent, but it is so so slow and the buses... avoid the busses if you can and try to be closer to the train stations. Usually, if you can't find studios or 1 rooms that are affordable, there tend to be a lot of basement rentals that seem decently priced!

Hope this helps :D

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Specializes in Palliative Care.

Hospital parking is ridiculously expensive. I will probably transit to most places

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Thanks HartAB,

That was really helpful! :) I use modo in Vancouver, but they require a BC License (or out of province abstracts or such that I guess are harder to obtain, so I just assumed all the carshares would be that way).

Car2Go seems like a good solution.

I've applied for U o C Residence, so hopefully there are still availabilities, otherwise I think I'm looking a paying a bit more for studio in Brentwood.

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I meant Desjardins for the bank I took out a credit line with, not Bank of Montreal, whoops!!!

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I received my green check mark today! Unfortunately I waited till I got home from work to pay my deposit and now the website is down until sunday at midnight. Ugh!! Can anyone tell me what the winter term looks like, in terms of days and hours?

Next step is figure out my budget!

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Specializes in Palliative Care.

Congrats on your admission!

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Congrats Ellie,

The three lecture courses we have are each scheduled on separate day (3 3 hours lectures each week, each on a different day from 8-10:50A)

Then the 6 credit lab course, which likely includes our clinical experiences - (could be any time during the week/weekend), and simulation lab time, I'm not sure if that is the full 6 hours or not, we'll be split up into groups for our lab times - so it'll vary. Just a guess - but maybe 15 hours of practice experience per week?

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Congrats @RedCoat52! :)

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Congrats Redcoat52, Can I ask what you GPA is?

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thank you! It was 3.59 :)

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For those coming in from out of province, are you having the fit test done before getting to Calgary?

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Congrats @Ellie-bellie! I was wondering if I could ask what your GPA is? I called recently and couldn't get ahold of them to see what GPA they're currently accepting.

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