Admissions Update: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program
We require your interim high school transcript by March 31, 2012!
Please ask your high school teachers, counselor, vice-principal or principal to provide you with an unofficial interim transcript that includes a final grade or interim grade for English 12, Math/Pre-Calculus 11 and/or 12, Chemistry 11 and/or 12, and Biology 12.
Once you have the interim/or final grades take the document to the principal, vice-principal or counsellor of the school to sign and have the transcript placed in a school envelope and sealed with the school stamp. Send the transcript to Kwantlen via mail or bring it in person to Student Enrolment Services immediately.
Alternatively, print of our interim transcript template and take to your school:
1. Take the form to the school office to have the document copied on to the school’s letterhead.
2. Ask the teachers you need the interim/final grades from to record the marks on the form.
3. Take the completed document to the principal, vice-principal or counsellor of the school to sign.
4. Have the interim transcript placed in a school envelope and have the school seal it with the school stamp.
5. Send to Kwantlen: via mail or in person.
Download Kwantlen's interim transcript template.
Program Admission Requirements
Effective for the September 2012 intake, the BSN program admission requirements have changed.
The following provides details of the new requirements.
In addition to meeting Kwantlen's general university admission requirements, applicants to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program for the September 2012 intake must meet the following criteria:
- Pre-calculus 11 or Foundations of Math 11 (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of B; or undergraduate equivalent with a minimum grade of C+
- Biology 12 (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of B; or undergraduate equivalent with a minimum grade of C+
- Chemistry 11 (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of B; or undergraduate equivalent with a minimum grade of C+
- English 12 (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of B; or undergraduate equivalent with a minimum of C+; or ENGL 1100 level (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of C+
Once students have received a conditional offer of admission and before final admission to the BSN program is granted, students must submit the following:
- Criminal record check through the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General's Criminal Records Review Program
- Record of current immunizations
- Current standard first aid certificate
- CPR level C certificate
- Any other specified conditions of admission prior to the date specified in the offer of admission letter
Selection of Qualified Applicants
Only students who meet all of the program’s admission requirements as outlined above will be considered for admission. Meeting the criteria does not guarantee admission into the program. Admission to the program will be made through an established process that includes the selection of sixteen (16) high school applicants and sixteen (16) post-secondary applicants.
High School Applicants
High school applicants will be selected using the highest cumulative percentages from the English, mathematics, chemistry and biology courses required for admission. One program seat will be reserved for a self-identified Aboriginal student with the highest cumulative percentage. High school students will be offered conditional acceptance based on interim grades. Final grades must be equal to or greater than interim grades or acceptance may be withdrawn.
Post-secondary Applicants
Students who have a minimum of 24 eligible undergraduate post-secondary credits with a minimum GPA of 2.33 qualify under this category. Sixteen (16) students with the highest CGPA from a recognized post-secondary institution will be selected.
Application Guidelines
Applications will be accepted from November 1 to March 31 for admission to the Fall (September) 2012 semester. Applications may be submitted online at www.kwantlen.ca/apply.
All documents in support of an application for admission must be submitted by March 31st for Fall (September) applicants. Applications for which documentation is not received by these deadlines will be considered abandoned.
For more information about the admission process, visit www.kwantlen.ca/admission.
Further information regarding requirements for the 2012 intake of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program will be made available in the online calendar in the near future.
