{"id":20963,"date":"2017-06-27T16:23:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T20:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20963"},"modified":"2019-07-19T23:00:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T03:00:46","slug":"lemme-refer-you-to-the-faq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=20963","title":{"rendered":"lemme refer you to the FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>hello aska! id like to apply to the undergraduate program for nursing. I know applicants should have a 3.0+ gpa, a work related reference and a academic reference. I wasnt originally planning on nursing &amp; i was slacking in my classes so my gpa is currently 2.5&#8230; Is it possible to boost my gpa to 3.0 if i do well in 6 FCE? Also does work related reference refer to paid work or volunteer work? &amp; im assuming academic reference would be a prof? thank u so much<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hi!<\/p>\n<p>of course, you can pull your grades up if you really try, but i&#8217;m not 100% sure how much you could pull your grades up. it would depend on how well you do on the 6.0FCE you wanna take as well as how many FCE you&#8217;ve already finished. i suggest checking out<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsc.utoronto.ca\/webapps\/aacc-tools\/GPA_calculator\/index.cgi\"> this handy dandy GPA calculator<\/a>. just remember that it&#8217;s not an official GPA calculator, just an estimator and planning tool.<\/p>\n<p>a &#8220;work-related reference&#8221; refers to anyone who can vouch for you in a professional capacity. according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca\/future-students\/how-to-apply\/bachelor-of-science-in-nursing-bscn#content3\">\u00a0admissions website<\/a>, a &#8220;work-related reference&#8221; could be a work OR volunteer reference. i would figure out what might be the most relevant experience to nursing. for example, if you&#8217;ve volunteered at a hospital, that would be much more relevant than a summer camp you worked for.<\/p>\n<p>an academic reference is anyone who can vouch for you in an academic capacity, so yes, a prof who knows you and your work well would be dope.<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;d also check out<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca\/future-students\/how-to-apply\/bachelor-of-science-in-nursing-bscn#content4\"> their FAQ page. <\/a>they have a lot of good (and accurate) info about the application process there.<\/p>\n<p>hope this helps and good luck!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20964\" src=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/giphy-16.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"128\" \/><\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hello aska! id like to apply to the undergraduate program for nursing. I know applicants should have a 3.0+ gpa, a work related reference and a academic reference. I wasnt originally planning on nursing &amp; i was slacking in my classes so my gpa is currently 2.5&#8230; Is it possible to boost my gpa to 3.0 if i do well in 6 FCE? Also does work related reference refer to paid work or volunteer work? &amp; im assuming academic reference would be a prof? thank u so much \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! of course, you can pull your grades up if you really try, but i&#8217;m not 100% sure how much you could pull your grades up. it would depend on how well you do on the 6.0FCE you wanna take as well as how many FCE you&#8217;ve already finished. i suggest checking out this handy dandy GPA calculator. just remember that it&#8217;s not an official GPA calculator, just an estimator and planning tool. a &#8220;work-related reference&#8221; refers to anyone who can vouch for you in a professional capacity. according to the\u00a0admissions website, a &#8220;work-related reference&#8221; could be a work OR volunteer reference. i would figure out what might be the most relevant experience to nursing. for example, if you&#8217;ve volunteered at a hospital, that would be much more relevant than a summer camp you worked for. an academic reference is anyone who can vouch for you in an academic capacity, so yes, a prof who knows you and your work well would be dope. i&#8217;d also check out their FAQ page. they have a lot of good (and accurate) info about the application process there. hope this helps and good luck! xoxo, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-nursing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}