Advice please!

[jojojaja]

Hi,

I need to transfer school (in addition to getting a horrible mark and having an evil teacher, long story). If I applied to another school using my high school marks, will they find out I already went to another college? Maybe through College of Nurses of Ontario?

Please help! Thanks in Advance!

[dishes, BSN, RN]

So would OUAC or OCAS actually tell the School I plan to attend that I've already went to another School?

I don't know the answer, but since you have not completed one year of post secondary school, maybe you will be considered a new applicant instead of a transfer, OUAC will know the answer to this question, so I encourage you to ask them.

You seem very concerned about the long term effect this negative first semester may have on your education, rest assured it is not going to ruin your education, other students have bounced back from similar problems and are now in successful careers.

If you have not talked to a student advisor, I encourage you to do so, because they can offer support and accurate advice.

kindest regards

dishes

[fiandgrace]

Hi jojo,

You do have to report any previous education. If they find out that you lied on your application it is considered fraudulant and your application can be suspended. I had the same thing happen to me and trust me it won't make that much of a difference.

If you are going into a College program in Ontario they are usually not TOO concerned about previous college, marks don't usually make or break you. If it's University--consider taking College first. Which one are you looking into?

[jojojaja]

Hi jojo,

You do have to report any previous education. If they find out that you lied on your application it is considered fraudulant and your application can be suspended. I had the same thing happen to me and trust me it won't make that much of a difference.

If you are going into a College program in Ontario they are usually not TOO concerned about previous college, marks don't usually make or break you. If it's University--consider taking College first. Which one are you looking into?

When you say that colleges are not TOO concerned about previous college marks, are you only talking about RPN? or does that include colleges that offer the RN program in collaboration with a university?

[fiandgrace]

When you say that colleges are not TOO concerned about previous college marks, are you only talking about RPN? or does that include colleges that offer the RN program in collaboration with a university?

Which one are you going into?

College courses for RPN programs don't really concern themselves too much with marks. They look at high school and previous college marks and if they see you did well in high school and had a hard time at a previous school you still have a good chance of getting in depending on the number of spots etc.

RN programs which are essentially University programs being offered in collaboration with a College--are going to be harder on you as far as marks. Universities are very stringent about averages because those averages are used to get into Masters programs etc. BUt again it was only one semester (am I right?) so it might not make too much of a difference.

Either way, you can't not tell them about previous schooling. You're required to report all previous education.