Advice-Pre Health-Nursing

[YOyo98]

So I had an 81% average from high school and was hoping to get into York or Ryerson collab but of course my average was too low and so Ryerson wait-listed me and York gave me an alternative program offer. I was unsure to accept it at first but unfortunately I did, and 1 semester is almost over and I regret it a lot. I still want to get into nursing so I made some research and found about Humber college that has the Pre-health. Should I do pre-health? is it a waste of money if I can do for free from my high school? and please tell me the level of difficulty of the pre-health? would it increase my chances of getting into nursing school in comparison to just upgrading them from my high school?

P.S I chose humber b/c of how close it is to me, I'm not sure if ryerson has a pre-health for their collab. York's campus is to far from where I live as well.

Please and Thankyou.

[futureNP95]

*Let me just inform you that not all Pre-health programs allow entry into Bachelors program some only allow entry into practical nursing programs. At seneca we were able to apply for the Bscn program at Seneca/York and Georgian/York and any practical nursing program (The options may have increased because we were told they were revamping the program to allow entry into more BSCN programs . So make sure you call and confirm with the school beforehand*

Pre-health is a college program the schools that allow BSCN entry are those in collaboration with universities. So if you goto humber you'd get into their BN program . From my understanding ryerson doesn't accept pre health students they only accept people going straight from highschool or Practical nursing students (from any college) that have completed the program as well as the centennial bridging program.

If you are fresh out of highschool or still in highschool I would recommend just upgrading your courses or even doing so at an adult school for free (aim for an 85 average or up). Or even doing Practical Nursing then bridging . if you have a good average in the core science , math and English courses you can take a social sciences course to boost your average

I see you stated you accepted a university offer you could also look into 2nd level entry nursing but I warn you its VERY competitive. You complete 2 years worth of uni along with the program pre-reqs then you can apply for the 2 year nursing program.

Also keep in mind alot of BSCN programs will not accept you if you have any history of an average lower than a B in university. If you do prehealth at seneca even if you have a 4.0 gpa in the entire program if you have a university gpa lower than 73% you wont be allowed in the BSCN program. So its best to go straight into prehealth if you plan to.

I don't regret taking pre-health and with out a doubt it DOES aid in getting in to nursing school especially within the school you are applying from (If you have a good average) . With a 3.6 gpa in my first semester I got into all the practical nursing programs I applied to as well as the BSCN program at York with a 3000$ scholarship.

Pre-health Program facilitators know a majority of students are aiming to enter nursing school so that it what the curriculum is geared towards. I won't lie it is NOT easy especially if you don't have prior post secondary education but nursing school is even harder.

If you have anymore questions let me know :)