Centennial or George Brown for RPN bridging to RN

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Hello all,

I would appreciate some input and experience about which one is a better school to do the RPN bridging to RN in Toronto. The two choices are Centennial (9253) or George Brown (S122). I have the feeling GB has a heavier workload during semester 1, but this is only after comparing both programs description online. However, Centennial has a reputation of being stricter. Any advice would be of help as a desicion has to be made between both.

Thanks

You could probably take them in the summer before hand. I'd double check with the program coordinator to make sure you're not taking a course that won't be accepted by trent. The selection wasn't great. I think there were maybe 7 or 8 choices. I took a monotheistic religious course and a Canadian politics course because I knew neither would have group work. I had friends who took geography (which they hated) and I think there was a history of film which also had a poor reputation.

If you guys took any general education courses not in the rpn program then you might be able to get exemptions which I'd recommend taking advantage of if you can.

There's the temptation to take general education credits that seem easy to boost your gpa but believe me it's not worth it. You're going to be busy enough.

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I see on stuview that two electives I took during RPN program are elegible as exceptions. One is children's literature and the other one is creative writing. I was surprised to see they would recognize them. However, I will see if in fact they do.

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I'm also going to GBC this fall! See you two there :)

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Nice!! There is an orientation day I believe is 29 August. See you there !!

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Hi ggopasso, did you find out if the electives that you took in the RPN program were excempted?

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I have sent emails and no response. I know you can't use the online app if you are in any nursing program for course exceptions. It looks like I'm not gonna get them exemtped. I'll make a last try and will go to see a lady who deals with that at Waterfront Campus. If not, I'm wondering if I'm allowed to take the two electives in the summer 2018 to have a better work load. I heard people taking them ahead of time but not sure if possible after the program's finished is April 2018

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What do you mean by the online app?

I got English and a "General Education Elective" exempted automatically (I did not even have to apply for it for Pre-Health). I got a letter in the mail, it said it was granted by "MacPherson" which I later found out, this is the office where they approve course excemptions.. I belive it's at the the Casa Loma campus.

I noticed for the bridging program with Trent (s122) that the electives are called "University Electives". I started looking to see if I could find the list of elective choices but I can't find it anywhere on the GBC site. I wonder if by "University Electives" it means that these are actually Trent courses, not GBC courses?

I'm kind of in the same boat, as I will have from this September to January off, and I'd really like to enroll in somthing during this semester. I think I will try to contact Trent to see if they can shed some light on this.

Also, just curious if you don't mind me asking. In GBC's RPN program, were you ever given the option to work through the summer semester? I have been asking around and I keep getting different answers on this.

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I did my RPN at a different school (not GBC) so the exemptions work differently that if you come straight from GBC. The two general university electives (the options to pick) showed automatically on the registration website. I chose the section for the bridging program and after clicking to confirm, another window opened with the electives. Though it says "university electives" I'm taking it while during the bridging ( at college level). Pretty sure they are offered by GBC.

Regarding my exemptions, I tried to did them effective by using an online application but it got rejected and was told by email I need to apply using a different method, so they sent me a lady's contacto to start working on it. I submitted everything and still waiting. In my case, I didn't get them complete approved: it said possible transfers. It's all confusing with this school. Not to mention Osap; I'm still waiting a progress in my app.

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Hey, I am looking at applying to the practical nursing program at centennial college or george brown. However, I wanted to know what the next steps would be. Upon finishing RPN at college, can I just bridge into Ryerson for a 2 year program and get a degree to become a registered nurse? How would this work and how long would it take?

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Hello! I'm assuming the writer of this forum has already made their decision, but I would not recommend the GBC/Trent U bridging program to anyone interested. The only benefit of the program is that the first semester is predominantly online (which drew me to the program) but in leui of in-class requirements the nine courses keep you busy with weekly deadlines for group and independent work from multiple courses. It's complicated too- four of the courses are half semester classes. So you have about seven classes at any given time. The program is poorly organized (i.e. not ordering enough hard to access mandatory materials consistently), and some of the professors lacked the level of professionalism you would expect from a large institution. I would not recommend working more than part-time in the bridging portion of the program. The Trent portion of the program also has it's downfalls. It is a five semester program after the bridge. When combined with the bridging year it is only ONE semester less than a four year BScN. The program does not give you any credit for your RPN experience or education in the program so it's a lot of redundancy within the program and from education outside of the program. The recurring theme for students is that we haven't learned anything new that we feel is relevant to our practice aside from a few of the courses in pathophysiology and pharmacology. It's not friendly for the working RPN as they often schedule classes without consideration for students who may be working (i.e. five days of class, a one-hour class in the middle of the day as the ONLY class for the day, marks for attendance). Further, all of your non-academic requirements (i.e. police check, CPR, etc.) have to be sent to the Peterborough site at your own expense. Trent does offer good scholarships for students who can maintain over an 80% which is easy in the bridging portion of the program, however, it's not as easy in the Trent portion of the program. Overall, you feel like you're forgotten by Trent and overlooked by GBC. You're kind of this weird "in between" at both institutions. I've also heard rumors that the bridging program is currently being reviewed by the CNO... So, that's not a great indicator. I'd recommend the Centennial bridging program to anyone looking in the Toronto area as you assimilate to Ryerson once you're finished. I've heard good things from UOIT as well. Anyone looking for an online program could look into Nippissing.

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For anyone curious about this they generally don't accept electives from your RPN diploma as they consider it "double dipping". However, if you have another degree with elligble credits that is okay.

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Electives are generally accepted if they are university level courses from my experiences. I'm at UOIT and I think the program is pretty good. It's less well known in my opinion because it's a fairly new school.

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