Career change into Nursing: Accelerated BScN, Pre-Health, or start from scratch?

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Hey everyone! Newbie here. This forum has been very helpful in getting insight from past/current students for someone like me who wants to get into Nursing.

Here's my quick background:

-early 30s

-Hon. Bachelor of Science from U of T, graduated in 2010. Psychology & Sociology Major

-Low GPA :(

-no experience in health field

-Mother of 2 small kids (4 and 1 yrs)

I want to enroll in a BScN for Fall 2019 in McMaster, York, and Humber/UNB. I've been out of school for awhile. I'd love to enroll in an Accelerated program so my U of T degree wouldn't be a complete waste but I only have the Psych and Stats equivalencies and don't have the best GPA.

I want spend this yr taking pre-req courses. Is it worth taking a Pre-Health program?

Or just take the individual courses I'm missing? I'd love to qualify for OSAP since I have a family/mortgage and I know CE courses do not qualify for OSAP.

What do others w/ a non-science bachelors degree take?

I'm awaiting to speak to academic advisors from the schools but I'd love to hear from actual students.

Thanks in advance!

If you're gonna be applying to a regular stream as a mature student, your other option to get your prereqs would be to do the high school courses online, through somewhere like ILC or Virtual High School. They're really cheap and you could do them in the evenings when your kids are asleep.

I know the accelerated is a more appealing option if you can make it work, but just thought I'd mention the alternative. Best of luck!

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