Its that time of year again, and I'm already gearing up for compressed nursing applications! I figured I'd get the ball rolling so that we can all shed a little light on admissions/GPA/supplementary information we each find out, and to ask questions, to help each other through this stressful process!
I am a Kin Grad from UW, and will be applying to Western, McMaster, York, Trent and Queens accelerated nursing programs. I've enrolled as a post-grad at UW this year to pick up some pre-req's such as microbiology and philosophy for York, and a 0.5 credit psych course.
Last year I applied late March to Trent (it was the only application still open), and was accepted. However, I decided to wait another year and see if I can go to school closer to home (Waterloo). My cGPA is 76%, and last two years is 88% (this will be more helpful for comparisons once admissions decisions come around!)
So far I have learned:
- avoid taking the York microbiology course offered online - apparently it is confusing and terribly hard
- 6.0 credits and 3.0 credits are equivalent to 1.0 and 0.5 credits, respectively
- make sure you take biology 230 and 235 through Athabasca to really, really, really cover your bases (noted on the 2014 second-entry forum)
Hey guys, I applied to uwo, u of t, york, humber, nippising, trent, queens, mcmaster, u of a, ubc, and trent. I got into trent but that's my last choice as it's the longest program. I applied last year to u of t, york and uwo very last minute and didn't get into any of them, missing some pre-reqs and did very bad 2 sentence answers on the supplement application for u of t so it's completely understandable that I didn't get in. My cGPA is low, 3rd year was my worst year with a 74% average, 4th year i got a 84% average, and I decided to come back to western for another full year to increase my average, getting only 94-98s I am hopefully. However, I'm really worried that they're offer my admission/rejection mostly based on my 3rd and 4th years since I'm not done this year yet and they can't see all my marks. Congrads to who got into UWO! I'm anxiously checking every few hours even though I know we won't get most until end of march-june. I hate this waiting!!
why didnt you just apply to a 4 year program BSCN at the same time instead of going back to upgrade and hoping to get in again?
I'm actually finishing my first year in a 4 year BSCN at Windsor but still want to shave a year off thats why I applied to Western, at least if i don't get in it will only take me a year longer to become an RN.
why didnt you just apply to a 4 year program BSCN at the same time instead of going back to upgrade and hoping to get in again?
I'm actually finishing my first year in a 4 year BSCN at Windsor but still want to shave a year off thats why I applied to Western, at least if i don't get in it will only take me a year longer to become an RN.
I applied last minute to the compressed nursing ones last year, and I didn't want to lock into another 4 year program, starting with 17 year olds, plus I think it was too late to apply to the 4 yr. I already have a major in medical science so I don't need any of the science courses so I would essentially be part time for 4 years which is way too long for me. I was thinking of applying to vet school last year so I came back to get more prereqs for both nursing and vet to keep my options open and increase my GPA for whatever path i wanted to take.
I applied to 8 different programs haha because last year i got rejected, and i really want to get in. I applied to Trent, Ryerson, George Brown, Centennial, Georgian, Seneca, Loyalist, Mohawk!
TRENT is my top choice by far!
My CGPA is 2.43
My GPA for my last 10 courses is 3.05.
& my high school average is 85%
I know my chances are slim, but did anyone have success with a gpa around 3.05! Thanks and good luck to all of you :)
Just heard back from Humber - Waitlisted. Definitely not what I wanted to hear!
Anyone know if Humber releases your spot on the waitlist?
Do you mind me asking what your average was? Where did you find out you were waitlisted, on Humbers website or Ontario colleges?
I would email Claire Skinner about your spot on the waitlist, she was really helpful with all of my questions last year. I don't see why they wouldn't tell you.
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