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)
Has anyone heard back from UofT yet? On their website it says that they start making decisions this month, but someone also posted that it may have come at the end of March...
Good luck to all!
I subscribe to a couple other threads on this website and people have been posting that they have gotten accepted to UofT. It looks like most of them had a GPA of around 3.9 - but at least they started sending out acceptances!
No, the email was sent on Friday, but it was in my spam folder for some reason, so I only found it today. My GPA in the last 10 courses was 3.73, but I had a lot of volunteer experiences in the community.
I got into Trent last month. I havent accepted it.. cause you got to pay 500$ and it isnt my top choice.
I got a UBC nursing interview and you dont hear back about acceptances until may I think.
I am waiting to hear back from u of T. I hope I get in.
You guys think I should pay my 500$ to secure my Trent spot..uhhh 500$ is a lot.
I also got into Trent, and accepted the offer, but I will be canceling my acceptance because I got into my first choice.. The deposit isn't due until June, and it's a tuition deposit, which I don't THINK needs to be paid if you end up declining your offer for another school... HOWEVER, that's just my impression, so don't take my word for it. Either way I will find out soon, once I accept my other offer lol.
No, the email was sent on Friday, but it was in my spam folder for some reason, so I only found it today. My GPA in the last 10 courses was 3.73, but I had a lot of volunteer experiences in the community.
Congrats! I also got an offer from U of T Friday, and was totally shocked! Has your offer appeared in OUAC or Join U of T portal yet? So far I only got the letter via email and my first in nursing portal.
Congrats! No my offer hasn't shown up yet, but it most likely will on eith Monday or Thursday on OUAC ( since it takes 2-5 business days to appear on OUAC) and a week on the portal.
Congrats! I also got an offer from U of T Friday, and was totally shocked! Has your offer appeared in OUAC or Join U of T portal yet? So far I only got the letter via email and my first in nursing portal.
Congratulations to you both!
Have you finished your degree yet? I'm wondering if I'm going to have to wait until my final marks are in to hear from U of T
Does anyone know how competitive Nipissing is? I heard it is mostly all self learning and they lost their license in 2012. Anyone have any insight to the program?
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I subscribe to a couple other threads on this website and people have been posting that they have gotten accepted to UofT. It looks like most of them had a GPA of around 3.9 - but at least they started sending out acceptances!