2025 Fall NP Applicants in Ontario

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Hi All,

Forgive me if there is a similar thread. Couldn't find any.

I would like to connect with RNs who intend to apply to NP programs for Fall of 2025 in Ontario.

What programs are you looking into and why?

I'd appreciate recommendations from current/past students for less competitive schools in ON. I have 2+ years of post RN experience in mostly community/primary care/diabetes care and mental health and would really love to get in on my first attempt.

Or, will it be easier to do a 1 year MSc in Nursing and then apply to a 1 year NP certificate diploma? If yes, are there 1 year online MScN programs out there? 

Would like some opinions to enable better planning.

Thank you!

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Western has the 1 year readership MN online program and I think it is competitive as well. My coworker applied the western readership MN, u of t readership NN, york MN etc...

He got accepted at york, rejected from western, and u of t offered him the clinical MN instead of the readership program.

 

If you are graduated from a Canadian university and your GPA is high, I think applying U of T NP will be the best bet. U of T has the most seats out of all the NP programs in Ontario and they will offer you the clinical program at least if you don't get into the NP Program.

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Hello, thank you for starting the thread.

I am an international student planning to apply to NP programs for Fall of 2025 in Ontario. Similar to you I have 3 years of clinical experience and would like to contribute more by being a NP. 

So far with my limited research online, I think that University of Toronto is a really good place for getting a NP degree, though the admission is competitive. York, Western, Ottawa, Queens, McMaster and TMU also provide the PHCNP program. However, I am a bit confused about how these schools differ from each other because they provide the same PHCNP program. 

Also, I do really want to ask to what extend will the rankings of the schools affect the employment of NP Program graduates? It really gets me nervous when I imagine being jobless after completing a demanding NP Program, just because the school doesn't get a good ranking......

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Rbwkdo293 said:

Western has the 1 year readership MN online program and I think it is competitive as well. My coworker applied the western readership MN, u of t readership NN, york MN etc...

He got accepted at york, rejected from western, and u of t offered him the clinical MN instead of the readership program.

 

If you are graduated from a Canadian university and your GPA is high, I think applying U of T NP will be the best bet. U of T has the most seats out of all the NP programs in Ontario and they will offer you the clinical program at least if you don't get into the NP Program.

Thank you!

I have never heard of the readership program. I guess I will have to do some research on that. Do the other schools, apart from Western, offer the 1 year option as well?

I was avoiding applying to U of T's NP Program because of its competitiveness but I think I will go ahead and apply. You just never know with these schools.

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HappyNurseJu said:

Hello, thank you for starting the thread.

I am an international student planning to apply to NP programs for Fall of 2025 in Ontario. Similar to you I have 3 years of clinical experience and would like to contribute more by being a NP. 

So far with my limited research online, I think that University of Toronto is a really good place for getting a NP degree, though the admission is competitive. York, Western, Ottawa, Queens, McMaster and TMU also provide the PHCNP program. However, I am a bit confused about how these schools differ from each other because they provide the same PHCNP program. 

Also, I do really want to ask to what extend will the rankings of the schools affect the employment of NP Program graduates? It really gets me nervous when I imagine being jobless after completing a demanding NP Program, just because the school doesn't get a good ranking......

Hey there! Glad to have you here. Would you need to get RN experience in Canada to be eligible to apply? Not sure what the criteria is for international students.

Also, I honestly do not think school ranking matters. I have heard ON schools that are approved for NP have same curriculum and structure. So it really doesn't matter which you go to.

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