Im from Ontario Canada and im not sure about the other provinces, but all we needed from high school was a pretty good grade average (usually 75 or above) to get into nursing school.
Here they look only at your grade 12 marks when applying to university. They dont require you to take any special tests, exams and they dont look at any EC's you may have really. For example when i applied to nursing school in toronto, I just clicked on a box on an online form called OUAC saying my school's name and then my guidance councellor sent my grade 12 transcripts in. No interviews, forms to fill out, etc
I dont understand why its so much harder to get into USA nursing schools...from what i hear its insane! All these interviews, admission tests, etc . I had a friend that got into a CC with a 65 % avg in grade 12 for a 4 year BSCN program. I dont get the huge difference between the two countries since Canadian Nurses are highly regarded around the world. I know of course that there are many more ppl applying to USA nursing schools obviously because of the difference in population but it just seems crazy hard! to acutally get in. Congrats for all the individuals who worked so hard to get in - it must have been great to hear that you were accepted since its so competitive!
