So today I took the HOAE and felt so prepared for it as I have been studying for it for the past month. I started with the hardest section Academic Aptitude. It was 75 questions in a span of 40 minutes. I found myself stalling too long at the questions I wasn't sure about. Then I got nervous because I was seeing the timer going on the top right corner of my screen. I got this brain fog and then I ran out of time before I could answer all the questions! I don't even know which question I was on. This feels like a nightmare because I have been working so hard towards this. I also had a hard time with the Natural Sciences even though I didn't run out of time for that. But I feel I did well with the Reading, Spelling, Vocational parts. I hope I will have an okay average and that it will be enough to pass!
Anyway, I applied to college already with hopes of getting accepted as I have done very well on my prerequisites. (Math 84%, Biology 75%, Chemistry 81% and English 90%.)
Can anyone else relate to me regarding the HOAE? Do you know someone who got accepted even though they did poorly on the HOAE? I appreciate any feedback. :)
Everyone on here going crazy about the HOAE, they only required bare minimum 65 percent on my highschool marks at the northern Ontario college I attended( no test required to apply).It also was a great education at a cheaper price. Housing is also at a cheaper price. Just remember my licence is the same as anyone else’s. School is a school is a school.
hey! awesome to hear from someone else going through the same journey!
Your marks are really good! Are they university courses or the college level prerequisites? If uni then I believe you receive an extra 10% so you would have 103.75 % I believe the way they calculate scores is as follows:
your high school marks average X .5 + hoae score percentage X .45 + 5% for other credentials. I think they only add the 5% one time but I may be wrong.
so if you took college level prerequisites you would have 82.93 of 100
and 87.93 if uni.
Also, don't worry about your hoae mark, when I was there the program director stated 60 or 65 % was the minimum requirement, and when I called her a couple weeks ago she told me there wasn't as great an influx of applicants as in previous years.
Finally, I noticed through the conestoga website the January intake has closed as of the July 22. I also derived through this site that last years applicants for the 2019 winter intake heard from the school as late as August 27.
Post on here if you hear from them ? best of luck to us both!!
While you do make a few good points, some of us are not in situations where we can readily relocate and would have a better chance of success if it could be avoided. Also, the hoae test wasn't designed for no reason. I can think of at least 3 good reasons why attending a school with it as a requirement could be beneficial to a future student of nursing.
I think the only reason it was designed was to eliminate perfectly acceptable candidates due to the numbers game of southern Ontario colleges. Hear me out for a second, if you look at the CPRNE results for most northern Ontario colleges they are similar to southern Ontario results. That to me is the defining factor, if the CPRNE results are on par with southern Ontario colleges I don’t see an argument, unless you can’t possible move which is mostly likely because of family support.
hey! awesome to hear from someone else going through the same journey!
Your marks are really good! Are they university courses or the college level prerequisites? If uni then I believe you receive an extra 10% so you would have 103.75 % I believe the way they calculate scores is as follows:
your high school marks average X .5 + hoae score percentage X .45 + 5% for other credentials. I think they only add the 5% one time but I may be wrong.
so if you took college level prerequisites you would have 82.93 of 100
and 87.93 if uni.
Also, don't worry about your hoae mark, when I was there the program director stated 60 or 65 % was the minimum requirement, and when I called her a couple weeks ago she told me there wasn't as great an influx of applicants as in previous years.
Finally, I noticed through the conestoga website the January intake has closed as of the July 22. I also derived through this site that last years applicants for the 2019 winter intake heard from the school as late as August 27.
Post on here if you hear from them ? best of luck to us both!!
It's quite reassuring to have someone who's in the same position! As for my average, it would be through college level prerequisites, however I do have University credits that wont be used for admission (and honestly, i much rather they not use those grades anyway LOL). I did Take Pre health, a couple years go as well as extra college level upgrading! When I calculated my Average, I also got between 82-83%.
I do recall the lady in the testing room say the minimum needed for the HOAE was a 65% anything between 60-64% could be considered for the waitlist!
I hope we both hear back soon and I'll definitely keep you updated here! Best of luck!!
It is true looking at statistics is a good way to get a rounded understanding of a situation. I found this quote in an article about dropout rates for nursing programs in Canada vs. countries like the UK, and USA.
"The admissions model in some countries, like the UK, is to admit a lot of students and make them prove themselves. In Canada, however, the focus is on identifying the students who will thrive from the get-go. “We have a very low drop-out rate and I think that’s because of the rigour that is the admissions process,” said Dr. Margo Mountjoy, a regional assistant dean for McMaster University’s medical school."
In Canada in 2017 only 0.5% of students who entered nursing programs dropped out. Contrast this to the UK where about 300 of the UK’s 6000 medical students (5%) quit every year, and another 1600 are asked to leave for poor academic performance.
I’m not sure that the requirements make it so your prepared. From my point of view (having finished the PN course) it’s all about your effort level and keeping on top of your workload. If you don’t go to clinical like you should or study relatively hard for pharm,health assessment or any of the harder courses within the PN course your doomed to fail or be one of those 60s riders who barely pass every semester.
I did good. I got into Mohawk but waitlisted. How was it there? I got into Seneca as well for September start so I am doing RPN there and then hopefully bridging later at Mohawk to the BCSN. I am so nervous, I keep hearing its awful hard and your family life and social stuff is put on the side for the whole program.
I didn’t mind Mohawk college but it has its pros and cons like any other college. But I have 3 kids and it is a one hour drive which made it very stressful! I’m so glad to be done. I don’t plan to bridge. I am happy to have a nursing diploma. ?
Hiii! I’ve received an offer for practical nursing for the September 2019 intake at Sheridan this afternoon, however it’s one of my last choices ? still waiting to hear back from Mohawk and Conestoga, both January 2020 intake!
Hey there. I also received an offer for the rpn program for Sheridan earlier in June. However, it was never my intentions on going to that school so I let the offer expire. I have also recently received and accepted an offer for prehealth at Conestoga. I'm hoping to circumvent the prehealth courses as my grades are quite good.
Hey there. I also received an offer for the rpn program for Sheridan earlier in June. However, it was never my intentions on going to that school so I let the offer expire. I have also recently received and accepted an offer for prehealth at Conestoga. I'm hoping to circumvent the prehealth courses as my grades are quite good.
That’s a great back up plan, Epohwena. I had completed Pre-Health at Fanshawe a few years ago before I did the Respiratory therapy program , and it’s a VERY good way of upgrading some grades as well as getting into PN and the BScN programs, and really majority of other programs too. I do hope we both get accepted! Is Conestoga your first choice as well?
I think we both will be accepted ? I hope so at least it would be nice to know someone going into our first days. Yes Conestoga is first choice then Mohawk but I think I'd rather do pre health at conostoga then reapply to either Fanshawe or Conestoga in the fall rather than go to Mohawk. I don't like traffic.
CatheterKing, LPN
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Everyone on here going crazy about the HOAE, they only required bare minimum 65 percent on my highschool marks at the northern Ontario college I attended( no test required to apply).It also was a great education at a cheaper price. Housing is also at a cheaper price. Just remember my licence is the same as anyone else’s. School is a school is a school.