I'm a 38 yr old looking at getting my Bachelor in Nursing. It's obviously been quite some time since I graduated high school but did get a college diploma (non science) about 10 yrs ago.
I've been looking at the best routes to go and obviously some upgrading is needed. From my understanding I have 2 options:
1. Upgrade my math, science and english through a correspondence/night school or
2. Pre-health science through affiliated college.
Theres obviously advantages and disadvantages to both. I was going to take the pre-health science but there is nothing on the George Brown website (this is the school i'd like to go to due to location) to indicate it helps with entry into the RN program (only the rpn route).
Do any mature students have any advice to offer? I want to do whatever I can to guarantee a spot in the RN program (it was my understanding that pre-health would pretty much assure this if I did obtain great grades).
I know of one person who was a mature student but upgraded all of her highschool credits in adult learning. She was admitted into nursing school, so that may also be an option
Thanks everyone for all your suggestions. I've also emailed the program administrator to get their perspective of what might be best.
Consensus here seems to indicate that the pre-health program is certainly not a guarantee to getting into the BScN program. Cost of the program isn't an issue for me - it's more of a time factor - if I can continue to work and get my required credits via night school or ILC even better for me - and it also allows me to start now on upgrading instead of waiting to apply for the pre-health program.
I'm doing the pre-health (GAS) program at Humber right now. I think it's a great program; however, yes, it isn't a guarantee of getting in. The minimum GPA is 80% that they accept (and a lot of the students don't have that). I tried ILC beforehand for Math and was way too confused trying on my own, so for me it was a good route. There are a lot of options for mature students, ILC, part time/full time (mature) highschool classes, or pre-health.
Ottawavalleynursing
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I know of one person who was a mature student but upgraded all of her highschool credits in adult learning. She was admitted into nursing school, so that may also be an option