Ontario Second Entry Nursing Fall 2018

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I'm applying to the second entry nursing program in February 2018 for Fall 2018 admission. I'm applying to York, Humber, Trent, Nipissing and potentially Western. I'll be applying with a BA in psych. This is probably super premature, but I wanted some reassurance from fellow applicants. I also wanted to know if anyone, past or previous applicants, know the weighting of Additional Information forms and how they're considered during the application process? I was diagnosed with ADHD during my second year of university, after being misdiagnosed two previous times, and it's certainly had an impact on my grades. My GPA is going to be something like 6.7 on a 9.0 scale. And this really has me worried. Has anyone else had any experiences with Add. Forms?

Good luck to all!

Hi everyone!

I applied to the compressed RN programs at Humber, UofT, and Western. I've been accepted to both Humber and UofT, no word from Western. The embarrassing truth is that I'm not too familiar with either of these programs, e.g. the strengths and opportunities available to each. I didn't think I would have the luxury of choice.

Would anyone know what the differences are between these programs, or have resources for further research? E.g. which one has better/more extensive hospital rotations and hands on experience, access to extracurricular opportunities, postgraduate employment rates, research opportunities, difficulty of each program? Anything at all would be highly appreciated!

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I'm sure you'll get into western :) my friend got in off the wait list last year with an 80%!

Here's to hoping!

York wanted me to bump up my Anatomy mark since I took it in first year and didn't meet the requirement. To do this, I'm taking an anatomy course at Brock in the spring. However, since it is an in-person course it will take place Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-5! My summer job would want availability of M-F 7-3.

I've emailed York admissions to ask if I could take an online course instead (at Trent) which seems to satisfy those requirements. However, my major qualms with that is the fact that I would have to pay an extra $150 for application fees just to do the one course! At Brock, I've held onto that course for now because I don't have to pay anything extra other than the tuition in the off chance I do get accepted into Western.

I do prefer Western anyway due to it being closer to where I live and the rent being cheaper than Toronto (I also have a vehicle that I don't want to part ways with so insurance would be cheaper). Furthermore, my SO is moving back to London and it would be easier for us to see each other.

*crosses fingers*

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Hi everyone!

I applied to the compressed RN programs at Humber, UofT, and Western. I've been accepted to both Humber and UofT, no word from Western. The embarrassing truth is that I'm not too familiar with either of these programs, e.g. the strengths and opportunities available to each. I didn't think I would have the luxury of choice.

Would anyone know what the differences are between these programs, or have resources for further research? E.g. which one has better/more extensive hospital rotations and hands on experience, access to extracurricular opportunities, postgraduate employment rates, research opportunities, difficulty of each program? Anything at all would be highly appreciated!

Congrats on U of T! would you mind sharing your gpa in the last 5 credits and extracurriculars ? :)

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Hi everyone!

I applied to the compressed RN programs at Humber, UofT, and Western. I've been accepted to both Humber and UofT, no word from Western. The embarrassing truth is that I'm not too familiar with either of these programs, e.g. the strengths and opportunities available to each. I didn't think I would have the luxury of choice.

Would anyone know what the differences are between these programs, or have resources for further research? E.g. which one has better/more extensive hospital rotations and hands on experience, access to extracurricular opportunities, postgraduate employment rates, research opportunities, difficulty of each program? Anything at all would be highly appreciated!

I have 0 input because I've never looked into either, I'd strongly recommend looking up the 2016 CNO NCLEX pass rates for each school, then look at the curriculum of each school as well, take careful note of how many clinical hours at each

Also, make sure they're equal duration, I almost accepted an offer to Trent but realized it was a full semester longer than Queens. That's where I'd start, good luck

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I have 0 input because I've never looked into either, I'd strongly recommend looking up the 2016 CNO NCLEX pass rates for each school, then look at the curriculum of each school as well, take careful note of how many clinical hours at each

Also, make sure they're equal duration, I almost accepted an offer to Trent but realized it was a full semester longer than Queens. That's where I'd start, good luck

I didn't realize that the NCLEX pass rates were available online. It's interesting to see that compressed programs offered a higher NCLEX pass rate than the regular program it seems...

(Probably due to the stringent entry conditions and extra years of university.)

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Does anyone know if we have to send our final transcripts (with Winter'18 marks) to schools we are waiting to hear back from still?

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Does anyone know if we have to send our final transcripts (with Winter'18 marks) to schools we are waiting to hear back from still?

Yes. I spoke with Trent and Mac over the phone and they said you should send them in. If your portal is not already asking for them they will soon, so being pro-active might mean earlier acceptance.

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I am super stressed about Humber's preparatory semester where we need to get 74+ on all the courses to officially get accepted. I have the anatomy pre req so i'll be taking 4 prep courses if I get in. Can someone comment on the difficulty of the prep courses. I plan on retaking stats this summer (to reduce the course load of the preparatory semester) because the first time I took it I didn't do so well (C+). I believe Humber only counts university courses as pre reqs if you attain 74+ in those subjects. Is the preparatory semester really that difficult?? Or should I apply next year when I'm done 3/5 of the pre reqs so that way I only need to focus on 2 courses during the prep semester?

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Just got accepted into UofT!

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I am super stressed about Humber's preparatory semester where we need to get 74+ on all the courses to officially get accepted. I have the anatomy pre req so i'll be taking 4 prep courses if I get in. Can someone comment on the difficulty of the prep courses. I plan on retaking stats this summer (to reduce the course load of the preparatory semester) because the first time I took it I didn't do so well (C+). I believe Humber only counts university courses as pre reqs if you attain 74+ in those subjects. Is the preparatory semester really that difficult?? Or should I apply next year when I'm done 3/5 of the pre reqs so that way I only need to focus on 2 courses during the prep semester?

Hey! I can't speak from experience or from anyone I know personally, but I read on another forum that the courses are easy as long as you put in the effort, and that almost everyone makes the cut-off!

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Just got accepted into UofT!

Congrats!!!

GPA, Extracurricular, etc.? The usual lol

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Just got accepted into UofT!

Congrats! that's so amazing! Do you mind sharing your GPA and overall gpa, cGPA?

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