I am currently a third year York University student hoping to apply for second entry nursing at York
only next year (yes I am going through the strike).
Since applications open in November, I thought it would be best to get this forum started. I am hoping to get more insight into the program and I hope current and past nursing students would share their views on the program and how job searching went. Also, what nursing specialties do most York nursing graduates enter as I am hoping to get into public health. Furthermore, share your insights on Humber, McMaster, U of T, Trent, Queens, Western, Ottawa and Nippissing. (I think that is all) and don't forget to include your acceptance GPAs.
I graduated in 2006 with Bachelor's degree in IT from York, and wish to change career to nursing. Currently taking my pre-requisite courses one at a time as I have small kids. My current cumulative GPA is 2.83, i was told that the pre-reqs will help boost my gpa to help meet the requirement of 3.0 or higher. I only have to take A&P, Psycology, Microbiology and philosophy. What are the chances for me, seems almost everyone on this forum has gpas of 3.0 and higher. I am a bit anxious, and thinking i might need to take more courses in the addition to the pre-req courses i have to take. Any further/additional advice or suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks
I would suggest for you to do another degree that would help boost your current career path. When you have achieved at least 3.5 in this degree only then you should switch to Nursing. Your current route will cost you huge amounts of time and money with no guarantee to nursing school admissions. It’s better to always do something that boosts your career while increasing your chances of the goal you want to achieve so its two in one. You don’t want to random courses and regret it later cuz not only these courses don’t benefit you but the guarantee into nursing is not there.
Right now there are are so many students with 3.8 and 3.9 GPAs that they take up all the spots in Nursing school and the rest are left scrambling around. Competition is fierce. Meeting minimum requirements isn’t enough.
I would suggest for you to do another degree that would help boost your current career path. When you have achieved at least 3.5 in this degree only then you should switch to Nursing. Your current route will cost you huge amounts of time and money with no guarantee to nursing school admissions. It’s better to always do something that boosts your career while increasing your chances of the goal you want to achieve so its two in one. You don’t want to random courses and regret it later cuz not only these courses don’t benefit you but the guarantee into nursing is not there.
Right now there are are so many students with 3.8 and 3.9 GPAs that they take up all the spots in Nursing school and the rest are left scrambling around. Competition is fierce. Meeting minimum requirements isn’t enough.
What about doing getting a diploma in Practical nursing then bridge later in RN?
What about doing getting a diploma in Practical nursing then bridge later in RN?
Yes you can do that. Make sure RN program doesn’t look at the IT degree and only looks at the RPN. If they would consider your IT as the GPA calculation then you have no chance but if they look at the RPN and you achieve 4.0 your chances increase. Make sure you know what the school will look at. Otherwise doing RPN will be useless.
I graduated in 2006 with Bachelor's degree in IT from York, and wish to change career to nursing. Currently taking my pre-requisite courses one at a time as I have small kids. My current cumulative GPA is 2.83, i was told that the pre-reqs will help boost my gpa to help meet the requirement of 3.0 or higher. I only have to take A&P, Psycology, Microbiology and philosophy. What are the chances for me, seems almost everyone on this forum has gpas of 3.0 and higher. I am a bit anxious, and thinking i might need to take more courses in the addition to the pre-req courses i have to take. Any further/additional advice or suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks
I have a low GPA as well - around 3.1-3.3 depending on if its cumulative or not. Don't lose hope, I got into 4 4-year nursing programs (didnt have the prereqs to apply to most of the 2 year ones, and haven't heard back from the 2 I did apply to). There's always a chance if you're passionate and you work hard. As others have said you could look into doing an RPN program and then bridging to an RN.
Did anyone accept their offer to Humber's second entry nursing program starting in Fall 2019? I would love to get to know some of you before the program starts!
Did anyone accept their offer to Humber's second entry nursing program starting in Fall 2019? I would love to get to know some of you before the program starts!
@Cancer89 Nice to meet you! I just made one, it's called "Humber/UNB Nursing 2nd Entry Class of 2021". Let me know if you have any troubles finding it!
@Cancer89 Nice to meet you! I just made one, it's called "Humber/UNB Nursing 2nd Entry Class of 2021". Let me know if you have any troubles finding it!
@Cancer89 Nice to meet you! I just made one, it's called "Humber/UNB Nursing 2nd Entry Class of 2021". Let me know if you have any troubles finding it!
I actually found two group. One group has 3 members
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I would suggest for you to do another degree that would help boost your current career path. When you have achieved at least 3.5 in this degree only then you should switch to Nursing. Your current route will cost you huge amounts of time and money with no guarantee to nursing school admissions. It’s better to always do something that boosts your career while increasing your chances of the goal you want to achieve so its two in one. You don’t want to random courses and regret it later cuz not only these courses don’t benefit you but the guarantee into nursing is not there.
Right now there are are so many students with 3.8 and 3.9 GPAs that they take up all the spots in Nursing school and the rest are left scrambling around. Competition is fierce. Meeting minimum requirements isn’t enough.