Ontario Second Entry Nursing Fall 2020

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Hey, I used to creep these forums for the past few years and they helped affirm my decision to apply to nursing school for Fall 2020. I didn't see one started for next year so I thought, why not start one?

I graduated a while back so I'm a bit older, but my top three choices are:

1. Queen's

2. McMaster

3. York

4. Humber-UNB

19 hours ago, winnipc said:

Just wanted to let you all know that I got an offer to Western nursing today - they called me this morning. My GPA for most recently completed 10.0 university-level full-course equivalents is 82% so don't lose hope if you're in this range! Good luck everyone!!

CONGRATS!! That's great news. Did you accept the offer and when is the deadline to respond?

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50 minutes ago, SamRn2020 said:

CONGRATS!! That's great news. Did you accept the offer and when is the deadline to respond?

Yes I accepted the offer. Deadline to respond was August 21!

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@Nursetobe2022 FYI - I believe not many people are taken off the waitlist for Humber because its program is unique in that it offers that prep semester. So I would think a majority of the people attending would have to go there and cannot apply to other schools and or would not be dropping out to accept offers elsewhere.. Hope that helps!

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On 8/14/2020 at 10:27 AM, AmeliaWan said:

That is exactly what I thought, but I checked the 2018 forum, and people did get acceptances around August 30th. I then check the UofT website, August 24th is the last day to register in the program. Perhaps they mean if for some reasons people decide to not register in the program, then they will still admit students on the waitlist. That being said, if they confirm the spots are full right now, I doubt there will be available spot at the end of August. But please don't loose hope! We have made it this far! I think they will send out an email on Sept 8th at least to tell you all the spots in the program are full.

Well, it's the 24th, I wonder if anyone on the waitlist was admitted yet.

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20 hours ago, hopefulnurse6 said:

Well, it's the 24th, I wonder if anyone on the waitlist was admitted yet.

I think if there is any spots it would probably be on this Friday? The wait is indeed very long!

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Does anyone know if college applicants qualify to apply? GPA over 3.5+

Any college applicants successfully completed this entry program?

Please let me know.

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14 minutes ago, AvaGL said:

Does anyone know if college applicants qualify to apply? GPA over 3.5+

Any college applicants successfully completed this entry program?

Please let me know.

Hi!

These second entry programs are for students who have completed a certain number of courses at a university level, but most applicants have completed a Bachelor's degree already.

For college students, typically there is an RPN-RN bridging route where you complete a college diploma to become a Registered Practical Nurse and then transfer later to a university RN program.

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HappyGuarantee123

Thank you for replying...I am still new to this forum so I don't know how to directly apply to your comment LOL.

I will wait to hear back from Humber as they stated they do take other applicants into consideration.

I'm enrolled in a Pre Health program so I will just apply after I've completed it. That's another option as well.

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13 minutes ago, AvaGL said:

HappyGuarantee123

Thank you for replying...I am still new to this forum so I don't know how to directly apply to your comment LOL.

I will wait to hear back from Humber as they stated they do take other applicants into consideration.

I'm enrolled in a Pre Health program so I will just apply after I've completed it. That's another option as well.

If it’s the pre Heath program to get into regular Bachelor program, you won’t be qualified for second degree entry nursing programs, just FYI. Once you complete that and get into life sci or health sci, and get the pre requisites done, then you can apply second entries. Or you can apply to 4 year programs after your pre health.

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2 minutes ago, minibun said:

If it’s the pre Heath program to get into regular Bachelor program, you won’t be qualified for second degree entry nursing programs, just FYI. Once you complete that and get into life sci or health sci, and get the pre requisites done, then you can apply second entries. Or you can apply to 4 year programs after your pre health.

Thank you for applying. Yes, I'm aware of all of the alternative options that are available. I'm glad that I have options.

It's just a bit confusing now considering the climate of things with COVID and classes being online. It's partly my fault as I didn't do more research prior to completing my diploma. If anything, I'll just complete pre health and do PN (since I'll have transfer credits from my nonNursing diploma) and then complete the bridge. As indicated with HappyGuarantee123.

LOL this is what happens when you dodge your intuition. I pursued other career avenues and nursing always came back into play. Oh well...better late than never.

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General question: what's the general age range in these programs, particularly U of T? I would imagine a lot of 22-24 from students immediately after their bachelor's, but are there a lot of 25-29 or even 30+ year olds?

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4 hours ago, DreamsOfOceans said:

General question: what's the general age range in these programs, particularly U of T? I would imagine a lot of 22-24 from students immediately after their bachelor's, but are there a lot of 25-29 or even 30+ year olds?

Something like that. I got accepted this year to UofT. I'm 23 and finished my bachelor's when I was 22! Some people have completed their master's before getting into the program as well (pretty competitive) so there's probably a reasonable cohort of people in that 25-29 age group as well! 

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