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

4 minutes ago, britdal18 said:

UOFT’s application status never changed for me until I didn’t get accepted two years ago. I actually got rejected within a week of them sending out the acceptances. Was a bit surprised because I had a 3.94 GPA, coached swimming, volunteered at a gym and physio clinic for two years, and had a full time job all throughout my undergrad.

Those are AMAZING stats. Alright now I’m worried. Did you take a lot of humanities courses or were they mostly science?

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7 minutes ago, britdal18 said:

UOFT’s application status never changed for me until I didn’t get accepted two years ago. I actually got rejected within a week of them sending out the acceptances. Was a bit surprised because I had a 3.94 GPA, coached swimming, volunteered at a gym and physio clinic for two years, and had a full time job all throughout my undergrad.

Was it your final final GPA? Or GPA at the time of admission e.g. up to fall semester? Damn its strong!

And just my two cents - I know a couple of people who slipped with 3.90+ GPA - one was international student and one guessed its their personal statement. I heard uoft REALLY VALUES personal statement part! Hope we get in this time!

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I applied last year as a third year student. I was told uoft doesn't really accept 3rd year students but I had the GPA and the prerequisites. I got rejected on June 11th. I can't remember if my status changed but I did recieve an email!

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13 minutes ago, britdal18 said:

UOFT’s application status never changed for me until I didn’t get accepted two years ago. I actually got rejected within a week of them sending out the acceptances. Was a bit surprised because I had a 3.94 GPA, coached swimming, volunteered at a gym and physio clinic for two years, and had a full time job all throughout my undergrad.

WOW! I am so surprised that they did not accept you. These are amazing things IMO, and I think it is totally their loss that you are not in the program. You would be a great nurse wherever you go! So what did you do in these two years? Did you reapply last year or did you go somewhere else for the nursing?

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My GPA when applying was 3.91, then ended at 3.94. Yeah I’m assuming it was my personal statement, but I tried to answer in similar ways I did on the Caspar and was accepted to Trent and York first round.

@AmeliaWan I actually did the prep semester at humber then decided to take a break. I moved home alone from Halifax and honestly was so mentally drained I decided to give myself a break and just work/travel a bit. Reapplied to Humber only this year - loved my profs, and have a coworker just graduating the accelerated program this year who raves about it. I got accepted first week of Feb so I’m looking forward to finally doing it!

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2 minutes ago, britdal18 said:

My GPA when applying was 3.91, then ended at 3.94. Yeah I’m assuming it was my personal statement, but I tried to answer in similar ways I did on the Caspar and was accepted to Trent and York first round.

@AmeliaWan I actually did the prep semester at humber then decided to take a break. I moved home alone from Halifax and honestly was so mentally drained I decided to give myself a break and just work/travel a bit. Reapplied to Humber only this year - loved my profs, and have a coworker just graduating the accelerated program this year who raves about it. I got accepted first week of Feb so I’m looking forward to finally doing it!

I am so happy for you! Honestly application does take a toll on your mental health, and I am glad that you are doing so much better! UofT is overrated for what it's worth. After four years of undergrad with UofT, I kinda get sick of it really. However, I am applying as an international student, and there ain't many schools that accept international students. I guess I just have to take my chance, but I really don't know what I will do If I don't get accepted this year.

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Hey guys, just wanted to say that I hope all of you are doing well amidst this unfortunate time. I mean whoever thought we'd be stuck in a pandemic during our life? This time right now is probably very overwhelming as admission decisions are starting to come out, I know I am very anxious and nervous. Just know that even though you do not end up receiving an admission offer to your top choice, or in general that you are all still worthy of being an exceptional nurse. Just do more volunteering, and work more, or take additional courses if you want to take more pre-reqs or enhance your GPA and become even stronger. You can always apply again next year as well, so do not let your guard down. Remember, your aspiration was to become a nurse because you want to help others and you care, do not let an admission rejection ruin that dream of yours. I only applied to u of t, and I do not really have high hopes for it, but I tried applying to a few jobs in the meantime in which I could work next year if I do not end up getting an admission offer.

Good luck everyone, and hope you are all staying safe and healthy. I know this is a rough time of uncertainty with all the admission decisions, but do not let any admission decision to make you think less of yourself❤️ You're all capable of becoming amazing nurses in the future!

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2 hours ago, fantasygirl123 said:

Hey guys, just wanted to say that I hope all of you are doing well amidst this unfortunate time. I mean whoever thought we'd be stuck in a pandemic during our life? This time right now is probably very overwhelming as admission decisions are starting to come out, I know I am very anxious and nervous. Just know that even though you do not end up receiving an admission offer to your top choice, or in general that you are all still worthy of being an exceptional nurse. Just do more volunteering, and work more, or take additional courses if you want to take more pre-reqs or enhance your GPA and become even stronger. You can always apply again next year as well, so do not let your guard down. Remember, your aspiration was to become a nurse because you want to help others and you care, do not let an admission rejection ruin that dream of yours. I only applied to u of t, and I do not really have high hopes for it, but I tried applying to a few jobs in the meantime in which I could work next year if I do not end up getting an admission offer.

Good luck everyone, and hope you are all staying safe and healthy. I know this is a rough time of uncertainty with all the admission decisions, but do not let any admission decision to make you think less of yourself❤️ You're all capable of becoming amazing nurses in the future!

Hey you're awesome. Can we be friends?

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Totally may be a silly or repeated question (probably the anxiety setting in from waiting for a response) but does uoft take into consideration the GPA (or just grades in general) from the list of pre-requisite courses? ..like apart from the 5 FCE GPA

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Just now, Kayla810 said:

Totally may be a silly or repeated question (probably the anxiety setting in from waiting for a response) but does uoft take into consideration the GPA (or just grades in general) from the list of pre-requisite courses? ..like apart from the 5 FCE GPA

As far as I know, yes - in terms of getting C or whatever the grade it is. To rank the applicants - no I dont think so.

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Just now, Kayla810 said:

Totally may be a silly or repeated question (probably the anxiety setting in from waiting for a response) but does uoft take into consideration the GPA (or just grades in general) from the list of pre-requisite courses? ..like apart from the 5 FCE GPA

My friend got in with a 69 in one of her pre reqs so I don’t think so!

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has anyone heard from Trent recently? or know when the next round of offers might go out?

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