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

3 minutes ago, Mus.Mus said:

Hi everyone! Just wondering if anyone's heard from western yet.

Hey there! I was accepted into Western on March 13th. I believe that was when the first offers were sent out.

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4 minutes ago, RaqPic said:

Hey there! I was accepted into Western on March 13th. I believe that was when the first offers were sent out.

OH, CONGRATULATIONS! Would you mind sharing what your GPA for your last 10 credits was?

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Just now, Mus.Mus said:

OH, CONGRATULATIONS! Would you mind sharing what your GPA for your last 10 credits was?

Thank you!! And it was 3.94 on a 4.0 GPA scale !

2 minutes ago, Mus.Mus said:

OH, CONGRATULATIONS! Would you mind sharing what your GPA for your last 10 credits was?

I would not stress yet! I heard Western hands out majority of their offers May/June! Best of luck!! ?

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42 minutes ago, Mus.Mus said:

Hi everyone! Just wondering if anyone's heard from western yet.

Hey! I received an email on the 13th (14th?) of March and was given until the 17th of April to accept, so I suppose they’ll reach out to more people around that time?

I’m still waiting to hear back from other schools so I haven’t made a decision yet.

This waiting period is making me a little anxious, but hopefully we’ll all get some good news soon! Best of luck to you! ?

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47 minutes ago, RaqPic said:

Thank you!! And it was 3.94 on a 4.0 GPA scale !

I would not stress yet! I heard Western hands out majority of their offers May/June! Best of luck!! ?

I'm just a little concerned about my GPA it's around 83% which I think is cutting it kinda close?. Thank you for the help, hopefully, I'll see you at western in September!?

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31 minutes ago, absn2020 said:

Hey! I received an email on the 13th (14th?) of March and was given until the 17th of April to accept, so I suppose they’ll reach out to more people around that time?

I’m still waiting to hear back from other schools so I haven’t made a decision yet.

This waiting period is making me a little anxious, but hopefully we’ll all get some good news soon! Best of luck to you! ?

thanks for the help! I hope you get acceptance from your other choices soon!?

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Hi guys,

I’m still waiting to hear back on my first choice. However I have to accept or decline westerns offer by the 14th. If I accept Westerns I have to decline Queens. I’m not sure what I’m going to do as that would be my second choice. Does anyone have any info on the programs ?? Like class size, placements etc.

thank you xx

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1 minute ago, Hannahfromcanada said:

Hi guys,

I’m still waiting to hear back on my first choice. However I have to accept or decline westerns offer by the 14th. If I accept Westerns I have to decline Queens. I’m not sure what I’m going to do as that would be my second choice. Does anyone have any info on the programs ?? Like class size, placements etc.

thank you xx

Hey!! First off, CONGRATS on your offers!! I’ve done a lot of research on the two programs. From what I have read, and from talking to people, queens is harder to get into because it only has 45 kids accepted to the program. I’ve read that the placements are much better at queens, because they have all rotations during clinical placements, which gives you exposure to a lot of different specialties. Overall, the top schools for accelerated nursing are McMaster, UofT, and queens. Western is of course an amazing program too, but from people I’ve spoken to, hospitals look at you on a higher level if you went to one of those three schools. Also, Kingston is beautiful - UofT is my top choice but if I don’t get in I’ll be going to queens!! I did a masters at western this past year and London isn’t the prettiest

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5 minutes ago, nikkieg said:

Hey!! First off, CONGRATS on your offers!! I’ve done a lot of research on the two programs. From what I have read, and from talking to people, queens is harder to get into because it only has 45 kids accepted to the program. I’ve read that the placements are much better at queens, because they have all rotations during clinical placements, which gives you exposure to a lot of different specialties. Overall, the top schools for accelerated nursing are McMaster, UofT, and queens. Western is of course an amazing program too, but from people I’ve spoken to, hospitals look at you on a higher level if you went to one of those three schools. Also, Kingston is beautiful - UofT is my top choice but if I don’t get in I’ll be going to queens!! I did a masters at western this past year and London isn’t the prettiest

Thanks for replying so quickly! I really think I’ll want to work in paediatrics and I wasn’t sure if I would get exposure to that during clinical. I’m from Nova Scotia so I don’t know much about places in Ontario especially with rent prices. ??.

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4 minutes ago, Hannahfromcanada said:

Thanks for replying so quickly! I really think I’ll want to work in paediatrics and I wasn’t sure if I would get exposure to that during clinical. I’m from Nova Scotia so I don’t know much about places in Ontario especially with rent prices. ??.

You get exposure to that at queens!! For sure. I went to camp in Nova Scotia! Love it there! Shoot me a text 647 654 1613 I can tell you about rent prices and we can discuss this further!

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Hi everyone!

Just wondering if anyone has heard from UofT yet?

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1 minute ago, nursing2020nursing said:

Hi everyone!

Just wondering if anyone has heard from UofT yet?

Not yet, I have a feeling they won't send out acceptances till next week!

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