I haven't seen a post for Fall 2021 yet so here it is!
My choices are:
1. UofT
2. McMaster
3. Nipissing SPP
I started my OUAC application in November and now trying to work on the supplemental packages. My CASPer Test is on January 12, 2021.
I need to take Anatomy and Physio course(s) however, I'm having a hard time figuring out what would satisfy the requirements from all three universities. My options so far are:
1. Take CBLG 101 in Winter and CBLG 111 in Spring at Ryerson. However final grade will be in June; hoping that's fine. This satisfies all 3 unis
2. Take SCS 2159 in Winter from UofT which is enough for UofT and McMaster but not for Nipissing. I have to take an Anatomy course just for Nip.
I have a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education from back home, been working as an RECE in Toronto the last 8 years, have a Diploma in Nonprofit Management at Ryerson. My cGPA is 3.55 which I'm worried about. Lots of extra curricular activities from university and volunteering here in Toronto. I still have to compute the GPA for the last two years.
I requested WES to send my transcripts to Nip and McMaster and asked my old uni to send to UofT.
It's been an expensive application so far; really hoping I get in! Looking forward to chatting with you all and sharing our experiences.
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1 hour ago, PedRN2022 said:
Thank you for letting me know! The last time I tried posting, it either deleted my post or removed the link with asterisks. Is it because of something else then?
I cannot be sure why it would not link, @PedRN2022
If you can remember the thread in question and send me a private message with the URL address/title, I might be able to troubleshoot the problem.
Just a quick question about UofT: do you know if rejections are sent out all at once at the end of June, or are they sent out from April-June as well? I’m super nervous as I would hate to be waiting this whole time only to be rejected on June 30th ?
Just a quick question about UofT: do you know if rejections are sent out all at once at the end of June, or are they sent out from April-June as well? I’m super nervous as I would hate to be waiting this whole time only to be rejected on June 30th ?
I believe it’s all on June 30th unless you didn’t meet any requirements they may reject you earlier. I’ve applied to UofT Masters in the past and that’s how it was done!
I believe it’s all on June 30th unless you didn’t meet any requirements they may reject you earlier. I’ve applied to UofT Masters in the past and that’s how it was done!
I believe it’s all on June 30th unless you didn’t meet any requirements they may reject you earlier. I’ve applied to UofT Masters in the past and that’s how it was done!
Uof T will sending offer from April to May. If somebody gets offer at May and she needs to do prerequisite how can it will be possible that she will complete within 1 month because I think final transcript will be reached within June. I am confused and nervous. Waiting for the offer for a long time and do not know when it will be or not...I don't know why they not sending offer all together.
Uof T will sending offer from April to May. If somebody gets offer at May and she needs to do prerequisite how can it will be possible that she will complete within 1 month because I think final transcript will be reached within June. I am confused and nervous. Waiting for the offer for a long time and do not know when it will be or not...I don't know why they not sending offer all together.
Tbh, pre requisites should be worked on now/ even earlier. Not after the offer is given. I don’t think anyone is waiting to start their Prerequisite after their offer as that is too risky and you won’t really learn anything either.
Tbh, pre requisites should be worked on now/ even earlier. Not after the offer is given. I don’t think anyone is waiting to start their Prerequisite after their offer as that is too risky and you won’t really learn anything either.
I know someone who got their offer while completing 1 pre-req, and still had to finish their degree in the Summer. I don't think UofT really cares about those kinds of things, their criteria for what makes a good candidate or not is really more holistic
I know someone who got their offer while completing 1 pre-req, and still had to finish their degree in the Summer. I don't think UofT really cares about those kinds of things, their criteria for what makes a good candidate or not is really more holistic
Yes. Original poster was saying that prerequisites may be started AFTER getting an offer (aka completed I.E. 1-2 months. I was saying people are already in works of completing their pre-reqs
5 minutes ago, JouneyofLife said:
I know someone who got their offer while completing 1 pre-req, and still had to finish their degree in the Summer. I don't think UofT really cares about those kinds of things, their criteria for what makes a good candidate or not is really more holistic
& pre-reps are to be completed by July at the very latest, so the holistic portion is not forgiving to that. They are holistic for grades and supp app. ?
Thanks for replying! This is kind of general but would you be able to talk about the pros vs cons of the program? I would really appreciate it ?
Here are some pros and cons about the Mac accelerated program I can come up with. Note that some of these may or may not be similar to other nursing schools, but this is what I've experienced at Mac so far.
Pros:
- The staff (professors and TAs aka tutors) are some of the nicest people I have ever met - and I mean that sincerely. Everybody is super approachable and willing to go out of their way to help you out.
- The courses are designed in such a way where often you will see a lot of overlap in the material, just maybe viewed in a slightly different perspective. This is done on purpose. For ex. In patho you'll have a lecture on cardiovascular disease that places a huge emphasis on the molecular manifestations of the disease but then in PBL you will have a cardiovascular disease care scenario that is more focused on nursing interventions (but you will still review and be tested on the patho as well). It's a great design as it reinforces the information you are learning.
- The tests are extremely fair - and if I'm being honest, I find them a little "too easy" hahaha compared to the exams I've had to endure in my previous degree. But that could just be because we are accelerated students and we are by nature all pretty smart. I've gotten straight As both last semester and this semester.
- Class sizes are very small - lots of opportunities to meet and get to know people, even while online during Covid! Everybody I've met is super super friendly.
Cons:
- In both first semester and second semester, you have a lab component where you go in person and the TA teaches you how to perform certain assessments and hands-on skills that are important to nursing. So for both the first and semester class they give you a "lab manual" that lays out all the steps you need to do when performing a particular skill or assessment - imo the lab manual is not that great... the steps they give you are super vague and so often you have to read the textbook and/or look up Youtube videos for how to perform the skills. Because of Covid, we didn't have access to the lab during off-hours and that imo really hindered my learning. Furthermore, the lab exam you have to perform (they give you a fake patient and ask you to perform some skills on them) was very disorganized in terms of telling us what we needed to know for the exam. They basically just say learn everything and the administration got mad when the TAs gave hints as to what to focus on. And you have to pass this exam to pass the course, regardless of your performance in the other aspects of the course so it's SO DAMN STRESSFUL.
- Some of the courses in the program are very hit or miss. I personally performed well in every course, including some of these more questionable ones, but some of my friends struggled and I could see why. Even at first for these courses I was very confused as to how to approach learning the material. For example, first semester you take a class called Social Determinants of Health. It's an interesting topic at face value but sometimes the material is indeed dry and they were never clear as to how important the readings were, and the readings could be quite heavy (note: the readings didn't end up being important for the exams, just the lecture material and the Youtube videos they assign for viewing). In second semester we took a class called Research Appraisal where you learn to critically appraise research papers. Again, extremely dry material and unclear what was important for us to focus on.
- PBL can be hit or miss. I made an extensive comment about my thoughts on PBL so just click on my profile and go see my previous comment if you wanna know more. It's not a deal-breaker though and there are a couple cool aspects about it (see my comment).
As someone currently in the program, let me clarify this comment as it's not entirely true. Between Fall and Winter you have your standard Winter holiday break (app. 2.5 weeks). Between Winter and Spring/Summer semester is the worst because the break is extremely short (only 6 days...). But between Summer and Fall you have 1 month off (August is off). For an accelerated program is this is pretty typical.
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I cannot be sure why it would not link, @PedRN2022
If you can remember the thread in question and send me a private message with the URL address/title, I might be able to troubleshoot the problem.