Ontario Second Entry Nursing Fall 2021

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Hey everyone!

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.

24 minutes ago, aspiringnurse09 said:

When is UofT going to release offers? Does anyone know?

in an email they sent out it says beginning of April till June!

Just got accepted into York! Got an e-mail and updated on the York myFile portal. Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear back ? 

5 minutes ago, nursing713 said:

Just got accepted into York! Got an e-mail and updated on the York myFile portal. Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear back ? 

Yay, congrats!! Do you plan on accepting? 

1 minute ago, 2021hopeful said:

Yay, congrats!! Do you plan on accepting? 

Not sure yet, lots of factors to consider, and still waiting to hear from some other programs. The last date to accept the offer is March 8th though, so if I decide not to accept shouldn't be too long a wait for anyone waiting to hear back ?

3 minutes ago, nursing713 said:

Not sure yet, lots of factors to consider, and still waiting to hear from some other programs. The last date to accept the offer is March 8th though, so if I decide not to accept shouldn't be too long a wait for anyone waiting to hear back ?

Ah gotcha! I accepted my offer a few days ago ? I'm still waiting on another program too but unfortunately their offers won't go out for a month or two still so I had to accept York for now or I'd give up my spot

1 minute ago, 2021hopeful said:

Ah gotcha! I accepted my offer a few days ago ? I'm still waiting on another program too but unfortunately their offers won't go out for a month or two still so I had to accept York for now or I'd give up my spot

Congrats on your acceptance!! I'm in the same position - I also got accepted to Queen's, and the placements there seem more suited to where I want to end up in nursing, but York is closer geographically. So just deciding between those programs at the moment ? 

22 minutes ago, nursing713 said:

Just got accepted into York! Got an e-mail and updated on the York myFile portal. Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear back ? 

Congrats on the acceptance! Do you remember when you initially applied and wrote the casper test? 

1 minute ago, nursetobe99 said:

Congrats on the acceptance! Do you remember when you initially applied and wrote the casper test? 

I believe I applied in early October and wrote CASPer in early January

59 minutes ago, nursing713 said:

Congrats on your acceptance!! I'm in the same position - I also got accepted to Queen's, and the placements there seem more suited to where I want to end up in nursing, but York is closer geographically. So just deciding between those programs at the moment ? 

That makes sense! Do you already live in the GTA then? If I end up at York I'll be commuting and I'm sort of dreading it LOL 

The biggest plus about Queen's (apart from the fact that class size is only 48 students!) is that their placements are incredible. You get 6 clinical versus 3 at Western for example. Definitely a factor to consider! ? I got accepted last week, and tbh, the only thing that can take me away from Queen's is UofT.

7 minutes ago, aspiringnurse09 said:

The biggest plus about Queen's (apart from the fact that class size is only 48 students!) is that their placements are incredible. You get 6 clinical versus 3 at Western for example. Definitely a factor to consider! ? I got accepted last week, and tbh, the only thing that can take me away from Queen's is UofT.

I didn't realize there was such a difference in placements between schools! I believe that york has 6 placements as well. Are the placements at western longer, maybe?

On 2/23/2021 at 5:12 PM, nursing713 said:

Just got accepted into York! Got an e-mail and updated on the York myFile portal. Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear back ? 

Hey congrats!! Was wondering if you are an internal or external applicant and if you could share your GPA, so we can get an idea of the cut off this year if you don’t mind that is!

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