Ontario Second-Entry Nursing (2015)

hopefulnurse2015 · Mar 1, 2015

My compressed Trent offer expires on April 24th according to OUAC if anyone finds this information interesting.

MatchaGreenTea · Mar 1, 2015

My compressed Trent offer expires on April 24th according to OUAC if anyone finds this information interesting.

Same. Do you know if there is a deposit?

jjm23 · Mar 2, 2015

I just looked it up. It looks like Trent requires a $500 deposit (non-refundable) for full-time students, that must be paid within 3 days of accepting the offer. My deadline to accept is April 3rd, and I really want to hold out for U of T. I don't know if I can justify putting that much money down on a school that isn't one of my top choices...

jjm23 · Mar 2, 2015

https://www.trentu.ca/financialservices/paymentfees/deadlines.php, just FYI.

butter413 · Mar 2, 2015

i just have a quick question, since second semester isn't over yet, do schools count from this year's first semester back until they reach 10 full course equivalents to calculate the 10 FCE GPA?

Canucker2014 · Mar 2, 2015

Little tidbit for everyone. Trent's deposit is non-refundable, which means once you pay it you can't get it back. If you pay it and start school there, you can get it back! They don't tell you this, I found out when I was in the Office of the Registrar and one of the ladies just told me. Apparently, not that many students know about this.

MatchaGreenTea · Mar 2, 2015

I just looked it up. It looks like Trent requires a $500 deposit (non-refundable) for full-time students, that must be paid within 3 days of accepting the offer. My deadline to accept is April 3rd, and I really want to hold out for U of T. I don't know if I can justify putting that much money down on a school that isn't one of my top choices...

I totally agree. $500 is definitely not pocket change. I'm in the same dilemma, as I'm waiting on U of T and Queens... Hopefully we hear back by April. :S

jjm23 · Mar 2, 2015

I like your chances of hearing from U of T before Trent needs an answer better than mine. I can't imagine I'll hear anything from U of T, Queen's or Mac before April 3rd. I'm considering writing an email asking them to consider extending my deadline to accept by so I can weigh all my options... I don't expect it'll work though.

annapk · Mar 2, 2015

butter 413 This happened to be last year. Humber told me that they would wait until my second semester was over and then recalculate my marks. However when the time came they said the spots were already full and whoever told me that shouldn't have said they would wait. Not sure if it's different this year but that's my experience from last year.

So generally speaking count back from your first semester until you reach 10 credits (but if 1 course falls in a new semester the entire semester is looked at even if it's over 10 credits)

Anon101 · Mar 2, 2015

Information regarding Trent's deposit: I spoke to a student representative from Trent and was informed that the 3 day period for the deposit only applies for offers accepted on or after June 2nd (i.e. you can accept your offer now and don't have to pay the deposit until June 2nd).

jjm23 · Mar 2, 2015

Oh wow, ok that's very informative. So I can tentatively accept on April 3rd, and not have to financially commit anything until June 2nd. That's great news.

I do wonder though, will accepting an offer decrease the likelihood of other schools accepting me? Will they see that I've accepted Trent and not bother to send me an offer?

Anon101 · Mar 2, 2015

From the OUAC website: "Accepting an offer of admission from one university will not cancel your application to other universities and/or programs. However, you may have only one acceptance on file at a time. Before you can accept a new offer online, you must first cancel the previously accepted offer currently in your file." Source: Common Questions | Ontario Universities' Application Centre

I'm still waiting to hear back from Nipissing, but seeing that they'll send out offers near the end of June, I decided to accept my offer from Trent which would have expired in April.