Ontario Second-Entry Nursing (2015)

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I know it's early, but let's get a thread going. 2015-hopefuls, share your thoughts, concerns, questions, and experiences here!

Hey everyone! I've been following along with this forum for a while and decided to join in :) So far I've been accepted at Trent and Lakehead. As of today, my Humber account changed under Offer Status from "no decision" to "final offer" but I haven't received anything via email or my Ontario Colleges account. Does anyone know if this indicates that I have been accepted? Aside from these, I'm still waiting to hear back from Western and McMaster. I haven't seen much discussion about McMaster and I'm wondering if anyone has any information on if any offers have gone out and/or what the cut-off seems to be for this year? Good luck to everyone waiting to hear back!

I got accepted into Humber too, and mine did the exact same thing. It takes a few days or so for OCAS to put up their final offer, and allow to accept or not. I'm still waiting for Lakehead and Mac.

I'm going to Humber this Sept (made up my mind already haha). Maybe i'll see you there.

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

Hey guys!

I'm currently in my first year of the UNB-Humber second entry program and I can try my best to answer any questions you guys might have any about the program (regarding the prep semester, classes, placements, work load etc) or Humber in general!

I do know that Humber accepted people all throughout the summer last year, so if you haven't been accepted yet don't lose hope!

I was in your position last year and know just how stressful it can be hitting that refresh button over and over again. Hang in there!!

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Hey guys!

I'm currently in my first year of the UNB-Humber second entry program and I can try my best to answer any questions you guys might have any about the program (regarding the prep semester, classes, placements, work load etc) or Humber in general!

I do know that Humber accepted people all throughout the summer last year, so if you haven't been accepted yet don't lose hope!

I was in your position last year and know just how stressful it can be hitting that refresh button over and over again. Hang in there!!

Hi, can you tell me how challenging the preparation semester is? If accepted, I would have to complete all 5 of the courses. I'm just wondering if anyone ends up dropping out because they can't maintain that 74% requirement.

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Specializes in Pediatrics.
Hi, can you tell me how challenging the preparation semester is? If accepted, I would have to complete all 5 of the courses. I'm just wondering if anyone ends up dropping out because they can't maintain that 74% requirement.

In my experience, the prep semester wasn't really that bad. I took 4 of the classes (microbio, stats, anatomy and pathophys) and didn't have to take psych. Nearly everyone in the program had to take at least one class in the prep semester. Microbio was taken with the 3rd years (I think) of the generic 4 year program and Pathophys was taken with 2nd years, while stats and anatomy smaller classes of just second entry students, and psych was taken online.

Anatomy, patho and microbio were all tested using only multiple choice exams (and the info was completely from the slides/lectures) so it was not difficult at all to achieve a 74. Stats we had a horrible prof for and the class was a complete mess but the content is not difficult if you keep up and did the practice problems.

There definitely were some people who dropped out/didn't make the cut for the 74% (a lot of these were people with no science background and/or english as a second language and struggled with that) but the overwhelming majority of people did just fine with the 74% requirement! For the most part I would say the classes were way easier than the average 3rd or 4th year course from my previous degree and really did not require that much work.

Hope this was helpful!

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Hey guys!

I'm currently in my first year of the UNB-Humber second entry program and I can try my best to answer any questions you guys might have any about the program (regarding the prep semester, classes, placements, work load etc) or Humber in general!

I do know that Humber accepted people all throughout the summer last year, so if you haven't been accepted yet don't lose hope!

I was in your position last year and know just how stressful it can be hitting that refresh button over and over again. Hang in there!!

Thanks so much for commenting!! It's really great to see someone in the program on here because the Humber website has so little information. I assume after the prep semester you do year 3 and 4 of the regular BScN program. Do you know if there's a good amount of clinical in there?

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Specializes in Pediatrics.
Thanks so much for commenting!! It's really great to see someone in the program on here because the Humber website has so little information. I assume after the prep semester you do year 3 and 4 of the regular BScN program. Do you know if there's a good amount of clinical in there?

Trust me...the lack of information doesn't stop once you're in the program haha. The administration is REALLY bad at providing us with information about our classes/clinicals/schedules etc.

After the prep you don't go straight into year 3...some of our course orders are a little different than they would be in the regular BN program. Our first placement (in the semester after the prep) is at a rehab unit/rehab hospital which is what is done in second year of the 4 year program I believe.

And we do get a good amount of clinical, UNB requires us to count all of our clinical hours for the entire program (which includes labs also). We have to achieve a certain number each semester as well as throughout the whole program in order to progress on and eventually graduate, and I believe the number of hours required for our program is the same/similar to what the UNB 4 year program has.

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Thanks a lot for your info. Really helps!

I started a thread for Humber if you guys wanted. https://allnurses.com/online-nursing-schools/humber-college-second-979860.html

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Has anyone else gotten Waitlisted for Humber Second Entry? The uncertainty is the worst!

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I am from Alberta and I'm wondering what people think about Trent and Humber.

I applied to U of T, Western, UBC and Trent. I've heard of all schools in the past.. but I've never heard of Trent.

I got accepted.. but I dont know whether to accept or not since I've never heard of the school before I applied (I applied to it as a last choice).

I see a lot of people are wanted to get into Trent and Humber and I guess I'm asking why.

I've heard in the past that a nursing degree is a nursing degree despite where you get it from since we all write the same test at the end... so should I let school names get in the way.

Is anyone considering living in Res?

Thanks :)

Best luck to all

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I don't know much about the Trent Nursing program, but I did go to Trent for my undergrad. It's a smaller university in a town of ~70,000. Peterborough is a great little town with lots of offer. Tbh I hated it when I first got there!...after a while I grew to love it, and still have heaps of friends there. The school itself is pretty good. The admin is up and down. I had moments where I had to argue with the admin to get my way over very stupid situations. Though i'm sure every school/place has those times.

All in all I would recommend Peterborough and Trent to you. Great little school.

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I have accepted my offer to Trent, and for me there were a few main reasons I chose it. Firstly, although it is a slightly longer program, they have one of the highest amounts of clinical hours, which I think is important especially in such a compressed program. Also, I liked the course offerings for upper year (primary health care, women's health, public policy) though I'm sure similar courses are offered at at least some of the other institutions. Lastly, I've found the faculty and administration I've had to deal with so far to be very helpful, informative, and supportive!

Although schools vary by prestige, and locations can dictate access to certain preferred placements (eg. going to U of T or York, etc. for access to the big Toronto hospital networks), the big thing about nursing schools from what I understand is accreditation, and I know that Trent's nursing program is fully accredited!

I'm looking forward to my time there :)

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Thanks for answering! Much appreciated.

Do you know how many hours a week or semester that adds up to? I can't even tell what the 4 year program hours are, the website is so unhelpful.

Also - do you happen to know when most people above the cutoff get their offers? It seems like everyone else has heard back already.

Also also - sorry for all the questions - how many people would you say are in your year?

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