Ontario Second-Entry Nursing (2015)

annapk · Feb 12, 2015

Can anyone let me know what a 3.5 GPA is in terms of percentage on a 4.0 scale? Our UofT GPA goes form 3.3 (77-79) -3.7 (80-84) and I cannot seem to find anywhere what a 3.5 would be.

annapk · Feb 12, 2015

ALSO this is an edit to my previous post regarding the Humber acceptance GPA for this year.

Applicants above a 3.0 still have the chance of getting in!

Just wanted to clarify that 3.5 is not the strict cut off in case anyone is confused.

j3dev · Feb 12, 2015

I have applied to U of T, Queens, and Western, all 2-year programs. I just got accepted to queens AST but am wondering if Queens or U of T is better, what do you guys think?

j3dev · Feb 12, 2015

i think that OUAC says accepting one offer will not cancel your other applications, and you can withdraw an acceptance if you change your mind. I also got accepted to Queen's AST but don't know whether I should go to Queen's or U of T; which school do you think is better?

here's the link to OUAC if you were interested Common Questions | Ontario Universities' Application Centre

carolin · Feb 14, 2015

Thank you for the link! I am as unsure as you to which school is better. I feel like they will both be great programs and have heard from people at both schools that they love it. Im also going to take into consideration where i'd rather live and the atmosphere/support from the staff. Ive heard that U of T doesn't send out responses until April so we have lots of time to decide.

blueberrytea · Feb 15, 2015

Hey guys,

Last year I had a 3.3 GPA in my last 60 Credits. I wanted to finish my BHSc at Western so I did not accept any offers last year but I applied to and was accepted into the following programs with that GPA:

Trent Compressed Nursing

Lakehead Compressed Nursing

Humber-UNB Second Entry nursing.

This year with a 3.7 GPA I applied to Humber-UNB (again), U of T and York. I have not heard back from any of them yet, however, before I applied, I emailed a few nursing programs to asked them the minimum admission average they used as a cut off for an offer admission last year. This is exactly what they said. I hope this helps:

Westen: 83% ( I believe the last 2 years?)

U of T: refused to share information

York:"Cumulative/overall GPA: B [6, 70% - 74%, 3.0]

last 30 credits GPA: B+ [7, 75% - 79%, 3.3]

A competitive GPA would be B+ and higher."

Queens:" cut off is normally around 2.7, after a wait list"

Humber-UNB:"The competitive GPA for Humber/UNB's Bachelor of Nursing program is 3.4 or 80%, most recent 60 credits"

Does anyone know anything about U of T? Their application process was much more intense than the others. Im so nervous!!

Good luck :)

blueberrytea · Feb 15, 2015

Woah, Please excuse my Grammar.... haha I am definitely a science student

Liiv · Feb 15, 2015

This is really helpful! Thank you for sharing. :) Can breathe a bit more easily now...maybe.

Liiv · Feb 15, 2015

I'm in my 4th year at Queen's. The AST program is a really small, tight-knit group of students (if that means anything to you). It's also a good balance between theoretical and practical material, whereas I heard UT is quite theory-heavy.

Queen's itself is quite a small campus, every building is only a 5-10 minute walking distance apart. Placements are at nearby hospitals (there are 3) or in the community. One hospital is on campus and the other two hospitals are a bus-ride away / 15-20 minute walk from campus. You don't start placement until 2nd semester, and during the months of May and June you're at placement everyday. At UT they start almost right away and it's just once a week at first, progressively more later. (I really don't know if any of this was useful, sorry...!)

I feel like it will probably come down to whether you like the homey feel of Queen's/Kingston + the small program size, or the big city of Toronto + its well-known hospitals + the large program size.

carolin · Feb 15, 2015

I really like having a small program size, as this is what my undergraduate was. I was accepted to Ottawa, does anyone have any thoughts/opinions on this school?

em89 · Feb 17, 2015

Could someone clarify if 60 credit hours at Humber corresponds to 10 full credits? And is it the most recent credits that they look at? It gets really confusing when every school has a different grading/credit system.

Thank you in advance:)

annapk · Feb 17, 2015

em89 - Yes 60 credit hours corresponds to 10 full credits. However, if one of those courses falls into a new semester, the entire semester gets calculated in your GPA.

For example, if 9.5 of your credits are from year 4 and 3, and the last 0.5 credit falls into a new semester, the entire semester gets calculated, not just your highest or your lowest out of that semester. This means that it could be more than 10 credits that get calculated. That is how it was explained to me last year by the admissions representative for the program. Hopefully that makes sense!