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Good luck. I finished Dec and applied for the following Sept intake. Bridging programs are very competitive and each year the requirements get more and more strict. Even having a great GPA is no guarantee. I did not want to wait as it gets harder to get in every year.

Girl you are good! As long as you have no fail/repeated courses you are good to go.

The bridging courses are all taken at Centennial then you move on to Ryerson for the university portion. https://db2.centennialcollege.ca/ce/programdetail.php?CertificateCode=7993

You don’t need any work hours to apply, just your license. You can upgrade, it’s best to refer to their website or contact them for concrete information on upgrading qualifications.

I finished the RPN program in Dec 2019. I applied in January 2020 without having my license yet as my exam date was in February. I got my license in March 2020, literally 1 day before they sent out the offer. However, you can get a conditional offer pending you pass CPNRE because not everyone has their license at the time of application due to exam windows etc. I think you have a great chance with that average. Good luck!

I got in for Sept 2020 with a 89% average, no upgrading.

I think because Centennial has clinical in the first semester (full time program map) it affects them a bit more. Other bridging programs like UOIT does not have clinical in the first semester so they moved their classes online and are proceeding with the Sept 2020 start date without any issues.

I would take this option. It sucks to pay for 3 semesters instead of 2 but it’s the best option available at the moment.

Oh okay. That’s a new thing, fall flex intake used to run through the Summer. Honestly, I’m so sorry. This is such craziness. I guess you have to decide to either take the Flex program (a reminder that yes you can start Ryerson part time in January), start Ryerson full time in Sept 2022 or wait to see if full time bridging will be offered a January 2022 start date (in which case you’ll start Ryerson Sept 2022). Did you apply to any other schools for Fall 2020?

Since when Flex bridging doesn’t run in the Summer? It used to. Did they recently change this? For your last question, if nothing has changed, yes you can start Ryerson part time in January. I was told this in April 2019.

Did they give an alternate start date for the full time bridging? Like January 2021, or it’s just cancelled until further notice? Also the part time Ryerson thing was changed recently. If you completed Flex at Centennial, Ryerson is now allowing you to apply to full time.

I sent mine directly to the school. I sent a screenshot of my CNO profile that included my name and registration number.

Fourth semester, the final semester (6th semester in Flex) is consolidation (pre-grad clinical) so that cannot be broken up into 2 semesters. Therefore 3rd semester (5th semester in Flex) also isn’t broken up. Yeah the website doesn’t make it clear but basically full time students take approx 5-7 classes per semester while Flex takes approx 3-4. That’s all it is. It’s meant to be Flex(ible) so less course work if that’s your preference or if that’s what your lifestyle calls for. I’ll give an example of when I took the program full time. January-April semester 1 (full time)-5-7classes January-April semester 1A (flex)-3-4classes May-August (full time)-no school May-August semester 1B (flex)-the remaining classes you didn’t take from January-April

Nipissing University is in North Bay, Ontario, not Alberta.

Like the other poster said, health assessment and medication administration courses are for older RPN grads when it wasn’t included in the program. Now it is so since you’re a recent grad, you will click yes when Sunnybrook or whatever hospital ask if you’ve completed a health assessment and/or medication administration course.