Missmissa

You can be a nurse and work in health care, and never have to be on your feet for long. There are lots of different kinds of nursing.. some you may never have to see a patient, or even selling medical equipment. Although this cannot be avoiding during clinical

Colleges and universities seem to fail at giving a reasonable gpa average the student must achieve to get into these programs. A lot of them now from what I see and hear are even higher, but because you have the cut off gpa doesn't mean you will get in, unfortunately. Not just with bridging programs but will RPN programs, I know with Fanshawe on the website it said you had to get I believe a 3.0 average in however you completed the courses. When I was there, I had friends who couldn't get in with just that. It also depends on the school and how many people apply. I know if you go to a smaller campus, for example at Fanshawe their main campus is London, Rpn program is hard to get into. Although they also offer it at their Woodstock campus and their points system is lower, but few realize this.. Had a friend in this boat and just applied this year. Consider different campuses also.

I think you have a pretty good shot, just because other people say something, don't let them differ you in what you want to do. Being in the 90's is a pretty good shot, 9 and 10 marks don't really matter, more so your senior years I believe. Also, having volunteer experience doesn't matter, I had over 2 years volunteer experience and they don't take it into consideration when you actually apply. But it is good when you graduate and for the time being - looks good on your resume.

I'm aware

I find this funny because I attended Fanshawe for pre-health. I didn't do well on HOAE, either did my friends. Honestly, it doesn't matter about how much you study, I mean good for you but they can ask you anything - please keep this in mind. Fanshawe IS very competitive, my friend was put on the waiting list with good marks but I assume she did not get in, they do not use the wait list people often. Woodstock campus has lower POINTS system, which means it may be easier to get in because it is not the main camus, I have been told. My friend was not aware of the Woodstock campus offering and has to now wait another year to apply. Please be mindful that Fanshawe, with my experience and others, do not tell you everything you need to know, you could ask 50 people and they would all give you a different answer. Fanshawe has great programs from what I hear, just hard to get in. I don't know what Woodstock is like, I was on main campus. I never was in the nursing rooms, but the rooms/facilties are nice, the groups of students from my understanding are quite small no matter RPN/BSCN. I can't speak for Polytech college.. never heard of it. I live nearBarrie in the country, I wanted to go elsewhere from Fanshawe, I didn't do well on the HOAE, I wanted to attend Georgian which isn't far from my house, which I didn't get into. I am attending Parry Sound campus of Canadore this fall.

I think it depends she you finish the program and when you write your final exam, although you can still apply to an RN bridge program if you have proof you are going to write the exam but you obviously have to pass, I'm sure

Sorry for the late reply, I did take it... I thought it was a joke honestly, I'm better at science then math. A lot of the questions from the math were fractions and ratios, which I'm sure you will be getting with the book. A lot of the questions I've never heard of before but I come out of high school with some college health science knowledge, others I knew took it and felt the same. I know someone who failed the HOAE, and still got into the program. The only harder parts I found were the math, I didn't like that things were timed either. Do you mind me asking which program you are applying for? I applied to practical nursing program with only my high school marks, but it was a different campus not the main. If you go farther up north the admission requirements are SLIGHTLY lower, I live in a small town area and the campus I applied to and got into, was an hour away from me. In high school, I did well in english mostly all 80's, math 70's or higher, chemistry was a 65.. wanted to cry when I got that mark... I had the worst teacher in high school, and bio 70, hard ass teacher again and I worked my ass off in her class. Nursing is competitive, my friend applied to a collaborative program in our graduating year and was wait-listed, and then went to university for a year to gain more knowledge and was wait-listed again this year! Pretty ridiculous.. happy I'm getting in now so the admission requirements aren't growing through the roof

This is probably something you don't want to hear... I took the exam a couple of months ago and I got a study guide to help me. Well, it ended up doing me no good. I wish I could tell you what to focus on but the topics are honestly so broad. I got my study guide off of apple books... called PSB I believe, again didn't do much for me. Even the spelling didn't help, you just have to be a really good speller and know a lot of words. I found a lot of the questions I have never heard of before, which seemed unfair. There is another book you can buy off of amazon.. Health Occupations Aptitude Exam Study Notes (HOAE Study Notes): Susan Hester: Amazon.com: Books Not sure how great it is, I don't know anyone that has used it. There is another book also but I can't find it anywhere. My best advice is to try your best and pray ! You'll do great

I also forgot to say.. I don't think it would make it "easier" to get in, but it would probably help. I don't really think any of the things you learn in practical nursing relates to PSW.. Although I heard you can apply to jobs after graduating first year of the nursing program?? I think it depends where you apply to, places around me seem to hire nursing students for PSW's. If you're doing the bridging program it's going to be 2-3 years no matter what route you take. My friend actually considered doing the PSW program, like you, wanting to get into RPN program. Our school basically told her it doesn't necessarily matter what route you take, just the marks you get count basically. I just remembered some schools offer General Arts/Science - SCIENCE MAJOR. Fanshawe offers just regular general arts and science - media, science, and arts. Which actually does get you into RPN ( PLEASE CHECK WITH THE SCHOOL FIRST.. I'm not a professional aha). Or some schools have entry nursing programs like you take courses to get you into RN, I think Algonquin has this. I don't know where you like aha, or if you can relocate. Just depends, lots of routes you can take

If you choose pre health, please be aware you have to be really good at math. I'm sure not all schools are like this, but the one I went to you had to be basically fluent in math without a calculator. I heard George Brown is pretty good, um Mohawk, Conestoga, and Fanshawe are really hard from my understanding, I can only speak for Fanshawe. Pre health in general is hard but every school is different and great for going into programs, if you do well in it

I know it's hard to get in! Marks have to be very high I didn't realize this till I was in college myself... You could always try pre health, it is hard and from your post you seem to have already taken courses over again? If you choose to do the PSW route, which is fine, it's actually an additional 2 years (bridging program), from what I understand. It all depends how much you're willing to try aha.. I told myself I would apply to nursing school once, and if I didn't get in I'd move onto something else - because it's so dang competitive! Just do what your heart tells ya

You can call admissions and ask if you got in Good luck :)

I never went to adult night school or any kind of school out of high school. I don't live in Ottawa either so I cannot speak in that area but I have heard or know people who have gone back to school and did really well. Make sure the school is obviously credited, like a learning centre. That's really important. Depending on whether or not you finished high school, A. Or finished high school but took all college courses, B. You'd have to do courses from grade 9 to 12 at the U level, is my understanding. It is good that learning centre, or even online learning is somewhat cheap. For you to do the whole high school courses again, it should't be that expensive either. Keep in mind you obviously have to do really well, if you don't get into UOttawa you could always try college/university programs that offer a BSCN in nursing, you also have the credits to do so if you chose that route. I'm like 98% sure Algonquin and UOttawa have a collaborative program together which is 4 years. Finally, if you do pre-health, MOST colleges see this as access/pathway to nursing into the collaborative programs (please ask and triple check this with Algonquin), not only nursing but it can get you into MRT and other programs also if you get good marks and are successful... I am not specialized in helping people with career paths, but this is only my knowledge, please contact the college before applying :)

You could always try getting into pre health or general arts - science stream, if you don't get in. Hard course work- to be expected, but worth it if you put the time in

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