Jocelyn77

Thanks! That actually makes a lot of sense. I did end up enquiring with my academic advisor and she basically told me to do the upgrading because I am overqualified for the PN program as is, so I guess it makes more sense to just dive right into the RN program from the get go.

Chem 0501 and English 0601 are equivalent to prerequisite courses. The others are just university level classes she recommends to strengthen my academic history.

She recommended I take their equivalent classes for English 12 (engl 0601) and Chem 11 (Chem 0501). Along with math 1101, English 1101, and both bio 1593/1595. And then she said if I have time to also take bio 1693/1695.

I've been out of high school for 3 years now. Finally decided that I want to go to nursing school. I did some upgrading in the winter of 2015 and applied at a few schools in the fall. I was waitlisted twice for the RN program. It doesn't look like I'm going to get in this year and after speaking with an academic advisor at Thompson Rivers University she recommended that I take $6000 worth of classes through them to make myself stand out. I graduated with a 79 average so not terrible but definitely could've been better. I'm really nervous about putting that much money into upgrading and not knowing if I'll get in or not. I'm wondering if it would be better to take an LPN program, most likely through Thompson Rivers, and try and upgrade through a bridge program in BC. Has anyone done this? In your personal opinion what would be the best route to go? I knew nursing school was going to be hard but no one told me that getting in would be half the battle. Thanks.