I'm interested in applying to either George Brown or Centennial for their 2011 sept RPN program so I've got a while yet to make all my decisions and I'm sorry if this has been asked here but I can't seem to findt his information anywhere.
Does anyone know what the general admission cut offs are for this program? I have some university courses under my belt but I got the impression highschool grades were still the main decision factor for applicants. Anyone able to offer some insight?
I have a degree in Psychology and Sociology and a few statistics courses. I think this was helpful in nursing school when it came to doing projects and writing essays but nursing on the floor, it really made no difference at all. I doubt I would do it again if I could do my life over again.
If there was an accelerated program near me, I would have done it mainly for some added job security. I have no desire to go into management at all. I really just find the thought of organizing a unit overwhelming. Heck, sometimes just getting through the day is overwhelming.
In regards to the admission process, maybe the schools should start interviewing people again with some criteria that can be measured instead of marks being the only requirement. Just a thought, I don't know.
Just backing up to the original question ... I've been in touch with Mohawk's admission office regarding their RPN cut-off. She's telling me it's around 85-90% in the required subjects. I'm just gasping at the numbers. I was accepted into a HIGHLY COMPETITIVE occupational therapy degree program 20 years ago and those sort of marks were not required. I'm starting to take the necessary high school and college courses but I'm really intimidated by the benchmark of an A-A+. I have As in my transcripts but not necessarily in the subjects they want. It's a bit daunting.
TaylorMade: Is it possible that the college will bump up your university marks and/or any advanced level high school courses that you took by a certain number of points. I think some colleges used to do this but I am not sure if they do this now. Might be worth looking into.
As for being shocked, I was looking at some post secondary options for my teenager and I was quite surprised at how high the cutoff marks are now. Uggh!
I live in a small city in northern Ontario. Apparently last year the people with the first offers had 87% or higher. The registrar's office told me that for the past 3 years they had to go into the waiting list. So you can get in with a lower grade. They also told me that my because my Math and English were postsecondary I would get extra points.
It's Feb 1st. Day of first offers and I don't have one. Would be nice to know what my average is but I have no idea as I had A's in college and I have no idea what that translates to. My math and biology were B's. Guess I'm doing those courses again and applying next year. Or maybe I'll still get an offer. Who knows.
Don't worry Melanie1976, the deadline for your program may be Feb 1st, but that doesn't mean that any student will be getting an answer just yet. I've applied to Western/Fanshawe Collaborative nursing program in London ON, and I've been communicating with a nursing admissions officer (specifically for non-secondary school applicants since I'm applying with a Pre-Health college certificate) and she advised me that they only start looking at the applications after the deadline for FIRST round of offers... and it may take a few weeks for the board to receive all applications, deliberate and decide on who to offer early admissions to. I've also heard that the early admissions (Feb-March) are based on secondary school 11th grade marks. The second round or MOST of the Ontario Universities tend to give out admission offers around April/May (at least for competitive Nursing programs).
I'm not sure if Western gives any extra points for Post-secondary school courses, but if so, my Pre-health program must earn me something too! lol
On another note, my GPA for the program was 3.91... which should give me a range in the high 80's.
The admission average, as I am not sure where it stands for this year, could vary depending of how large the applicant pool is once they start admission decisions.... it will probably be over 85 this year, I presume.
I'm still waiting to see if I get an offer or not, and I'm so anxious to find out and don't want to wait any longer! :)
I applied to the RPN program at Algonquin last October, and am waiting anxiously to see whether I get in! Has anyone recieved an offer of admission? They were supposed to go out March 5, 2011. How did people feel about the HOAE test?
I'm interested in applying to either George Brown or Centennial for their 2011 sept RPN program so I've got a while yet to make all my decisions and I'm sorry if this has been asked here but I can't seem to findt his information anywhere.
Does anyone know what the general admission cut offs are for this program? I have some university courses under my belt but I got the impression highschool grades were still the main decision factor for applicants. Anyone able to offer some insight?
Thanks :)
I can tell you that for me the college only looked at my college transcripts and had no problem getting in. I wasn't able to get my high school transcripts from the States on time so I applied as a mature student and took the English and math test. Then I submitted my college transcripts that had microbiology, anatomy and chemistry. I had an offer within 4 weeks.
I got in to the RPN program at Georgian and they looked at both University and High School. I'm told that some of my university credits will allow me to be exempted from some of the communications and Gen ed courses, although i'm not sure which ones because i don't start until sept. high school marks were decent 70-80 and university grades were not so great. 65-70
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I have a degree in Psychology and Sociology and a few statistics courses. I think this was helpful in nursing school when it came to doing projects and writing essays but nursing on the floor, it really made no difference at all. I doubt I would do it again if I could do my life over again.
If there was an accelerated program near me, I would have done it mainly for some added job security. I have no desire to go into management at all. I really just find the thought of organizing a unit overwhelming. Heck, sometimes just getting through the day is overwhelming.
In regards to the admission process, maybe the schools should start interviewing people again with some criteria that can be measured instead of marks being the only requirement. Just a thought, I don't know.