Seneca college or George Brown college for RPN program?

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So I recently applied to Seneca college and George Brown college, I'm waiting to get accepted. I was wondering, which college is better? Any experiences with either?

Thanks.

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Hi there, I'm going into my second semester at GBC, and I think it's a pretty good program. Good teachers, beautiful school with new supplies. I would recommend it :) I can't speak on Seneca though.

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I went to Seneca at the King campus and I can say that 9/10 of the instructors are amazing, they all want you to succeed. The building itself is kind of old but is kept very clean. The campus is expanding as I saw a lot of constructions during my last term at Seneca this past winter term.

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So I went to seneca (king campus) for prehealth and I must say though the campus wasn't the most up to date the instructors are amazing .

I got into george brown after completing my pre health program at seneca and so far I have nothing negative to say staff is super helpful and nice & the campus is beautiful. I start my program on monday so Ill keep you posted on my thoughts.

Ultimately what led me to choose GBC was the fact it was way closer I didnt want to continue traveling so far to seneca king campus they have a yorkgate campus too but I was iffy about it being located in a mall

Overall you should choose the decision that suits YOUR needs best and will make your time in nursing school more comfortable . Also take into consideration the pass rate each school has for the nursing exam .

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The workload of GBC is much heavier than Seneca, and fail rate of GBC is quite high. As long as it is a recognized school, it is really doesn't matter which school you graduate from.

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The workload of GBC is much heavier than Seneca, and fail rate of GBC is quite high. As long as it is a recognized school, it is really doesn't matter which school you graduate from.

Do you have a reference for your claim that GBC's fail rate is quite high? According to CNO's 2016 nursing registration exams report, GBC's pass rate was 93.7%, whereas Senneca's was 83.1%.

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Do you have a reference for your claim that GBC's fail rate is quite high? According to CNO's 2016 nursing registration exams report, GBC's pass rate was 93.7%, whereas Senneca's was 83.1%.

The 93.7% pass rate is for the exam that you write after finishing the two years. Out of the people who make it into the program, somewhere between 40-60% fail, or drop out during the 2 years. (I forget the exact percentage, but you can find it on the GBC site) I'm not sure what it is for Senneca.

I am in the GBC program right now in second semester, and I do agree that the workload is very heavy, however if it is what you want to do and you are passionate it can be done.

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@lisa thanks for the clarification, you're talking about a school's student retention rates. Nursing programs need to enforce strict academic and clinical placement requirements to ensure patient safety and it's a good sign (in my opinion) if GBC is strict about their nursing students academic performance.

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Seneca was roughly the same. Started out with many sections and about half the sections near the end.

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