2015 undergraduate student BScN applicants

blaireau · Feb 28, 2015

If you have good high school marks, that's enough to get you into most 4-year programs, I think!

I've applied to Humber 2nd-Entry, George Brown/Ryerson, Conestoga, and Seneca. I've gotten accepted into the last three, and I'm still waiting to hear back from the first. My university GPA is around 3.6 (I'm graduating with a BA, not BSc), and my high school bio and chem are in the mid-80s. You should be fine - good luck!

milica2015 · Feb 28, 2015

If you have good high school marks, that's enough to get you into most 4-year programs, I think!
I've applied to Humber 2nd-Entry, George Brown/Ryerson, Conestoga, and Seneca. I've gotten accepted into the last three, and I'm still waiting to hear back from the first. My university GPA is around 3.6 (I'm graduating with a BA, not BSc), and my high school bio and chem are in the mid-80s. You should be fine - good luck!

Thanks!!!! Your GPA is a lot better than mine, and i feel like with transfer students they focus more on GPA. Congrats and good luck:D

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idavi · Mar 2, 2015

Hi! I'm in a similar situation as you, I'm currently in my 2nd year at Wilfrid Laurier getting a BA in English with a business management option. I originally wanted to be a teacher but the job prospects seem so bleak that I've basically given up on that dream. I had an 87% average in high school but i haven't taken the senior bio/chem credits yet. I'm actually going to take them in the summer at an adult learning school. My question for you though is how did you start applying for nursing schools without a science background in university? what are the prerequisites you had to take? Are you applying for the BScN? Sorry if this post is a bit confusing, I just don't know where to start and you seem to be in a similar situation!

xokw, BSN, RN · Mar 2, 2015

Hi! I'm in a similar situation as you, I'm currently in my 2nd year at Wilfrid Laurier getting a BA in English with a business management option. I originally wanted to be a teacher but the job prospects seem so bleak that I've basically given up on that dream. I had an 87% average in high school but i haven't taken the senior bio/chem credits yet. I'm actually going to take them in the summer at an adult learning school. My question for you though is how did you start applying for nursing schools without a science background in university? what are the prerequisites you had to take? Are you applying for the BScN? Sorry if this post is a bit confusing, I just don't know where to start and you seem to be in a similar situation!

If you are upgrading your highschool courses through adult learning, I'm pretty sure you have to apply to the 4-year program. If you have the university science prerequisites, you can apply to the second-entry 2-year programs.

milica2015 · Mar 2, 2015

Hi! I'm in a similar situation as you, I'm currently in my 2nd year at Wilfrid Laurier getting a BA in English with a business management option. I originally wanted to be a teacher but the job prospects seem so bleak that I've basically given up on that dream. I had an 87% average in high school but i haven't taken the senior bio/chem credits yet. I'm actually going to take them in the summer at an adult learning school. My question for you though is how did you start applying for nursing schools without a science background in university? what are the prerequisites you had to take? Are you applying for the BScN? Sorry if this post is a bit confusing, I just don't know where to start and you seem to be in a similar situation!

You dont need a science background in nursing. As long as you meet the minimum required CGPA for transfer students and have the required highschool courses you are fine! So just make sure you do really well in your biology and chemistry course this summer, and make sure you have a grade 12 math as well. And work on bringing your CGPA up since it is really competitive. Then apply November, or as soon as possible! You wont be able to get into anything for Fall2015 because it will be too late by the time you finish chem/bio, but you can get in for Fall2016 or maybe even look into Winter2016, some schools offer it Good luck

idavi · Mar 2, 2015

Just curious, do you know how competitive the CGPA requirement is? I have an 8.7 gpa (Laurier has a 12.0 scale) so that roughly translates to 76 or 77%.

blaireau · Mar 2, 2015

Hey, friend! It's really nice to see someone else here in a similar place. :)

If you're up for independent study, I'd suggest doing your courses with the ILC (Independent Learning Centre). I was able to do SBI4U and SCH4U with them, in my own time. They'll give you ON ministry credits. Nursing schools will look for grade 12 math, grade 12 bio, and grade 12 chem.

4 year programs don't care about your university courses; they just want to know you're doing well enough.

If you don't have about 2 years of a biology degree done, you won't be able to apply for most second-entry nursing programs. Humber does offer a second-entry program for people who already have university degrees, so that's your only option if you don't have university bio/psych/stats courses and you want to finish up at Laurier first.

I have applied to 3 programs that are 4 year BScN programs, and Humber's second entry program. For BA kids like us, I think the 4 year BScN is the way to go, unless you finish your BA and try Humber.

milica2015 · Mar 2, 2015

Just curious, do you know how competitive the CGPA requirement is? I have an 8.7 gpa (Laurier has a 12.0 scale) so that roughly translates to 76 or 77%.

Yea thats fine, you will get in with that no problem!

idavi · Mar 2, 2015

Have you heard anything from Humber??

blaireau · Mar 2, 2015

I'm still waiting to hear back from Humber. Turns out they lost my SBI4U and SCH4U transcripts and didn't even tell me. I've really had to babysit my application for this school. Last Friday I had the stuff re-sent, so hopefully I'll hear something from them this week.