Would I ever be accepted to nursing in Ontario?

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Hi everyone, I'm 31 and recently decided that I want to go into nursing. I have my honours BA in history from Trent university, however my marks are not so great. I'm afraid I wasn't the most responsible student in my early 20s. My average is a 72%.

I also do not have the high school prerequisites credits of 4U Math, Bio and Chem. I'm in the process of acquiring the credits with my local school board. It feels a little odd being a university graduate going back to do high school courses. Has anyone else gone down this route?

When I spoke with Trent they told me they're not accepting people under a 78% average. Has anyone else been in the position where they needed to raise their overall average? How did you go about this? Would taking some courses from Athabasca be the most inexpensive way to boosting my over-all mark?

I'd appreciate any suggestions. I'm feeling rather discouraged right now.

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Have you thought of which kind of nursing? RN vs RPN? You might want to contact GBC as they have a new articulation with Trent. :) Also if you like you could look into Pre-Health programs to get you the required marks?

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Try not to worry too much, your average does not seem too low. If you haven't completed all of the university prerequisites yet, try to ace those to give your application a nice boost.

As a previous poster mentioned, you could consider taking Pre-Health programs (e.g. at George Brown or Centennial) to satisfy high school requirements...though you would have to pay tuition if you go that route. Also make sure to verify with the school's your interested in that this would be accepted.

FYI, you do not need those high school courses for every accelerated program so you may want to look into each school you are interested in to be sure you aren't taking high school classes you don't need.

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You might need to go outside of Ontario. If you are considering the LPN program there is one in the Yukon, Whitehorse. There is also a RN program in Yellowknife Northwest territories. The tuition for both is around $1400.00 per year. Housing is available. keep in mind that they RN program is not the greatest in Yellowknife but the LPN program is a good program in the Yukon. Hope this helps.

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Specializes in AC, LTC, Community, Northern Nursing.

The tuition for yellowknife is now $2200

I applied to go to school there but being put of province it was hard

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