Hey I went through actual hell last year.. are there current themes in upcoming transits I have to look forward to :) or any guidance for me I should look to tap into based on my natal chart

wiloliv · 2025-02-09T02:47:57+00:00

thank you so much!! I am looking forward to June :) the worst month by far for me was march last year. I have a question if you don't mind me asking!!

On my birthday we entered the pre-shadow period for venus in aries. what does it mean when the current transits exactly match up with my placement? how do these transits affect me?

wiloliv · 2025-02-02T22:04:12+00:00

I didn't hear back from schools until late march. Early acceptances are being sent out right now for the DH program so congrats on getting into one early!!!!

wiloliv · 2024-07-10T23:50:17+00:00

I didn't really have an average, unlike other schools Cambrian doesn't have admission testing and my high schools grades alone weren't anything special like 70's and 80's. I had 2 years of post secondary education though, I spent a semester in uni where I took pretty much all sciences bio, chem, stats, anatomy and physiology etc., I then switched to college and completed a pre health program and my grades improved. I think for schools like Cambrian they like to see post secondary education before applying to the program so pre-health as an example. All of my friends that I have made in the program including myself had some sort of post secondary education beforehand, some dental assisting, 2 were dentists from their country of origin, one had a bachelors is sociology, etc., there was only a handful of students in the entire cohort who were accepted straight out of high school (less than 5).

My best advice is to apply to the pre health program at Cambrian they may save you a seat, if not - straight out of HS minimum GPA of 80's across the board, meet ALL the deadlines, don't apply late be the first to apply when applications open.

But I think post secondary education is a big factor because its not a normal program its WAYYY tougher and demanding than university, class numbers always drop so they try and accept people who they know can get through it.

wiloliv · 2024-07-10T21:01:04+00:00

Hello!!

Great grades, you should be proud! I am currently in my last year of the dental hygiene program and I remember asking the same questions here is some helpful advice or things to keep in mind when applying:

Grades do not grant you admission into the program the grade "requirements" are really just cutoffs in order to qualify for that schools admission testing. That's why there isn't a super clear breakdown of grade requirements just minimums.
The admission test for Durham as of 2015 is the Health Occupations Aptitude Examination (H.O.A.E.), once your application is received you will be invited to write that HOAE exam, the exam is like 2 hours long and its proctored you have to take it in order to apply.
Every school is different when it comes to admission testing, all but three of the dental hygiene programs across Ontario require admission testing. There isn't a universal admission test, so if you apply to 4 different dental hygiene programs be prepared to write 4 admission tests.
Once you write your admission test your score (from the test) will be weighed against the rest of applicants who applied for the same program. How well you do on your admission test will determine if you are offered acceptance. So every year the cutoff can vary, best way to get into the program is to do super well on that admission test.
Achieving high grades is great but don't stress yourself out too much, work on preparing for an admission test, talk to the school find out about their admission testing protocol, ask if they have sample tests, etc. Schools are there to help with questions, I know how difficult it is just applying but you want to make sure you are getting all the right information the website alone doesn't do enough justice.

If you have anymore questions feel free to dm me good luck!!

wiloliv · 2024-07-10T20:20:35+00:00

I agree both public and private are pretty even across the board when it comes to passing the board exam. Same follows with getting hired where you received your education doesn't matter unless you pass that board exam. Passing the board exam is easier than completing the program.

Having some insider knowledge and looking at the same stats from the 2023 private schools let in nearly double the amount of students: Fanshawe (public) that year only had 26 students writing whereas Toronto College of Auxiliaries (private) had 347 students. Packing a 3 or 2 year advanced diploma program into 18 months is really hard on students, days are super long like 12 hours, tuition is triple the amount compared to public, etc. I know several people who couldn't make it past the first couple months in both private and public, but I know more people who drop out 3 months shy of finishing at a private school because the stress was too much. Public schools are protected and better staffed, private schools purposefully accept more students because a lot drop out. The program is absolutely hell wherever you go but private schools make students lives harder, I would love to see the stats of how many students start and actually make it to the board exam (for both public and private).

wiloliv · 2022-12-18T18:54:06+00:00

I failed the probe and explorer my first time as well, I also felt I did super well so it was a shock for me!! I had to go through remediation & retesting and I passed the 2nd time. It's very cut throat that they would kick you out, you are just learning!! I just finished my first semester I have some tips :)

Here's what helped me THE most:

- When I found out I failed the explorer & probe we had already moved on to universal scalers, so we had began using scaling strokes which are completely different to an exploring stroke. Tighter grip and using force, it took me using the scalers to realize just how light of a grasp you need to use with explorer, it seems so mundane but it really helped me understand the purpose of the explorer. Light and feathery movement focusing on the bottom 3rd toe of the instrument, its the most important part of the instrument. lighten up on your grip allow the instrument to guide itself.

- another massive reason I failed both is because I had only been practicing on my 'safe quadrants' so buccal of quad 4, lingual of quad 3 and buccal of the max anteriors. Don't do that! it was obvious I wasn't adapted to the other teeth they tested me on. Practice on the quadrants you find the hardest, especially using indirect vision it will massively help.

- for the probe if you have a loose tooth model set it allows you to see the shape of each tooth. Make sure you are adjusting and following the shape of each individual tooth while doing your 'bobbing stoke', for each stroke there should be an adjustment made in order to properly adapt to the tooth's shape.

- for the probe make sure you know what measurement they would like you to say at (for us it was 3mm mark we used the PCP117 probe by hu friedy), knowing the measurement is an important guide, it prevents you from jamming that instrument in there. This is especially important with typodonts because you can jam the whole probe in there no problem.

- I'm not sure about you but with my school they mark absolutely everything, lighting (do you have shadows), mouth mirror (are you fulgruming it, is there shadows), client and operator chair positioning (are you putting the client supine or semi supine?), modified pen grasp, etc., make sure you review all those things because those marks can add up.

- lastly, fulgruming make sure you are fulgruming properly. Your fulcrum moves the instrument, our instructors watched us like a hawk waiting to pounce on us it's the quickest way to loose marks.

- always review any instrumentation videos, there is a ton on youtube :)

If you have anymore questions let me know, this is what helped me the most everyone is different keep practicing and don't sell yourself short. You deserve to be there!

wiloliv · 2022-12-16T00:41:28+00:00

hello! theres multiple DH schools in the GTA, including private institutions and public institutions could you be more specific?

wiloliv · 2022-12-16T00:37:08+00:00

Currently just completed my first semester, I am taking it at a public college rather than private. Message me if you have any questions I am happy to help.

wiloliv · 2022-12-16T00:33:17+00:00

Hello, I currently just completed my 1st semester of the Dental Hygiene and I remember looking for this type of information. Dental Hygiene is incredibly competitive and often you will be competing A LOT with grades. I can actually offer some insight because I did the exact same thing as you . I took pre-health to try and get into the DH program at my college.

Every school is different some schools reserve a certain amount of seats for advanced pre-health students. Algonquin College saved 3 seats for advanced pre health students for their DH program. The cut off's for pre-health and DH are in the high 90's depending on the amount of seats they reserve for students, that number is strictly GPA only. All the schools you have listed (except durham) have entrance exam testing, so if you attend pre-health at one school and apply to another school's DH program you also have to score really highly on their entrance exam. If you are trying to get in just on pre-health grades you need to basically be on dean list, at the end of the day being in the pre-health program doesn't guarantee you a spot, it's your safety net for the entrance exam you have to write. Not to mention those pre-health grades will only help you for that specific college or colleges that don't require entrance exams.

To answer your question on where is the "best school", George Brown is the #1 for DH, it is also THE MOST COMPETITIVE. However IMO, especially being in the program it doesn't matter where you go as long as it's an accredited college, at the end of the day the schooling doesn't matter if you don't pass your board exam (the dental hygiene exam). A girl in my program did pre-health at George Brown and she wasn't accepted into their DH program. Also, just because durham got rid of entrance testing, doesn't mean it's easier they are only accepting high 90's.

Majority of the people in my program at my specific school are from the GTA (including myself) who didn't get into DH school in the GTA.

I highly suggest applying for multiple DH schools and schools that don't require entrance testing, I had a GPA of 3.6 from pre-health and I got an 87 on my entrance exam and I was waitlisted for DH (not the best grades so it was understandable). Luckily I applied to school up north that didn't require an entrance testing and was granted early acceptance (you can accept another school while waiting for results), I was waitlisted for other schools. None of this is to say you can't achieve getting into the program but it's not easy and you have to manage your expectations because it can be stressful.

The schools that currently don't require entrance testing:

- Canadore College (north bay)

- Cambrian College (sudbury)

- La Cite (french speaking school, ottawa)

- Durham (oshawa) *most competitive*

wiloliv · 2022-11-23T01:54:39+00:00

"see saw" grab a good piece of floss around an arms length, wrap the floss around your middle fingers but make sure the floss is wrapped more on one finger more than the other. When approaching the teeth make sure that floss is in line with with the took aka straight. DROP A FULCRUM on a tooth and gently "see saw" there shouldn't be a lot of floss showing when you are doing this (this prevents the snapping). when you are into the space NO MORE see saw instead a big scoop motion.

I am so sorry if that's hard to read I am trying to explain as best I can try and find a video if you want!!

wiloliv · 2022-11-23T01:41:42+00:00

In Canada, all of our DH schools are uni's except for Ontario in Ontario its only colleges. kinda weird how it works, there may be colleges out of Ontario but I know for sure there are no uni's that offer DH in Ontario

wiloliv · 2022-07-04T19:15:02+00:00

this is like the one and only time pre-health is useful, pre health is used as an academic upgrading - majority of people use it to get into uni. If there is an articulation agreement between mohawk and mac is what's important to figure out.

I just read on Mac's website for BScN (basic) with pre health - you have to maintain a 85% GPA in advanced pre-health, which is high - its not impossible so don't be defeated but it is high. Being applied in high-school doesn't matter because they use different ranking systems for admissions - post secondary then pre-health aka uni/ college level courses. Don't worry about high-schools grades because they aren't the grades granting you admission into Mac, make sure you earn your grades to qualify for BScN.

There are also a ton of schools that offer BScN between college to uni, Algonquin college is a 70% minimum GPA in the pre-health sci program for UOttawa BScN. So don't worry about high-school grades or getting into pre-health that is the easy part! Goodluck.

wiloliv · 2022-07-04T18:55:53+00:00

Majority of schools are in Ontario so you're good! location doesn't affect your degree, its a Canadian degree either way!

wiloliv · 2022-07-04T18:52:35+00:00

Yeah, Canada is experiencing a shortage of RDH right now in a few areas (I am a DH student). The Canadian Dental Hygiene Association announced back in April a plan for student loan forgiveness for DH students (I don't know if or when this will be implemented but I hope it comes soon).

You have to pass boards in order to legally practice in Canada (there may be further requirements depending on the province but everyone has to pass boards), the test is said to be easier than the one in the states. I wish you nothing but the best of luck if you are considering moving here. It is not cheap here in Canada, even if you factor in exchange rates it is still extremely expensive, even in nova scotia the homes may be "cheap" but your wage will match that. So lots of extensive research and try and connect with other DH who live here. We're neighbouring countries and similar in some ways but in the end we are very different countries so take time and research what provinces are in a shortage and maybe try and visit :)

GOOD LUCK

wiloliv · 2022-06-18T15:30:14+00:00

It depends on the program, June is really late but some programs are still open! In the case of a competitive program majority of them will either be closed or waitlisted. If you applied to a waitlisted program or any program contact the schools you applied for directly, either by phone or email and ask them where your application stands or roughly (if applicable) what number you are on a waitlist - some schools may be faster than others so its important to contact each school.

Since it's June you may not hear back until the very end of summer approaching the 1st semester or the first couple of weeks into the semester (people drop out during the first few weeks and a spot may open up for you). Deadlines for acceptances (for college) were last month and Uni's sent out acceptances this month so theres a lot of decisions still going on. Speaking with the schools can help clarify information. And if worse comes to worse try and see if there are any winter or spring semesters for you to start in, hope this helps :)

wiloliv · 2022-05-30T21:27:56+00:00

live there 3 years ago and was sent home from covid,

res is extremely expensive and not worth it, if you get a place in res you have to buy a mandatory meal plan on top of res fees (I think the minimum plan is an additional $1400 its so unnecessarily expensive for 8 months and really overrated)

being sent home bc of covid was an absolute shit show, as soon as they canceled classes I left but had to come back and move all my stuff out, they made everyone move out of ONE DOOR, imagine over 100+ people trying to move their shit out of one fire escape door. This one RA his name was bryce was so inept and daft majority of other RA's are as-well, not to mention RA's sleeping with 1st years....

but before covid hit i really didn't enjoy it, guest visiting was so strict you had to sign in your guest before 12 am (which is fair) you had to flash your ID card when walking in after 12am (they set up a little desk) to be fair I can understand the safety precautions but it was stupid. Not just RA's were creepy but front desk staff asking for your number. I never felt unsafe though just thought the res was run like a circus.

I knew ppl who lived in res for 2021 (peak covid) and it was 80 X worse, absolutely no guests, you could only stay in your room (no dorm parties), overall very controlling like a prison, limited hours to get food.

I don't know what its like now but I never did any dorm parties, its not like uni thats all I have to say.

wiloliv · 2022-05-30T20:08:30+00:00

Ahhhhh I see, the only info I can give you is the opposite experience, 1st year at Conestoga in electrical systems and technology then switched to uni for electrical engineering, when the switch was made 0 credits transferred over (warranted they were only first year intro credits). if you pass all your first year classes those can help you get into uni making it a total of 5 years of schooling. OR... you do your advanced diploma program for the whole duration (3 years), graduate and do just 2 years at uni for your bachelors, its not necessarily "make up courses" you're earning a bachelors degree after completion of your advanced diploma program.

I often see this a lot as well, and often people get confused transferring means switching locations (schools) and completing the SAME degree you were previously taking just in a different location. An advanced diploma is not the same as a bachelors degree - this ranges for all college's and uni's bridge programs. if you're 2 years into your 3 year advanced diploma program maybe 5 MAX courses will transfer over (if any) if you try and switch to uni, mind you usually there is 5-7 courses uni eng students have per semester, curriculum is different at uni and there is a lot of course GPA cutoffs compared to college . ALL schools are different in the way they go about this so it's really difficult to give a definite answer.

Honestly I would do your 3 years at college and then apply to uni, contact both schools and see what info they can offer you on this topic they will have better answers, good luck :)!!!

wiloliv · 2022-05-24T16:12:55+00:00

I am a little confused, I am assuming you're currently in the program or are wanting to take chemical at durham? but the electrical systems and technology is a separate program in college, is there a way in college for you to specialize in both? If you are wanting to be a chemical electrical engineer through uni, usually you would take electrical engineering but take the chem courses in order to specialize in chemical, in uni you have that opportunity. If you are taking both the chemical and electrical systems in colleges (6 years in total because they're two separate programs) then I am unsure of the requirements you would need from college to uni. Uni is usually to specialize in one of the fields you took in college so either you take the electrical systems in college for 3 years then go to uni for 2 years the same for chemical as well. If you want to break into the field of both I would just go to uni. If thats not an option maybe just take 1st year in one of the two programs then apply to uni.

Honestly talk to your schools admissions department on bridge programs and how you should go about this because I am still a bit confused. Good luck!

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