Please help me! Few questions
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Bachelors in Computer Science.. 10 backlogs and completed 3 year course in 4 due to this. Do you think I have any chance of getting a study permit? 58% in my bachelors.
Why not. You can select a 2 year college diploma program. Getting admission won't be a problem at all since its a post secondary diploma and your bachelor's grades aren't a requirement. What areas or programs are you interested in?
My main concern is visa rejection due to backlogs and completing a 3 year course in 4 years. Colleges usually accept 55% and above. I'm applying for a PG diploma. Have you seen anyone with my type of profile get admission into a college and successfully file visa?
Colleges are empty nowadays due to COVID-19, they are desperate to get students. Like I said it shouldn't be a problem but you have less chances for premier ones i.e, Centennial & Humber etc.
I'll be applying to Douglas, Conestoga, Lambton and Langara. Surely I'll be able to get accepted into at least one. Also, since I've already applied for Conestoga, if I get accepted can I secure my admission still and defer my intake to September? Or will I again have to apply for september and pay fees etc again?
You're taking about graduate certificate course. Most Colleges offers diploma and advanced diplomas not pg diplomas. (it's graduate certificate actually) You've to understand that the credential alone have no values. Try to find a better program that will provide you with the good skills which will eventually contribute you in your job hunt. There are no problems in taking post sec diploma as a graduate. It's just a misconception. Diploma programs are meant for post sec students and graduates. Although you need to prepare a good SOP in order to avoid visa rejections. But that is applicable to every applicants.
Try to research and find a good program. Go through their courses. Do not bother about its credential.
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Usually only one deferral is allowed, most DLIs will increase their fee for an deferral so watch out for that.
In colleges, only Graduate certificate programs ask for degree grades. There are no distinguisions between colleges as premier and non premiere. It's just how they treat applications they received based on their requirements. The obvious distinctions between colleges are based on their quality of certain programs and student success rates.
Diploma programs are post secondary academic based. Most of the students take post secondary diplomas but they often misunderstood it as a graduate diplomas.
If your program has a fall intake you obviously can request for a deferral. You don't have to apply again. Your 1st offer letter will be revoked and you'll be given with a new offer letter and fee remains the same if there's no tuition hike has been introduced for the whole intake.
Hope you are aware that the Canadian government is cracking down diploma mills in Quebec, soon it may become nation wide. It's always better to be admitted to a good school.
Fraudulent institutions of higher education especially in the US/Canada which have no stringent entry requirements like GMAT, GRE & entrance tests etc. which grants admission to diplomas/degrees that are either fake or worthless. Most now are accredited and offer a course load so easy, or based on loosely defined "life experience", so as to render their education valueless. Anyone can gain admission into such diploma/degree mills of higher education.
Lambton and Douglas almost come under the mill league.
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Wonder what you are talking about ?
Undergraduate diplomas usually are refused outright by the VO. Level of study matters a lot for an approval. Anyone can take admission to such courses.
Statistics reveal that applying for an undergraduate diploma after high school/degree will most probably lead in to a refusal.
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I've the same opinion in this matter. Lambton is such a good example. I do said him to do a proper research before choosing a program but that doesn't mean you've to always lookup for graduate programs. Colleges attracts international students with these credential games. Centennial offers many advance diplomas in the fast track format just as to attract more international students as students care a great deal about it being a fast track version of advance diploma. Actually these programs have mostly only Indian students and not a preferred programs of domestic students. Canadians doesn't necessarily rate their schools in the basis of their admittance rates but they do on the basis of their programs they offer. Same programs of different colleges have different courses and are taught differently and are capable of providing different skills. So program selection shouldnt be on the basis of college name provided the colleges are on the DLI list and are reputed locally.
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Dude please go through the programs of each Canadian colleges. Also see LinkedIn, you'd find almost 90% of the graduates are doing post secondary diplomas and some do graduate certificates but diplomas are better as they provide practical knowledge and industrial exposures ( we are taking about colleges(DLI) and not universities. They are meant for all mature students (grad12) regardless of their background.
Often post secondary diplomas are highly specialized into a certain area and are industry based. It doesn't matter you're a bachelor's grad or masters grad, you can take them to acquire the specific skills set that has been offered by the diploma program.
There's no rule by which VO can reject your application based on the fact that you took a post sec diploma after graduation. You just have to write the reason why you took that program in your SOP. It's just bad SOP or bad profiles that leading to rejections.
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