I am 33 years old BA English graduate from India and scored 7.5 in IELTS. I finished my Graduation in 2009 and working since then. I have got only 55% in my final papers since l did the studies while l was working. (Scored 92% in 12th from Kendriya Vidyalaya). What are my chances of getting through any University? Can someone suggest any University listed in DLI?
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It's tough but possible, recently saw folks getting approved in their 30s, 40s and 50s too .
Can tag them here if you want.
Can tag them here if you want.
@phaijalkhan Mid 30s Married
@Khurram_1980uk Mid 40s ( Married last Masters education completed in 2005)
Another guy in 50s was from a different forum board who was a doctorate.
@Khurram_1980uk Mid 40s ( Married last Masters education completed in 2005)
Another guy in 50s was from a different forum board who was a doctorate.
Well, i wouldn't outright say that it has to be a University but looking at the trend, if you in your 30s, they expect you to have a good experience and only want to study to enhance your skills or gain new skills which will be helpful in your career. And with experience why would you go to a not-so-recognized University or maybe a college. Hence, the intention is clear. You are not studying for the sake of it. Hence a good reputed University makes a difference in your application.
Secondly, you HAVE to prepare a good SOP. It's really important. I wouldn't share mine because you shouldn't try to imitate. It has to be yours; personal and compassionate. Officers understand if it is really genuine or it follows a typical format. For mine, I never looked at any other SOP. I just passionately explained why I want to study what I want to study, why I would come back at the end of my studies, what are my qualifications, what are my job prospects back in India etc. Infact I also had an Express Entry profile where I did not have an invitation. I mentioned that in my SOP and wrote how i will not break any immigration laws and if selected in Express Entry I will follow the law. Which is the truth.
Other than that, all other documents should be provided of course. Be neat, be truthful, be personal, and yes the university matters. Alll the best.
P.S: I am in University of Winnipeg. You can google other reputed Universities in Canada. There are reputed private colleges as well, but many not so reputed ones which are of course legitimate but wouldn't be a good idea in your age.
Great but getting a job is a different story, my cousin who is a brilliant student got admitted to University of Ottawa and scored well over in her MEng back in 2017 scoring 94% percentile at a young age with rich work experience is still jobless, unable to fulfil the NOC criteria.
Age does matter to employers. It's possibly easy to get a job if you have connections in Canada otherwise its still tough. Saying all this so that people can get some awareness, not being negative at all.
Good luck.
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When it comes to job market, there are certain fields like IT, it's not that difficult to get the job as compared to other non IT jobs. It all depends what NOC one belongs to. NOC codes like 0213, 2173, 2171 and All other 217 series are always demanding. I can't speak much for other NOCs as I never looked into them but all my near and dear friends in Canada who moved in 2018 and 2019 are doing pretty awesome in the IT sector and age does not matter.