StFX or Concordia University of Edmonton

[Prabh1423]

Hi I am planning to go to stfx comp sci too. have u confirmed to go there?

Sure thing, feel free to connect over the personal messages.

 

[EmJ_BLR]

I think you have a pretty good chance, go for it. My profile, B.E 80% (in Instrumentation), one research paper in computer vision, 1 year work ex in Capgemini, no GRE either. Higher the IELTS, the better, I had an 8. You do need recommendations from your academic professors.

They do not have an online payment portal, you have to put in your details. It takes around 2 months to process the application.

Personal recommendation, try for much better universities. This is a fresh masters, you have a better chance in Dalhousie or Memorial.

All the best.

@Prabh1423, Thanks for the response.
Getting Academic reference is difficult for me due to my long study gap and lecturers whom I knew have left the college long time ago. Anyway, I am giving professional references. Hope that would be okay.
Did you apply for SP? are you planning to apply through SDS stream or Normal processing? Normal shows 36 weeks now in CIC website.

 

[Prabh1423]

@Prabh1423, Thanks for the response.
Getting Academic reference is difficult for me due to my long study gap and lecturers whom I knew have left the college long time ago. Anyway, I am giving professional references. Hope that would be okay.
Did you apply for SP? are you planning to apply through SDS stream or Normal processing? Normal shows 36 weeks now in CIC website.

Unless you absolutely have to, you can submit professional references. As long as they are credible references from people who have had direct supervision over your work, it should be fine. You have to ask them to fill the reference letter format for it.

I'm planning for SDS. Haven't applied yet.

 

[NVSidhu]

Hey guys!

As the topic says, I'm kinda confused. I got LOA from StFX, Antigonish, Nova Scotia for Masters in Applied Computer Science & from Concordia University of Edmonton, Alberta for MSc Information Technology. As an International Student taking a loan, it is quite a gamble, so im looking for opinions!

Both program structure seems pretty fascinating to me. Couple of impressions, Antigonish is a very remote small town, while Edmonton is a big city in Alberta. However Concordia(Edmonton) is a "publicly funded private university" (idk what to think) while StFX is a public university.

The admission requirements in Concordia were very low (didnt even need LOR). StFX was quite stingent with theirs.

The reason i'm skeptical about Concordia is its low admit criteria and virtually non existant rankings. While StFX ranks well in undergraduate programs (nothing for graduates)

I'm looking to work in software-related fields. Please provide your opinions!

I've lived in Halifax, NovaScotia for 4 months to do my Masters's at Dalhousie University. Within the one week at Halifax, I decided to move to Edmonton to Join Concordia University. Halifax is a small town, there is only one big Canadian IT company (NTT Data) which provides most IT-related jobs. While other students that came with me to Halifax and finished their graduation, have moved to other provinces due to lack of job opportunities and couldn't keep up with the feeling of living in the town where their own community has none or less presence. I did Masters in InfoSec at Concordia, 95% of the students were able to secure the career in the InfoSec and related fields. Two of my friends were rejected with 70% marks in their Bachelor's, it's hard to judge the admission criteria. Also if you move from NovaScotia to another province then it will hurt your options to apply under provincial immigration programs. Edmonton is a good place for students, it's easy to get a part-time job and apartment rents are also low as compares to other big cities in Canada. If you have to pick between these two options then I would suggest going with Concordia University

 

[Prabh1423]

I've lived in Halifax, NovaScotia for 4 months to do my Masters's at Dalhousie University. Within the one week at Halifax, I decided to move to Edmonton to Join Concordia University. Halifax is a small town, there is only one big Canadian IT company (NTT Data) which provides most IT-related jobs. While other students that came with me to Halifax and finished their graduation, have moved to other provinces due to lack of job opportunities and couldn't keep up with the feeling of living in the town where their own community has none or less presence. I did Masters in InfoSec at Concordia, 95% of the students were able to secure the career in the InfoSec and related fields. Two of my friends were rejected with 70% marks in their Bachelor's, it's hard to judge the admission criteria. Also if you move from NovaScotia to another province then it will hurt your options to apply under provincial immigration programs. Edmonton is a good place for students, it's easy to get a part-time job and apartment rents are also low as compares to other big cities in Canada. If you have to pick between these two options then I would suggest going with Concordia University

Hey thanks for the input!

When did you complete your InfoSec masters?
Also were you able to secure a job in Edmonton? I want to know how they treat a concordian graduate in favor of other renowned unis in place.

I imagined halifax to be a good city with great opportunities, guess I might be mistaken.