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Mini AMA here? I was an international student in Canada 2010-2012, and Singapore 2007-2009. The one in Canada, my parents sent me to had a reputation of a som
by baybal2 5y ago
Mini AMA here?
I was an international student in Canada 2010-2012, and Singapore 2007-2009.
The one in Canada, my parents sent me to had a reputation of a somewhat of business degree mill despite a good name, and rankings.
I studied business administration there, and can tell it was useless. I never used any of the skills I learned professionally.
Experience of an expat student in such places:
Extreme pass rates, with few "hard" programmes to save the face.
By Canadian own standards, the academic ethic, and discipline was so, so, but tolerated, with tacit understanding that a lot of "foreign student friendly" courses exist for such sole purpose.
There was only 1 real native (in a sense being born there) Canadian citizen out of a class of 24. Everybody else was either completely foreign, recent naturalised immigrants, PR holders, and children of people on investment immigration programs.
You pay 3 times the Canadian rate.
And yes, my parent used a shady "agent" as well, who very visibly been communicating with uni higher ups.
- wott 5y ago> I never used any of the skills I learned professionally. Well, that's often the case with regular, honest studies too. Most people who work after the equivalent of a Master degree never use chemistry, biology, or post-high-school mathematics in their job (the list is not exhaustive). (I just mean to say that this shouldn't be taken as a single definite criterium ; when you add it to the rest in the bigger picture, it can make sense however.)
- redis_mlc 5y ago> I never used any of the skills I learned professionally. Try harder. I've used every class that I ever studied in either my personal or professional life. When people ask, "How did you do that?", then you know that you're on the right track.