Dear Friends,
I am in a bit of confusion as i am not clear what subjects my son (who is in high school, grade 9) should be taking if he has to go into engineering at college / uni level. He is in Academics now. There is an applied group also probably meant for students who want to take commerce and arts later. There is another group running in parallel which is called IB group. They are considered as the best students who get prepared for the university (that is what i have heard). Then i talked to school asking that my son should be placed in IB. They said since he started schooling in Canada from grade 9, so her cant be put in there. However if someone does atleast grades 7 and 8 in Canada, he has a chance to get a place in IB. Please do educate me on this and suggest that what should be my sons subjects, groups and methodology to get himself prepared for engineering admission after grade 12. Lastly, there are colleges and universities both giving engineering degrees. So should he be targeting a college or university, or best students go to unis and rest go to college. Thanks
College will give you a DIPLOMA and not a degree. Usually the program will be for 3 yrs, not 4 . College is generally more hands on and practical.
University will usually give you DEGREE and not diploma. Its generally more theorotical and less hands on and practical. Usually a 4 yr program. Generally more tough to grt in and also pass.
Some college graduates actually get entry level jobs faster than University graduates as their course is more practical. But they get stuck, while University graduates will move up faster i the later stages of your career, especially if they want to go into management and stuff like that. Or if they want to do Masters and further post graduate education like MS , MBA etc.
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Originally posted by Hasni
Dear Friends,
I am in a bit of confusion as i am not clear what subjects my son (who is in high school, grade 9) should be taking if he has to go into engineering at college / uni level. He is in Academics now. There is an applied group also probably meant for students who want to take commerce and arts later. There is another group running in parallel which is called IB group. They are considered as the best students who get prepared for the university (that is what i have heard). Then i talked to school asking that my son should be placed in IB. They said since he started schooling in Canada from grade 9, so her cant be put in there. However if someone does atleast grades 7 and 8 in Canada, he has a chance to get a place in IB. Please do educate me on this and suggest that what should be my sons subjects, groups and methodology to get himself prepared for engineering admission after grade 12. Lastly, there are colleges and universities both giving engineering degrees. So should he be targeting a college or university, or best students go to unis and rest go to college. Thanks
No Desi respects a diploma these days (community college). Most desi's that I know take Engineering programs in reputed universities. They donot take no name degree programs but known ones like Computer science, Mechanical, Robotics, Nuclear engineering etc.. Such programs are still very much in demand in Canada.
Gora's take courses that interest them like reflexiology, anthrophometry, anthropology etc.. We desi's take courses that are highly in demand and start liking them because we see a good life after 4 or 5 years of hardwork.
Please note that OSAP loans will be available to your children after 12 months of stay. So make the best use of it. I would not suggest community college unless you know a program which gives like 100 % job guarentee program.
All the very best to your children.
Murali
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No Desi respects a diploma these days (community college). Most desi's that I know take Engineering programs in reputed universities. They donot take no name degree programs but known ones like Computer science, Mechanical, Robotics, Nuclear engineering etc.. Such programs are still very much in demand in Canada.
Gora's take courses that interest them like reflexiology, anthrophometry, anthropology etc.. We desi's take courses that are highly in demand and start liking them because we see a good life after 4 or 5 years of hardwork.
Please note that OSAP loans will be available to your children after 12 months of stay. So make the best use of it. I would not suggest community college unless you know a program which gives like 100 % job guarentee program.
All the very best to your children.
Murali
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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.
Your kids can also take OSAP and take Canadian citizenship and then tun away to another country like US or Middle East from where you come. No one will catch them.
They can also declare bankruptcy if they want, although its a bit harder for a student to do that and they can avoid the OSAP loan and its forgiven. Not as easy as before, but still doable
I know a brokeass guy who took full education over here and big time student loan on OSAP and then ran away without paying to Dubai, where he got a good job, never to come back again
Lol @ TK double posting, but making fun of HW36 for doing the same
HW36 please note this and use it against TK for double posting
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