ALL ABOUT ONE YEAR AS A STUDENT IN CANADA

As I already mentioned, The campus life was full of creativity, enthusiasm and open mindset students. I learned a lot in campus activities like leadership, creativity and right execution of visualizations. Though I never had group of friends in the college as from the starting I am always independent and self learning person (no showoff), but I always enjoyed my company and learned a lot from experienced people and also I never had a second thought of connecting with different people and creating networks in college and on my jobs.

I would say that Course Curriculum and Academics was quite difficult for me in the first semester. As my first course was of just 2 semesters (1 year) and first semester was ONLINE, it was very difficult to do all activities like jobs and household works along with studies. The 2 year course was designed in 1 year package that honestly gave me hard time in the first semester, but when went to college when it turned OFFLINE, things started to become more subtle and encouraging for me. I did not given any kind of industrial experience as my course did not had CO-OP option in it.

The Faculty to student ratio was 70-30 and the faculty was really really awesome. I had always heard that Canadians are very polite and cordial but trust me when I went to college, it believed in it, eh ! My faculty was very helpful, strict & disciplined, and cordial. I would say there is a staff member Mr. Gordan, he was so disciplined and strict that sometimes I had to think a lot before submitting my assignments and homework.

The campus life was full of creativity, enthusiasm and open mindset students. I learned a lot in campus activities like leadership, creativity and right execution of visualizations. There is a club called SCA(student council association) that deals with all kind of inhouse activities and college fun activities like sports, indoor games, quizzes, competitions, cultural fests and orientation etc. I was the head of the sub club called as VIEW FINDER that involves students with talented skills of filmmaking and photography. Though I never been to library, but its one of the quietest place in college that offers a private conference room if anyone wants to do a group meeting or assignment. Even the library has a unique collections of books. PRO TIP - Always use Tim Horton's WIFI as it is more effective and catches good connection and also used by few.

I had no CO-OP options in my course as it was just one year program (2 semesters). I did some research in my course about a subject when I was working on a live project to determine its budget, schedule and credibility. It was fun though.

When I landed here in Canada on May 5, I already booked a house in Brampton where I stayed for 3 months then I went to Peterborough. It was a shared accommodation, with 6 people living in the house. The rent was $450 on sharing basis as I was sharing a room with a boy. Here in Canada, to rent a house or room, a student needs to pay first and last month rent.

My admission requirements for my first college was minimum of 7 bands and 60% in 12th. I took IELTS exam and My band in IELTS was 7.5: Reading 7, Listening 8, Writing 7, Speaking 7 Yes, I had to submit a thorough professional SOP the the visa officer. I made an entire video on how to write an SOP, do check it out - https://youtu.be/vU8SG13gxIQ No, I did not had any kind of interview for my college admission as the process was quite smooth and my file was quite qualified according to their requirements.

My total fees was $18,983 (for 2 semesters), that my great father already paid from India as we have to pay one year fees now. The fee included all the facilities like free gym, fun zones, bus pass, activities areas, access to library, medical insurance (that I later used to get my filing done, gosh it was nightmare). The fees for other 2 semester (Canadore College) I paid myself with smart investments, side gigs and savings.

No, I did not get any kind of scholarship from the college.