candelight said:
it just came to me while i was thinking of this option also. but then i realized that if i shift to another program they will surely notice and might get the impression that all you really want is to get there no matter what. it also implies that you are not really interested in studying there because you are so willing to change program anytime. please correct me if my views are wrong because i am also planning to apply again but with the same program. i hope other people out there who managed to get the student permit after rejection will post their reply also. thank you so much for your attention.
You can't always say for sure what goes through the VO's head while going through our file but you do have a point. There are many students who have selected their courses very carefully but still get refused for course mismatch, even though it isn't. So when they apply for the second time, they try clarifying themselves by writing a strong SOP, explaining why the course is in light to their previous studies. A lot of students made it the second time - proving the effectiveness of a strong SOP.
But in sudan1's case, there is no way for him to continue studying in Canada unless he changes his course. Not that changing courses can always induce thoughts like "this applicant is too desperate" in the VO's head. A good SOP can convince the VO that the applicant's decision of switching to a new course wasn't a hasty one and his switch wasn't totally out of the blue (for eg: he recently discovered the existence of a better job in his home country, which is of course related to his previous studies but a little different from the course that he had chosen earlier when he 1st applied). It's totally up to you how you satisfy the VO. Just make sure what you're doing isn't totally off-course.