I start Humber media school and I'm doing an Advance diploma. I know people who have graduated the same program and transferred to the Bachelors. Pretty much all of their classmates have work in their field. Those who don't either quit before graduation or decided after graduation that it wasn't for them. Some students in the past in my program have gone on to win awards. My program has a mandatory 160 hrs of work placement and most receive a full time offer during their internship.
Humber is a college, not a University. Humber is striving to be upgraded to University level and that is one of the reasons why they welcome a lot of international students. Being popular with international students is good with the University boards. They also work hard to prepare their graduates to the world outside college, the one called reality. Successful students is good for Humber.
And the reality is this: If you think that you will be served an education on a silver platter, graduate and be offered high paying jobs straight out of school, you are sadly wrong and in for a major shock. If you think that during your studies you will be able to work full time and earn loads of money, you are wrong. If you work on campus, the college restricts you to 24 hours per week. When you are allowed to work off campus, immigration restricts you to 20hrs per week during semesters and full time during summers. Those rules aren't there to make you fail. Those rules are there to help you succeed. I have 21 hours of classtime per week. For every hour spent in class it is estimated that you have to spend 3 hours revising, studying and completing assignments. Add it all up and that is 84 hours of studying per week. That is more than TWICE the hours of a full time job. Add another 24 hours of on campus work and you're up in 108 hours. A week only has 168 hours. That leaves me 60 hrs per week (or 8.5 hrs per day) to sleep , eat, relax, sleep, go to the gym, see friends, sleep, go to the movies, watch TV, sleep. Did I mention sleep?
I went to Humber's open day and to Ryerson's. The difference between the two? Ryerson was all about namedropping, patronising, and "we're so bloody good you should kiss our shoes" mentality on most of the faculty I met. Humber was all about advice, asking what I wanted, what my goals were, where I wanted to be in life, what they can do for me, how they will prepare me for the future. Now, those of you saying Humber is money grabbing, check this out. Humber adviced me to NOT go for the Bachelor's program. They would make more money out of me if I did as it is 4 years and the advance diploma is 3 and it is more expensive per year (I believe). Humber adviced me that for MY chosen path and goals, the advance diploma would be a better choice for me.
Humber told me what they can do for me. Ryerson wanted me to tell them what I could do for them and why I would make them look good. Strangely enough, a friend of mine went to Ryerson for an interview when he applied, and this is going back to the 80's now. He said they were exactly the same then. He pulled his application. He went to Seneca (or Centennal, I can't remember) and has had a very successful career.
YOU set your future with how seriously you take your studies. YOU set your future by how you handle your life AFTER graduation.
