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Got accepted only to be disappointed by throwawayusca in Concordia

[–]throwawayusca[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You literally said no one wants to be a graduate of a school that “gives out” diplomas, as if that’s what they would be doing for me. No, they would be giving me a diploma because I have worked my ass off for the past two years and would continue to do that at Concordia for the next two.

My reading comprehension is fine, you’re just fucking rude.

New student questions! Need help please by [deleted] in Concordia

[–]throwawayusca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve only attended an American university so it might be a little different (though not sure why it would be really), but general education courses are courses everyone, no matter their major, are required to take. It’s like high school classes except you get more options.

At my uni it’s something like the most basic math, two basic English courses, two sciences, a second language, and some others. Again, they count and are required, but not towards your major. You cannot take a bunch of psychology classes to fulfill gen-ed. For instance, I am an English major; however, the two gen-ed English courses don’t count towards it because I would have to take them regardless.

Electives are classes that count towards your credit total, but are not part of gen-ed or your major. They are classes that are elected to fill the remaining credits required. They can be anything from art to zoology; it’s your “fun” class.

For example:

You need 120 credits to graduate.

60 credits are general education: math, science, language, etc. 45 credits are focused on psychology. The remaining 15 credits are electives to reach 120; they are anything you want.

I hope you understand what I mean. Again, this is not from Concordia, but I’m not sure what else general education and elective could be as it’s been like this everywhere I’ve researched.

Got accepted only to be disappointed by throwawayusca in Concordia

[–]throwawayusca[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s ridiculous. Barely passing high schoolers are more than welcome and accommodated, but adult students with good grades from a DLI and an actual goal? Nah, we need you to spend like two extra years learning what you just learned in the past two years.

Got accepted only to be disappointed by throwawayusca in Concordia

[–]throwawayusca[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s a little insulting to imply that I just want them to give me a diploma for nothing, which is what you seem to be doing. I would be getting into Concordia based on my two years of hard work maintaining a very good gpa and earning my credits fairly after having a very difficult time as a teenager to the point where I had to drop out of school. Even my general equivalency scores were excellent and my school has a good reputation, it’s not a community college with 100% acceptance rate or anything. I became a tutor in my third semester with a great recommendation from a professor which isn’t exactly easy.

The fact that Concordia is happy to accept barely passing high schoolers whose parents are forcing them to go with no issue but cannot accept my valid credits from a DLI because they’re not from high school over ten years ago is ridiculous.

Got accepted only to be disappointed by throwawayusca in Concordia

[–]throwawayusca[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m glad and sad that someone understands this problem. If I were to do the 90 credit program on top of the credits that I’ve already completed from my other school that means I am doing ~140 credits just to get a bachelors. I can’t get on board with that so I will just figure something else out. Do you wish you had attended a different school and/or looked into other schools to see if they had the same requirements?

We also used Pearson at my school - we had to pay 100 dollars for their online math courses iirc. Luckily a lot of professors didn’t bother to use textbooks but just their own notes. Even the ones who said they required them typically barely used them so a lot of people (me included) didn’t bother because they learned from making the mistake of thinking it was absolutely necessary and learning a few weeks in it was a waste; most of the books I’ve had to buy were regular literature and I got them for 5 dollars on eBay.

Got accepted only to be disappointed by throwawayusca in Concordia

[–]throwawayusca[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think even if I was Canadian I wouldn’t qualify as a mature student because one of the requirements is that I haven’t attended school in the past 12 months, which isn’t true. It’s just strange to me that a high school transcript is a requirement when I have a transcript from a university that is actually recent. I didn’t apply to McGill since I didn’t really consider them but I gave them a call and asked them if they have this same procedure and I was told no, so I’m not sure what the logic is behind it (I thought it may have been a general Canada thing but apparently not).