Conestoga College : Kitchener
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However, I can’t ignore how awful the rest of the school is. Last year, John Tibbits (salary of $409,000 in 2023) took advantage of 30,000 international students. About 80% of Conestoga’s student body are now students from India. I think domestic students are having a tough time with how fast the atmosphere changed, as we are now the minority.
The housing crisis in Kitchener and Waterloo is the worst I have seen in my 24 years of living. There’s never a place to sit/study on campus. The food lines are always so long. People are taking calls and video-chatting in the washrooms and changing areas!! I just feel so claustrophobic at school. I hate going. There are WAY too many students in one area. I have been trying to get a co-op for four months, applied to over 10 places, and have heard nothing back. Apparently, Conestoga has such a bad reputation that organizations don’t wanna hire from here.
Conestoga definitely only cares about money at this point because so many of us are suffering and they don’t seem to care.
Also, how am I supposed to click any of the stars if that feature doesn't even work??
Momma Momma !
– Program is SUPER basic/entry-level
– You won’t learn a a single thing
– Constant department issues
– Professors don’t teach
– Waste of time
DON’T GO HERE, ONLY IF YOU WANT TO WASTE YOUR MONEY.
I contemplate dropping out literally every day… but I’ve already put in way too much money. Consider a different school and save yourself from all the unnecessary stress the profs load on you. I’m so stressed out 24/7 because of Conestoga, my hair is falling out and I’m covered in stress hives all for a diploma! LOL!
Then secondly, the project management course is centred around making you buy the textbook. Which guess what was written by the program head. They failed an entire class in the midterms in a bid to bully us into buying the textbook.
Teachers are hit or miss. Some are outstanding. But there are few of them around. Most hand back assignments months after it was assigned. Limited feedback so forget about finding out how to improve. Lots of meaningless group assignments and presentations. Teachers use textbook premade slides to teach classes often.
In a few years it’ll be an Indian majority school of students that barely speak English. Worse, the Indian women stand to pee, so their is urine all over the seats and floor in the washrooms. Some don’t wash their hands.
The college only wants your money. You’re better off going somewhere else.
First is the obvious, there is no sense of community in this school and if you are not entering the school with a pre-set friend group it will not be easy to meet new friends (at least in my program). This is due to the enormous quantity of international (Indian) student in this school. Entering this school was a huge culture shock. Native English speakers are a rarity, you will literally feel as if you somehow took a wrong turn and ended up in India. Of course this feeling will somewhat subside by around the third week when they all just stop showing up to class and eventually drop out. Better brush up on your Hindi if you plan to attend this college cause the international students sure as hell have not brushed up on their English!
The professors are definitely hit or miss I have only completed my first year and have some amazing professors really 10/10 guys for my main courses, very experienced within their field and with teaching. On the other hand I have had multiple teachers who should have never been hired, one teacher had such a strong eastern European accent that she was genuinely impossible to understand (cannot imagine how difficult that course must have been for non native english speakers) . Another teacher failed to speak at all (LITERALLY) for the entire time that I had her which was a total waste of my time/money (I think she may have been fired because we got a new prof halfway through the semester but still) The only reason I can think of for the sheer uselessness of most of the professors is the fact that the college is just hiring anybody in order to keep up with how many international students they are accepting so you aren’t paying for qualified pro’s but instead just any old twat who is available when the college needs them.
Also massive shortage of places to sit in the Doon Campus, show up at the wrong time and you’ll be walking around for at least an hour before you find a seat.
This school is not all bad, most of its problems merely stem by how many international students attend, I know that the college prioritizes foreign students because they pay double and I get it, all of these places exist to make money and that’s OK . BUT as bad as it may sound, international students drive domestic students away in such large quantities.
And this is not a race thing Indian Canadian students who have grown up in Canada share the same frustrations. The problem is not race but the difference that the International student act. Because the international students make up a majority of those on campus, they feel no need to assimilate or take on Canadian mannerisms/values. They speak their native languages almost exclusively, they are often rude or dismissive by Canadian standards, dont wash hands in the bathroom or wear deodorant and are 24/7 on their phones. These things come across a rude or strange to people who have grown up in Canada their entire life and expected the same type of behavior they group up with in their Canadian college. Native Canadian students DO NOT want to be culture shocked on Canadian campuses, and those of us who do go to international schools.
In short this school is perfect for those who have always wanted to study in India but just cannot afford the move. If you have the ability to pick another school then you may want to. For the rest of us, well we are s**t out of luck. Try your best to find some friends who speak your language and pray that your teacher is somewhat competent.
In terms of courses, there was only a couple of professors who did a great job, everyone else was mediocre at best.
Do yourself a favour and study elsewhere.
Since 2016/17, when there was an agreement signed by Conestoga and the Government to allow more international students to enrol, the student body has been flooded with kids from India; at least 80% of the student body.
Classrooms and hallways are now full of foreign language communication and the stereotypical non-deodorant/curry smell.
Classes at Conestoga often become so-called “work periods”, which is a tactic used by teachers/professors to kill time and waste your tuition money. Instead of having a lesson prepared, they tell you that a class is for you to use to work on assignments, as if you don’t already have enough free time as it is.
Group work in most courses is pretty extensive, which makes completing multiple assignments a struggle; especially now, when you’re adding an extra dynamic of having to work with kids from India who’ve only been in the country for a week or two prior to the beginning of classes.
Take online courses at your own pace. Don’t waste your time and money on Conestoga.
No point other colleges have a great program not making student drive to the back of a gravel pit and use a old run down construction trailer and porta potty. If you want to learn off youtube then this is your course as that’s all the content is made up of youtube great college if you want to waste your money I recommend going to a real college that has content real building and not a made up course. I love doing the same thing over for 4 weeks in shop time cause you know changing a scrapper blade is so important. Go to Fleming College where they have a great program and facilities on site and real teachers not ex cons and people who are extremely full of them selves. Useless program waste of money all they want is the $$$$$ We had to share a shop with the automotive shops and they didn’t even have a shelf or coat rack we had to use the floor and our own tools as they apparently cant afford a full set or three as there’s more then one person using same tool. WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY check out Fleming College program.
One of the worst colleges in Canada. I as an international student wasted my money here, I was an ITBA student here, majority of the academic and the administrative staff was extremely horrible. Course co-coordinator does not even care about students, does not even bother to reply for emails or meet students. There were about 60 students in my batch still only like 10% of the students are doing jobs related what they studied (almost one year now, since the graduation) most of the students are doing odd jobs like cleaning, cashiers, etc. Conestoga is really good in skimming international students money.
I am writing this review anonymously because sometimes I have to provide local (Canadian) references for jobs, so I have no option than mentioning my Conestoga professors details on my resume.
It’s better to go to another college or to learn something online. If you just come over for immigration purposes. This is the best choice.
HEARING INSTRUMENT SPECIALIST
1st was H.I.S. coordinator tried to fail me in 1st year because my grandpa died and I had to go abroad, then when that didnt work he had the lab teacher say i was dressed unprofessionally because i didnt have a blazer yet they had girls in the lab with tank tops on, and apparently i dont respect equipment because i tripped on wires that they left out. The teachers were terrible and if you asked a question they would say look in your notes. Why the hell do you think im asking you? I couldnt find an answer in my damn notes. I had to appeal and when I went into clinical it turned out everything we were taught was wrong.
PARAMEDIC
They failed me for my lift 1st semester after i blacked out. I reapplied the next year and they aske to meet with me after school started back stating that was a mistake. Well thanks youve just taken a semester worth of money, made me waste a year and now your taking my money all over again. I did my test again the following year and I completed iy but they still failed me sating the criteria was different. All my classmates were shocked and couldnt understand why they failed me especially as someone who dropped it passed. I got so fed up of their bs I just withdrew and have never looked back.
Truth is Conestoga does not care about the students. They care about getting your money. No one expects to be spoon fed but you do expect to have questions answered if you ask and to be assesses fairly without them playing favourites. And the chair of health sciences Paul Finch always backs up the staff even if they’re wrong.
The paramedic program is not even accredited anymore and has no gym class either.
Save your money and go elsewhere!
If you can’t complete all the courses, your opportunities for co-op is blown. You need to finish Conestoga’s record number of classes and keep a grade average higher than 80%
Why risk it? Go elsewhere where they don’t set a means test for co-op! I know a lot of ESL/foreign students who would like to drop a course, but they can’t, or they will lose their immigration status. Look into Niagara College! Look into Humber! Look into Fanshawe! The course loads are lighter at other institutions, you get the same diploma, and you don’t have to pass some kind of averages test to go into the coop program.
I am sorry I enrolled here. Do NOT make the same mistake.
If you can’t complete all the courses, your opportunities for co-op is blown. You need to finish Conestoga’s record number of classes and keep a grade average higher than 80%
Why risk it? Go elsewhere where they don’t set a means test for co-op! I know a lot of ESL/foreign students who would like to drop a course, but they can’t, or they will lose their immigration status. Look into Niagara College! Look into Humber! Look into Fanshawe! The course loads are lighter at other institutions, you get the same diploma, and you don’t have to pass some kind of averages test to go into the coop program.
I am sorry I enrolled here. Do NOT make the same mistake.
If you can’t complete all the courses, your opportunities for co-op is blown. Why risk it?Go elsewhere where they don’t set a means test for co-op! I know a lot of ESL/foreign students who would like to drop a course, but they can’t, or they will lose their immigration status. Look into Niagara College! Look into Humber! Look into Fanshawe! The course loads are lighter, and you don’t have to pass some kind of averages test to go into the coop program.
I am sorry I enrolled here. Do NOT make the same mistake.
Each teacher in the program goes through the motions without really thinking if his/her actions in class are congruent with what he/she is teaching. Feedback from students is not even desired. There is one teacher who drives the program, SJ, but she is very anal and can definitely raise your anxiety level. Not fun!
The computer system is all screwed up at the college. The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. There are two emails and multiple places to save files. Contact with teachers is hit and miss for this reason. Nothing is standardized and kids are just left hanging.
There are no workshops to prepare students for use of the library of the computers.
There are a lot of ESL kids from other countries who work hard. However, too many of them in a class can drag down the level of English used in assignments.
I would not recommend this program. Go elsewhere and enjoy learning.
There are responsible, high quality professors that I really enjoy their classes. There are also bad instructors no one knew how to satisfy him/her to get higher marks.
To those who have negative opinions against Conestoga College, two things needed to be aware of: 1 colleges are not daycare centers; 2 you’re grown-ups and identify yourself as grown-ups, so, take your own responsibilities not only blaming external environment.
D2L is a good system though it could be better. If I missed something from the class, most likely I could find it online. An outstanding instructor saves you time on taking notes but inspires you to spend more time on his course without pushing because you agree it deserves.
Those who missed most of the classes and complained instructors, I would say “you deserve it”. If you’re unable to set the rules, then obey them before you’re strong enough to change them.
I know this is a ranting kind of post but PLEASE continue your education somewhere else, you will regret spending your money at Conestoga College.
i have completed my bachelor in mechanical engineering and applied to conestoga college for graduate program- robotics and automation.
please i request you guys to help me out about the culture of college and behavior of the staff member
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Need to hire competent professors!
The staff at the college is very unprofessional and rude!
Please let me know about the embedded system course with co-op, how is the course here. Please reply with the part time job opportunities as well.
The pros:
1. Professors – Throughout my years in Conestoga’s business school I’ve been taught by many highly qualified professors all of which had a minimum of a Master’s degree in their field of study in addition to years of career experience. It should be noted that my program is at the degree level so this is the standard. I have often found that many of my profs have come to teach at Conestoga after having taught at universities in Canada, the United States, and other countries. My profs have always been fair in their grading but it is important that you take the initiative to discuss your grades with your prof if you believe you deserved a better mark.
2. Classes – In my experience, all of my classes have added value to my education in one way or another. I’ve had the opportunity to work on multiple case studies, consulting projects (with real local businesses), and much much more. I suggest you research your program of interest and the classes you will be enrolling in before applying.
3. Job opportunities – Almost anyone you talk to in the Waterloo Region has had some kind of education from Conestoga College. Many local employers value a diploma or degree from Conestoga because of the practical and theoretical skills grads bring to the workforce. I’ve had 3 co-op terms so far and I’ve been able to secure job positions for each. Conestoga has a vast network of alumni and a highly resourceful career centre that will assist you in finding employment during and after your time in college.
The cons:
1. Sense of community – Conestoga has a large population of full and part time students. Many of these students choose to commute to and from campus in order to attend their classes. Because of this, you won’t find the same experiences as some universities and college have due to their high amount of students living on campus. Although, it should be noted that a new development was added near campus known as the Conestoga Commons which offers affordable living for students right near campus. In addition, Conestoga has a residence hall and student housing opportunities. Personally I’ve always lived in housing off campus but many of my peers have lived in student housing or res.
2. Parking and transportation – As stated before, many Conestoga students commute to and from campus to attend classes. For this reason, parking on campus can be frustrating especially during rush hours as the 401 (a major highway) is very close to campus. Additionally, public transportation can be crowded at times. I’ve even seen buses neglect to stop for people because capacity was full. Is this the college’s fault? No. But actions should be taken to accommodate for this (I. E. More buses).
Final thoughts:
I felt compelled to post this review because of some of the questionable comments I’ve seen on this website. I strongly suggest you research multiple sources before making a decision and not solely basing it on this site. Again, if you have questions please reach out to some of the awesome resources Conestoga has to offer.
It is very hard to pass a class when the whole entire time the teacher is talking about herself and her family and her struggles. The teachers are on their phone most of the time and do not acknowledge students half the time. They tell them to do their work on the computer while the instructor sits there on their phone. Other teachers take pleasure in embarrassing their students in front of the class.
Also, if you enjoy spending your money multiple times on one keyboarding class if you cant pass 55WPM in typing then go to this school. They find ways for you to fail just so you have to re-pay for the course. I had handed in an assignment 6 min late one time and the teacher didn’t accept the assignment and I failed the class because the assignment was worth 50% of the grade. This school has failed me in many ways and I would strongly NOT recommend this school to anyone!
I have had friends of colour say that they do not feel comfortable in the classroom and feel like they are getting treated different than other students.
This school has gone from the best college in Canada to in my opinion the worst!
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Now, i want to go canada for Study.
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HORRIBLE COMMUNITCATION!!!!!! The program co-ordinators don’t seem to want to help you, just give your the go around.
Loved most of the teachers I had, and the classes I could attend were interesting. However it is more of a hassle to get into the classes.
Nobody is taking care of the quality of these kinds of program!!!! Low quality, unexperienced and unprofessional instructors and at the end they will not accomplish their promises like finding placements for students!!!!!
Young Accountants review was concise and accurate. A big part of College is self-led learning as you will require critical thinking skills to succeed in industry. Your boss will not come up to you every 5-minutes to see if you need help/do your work for you/hand-out notes on how you do your job, if you can’t realize that then maybe higher education simply isn’t for you. I know in my class I see daily students not paying attention, missing instructions, then whining when they can’t figure out how to do the work. Here is a clue, LISTEN to the prof, then DO THE WORK. Problem solved.
This is the difference between an A student and a D student.
As for comments about rude/condescending staff/professors, this is always an ever present concern, one can only hope that those who act unprofessionally either grow-up or lose their post within the College.
I suppose the full time teachers are more competent and care more about their jobs, however; I have had a handful of part-time teachers, teachers who only teach one to two classes, and each and every one of them (aside from one) were absolutely terrible. They give no instruction, they are condescending, they show up late to classes, they pick obvious favourites, and they do not give back final marks until the day of your final exam.
This may sound like a generalization, but I have had 5 different part-time facutly members, and they have ALL been the same way, and frankly I am fed up. I am in my final weeks of my diploma program and have had to deal wih some of the worst teaching and mentoring I have ever had the displeasure of experiencing.
Try harder conestoga and get better teachers who care more for the following classes:
Project and Event Management
Applied Ethics
Office Procedures
all around poor rating
Back to the attendance, we are 18+ I think we can make our own choices, threatening to kick someone out because they missed for classes? Really? We’re grownups.
If you expect us to give a 110%, we expect it in return. Sh*t or get off the pot. Your teaching the future of Canada, try to care. Or at least act like you do.
Do not expect to be hand fed material. You may have teachers who read straight out of the book every class. You may have some that bring their own dated experience to the classroom, and in some cases, nothing else. You may have a very passionate teacher who makes every effort to help, and you may have a teacher who picks favourites. I have seen every type here, and the lesson to be learned is that you actually need to study. Although this may look and feel like second high school due to the small class sizes and immature peers, you will now be expected to have a large hand in your own education. It would seem some other reviewers have not yet picked up the self-study skill, but it is imperative to realize that leaving your own academic future in the hands of a terrible group project or an absent teacher is a waste of thousands of dollars.
As far as staff and administration go, everyone has their good and bad days. For example, do not expect that the loans office will be very friendly during the first week of school, after they’ve been yelled at all week by misunderstanding parents and disorganized students. Put things in perspective and realize you are entering an adult world full of people you will have to learn to work and study with. Not everyone will bow to your will just because you pay to be here – but they will do their best, and if not, there’s always a higher up who can set things straight.
Finally, this college (much like every business) wants your money. They want you to feel engaged, heard, respected, and enlightened, because it puts cash in their pockets. This means that there is someone to talk to when you have a problem – issues with a certain teaching style or an unfair grading are meant to be brought to the higher ups, and this is encouraged by all of the teachers I have studied under. If you just sit idly by and wait for someone to solve your problems, they will not get solved, and you will end up typing lengthy, aggressive, and terribly written reviews on this website while crying in front of your laptop – and with nothing to show for it.
Take control of your future. This college can be a very valuable source of knowledge and first-hand experience if you can handle it in an adult way, and let’s face it – it’s much better than FunShawe, and is a socially acceptable alternative when you bomb out of university.
With false promises. During the course it was pretty disgust to see instructor taking sides of some students and completely isolating the others. Instructors
Didn’t take teaching as if its. Their job but as if they dictators. No job support here. I also saw the permosions are done according to who you know not what you know. So please save your money and find some place where they actually like to help you.
The “professors” openly admit that they need students to stay in the program for 2 years in order to qualify for government funding. Teachers have limited and narrow experiences and knowledge. I strongly recommend avoiding this course…go to university if you can.
All in all I think it’s a good college, but it depends on your luck and the program you’re going into. I suggest you avoid taking Culinary at Conestoga and go to St.Lous and get exactly the same certificate for only 800$. Cause in the end you will find exactly the same jobs. Also I have to agree that networking and job opportunities are something that they should work on for graduating students.
The teachers didnt help with giving examples to help me identify with the independent study I was taking. I had a couple of months to complete what I wanted to do in the first place.
Trust do not attend this school… you will be running around in circles for no reason… and its a complete waste of time!!
They may talk of how credited there program is. But if you’re not one of the students who sucks up on a hourly basis. Then good luck. These people at the doon valley Conestoga campus are a bunch of two faced pricks. F**k them, f**k the woodworking program and f**k the whole school.Biggest waste of time and money i have ever delt with.
All this school cares about is taking our money for their lack of education and care for students. Even after multiple phone calls to the school, I kept receiving different information from everyone. It seems like nobody knows what is going on in this school.
In my kindness I respectfully offered these instructors some sound advise in order to become better instructors to which offence was taken.
I am a disabled student whom was then assessed by an instructor to be faking it to gain favoured attention and from there began her payback.
The instructor labeled me to student services as a fake and the Collage condoned the issuance of a memo to all the instructors in the program not to assist, shall we loosely say somebody such as me.
Hence I went the legal route and provided documentation in support of the disability and, the two instructors giving me the hassle continued to do so in every way possible.
I brought forth complaints to the Collage who reacted by first assigning a security guard to my person saying I was at risk of going postal, and then proceeded to expel me because I maintained my stance to be disabled and was not prepared to be interrogated by their brotherhood with out due representation.
To be reinstated I was forced to be interrogated and hence pacified in exchange for finishing the program.
I also second what Pathetic saya about brown nosers and favorites!!!!
Worst school experience I have ever had.
DO NOT GO HERE FOR ANYTHING TO DO WITH LAW ADMIN OR POLICING THEY HAVE BECOME LAZY LIVING IN A GOOD SCHOOL SHADOW
I’m now working with technologist from all over Canada and I seem to have a lot more building background experience in all fields as apossed to them.
At the time of my attendance they were just switching over from Architectural Desktop to Revit. One thing they didn’t offer was training in Sketch-Up but instead offered training in VIZ Render which I still agree takes more time but has better visual appearance.