University Canada West Reviews

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I am a current student at the Vancouver Campus and every week there is a news story about UCW in the newspapers and tv channels. This university is really letting the students down in every way. We try and talk to the management and all we get is lies. Of course that is why students are going to other places to share their frustrations. The biggest problem is Daren Hancott at the university, he does not treat anyone well. He threatens the students, the staff and also the media people who come to the campus. Is this really the way to behave with anyone? The Eminata management come to the campus and lie about the quality and do not listen to students at all. Even the staff have no clue what they are saying or doing anymore. The President Verna also quit the university and the students heard that she got fed up of the management at Eminata that is only in the business of making money not education. I am very afraid that all my money is going to be wasted at UCW.

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Great Teaching staff.

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My understanding in talking to the "admissions guy" mentioned in the earlier review, was that he left UCW and was not terminated as I was advised by another staff member at the school.Further he added in an e mail to me,"I have always done my job to the best of my ability and to what I thought was in the best interest with the people I was working with. "

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I have been a student here for last three years in the undergraduate program, and the quality of education is outstanding. Our professors come from a diverse background with high expertise. UCW is a small university but it is growing tremendously and I am sure in next 3-5 years it will one of the leading universities in the country. Some of the professors like Touss Sepehr, Zarbi, Rui Silva, Mary Chrleson, Jim Randell, James Tong, Shawn Ireland, and many more.

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Victims of CDI College: http://www.facebook.com/group.phpgid=133133230075#!/group.php?gid=133133230075&v=wall
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2416507610#!/group.php?gid=2416507610&v=wall
http://www.cdiscrewedus.blogspot.com/
Victims of Vancouver Career College: http://reviews.collegetimes.us/britishcolumbia/vancouver-career-college/
Victims of University Canada West: http://reviews.collegetimes.us/britishcolumbia/university-canada-west/
Victims of Eminata: http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Eminata-Group-Vancouver-Reviews-EI_IE237799.0,13_IL.14,23_IM972.htm
http://reviews.collegetimes.us/british-columbia/cdi-college-burnaby/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryFq3phK91A
http://reviews.collegetimes.us/british-columbia/cdi-college-surrey/
Google search UCW complaints, CDI complaints and Vancouver Career College Complaints. Even their staffs are blowing the whistle on their owner.
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of victims. These are highly organized scams by one group, Eminata Group, the largest in Canada. Perhaps too big for regulatory to dare and handle.
We heard that the owner, Peter Chung was chased out of California by the U.S Department of Education. Canadians and international students become his next victim.
Hundreds of students have posted, and some dated back 1 day to 3 years. I know of many international students are afraid to be involved, therefore the abuses and false promises are becoming more outrageous.
Talk to their own teachers, staffs. They even posted on the web slamming the very schools they work for.
A Staff and Students joined signed letter was circulated to many regulatory bodies, copied to the media and other colleges in BC.

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IUCW is a scam university, wasting time,money.and career of innocent students from India and other Asian countries.
These students come thinking that its a Canadian university, must be offering quality education, but I am repenting and stuck because I have taken huge loan. Other universities in Vancouver are not accepting credit transfer as they do not recognize UCW as a university. they are asking me to start a fresh, thereby wasting my 11 months of MBA program.. Can somebody guide me, what should I do.

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Jessica - do you work for the parent company Eminata??? You sound very biased. People at UCW might be nice but the quality of students and teachers is definitely NOT top notch... it is too bad something that might be good in 10 yrs is owned swindlers. oh yeah, do you get paid by how many students you "sit", commission, bonus or what ever it is called?

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I attended UCW for my degree in Commerce, I had a great experience made SO many friends from all over the world-and would not of traded mt experience for anything. Just like all private institutions UCW is expensive-however they do not have government funding like public schools so that is how the school is run!! It is ideal for mature students who cannot wait 4 yrs for a degree, as long as you can sell yourself and you have a degree you will be fine. However, if you do not have any social/networking skills you will not find employment no matter where you have obtained your degree!! All of the teachers were very helpful and would stay with you after class or before, the small class sizes allow you to learn more and receive more of the teachers attention if necessary-this is also a great help for international students. Like I said the people who are posting negative reviews online are only the 5% who could not find work with their degree....the other 95% that could actually sell themselves did not have any trouble and no future employers have even questioned their degrees. This outrages me that people would say the staff are salesmen just out to get your money-when this school was SO much more than that, I became friends with all of the staff and had SO much support that you would never receive at a public school-including financial advisers and career counsellors. The above comments come from bitter people who will never find jobs because of their personalities not UCW.

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Did the Certificate in Addictions program as a career change. The admissions guy ( who has since been fired) lied his face off about job prospects after completion of the program. Other than that he was like any good used car salesman,charming and persuasive.

My class had 4 instructors over the 8 month term including the director of the school, one of the nursing instructors and a failed social worker, was fired after student complaints of incompetence .

Anther instructor was hired who never started, as his credentials were found to have been purchased from a US diploma mill.

The value of the certificate and employment prospects were way over-sold.The school was not of any help in practicum placement.

Having competed the program,I would have been better to stand outside on a windy day and throw away 13,000.
The only real benifit came with an education deduction on this years tax return that netted me a refund.

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