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Originally Posted by guesswho
Currently in my first sem.. Surprised im actually surviving it despite the ridiculous course loads, but next semester is gona be worse..
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Enjoy it. I had good times working late with friends. It seems like a pain, but we shared a lot of good times at 3am in the EhPod. I found once you get used to the workload it gets more manageable. This happened in 2nd year for me, I just knew what to expect so it really helped out.
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Originally Posted by guesswho
If you're motivated and not the smartest you'll do well and get by but, if you're not motivated and smart you might just get by, from what I heard its pretty rewarding. Hopefully I'll be able to pull through
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I feel like I have said this before, but here goes again. My diploma program started with 122 student, less than 70 of those graduated in the designated 2 year period. About 10 more graduated in 3 years (if you fail a class you cannot make it up 95% of the time, so you end up falling a year behind). So you can very easily fail out or fall behind if you do not put in the time, but I think most people manage to get a handle of it and survive the storm.
My program had atleast a handful of degree graduates from other universities, ranging from UVIC, to UBC, to mcgill and UofT. They all said that BCIT was way harder. The real testament was the fact that these people had graduated from degree programs but recognized the fact that a diploma from BCIT was so valuable. Those people that claim that UBC is way harder and how can a technical institute be harder than Uni are just plainly idiots. BCIT crams what they learn in 4 year into 2 years. For things like engineering or technical stuff BCIT is dominant in BC & AB.