It’s pretty simple actually. I would love to rant and rave about the college but that wasn’t the reason why I picked Grant Mac as my instituion of choice.

I came to Canada to continue my undergraduate studies at University of Alberta.

I picked U of A as my choice not because of some deep research I did on the school.

In fact, an ex-high school mate of mine whom I never talked to in school before told me about U of A on MSN cause I found out that she was there doing some science degree. 

Smart ol me took the advice and applied for U of A without any research on it and there!

Here I am, in Edmonton “enjoying” the cold, freezing, non-for-human living temperature right now.

Needless to say, I was excited because I found out on my first day of school there that U of A was one of the top 5 universities in Canada.

Yay for Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food degree on the way …. or was on the way >.<

I didn’t survive my first year cause I wasn’t used to their system and knew nobody here enough to help me go through the ordeal.

Imagine,

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2 in my first semester there and my teacher wasn’t exactly the best one around. He probably knew what he was talking but I certainly didn’t cause i fell asleep most of the time in front of him the chemistry language wasn’t speaking to me properly.

I did finished the class though …

with a C+.

And then it hit me,

I can’t do this.

But I was like, “Hey you know what… maybe it’s cause of the homesickness and the WINTER” yea, I couldn’t find a better reason and didn’t wanna admit my stupidity and so I decided to give it another try.

Na-ah!

Wrong move.

I took Physiology and Food Microbiology on my next semester and profoundly failed the courses with flying red color.

and then it HIT me real hard this time.

I’m not cut out for sciences.

The university environment is not for me.

Classes are too big, teachers are impersonal, nobody cares about you, and everything is up to you!

I was an international student and I wasn’t exactly brave enough to ask the prof. any questions in front of 300 crazy smart students~!

and that is how I started looking for different alternatives.

I knew sciences wasn’t my forte and I don’t wanna work in a lab or anything to do with it.

I talked to a lot of people in regards of a different education option and I’d say I got some pretty interesting information.

Apparently not as many students with university degrees get good jobs immediately compared to college students.

That was quite shocking to me cause I assumed companies are dying to hire university graduates but I guess it’s different here.

In Malaysia,

Companies would look at which university that you had graduated from and if you graduated from an overseas university, you’ll have more advantage versus local graduates.

Over here,

Companies look at the quality of the programme of the institution that you had graduated from and that’s why colleges like NAIT and Grant Macewan College appeals better because their education programme are very catered to the real industry.

I figured,

since I had wasted 2 years of my school at U of A, I have to graduate fast and be guaranteed of a job later or not I’ll be taking a boat ride home to Malaysia.

So, I did my research and finally narrowed my choices to NAIT and Grant Macewan.

I went to talk to counselors at both institutions and no guesses where I ended up at

Just by looking at the campus, I already had a good vibe with G.Mac.

For one, their two-tower thingies really looked like those Two Towers in Lord of the Rings

Plus, the campus is way newer and the facilities are just amazing.

The counselor at NAIT was not as helpful as Grant Mac’s.

In fact, her willingness and enthusiastiasm pretty much convinced me that I belong here.

and I’m proud to say that I never regret the day I started my education at Grant Macewan College.

I’ve heard many good things about Grant Mac too and that even made me more optimistic with my choice.

The college website has really good information on the programmes and the opportunities in the industry.

The programme that I am in now offers the an Internship programme which is ideal to my plans after school. The internship will give me an opportunity to gain some experience before starting my warfare in the real world

and that is why today,

I am very happy that I chose to do the Bachelor of Applied Degree in International Business and Supply Chain Management at Grant Macewan College and I will definitely recommend this school to future potential students.