EXPERIENCE TO STUDY IN CANADA
Studying in Canada is increasingly popular with many young Vietnamese thanks to its affordable living costs, quality study programs and favorable environment. But of course, studying in Canada also contains many difficulties. Hopefully the following information will help your study and daily life in the land of red maple leaves.
⛪ Select School
Canada has many high schools, colleges, universities… for you to choose from. Most high schools, colleges, and universities in Canada are funded and accredited by the federal government and are quality assured. This means that no matter which school you choose, which major you choose, and in which province of Canada, you will receive the highest quality education resources, giving you access to the most useful knowledge to support you. for work after graduation.
However, an important experience related to choosing a school is based on your ability as well as your financial ability. Because in the same university system, each school and major has different entry requirements, what you need to do is choose the school with the most suitable entry requirements for you.
And you need to look carefully at tuition fees and related study costs, because although Canada is known for its attractive education costs, the total cost of studying in the country is still beyond the means of many students. Vietnamese students.
☑Apply for a student visa
Visa is an indispensable element to study in Canada. Whether you get Visa or not greatly depends on your Visa application. Therefore, careful preparation and completeness of the application content is indispensable.
What would be the experience for this problem? To avoid wasting time due to missing documents in your visa application, it is best to choose a consulting service to apply for a Canadian visa to study abroad. Because the companies have a team of experienced staff to prepare visa applications. They understand the list of documents, ready to guide you to complete the necessary documents, check to help your visa application get the best quality before sending it to the Visa Application Center.
Besides, you should also learn about the requirements for the visa application to see what documents it includes to start preparing. Because if you choose a consulting company, you still have to prepare documents according to the instructions.
>> Contact H&A for advice on visa applications
❃ Cost of studying abroad
If we have determined to study abroad, we certainly know that it is quite expensive, so saving is a necessary and advisable thing for every international student. When compared with many other developed countries in terms of costs to study abroad, you will find that the cost of studying in Canada is also much lower, only about 600 million VND for a school year. The costs for studying abroad also have many types, including study costs, living costs, application costs, etc.
To balance the cost of studying abroad, the choice of program and study location has a great impact. The cost is different for each program and area. To save money, we should choose a cheap place to study, choose a city with a low cost of living.
This is also the trend of choice of international students in recent years. Because according to the recommendation, the cost of living for a year of study in Canada is from 10,000 to 11,000 CAD. However, this cost of living can be much higher in large, densely populated cities that attract many international students such as Toronto or Vancouver. But it can also be much lower in less crowded cities with fewer international students such as:
• Calgary của Alberta
• Winnipeg của Manitoba
• St. Catharines của Ontario
• Abbotsford của British Columbia
• Sherbrooke của Quebec…
Furthermore, schools in areas with a lower cost of living are by no means inferior as the quality of Canadian education is not only good but fairly even.
✈ PREPARE YOUR LUGGAGE TO STUDY ABROAD
• Clothing and footwear: Canada is a country with very cold winters, with snowfall in winter and very short summers. So you need to prepare warm clothes, scarves, gloves, ... before coming to Canada to study. According to the experience of many people, buying warm clothes in Vietnam will be more economical than in Canada.
>> See more about Canadian climate here.
• Food and medicine: When you come to Canada you can prepare some canned food to "save hunger" in case you are not used to the taste here. However, it is necessary to carefully review the regulations on food allowed to bring and the permit when entering the country to avoid being detained. Not only that, you should prepare some necessary medicine such as: medicine for fever, stomachache, cold medicine, etc. Because the cost of medical examination and treatment here is very high.
• Electronic items: You can bring a laptop, music player, headphones, etc. You need to prepare a flat socket because the power outlet in Canada is different from that in Vietnam. Avoid bringing DVDs, VCDs, etc. because these are prohibited things to bring on the plane
• Money: Before boarding the plane, exchange money in Canadian dollars or US dollars.
☑ Housing choice
When studying in Canada, you will have 3 places to choose from:
• Dormitory: Most universities have dormitories. Here is good security, convenient for moving. However, the room price is quite expensive
• Homestay: A form of living with a local if you want to easily integrate into life in Canada. The cost here is extremely reasonable, depending on the location of the house.
• Renting a house: This is an option for those who want to live freely. You can find a roommate to share housing costs.
You should consider and find out information carefully for choosing a place to live because it greatly affects your study and daily activities later.
In case you choose to stay in a homestay or rent a house, you should look to reputable brokers because many international students have difficulties in this, such as: the landlord is not honest when describing the living conditions. activities, the landlord takes a deposit but does not perform the contract, ... In addition, to ensure your rights during the study and living process, you should learn the knowledge of the law here.
☑ Learning environment in Canada
• The learning environment at universities in Canada requires students to be highly active, read and research a lot.
• During self-study, you must provide evidence to support the information by reliable and clear sources. Teachers encourage jobs to extract sources from reputable individuals and organizations, should not source from wikipedia or give too few sources of information.
• Canada is a country that values copyright and creativity, so copying and plagiarism here is severely punished. The exercises are uploaded to the software for copy checking and the software will tell you where to copy the information from.
• In addition, the form of teamwork learning is used a lot. The team work environment here is really serious, you must always actively research and try to improve your skills to work in a team more effectively otherwise you will be judged and excluded from the group by others.
☑ Part-time job while studying abroad
Working part-time is also one of the ways we can improve our income. Moreover, you also have the opportunity to improve the necessary skills for yourself. Canada allows international students to work part-time while studying abroad. However, you are only allowed to work a maximum of 20 hours/week during the study period. Full-time during vacations. Therefore, you need to arrange a reasonable time so that part-time work does not affect your studies.
To know more about the process of studying in Canada and studying abroad experience here, you can contact H&A directly for a free consultation. H&A is ready to accompany you on your study abroad journey to Canada.
☞SUPPORT FROM H&A
H&A understands the difficulties and problems of parents and students on the journey to study abroad.
H&A is ready to accompany you on your journey to study in Canada, please contact us for support and answer any questions.
Free support services from H&A include:
✔ Free consultation to study in Canada, saving solution
✔ Advice on choosing the right school, major and course
✔ Support in applying for admission, tracking progress, receiving confirmation letters from the school
✔ Advice on accommodation, study abroad budget, visa application, flight ticketing assistance, and necessary knowledge and skills before departure.
