Information Technology
Diploma Program, Mohawk College
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0 out of 3 students would recommend this program
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Go to university instead. If you can, come in already knowing how to program. Doesn't have to be a lot. Build some basic websites and do some basic javascript (freecodecamp is good). I came in with about a year of fucking around and it meant I stayed ahead of the content until the last semester, at which point I already had a job. I always felt like the admin and tenured staff were pissed off any time I had to ask them questions. Some wildly dismissive attitudes from profs who've been there for many years and I did not feel valued in any way beyond the cash I was paying to attend. The school is absolutely filthy. Use the bathrooms that are in the buildings furthest to the edges of campus, seriously. Pack a lunch, I got food poisoning multiple times eating on campus. There's some really bright profs who will go to bat for you, and it's really obvious who they are. Do anything you can to support them.
Don't be fooled by the 'good' rating, this site averages a bunch of stuff together. I had an absolutely killer co-op experience but it's because I didn't bother engaging with what Mohawk has to offer. The resources offered at Mohawk are hilariously out of date. Some powerpoints were last updated in 2002 (before many students were BORN). Ignore them completely. Build polished, shiny side projects, try to get them to where there are real users on them. Useful projects are best, but the second best is any project where you'll enjoy putting 50+ hours into it (games are good for this). You have to compete with university students who often get priority so target places that have a history of hiring Mohawk students. Don't work at the school co-ops unless it's MEDIC, and even then, a dev co-op off campus is preferable. It is more important that you have work experience as a developer than that you make a ton of money in co-op. Literally accept anything where you can walk out with some real dev experience on your resume, NOT help desk.
I am a University graduate and I wanted to update my skills by going to college. I liked that every classroom has a computer, great AC. I like the modern sustainable building and the MSA do their best. The things I disliked are mostly in the way the courses were taught. I found that most professors are not allowed to lead their programs, but instead they look stuck in some old school methods that are depriving students from thriving. I really don't learn much here. However I learn in very little instances. In the two years I've been a student I can tell that less than 3% of the professors are worthy of their professor title; the rest are just there trying to figure out how to use the material and have no idea what they are doing in class. For the core courses in the program, is like if good /average grades are reserved for only those that already have lots of experience on a subject. There is no transparency in grading students. Grades are not given to you if a core course. You will know if you passed or not at the end of the course. Sadly, I saw discrimination and its tests are made only for native English speakers, testing is weird and unfair. Core courses have crazy biased evaluations and not to the level of what you are taught in class, at least not in the mixed classes. Basically, you learn on your own path and in many courses you are left guessing what to learn for the tests. Honestly, you learn better and more from YouTube and Udemy.
Do not choose this program if you are coming internationally. you will be screwing yourself over with debt.
This school is garbage for the 555 program. the teachers suck and will not teach you properly. a lot of teachers aim to fuck you over even if you ask for help. your basically on your own your better off getting your COMPTIA A+ certificate and your cisco CCNA and calling it a day because that is what companies look for. i went into job interviews with my diploma and they will not hire me because students that graduate from mohawk are not educated enough for the field.