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Winter 2015

Education

Blurred background of a College, on a beautiful Fall day.

Although I have experience of college life from my home country, I was very excited to get experience of it in Canada. Therefore, when I got an admission in a college in Timmins, my home town, this fall, I started to see my dreams for first day in a college in Canada become a reality. It was a very important event for me.

On my first day of college, I went two hours earlier to make sure I am able to do everything before my first class. When I entered the college, I was amazed with the atmosphere there. There were so many students from different countries, volunteers, professors, office staff. There were many tables with alumni to help new students in registration and to provide other services. Students were busy with work like registration, getting financial assistance information, getting a lockers, ID card, library card, buying books from the book store. I then went for the campus tour led by student service staff.

The college is divided in eight different divisions. There is a big library in the centre of the college on ground floor, a huge cafeteria. Gym and cardio room are in the basement. After I finished my registration and tour, I attended orientation for my program. In the orientation, all the staffs of my program introduced themselves and gave an overview of my program. After that, all the students introduced themselves. There was a workshop for Blackboard (Online Learning website) and on applying for bursary.

At the end of the day, I realized I have enrolled in a very nice college with all the facilities which I wanted to achieve success in my chosen career. I have hopes to be successful in my career through this college. Actually, it was the day which started with a lot of excitement and ended with a new rhythm of life