How Does CDI College Rate?

Instead of going to CDI, buy a roll of toilet paper and save yourself time and money, cause that's all their diploma is good for. I can only say good things about BCIT, especially their B-Tech program.

I wouldn't recommend it, and I was a student there. It opened up the world of programming for me, but it really was "self-learning", with a TA and a big bill, and so if you are a good self learner, buy the books and learn on your own time, or goto BCIT.

I wouldn't recommend CDI either, and I also was a student at the Surrey campus. The instructors didn't have a clue, and like Toddster says, it really is self-learning. The Javascript book they gave me was riddled with errors! Talk about pulling your hair out with debugging![img]http://users.telenet.be/eforum/emoticons4u/mad/1018.gif[/img]

I would also strongly suggest BCIT or buy the books and teach yourself.

Good luck with your adventures!

Dude , DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER IT.I just broke free of that bull**** yesterday (barely).What they are charging (15000)for what they provide(some poorly-translated-from-french "textbooks", and 5 hours a day access to a vintage computer and little or no lectures or help) is friggin criminal!!!You should also know that they are undergoing a massive audit this month and heads will roll within the company.Their parent company , Corinthian, is also being sued for tuition scams in California, so the future is not bright at cdi.I luckily got out before 30% was up,but Im still holding a 7000 bag (50%).Hope I saved one from a big mistake.Self taught or BCIT are better (and much cheaper ) options.

I agree with all of the above....
I went for 2 months and it was the BIGGEST waste of time and money ever....
Their instructors don't have a clue and they charge outrageous fees...

I am wondering how many else have been scammed like I was and would like to try and do something about it?Who regulates what constitutes a private school education in BC?.I think schools like CDI are really just fronts for sucking millions in federal loans down to its parent company in the states,in this case Corinthian College.These bucks go straight from our government (our taxes) to shareholders in the states,and chumps like me end up paying for it.Anyone who has ideas or tips email me "paulfloyd98@hotmail.com"

If you were scammed by them you should contact PPSEC and they will open an investigation for you.

tried it.they just forward my complaint to CDI,and now the balls back in my court. Any lawyers out there?

Well they do more then just forward it to CDI. They actually will work on your behalf for a resolution.

CDI College sucks! I went in their Business program thinking I would get a good job. They were of no help, and the instructor didnt know too much, if their was a problem she would tell m to skip a section.Ive tried for 2 yrs to get a good job and reality hit me a year and a half ago that CDI was a mistake.

View from Real World:

1.0 The days of Content-free-cenrtification based jobs are over.

2.0 Borrow money and get a University Degree/Community college Degree.

3.0 Put in solid 18 Hours/day of real work. Stay away from people who habitually BS . Example Govt Types. Talk less Listen More.


4.0 Do not depend on your Intrustor. ( I am one of them)


5.0 Take charge of your life and career in your hand. At one point stop listening , start doing.


6.0 Listen but do not Believe in Free advice- The content of Free advice is free.


7.0 Prepare to start business of your own based on the education that you get. So absorbe as much as possible. Get into self learning mode.


8.0 Ask Hard Questions- Why all those Prof/instrauctor type always telling you how to to be self employed; How ever none of them ever done any thing real. Why?

9.0 Get a free volunteer Position with Real Industry while going to Univ/ College.


10.0 Remeber Univ/commmunity College leave large material uncovered. That is necessary to get real job/Self Employed. What are you going to do About it?


PS My Favourite: Read Sucess Through Positive Mental Attitude- Before starting any thing. Just get a reality check for yourself.
I did it and I am thankful.

you forgot 11.0.Take an english course, especially if you want to be an instructor.sorry,just a joke.[;)]

[:p] 100% agree!

Now can't we comment on something else other than a typographical error?

Thank you pointing out my deficiencies.
I am actively trying to improve my communication skills.


I am finding the website useful:
Virtual Salt

Also I thought content is more important than delivary. If this is not correct then CDI college is perfectly OK. I do not understand why you are complaining about CDI college in the first place.

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According to CDI's website they have:

"... over 250 franchise and company-owned locations in 41 countries..."

When post secondary training is franchised out, you will get a vast cross-section of both good and bad among the various "campuses." I too have heard more bad than good about CDI, but there are those few good ones after all to consider. I would research into the particular campus you might attend rather than take the organization on a whole. Although they would have standards, I am sure some campuses meet only the minimum ones.

However, given what they charge, it might be best to consider other more recognized institutes for your training when available/possible.

I went to the campus in the Fraser Valley... I have nothing nice to say about them... The instructors at CDI were all students or worked for the head company... Everything I learned was pure common sense... And for the computer stuff I needed help with, I was told " They don't help you in the business world, so why should I!". [:(] I also did the color test, and I was a very high ORANGE and I asked what kind of job I'd be good at, and I was laughed at! Anyways I was rarely helped, the schedules were all over the place, and the teachers came when they felt like coming... I really can't think of everything right now but I will be writing a very long letter to several people... And when I do, I will let you guys know.

Good to see that CDI (and I hope other so-called "career collegs") are getting the appropriate recognition they so deserve.

I came out to the Vancouver in '96 and checked out doing some upgrading of technical skills at a few of these joker shops. I'd already worked in the industry for 10 years back east.

What I found disturbed me. They charge enormous sums of money for virtually no education of relevance to the marketplace.

When I worked for an organization that received government money to help unemployed individuals, we were not permitted to say such things. Now, I work for myself. Aaahhhhh, does that feel good to say the truth and save someone $10,000

Go to BCIT - or even some other college - depends upon your long-term career goals. You need to have a better idea bout your career goals than just what industry you wish to work in. Your education and those first steps studying Information Technology, can open different paths.

UBC has a good planning tool online for helping you determine the types of programs you can take and what career path they'll open or close for you. I don't remember where I saw it, but UBC's website... probably downtown or continuing ed department.

Good Luck!

Best wishes, Lee

One Man Can Human Capital Development

If you want a well paying job with respect and job securtity, do yourself a favor and apply to a University. I go to BCIT. I have some friends who've graded from BCIT and ended up with low paying low respect jobs. And it's been about 5 years since they graded.

Two of them are Engineering Technologists, which is just a watered down monkey version of an Engineer. They are the engineers "bitch", if you will.

All the jobs that engineers don't want to do, they slap on the poor technologists. These jobs usually consist of AutoCad drawing and number crunching. They usually have no say in the design process, which is sad since both of their diplomas say they have 'majors' in design.

Technologists, for the most part, are not intellectual property. They're very expendable.

It's education for the blue collared. Eventually you'll hit a celling with how far you can go with your diploma.

I hope I can transfer to UBC, if not, I'm going in as a mature student.

It's all about choice. What is a terrible job for one person may be a fantastic job to another.

So be clear about your career goals, your starting point, and where you hope to end up. And no goal is fixed.

Your journey through life, experience, work, family, and friends, will provide much fertilizer that will create growth and opportunity that might lead to brand new goals. So don't get too hung up on "a plan."

Enjoy the ride. Life's too short.
One Man Can

I once checked out CDI and despite the glossy talk, alarm bells went off seconds after listening to their BS, I graduated from BCIT as a mature student and with some luck and skill I was snapped up after graduation. One tip for later start your job hunting and networking at least 6 months before you graduate, low key is better than No key!! Bottom line get on the BCIT waiting list, they give you real workplace skills not paper warrior skills.

Berni305.

PS Check out some of leedmans postings for skillsets.

I was a student at CDI College and I had a awesome experience there. Everything that I was told is true and I use my skills everyday in my JOB that I got because I went to CDI. I think that the staff at CDI is great and very supportive. I would recommend anyone to go there and get a great education. I know many people that have graduated from CDI and they are working in their field of study and are very happy.

Above comment sponsered by Paid lobbyist-

How do you find time to Network during school? I don't have time for anything. BCIT has insane course loads. I'm taking 8 courses per term.

Fresh out of HS I was waitlisted for BCIT and I went to CDI instead. Biggest mistake of my life. I took their systems analyst programmer diploma, went to school half the time, graded with 95 avg, worked full time while i went. It was boring, dull, and uninformative. I'm 20 now and working in a job TOTALLY unrelated to my studies. I've been accepted to two colleges, and now I'm on my way to UBC.

I have had two programming contracts since my grad, Which I have used to pay for my first months tuition at CDI. 1 down, 9 to go.

I would like to say that it’s good for some people, but I found that no, its not. I worked with a vast cross section of individuals there, from all walks of life, and it really wasn’t any good for any of them. All of the younger people there decided to go to BCIT or the like after grad, the others went back to their old jobs. One guy is working with some low end reports company, and not enjoying it last I heard. We all had good grades, but no one really had to work all that hard. I should have seen it coming and pulled out half way through, but hey, live and learn. Its just that this mistake has cost me $14,000.

So, I was going to talk to the BBB when I read on their website that they don't do any refunds and you have to pay to work things out with CDI. I know a few people who want to go to court but I doubt anyone's up to it. My local newspaper had an article a few years back and I'm going to contact them and dig it up so maybe they can rewrite it.

Everyone I've known that went to CDI either works for some huge company called stream out in chilliwack, which I believe they make minimum wage. The other ones I've seen work at fast food restuarants, dead end jobs, or don't work at all.

Its also a bloody joke that they pay you $100 to get a friend to attend their scamming school. Thats how they hounded me down.

NEVER GO TO CDI COLLEGE... EVER!!

Thank You,
RollerMom

Education is like Iceberg in sea, you only get 9% covered in School and University, the rest 81% you learn yourself.


However, you have to ask yourself, How come University takes 5 years and CDI takes 9 months. How is it possible to cover the same stuff in such short time.


I think people who are going to CDI colleger are thinking certification paper is more importatnt than true knowledge.
So in a strange way people considering CDI college are preconditioned to get screwd royallly.

CDI College has sent me a letter saying I owe them $1218 for the time I wasn't even attending. I'm not paying for something that I wasn't even there for!

NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING TO CDI COLLEGE!!!CDI College is a ripoff and a scam. They take your money and then they treat you like garbage off the street and force you into a room to study with students that gab all day. The teacher writes in swahili and you learn to decode their writing instead of learning the actual information for $10K. The learning environment is poisoned and the attitudes are horrendous with terrible facilities. There is no quiet area to study and enough to chairs to even sit.

This just in!!!

A customer at my work, who I know well, was telling me that a friend of his is currently unemployed, and has been for the past 5 months. Prior to this he was working for peanuts.

It turns out his friend went to CDI for computer animation. HE DROPPED 40,000 on an education that has gotten him nothing in return!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The person who talked about true knowledge to 9 months of certification.

I agree 100% CDI trains you to be a monkey. People want problem solvers, analytical thinkers, people who know how to learn and think for themselves.

Get a degree, at the very least, a diploma. [:(]

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On 8/18/2004 1:52:29 PM, Gatto wrote:

I am going back to school, and I would appreciate any feedback on CDI's Computer programs - specifically programmer Analyst/Web Developer and Programmer Analyst/NEtwork solutions. I am also looking at BCIT's software systems developer. If anyone has an opinion on any of these programs please let me know
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The certificate that you'll receive from CDI would probably be best used in a washroom. Go check out a reputable school and see what each program offers. I graduated from BCIT's CST program and I would recommend it, but check around you may find something that is better for you.

hello

Don't waste your money. I am a current student and if I knew when I started what I know now, I would not be here. This attitude is felt by many, many students both current and old. If anyone was to start a movement to try and do something about the crap that goes on here I would definitely like to talk to them.

d.piddy

If anyone is interested in making a claim let me know! I'm trying my best to rack up some information, and I think I'll do a better project at home trying to save other people from wasting their money going to CDI College. I'm going to write city hall, BBB, the news/papers, and the rest of our lovely government that will hopefully come through. I'm also going to write a letter to student loan. Funny thing about the BBB is they support CDI College.

Anyways I found a site for the lawsuit against CDI's parent company Corinthian College, down in California. Maybe this might interest some people.

http://www.wyca.com/complnts/coco-com.htm

If anyone has any other ideas on how to deal with this please let me know... I feel so small and alone doing this on my own. Sometimes I feel like giving up, but its only begun. I'd rather see people not make the same mistake I did!

If anyone wants to e-mail me, my address is

flexymama@hotmail.com

and if I reply my name comes up as Fluffy Chops, so don't think I'm some porn link... LMAO

One thing that i really do not understand is why do people still go to CDI why are they still in Business they have the corporate side as well is that not affected?

I work for Polarbear Corporate Education Solutions on Burrad Street, we also do the technical courses that eventually lead to a certification. These courses are held during the day and last about a week(depending on the course). We don't do complaints - your treated with respect, there are enough chairs etc.

Why are daytime courses that can be completed quickly not an option that is considered?

We have a CCNA course being held April 4th if anyone knows anybody mention my name 'Laks' or email me.
We also have ASP.NET course running on March 21st and SQL Server 2000 in April. Lwt mw know if anyone is interested.

I will treat you like a HUMAN.
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I dont usually blame others for what happens in my life, but when It comes to my choice for college I can tell you that unfortunately it wasn't up to me, My Unemployment councellor didn't approve my program at BCIT so I was stuck with CDI or nothing. I must say it is one of the worst desitions I have made in my life. Please do your research. The career councelors are liars, the programs are to packed, the equipment is obsolete, the instructors are useless, and the employment lady is rude.

It's true. My employment counsellor referred me to CDI College and I trusted her. I wanted to leave 2 months into the program cuz I had this bad vibe. They said it's not realistic cuz I was stuck in a contract. If I left I would owe them the balance.

I too made the mistake of going to CDI. If it were not for my subsequent years of Cisco training afterwards I have no doubt my current career would include the words; "Would you like fries with that?"

[;)]

But seriously, I "graduated" from CDI, and it took about a year and a half before I could conn anyone into hiring me into an IT department. Im good at what I do, but even back then CDI had the reputation of being "a$$". In retrospect I really wish I had gone to SAIT...or even challenged the MCSE exams...lol...paper MCSE would have gotten me just as far as that diploma, which btw DID serve a useful purpose one day when I ran out of tp!

I was in CDI back in 2000 and I have to say it was the worst, most useless investment I have made in my life. Their courses mainly consist of self learning material and while the one instructor was friendly, he was most often unavailable. If you are thinking of going there - Don't! You would be better off going to UBC or BCIT and, if nothing else, just buying the books that the courses cover. I swear you'll learn much more!

I ended up in an unrelated field (one which I had been in previously..) with really nothing to speak of for the time I spent there. Go to a real school!

I've read through this whole thread and I have to say I agree with the sentiments completely. I graduated from CDI college in London a year ago. I realized that it was a complete joke about 3 days in when all the students who were ahead of me were so completely ticked off with the place. I had one great instructor who took the time and effort to make sure that his programming students understood what was going on, but CDI laid him off 1/2 way through my sentence. I guess he was too good, because they kept the woman on staff who was clueless and absolutely no help whatsoever. The fact is, you read the badly written "textbooks" and try to do some exercises, and when you run into trouble you just move on to the next section. The tests are so simplistic that you would have to be a moron to not be able to pass them. The projects don't teach you a thing. There was not one person at the London campus who would have recommended CDI to anyone .... not even their worst enemy. I just went to the OSAP site, and it says that for last year, in my program there was a 60% placement rate. I'd love to know where they get the numbers from, because I know everyone who went through my program and I am the only one "working" in anything remotely associated to programming. 60% of the grads may be working, but it's all in call centers or going back to other jobs they had before they went to CDI.

I really hope that someone launches a class-action lawsuit against these clowns. Someone else on this thread used the word "criminal" .... I couldn't agree more. The only satisfaction I get from the whole thing is to spread the word. Stay away from CDI college. When you're weighing your options, remember, CDI "college" is NOT an option!!!

I don't know anything aboput their post secondary colleges - I have attended their corporate training center on Burrard - they offer the widest range of enterprise technology courses in Van and nothing to do with full-time college stuff. I did a set of BA and technical consulting skills courses - awesome. check out www.cdilearn.com.

As you well know, CDI College is a very different animal from CDI (Corporate) Education. CDI College is a post-secondary college chain, while CDI Education is for grown-ups. I work for CDI Education, (you know, the one that wins ASTD, Microsoft Impact and many other awards for Excellence).

We have no contact with CDI College or our distant parent company, Corinthian.

Be careful, Polar Bear, it's not very nice to confuse others in the Forum with falsehoods, and it may get you into some serious trouble.

Can anyone in the Forum honestly say a bad word about the training they have recived at CDI EDUCATION (NOT CDI COLLEGE)

hammergrant no offence you've been lied to or (your a liar). Cdi college is part of cdi education and this has been copied directly from cdi college's website.

CDI College is part of CDI Education Corporation, one of Canada's largest 500 companies.

go check it out.

and one more thing if i am wrong and other people are too why does it have a link to cdi college on cdi education's web site. (maybe you can do a little homework before you blame people of spreading false rumors)

if i sounded rude or got the wrong impression i do apologize for it.

Hmmm, did you say ASTD conference? ok - that's a pidley award - but whatever makes you feel good about being part of CDI (college - corporate - whatever), fill you boots. You're not fooling anyone.

By the way, I'm not sure if you've really impressed anyone by saying that CDI corporate is for grown-ups. This makes you sound silly and defensive. Doesn't look good as a CDI "Corporate" employee. So be careful.

oops,bad post-ignore (what do you expect, I went to CDI)

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On 1/8/2005 11:24:50 PM, keensoftware wrote:

Thank you pointing out my deficiencies.
I am actively trying to improve my communication skills.


I am finding the website useful:
Virtual Salt

Also I thought content is more important than delivary. If this is not correct then CDI college is perfectly OK. I do not understand why you are complaining about CDI college in the first place.


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OK. Again, I am sorry for being a troll about your grammar,I was kidding around.You ask what is wrong with CDI? The problem is I expect to get something in return If I am going to pay a premium price.If a private school is charging more than 50% more than a technical school or govt subsidized college,like BCIT, I expect it to be in the same ball park quality wise.To lie to prospective students and tell them companies are dying for CDI grads and then change the tune once youve signed on and they've got you by the balls is unscrupulous and basically theft .Trust me,I was there and I am not stupid. Lets see them cough up the real stats as to how many grads actually get jobs IN THEIR TARGETED FIELD.I bet it would be 30% at most.Which is fine, thats life in a changing economy,there are no guarantees, but they SHOULD not LIE to you about it.The books were unintelligible (grammatically, not technically), teachers were ofter unavailable or absent,the computers were old and used win 98 (in 2004!),many key course elements were skipped over by the instructor to keep you on a timeline,(our first exam installing an OS was trashed because the comps crashed so we were forced to skip the whole thing and move on),lectures were refused while the instructor worked on his own code for side jobs,the noise in the classroom was often unbearable and made any study impossible (even in the "silent" study room), hence you just wasted five hours of your day to punch in and out, and now have to spend another five at home where it is quiet. Do you see what I mean? Dont you think charging 15 g's for that is sorta criminal?

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On 2/15/2005 7:24:17 PM, bettyboop wrote:

I was a student at CDI College and I had a awesome experience there. Everything that I was told is true and I use my skills everyday in my JOB that I got because I went to CDI. I think that the staff at CDI is great and very supportive. I would recommend anyone to go there and get a great education. I know many people that have graduated from CDI and they are working in their field of study and are very happy.
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Hi CDI lackey,oops, I mean "Betty Boop".Got any names and number you can provide us with?..........hello?...............hello?

Lets keep this thread alive[8)]

Okay, Roller Mom.

If you want my opinion on the whole thing, I think grads need to stop blaming their schools, and start looking at creating their own futures.

I am a graduate of a little-known and unrecognized CDI-like money-mongering school.

I have immense respect for my instructor, who did his very best to give us the best learning experience he could. I also have immense respect for myself, for putting in countless of hours in personal research, living and breathing design, until I learned everything I had time to learn.

Did my school do anything to help back my career? Really, no.

Am I doing well? Yes. Have I made a name for myself in the community? Yes. Do I spend the majority of time looking for work, or does it usually come to me? The latter.

It's not the school's fault if you fail in your career, and it's certainly not their fault if you fail to learn and take advantage of any resource they might have had for you. I learned a lot in school, and I learned even more on my own, and I used every resource provided to me both from the school and through my frivilous spending of Canada Student Loan's money (okay, actually they provided little - I was working every weekend for $1600/mo. part time while in school. When that ended 3/4 of the way through my classes, THAT HURT!).

So basically, my advice to any CDI or other private school graduate is this: Use what you learned, not the 'name' or 'recognition' you expect to get from your school! Your knowledge will show through if it's there, no matter where you got your education. And yes, you might've been able to spend your $15,000 in a better place, but do you really know that? I had to work through an added obstacle because of my school's lack of reputation and lack of support. However, I was in a class of 3, and was able to thrive like nobody's business! I don't regret any of it.

I think we should blame them. CDI is a good example of a commercial school that takes money and doesn't provide the training. This is the most basic concept in commerce, and a perfect example of a rip off.

This is a blame to CDI itself not the CDI graduates.

Rastin

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On 6/2/2005 11:41:17 PM, Neddog wrote:

Okay, Roller Mom.


If you want my opinion on the whole thing, I think grads need to stop blaming their schools, and start looking at creating their own futures.

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On 6/2/2005 11:41:17 PM, Neddog wrote:

Okay, Roller Mom.

If you want my opinion on the whole thing, I think grads need to stop blaming their schools, and start looking at creating their own futures.

I am a graduate of a little-known and unrecognized CDI-like money-mongering school.

I have immense respect for my instructor, who did his very best to give us the best learning experience he could. I also have immense respect for myself, for putting in countless of hours in personal research, living and breathing design, until I learned everything I had time to learn.

Did my school do anything to help back my career? Really, no.

Am I doing well? Yes. Have I made a name for myself in the community? Yes. Do I spend the majority of time looking for work, or does it usually come to me? The latter.

It's not the school's fault if you fail in your career, and it's certainly not their fault if you fail to learn and take advantage of any resource they might have had for you. I learned a lot in school, and I learned even more on my own, and I used every resource provided to me both from the school and through my frivilous spending of Canada Student Loan's money (okay, actually they provided little - I was working every weekend for $1600/mo. part time while in school. When that ended 3/4 of the way through my classes, THAT HURT!).

So basically, my advice to any CDI or other private school graduate is this: Use what you learned, not the 'name' or 'recognition' you expect to get from your school! Your knowledge will show through if it's there, no matter where you got your education. And yes, you might've been able to spend your $15,000 in a better place, but do you really know that? I had to work through an added obstacle because of my school's lack of reputation and lack of support. However, I was in a class of 3, and was able to thrive like nobody's business! I don't regret any of it.
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Yeah, thats nice buddy, it all came together for you. Im happy you're happy.If you got financially raped at some other school and are cool with that , more power to you. But if you check the header , this is about what people think of CDI, and those who actually went there really would provide the most informed opinions on this subject, dont you think? Spare us the pep talk, we know that we can do it ourselves and overcome all the obstacles ,blah, blah, this is not about that.This is about a "school" that makes FRAUDULENT CLAIMS and is duping students to this very day. You really have about as much right to defend this loan fraud organization as I do defending your school.

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On 6/3/2005 2:18:21 PM, Aristocrat wrote:

I think we should blame them. CDI is a good example of a commercial school that takes money and doesn't provide the training. This is the most basic concept in commerce, and a perfect example of a rip off.

This is a blame to CDI itself not the CDI graduates.

Rastin

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On 2/15/2005 7:24:17 PM, bettyboop wrote:

I was a student at CDI College and I had a awesome experience there. Everything that I was told is true and I use my skills everyday in my JOB that I got because I went to CDI. I think that the staff at CDI is great and very supportive. I would recommend anyone to go there and get a great education. I know many people that have graduated from CDI and they are working in their field of study and are very happy. THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A CDI LACKEY!!!!DONT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!
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I smell a rat.....A CDI RAT!!

Thank you all . I am looking to attend college again and after reading what was said (aside from personal investigating) I have made my decision. BCIT. Then again you're probably a bunch of BCIT reps trying to **** on the compitition. (Im just that paranoid ;)
Thanks for the posted advice. Keep telling it like it is!

No, we are not bcit reps. bcit doesnt need to resort to those tactics, unlike those scumsuckers at cdi, who only see an easy access to the Canada Student Loan gravy train, and being an american company, see some great loopholes to funnel a foreign currency. In fact, I went to a bcit orientation (while at cdi), and they actually discouraged prospective students from joining if they werent cut out for that kind of intense learning environment. They actually said "If you spend 2 straight weeks tryng to locate an error in code, finally find it, and then feel like you want to smash your computer, you dont want to take this course." That is honesty to say the least.CDI would say "Oh, our grads are in high demand, companies are calling us all the time, sign here." bull****.

CDI "College" is a total joke and a waste of money. The certificates are not recognized by employers. The percentage of graduates getting jobs related to computers is practically zero, despite their B.S. claims. Once you're finished, they do absolutely nothing to help you get a job (nor can they ... no employer wants their graduates). Stay away.

Another diploma dispenser was The Institute for Computer Studies, owned by CDI College, now closed due to lack of business. Common theme ... obsolete equipment and courses, necessary skills such as MFC, OOD, UML, CASE tools, embedded systems, etc. not even touched upon ... It is disgraceful that our governments support loans for people to waste their time and money to go to places like these. [:0]

NDP Opposition Backgrounder:

CDI College Massage Therapy Program
June 28, 2005
Stop Setting Students Up for Failure

There were initially 13 students enrolled in the CDI massage therapy program, but so far two could not continue, as they could not receive financing due to citizenship issues, and one transferred toanother CDI program. Another one of the students may be able to re-join after an absence of six weeks from the program. Of the remaining students, approximately half would not have qualified for the Grant MacEwan program because they do not have the appropriate academic standards. One of the students only completed Grade 10, was accepted into the program, and after payingtheir first $5,435 tuition cheque, was told that they could only continue beyond the end of June 2005 if they challenged and passed the General Education diploma exam for Grade 12. The $100 cost of challenging the GED exam is paid by the student. Another student in the program only had Grade 10, was accepted into the program, and has not yet been told of the need to challenge the GED exam.After completion of the program, students have to pay for and pass an external exam to become a registered massage therapist. Based on the first three months in the program, the students feel that they will not have the knowledge required to pass this exam. When the students arrived for the first day of class on March 25, they found an empty clinic without massage tables, shelving, or instructional materials. The first few weeks of class were spent getting the clinic physically ready, such as erecting massage tables and installing shelving for storing linens, towels and oils. Even after two months, there were still no proper instructional materials or curriculum to guide the instructor. These were finally delivered after pressure was applied by the instructor and the student body. The NDP Opposition recommends that prior to licensing a program at a private vocational institution, the Private Institutions Branch must be satisfied that the institution has the capacity to deliver the program. Thereafter, there should be random and regular inspections of these institutions to ensure that minimum learning standards are being met.
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Inferior Program at a Premium Price

Students were sold on the CDI program because the Massage Therapy Association of Alberta recognizes the course as equivalent to the two-year Grant MacEwan College (GMC) program. Most of the students choose CDI either because it was marketed to them as being more compatible with working full or part-time, or because they lacked the academic qualifications necessary to enter GMC.The tuition for the CDI massage therapy program is $10,000 for year one, and $9,900 for year two,for a total of $19,900. On the Student Enrolment Contract, $17,500 is identified as tuition, and $2,400 for other fees. No breakdown of these other fees is provided. Nor does it include costs for other items including uniforms (scrubs), security clearances, necessary shots to work within the health care field, and required external exams. Finally, students have not received any kind ofbreakdown on the fees they are paying, or what is covered by those fees.In contrast, the tuition for the massage therapy program at GMC is $6,255 for year one, and $5,715 for year two, for a total of $11,970. There are additional fees to cover supplies at GMC for books,learning resources, student activity fees and supplies totaling $3,235 but these are clearly detailed in the program costs.The NDP Opposition recommends that private vocational schools be required to disclose tostudents - prior to signing an enrolment contract - an itemized list of all fees charged tostudents, and a list of all required items students have to pay for themselves.

SFB Must Stop Writing Blank Cheques

The experience of the CDI massage therapy students is that placement officers, who partly work on commission, promise the moon when students are considering enrolment. Then, once students are locked into legally binding agreement, the institution fails to deliver what has been promised. Within days of students’ enrolment, the Student Finance Board sends a cheque (typically for $5,435 dollars) directly to CDI as partial payment for the first year’s tuition. The students are then of course on the hook for re-paying this debt.
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In total, the Student Finance Board (SFB) approved $14,035 in funding for the first year of the massage therapy program for a student in the program. Of this total, a $6,435 Canada Student Loan will have to be re-paid whether the student completes the program or not. A further $4,540 Alberta Student Loan will also have to be repaid if the student fails to complete the first year ofthe program. The balance of $3,060 is granted in the form of a Canada Study Grant and an Alberta Opportunities Bursary. All of this funding was approved without the SFB ever having oncetalked or corresponded with the student, and was purely based on paperwork submitted byCDI.One of the students did not enroll in the program until April 22, 2005, and started attending classes on April 25, 2005, a full month after the program began. Despite this, the SFB approved $14,035 in funding for this student on April 25 for a program that began March 25. It is not known if CDI disclosed to the SFB whether the student had enrolled a month late.The NDP Opposition recommends:• SFB should stop the practice of writing cheques directly to private institutions for student loans and grants. All cheques should in their entirety go to the student.• Similar to the practice at public post-secondary institutions, students should have the right to withdraw from the program during the first two weeks of classes and have all of their monies refunded in full, including registration fees.• Other than a small initial deposit – to be refunded if a student withdraws – the first tuition payment should not be due until at least two weeks of classes have been held.Improve Adjudication of Student ComplaintsGetting their complaints addressed has been an exercise in frustration for the CDI massage therapy students. When the students contacted the Student Finance Board, they were given the the ‘buyer beware’ line, and told they should have done their homework on the institution better. When the students complained to the Regional Director for CDI, they were told they needed to work their problems out with the school. The response of CDI is to promise to address complaints, but then let problems continue to go unaddressed. None of the students were even made aware that the massage therapy program is licensed by the Private Institutions Branch, and that they ostensibly have a student complaints process.The NDP Opposition recommends that upon registering, private vocational institutions be required to provide information to students about the external student complaint process.
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Stop Blurring Line Between Academic and Vocational

In recent years, the Private Institutions Branch has been increasingly licensing programs at private vocational schools that are clearly academic rather than vocational in nature. These programs tend to be longer than one year, and the PIB is clearly unable or unwilling to monitor compliance or minimum standards for these programs. The NDP Opposition recommends that the Private Institutions Branch stop licensing programs that are academic – rather than vocational in nature – particularly if such programs are already being offered by a public post-secondary institution. We further recommend that monies saved by stopping the waste of public dollars going to private for-profit institutions be instead applied to increase the number of program spaces at public post-secondary institutions offering programs like massage therapy.Contact the NDP Opposition501 Legislature Annex9718 - 107 StreetEdmonton, Alberta T5K 1E4Phone: 780-415-0944Fax: 780-415-0701E-mail: nd@assembly.ab.caWeb: www.newdemocrats.ab.ca

I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Capilano Business School is an awesome experience and good alternative to UBC, SFU or BCIT. The teachers really care about the students, I know this for a fact because I am part of the second grad class of the Capilano School of Business that the teachers put in all their free time to make sure would happen (going from diploma granting to degree granting status as a community college) , they fought the powers that be to make sure we got the best electives, best international exchanges, all the instructors have tons of industry experience and some also teach MBA programs at UBC and SFU, the classes are small, the teachers are so supportive after grad and invite you back to speak to their classes sometimes, the Dean of our business school used to be the Dean at UBC and she said herself Cap is different because the teachers really care about the students.

That's my 2 cents.
Linda

Oh yeah, you can even grad from UBC and end up working at starbucks, so consider those 10 tips (well, 11) mentioned bfore.

sorry bout the typo

Hey roxyyo!

Thanks for those tips :-) Are you coming to the MiniMassive by any chance?

Vic.

"The experience of the CDI massage therapy students is that placement officers, who partly work on commission, promise the moon when students are considering enrolment. Then, once students are locked into legally binding agreement, the institution fails to deliver what has been promised."....Amen to that!!! Where is this from? Is it an article in a newspaper? How can I reference this? Good work, the truth is getting out!!

NDP Backgrounder

www.newdemocrats.ab.ca/pdf/news/cdicollege.pdf

Another Article:

http://www.newdemocrats.ab.ca/archive/20050628.php


For immediate release
June 28, 2005

More students sold a bill of goods by private vocational school
Minister of Advanced Ed must put students' interests before profits - Pannu
Edmonton – NDP Opposition Advanced Education critic Raj Pannu was joined by students at private, for-profit CDI College today. The students are deeply dissatisfied with CDI’s massage therapy program – a program licensed by the Ministry of Advanced Education.

“These students are good people who have been failed by a bad system,” says Pannu.

Students at CDI report a lack of materials, including massage tables and linens. Weeks into the program, there was still little in the way of curriculum for either the instructor or the students. Students also report that the Student Finance Board effectively writes blank cheques to the institution, and forwards students’ loan monies straight to the institution, based solely on documentation provided by CDI.

Pannu said the Private Institutions Branch (PIB) of Alberta Advanced Education is also failing students at CDI College.

“First, the PIB does not ensure these institutions have the capacity to deliver the programs they promise. Second, the PIB does not conduct random and regular inspections to make sure minimum learning standards are being met. Third, the PIB doesn’t require institutions to be open and honest about all of the fees students are required to pay upon enrolment. Fourth, the PIB does not require students to be informed about any external complaint process,” says Pannu.

“For these institutions, it’s all about the money, and the Minister of Advanced Education is allowing them to laugh all the way to the bank,” continues Pannu.

“The Minister telling students ‘buyer beware’ is not good enough. His ministry is allowing private vocational institutions to promise students the moon prior to signing up, and then they change their tune as soon as students are on the hook for thousands in student loans,” says Pannu.

“It costs less to attend the massage therapy program at Grant MacEwan, where students get a credible diploma, from a reputable institution,” says Pannu.

“Rather than throwing taxpayers’ money down a black hole of private profits and broken promises, the Minister should create more spaces at public post-secondary institutions,” concludes Pannu.

I went to CDI expecting to take a program but after getting accepted and paying them for my courses they changed my classes without notifying me and put me into some other classes. My instructor who didn't know what was going on just said that it is where everyone starts off with..after being there for two weeks and complaining everyday they finally admited to their mistake but I had to pay for that because I didn't have any of my books for my proper classes. CDI college took the blame for it but never took responsibility for their mistake. They charged me $5000 for 6 classes and my books and then I had to re purches new books for the mistake that they had made.

Yes, I'm going there right now and there a bunch of scammers. I just got suspended from CDI College for some ridiculous stuff. And when, they told me that I tell them I would like my money back for any class that I did not get to finish. So I guess I will make you no of the outcome. Because if they try to play me I’m planning on bring them to court. [:(]

Be very careful when choosing a vocational school. There rep is very important and these private schools like cdi will allow people to get there certificate when they should not have. If you follow there course and work hard you will definitely deserve a job in the subject of your choice. But in Montreal for instance there rep is pretty bad ( incompetent graduates ), it is not a big plus putting them on your cv. If I could do it again I would have gone through a program offered by a university, there name has a better value in getting those interviews.

I went to CDI College myself and that was the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life. I spent almost 15k on Accounting diploma which turned out to worth nothing... nobody recognizes it and since I want to continue my education towards CGA I have to start all over again. I wish someone had warned me about this so called "college" before mu enrolling.. To Bad I had to learn all the truth about it the hard way. SO PLEASE don't make my mistake and stay away from this place.

I am in the process of making a website that will come up in the top ten when "CDI College" is entered in Google. I faced all of these problems with CDI and though it is 6 years later, I am having problems purchasing a home because of their scam, and now my ruined credit, because I refused to pay them a part of what they say I owe them.

I was quoted by a woman in their collections "CDI College has taken many students to court and has never lost a case".

So if you want to have anything put up on this site and hopefully take a shot back at them, email me at cravana@hotmail.com.

Hi Leedman was referring to UBC Careers website. The workshops are only for ubc students and alumni. However they do have some good online resource pages and handouts that anyone can access at:

http://students.ubc.ca/careers/resources.cfm

I'm an alumni and I'm taking their hidden job market workshop and I'm really impressed. If you qualify take it if you can.

In Alberta, a large weight is placed on having a University Degree from the large Canadian Universities (4year Degree that is)

There after, it is advised to get certifications/designations. Yes these are still very important as long as they are matched with the equivelant work experience.

(this is for I.T. jobs)

CDI SUCKS!!!

I am currently attending CDI collage and it sucks.
Since the very first day I found myself, pissed off and [:(] dissapponted . It took them hours to finally get my acceptence in to enrolling in to the school, big mistake.
half the time I have no teacher and often find myself working alone. When I speak to my teacher he does not know what he is talking about.
I pay to be in school for 5 hours a day and really am only there for about 2 hours, because the teacher is in a hurry to go home.
When I don't want to go to school it becomes a problem with the school,they tell me that I have to be there if I want to graduate(funny).
I could do more at home, then waste my time and gas to get all the way there.

so if you are looking for a collage to attend DON'T GO TO CDI

by the way then it come to review a class the teacher will tell you everything on the exam, so you can pass and they don't have to waste more time to teach you again.

(Isn't that nice) [:)]

Hello everyone, i just found this site a few weeks ago took me a bit to sign up so now im posting and letting everyone know i have a petition going in my class against CDI... our class got the short end of the stick. it all started with a really good teacher leaving cuz he was extremely under pressure from the head of our instatution the CDI college in brampton ontario.

When he left they hired someone not qualified for the course, for awhile we didnt say anything but when we asked her a simple question almost anyone in the IT field could answer we got suspisious. We al started complaining about what they promised us and what we were getting, we all thought it was a glorified reading hall...

why would we pay 17 grand to read and not learn from a teacher or instructor. eventrully almost 3 months later we got a teacher who could answer our questions we were happy for alittle bit... The head of our college told us TO OUR FACES they CDI pays for two of our Certifications which we havent seen yet...

Sorry for making this so long but i have alot to say... i start talking to a lawyer about all these facts and it just happen to be my sister so i can get legal advice for free... so i made the petition everyone so far is going to sign it... after all the legal angles are looked over ill post the petition on here for all of you to see... we will also be putting it on PETITION ONLINE . I think ill be making another petition against CDI as a whole when the other petition is done so everyone across canada can look at it and sign it if they want you get 50 thousand people signing it thats power... its something in court they cant ignore... I just wanna make sure no one gets lied too and used again...

thank you all for reading my post... if anyone has anything they need or want to ask me email me at ultimatecloud@gmail.com (IMHO) in my humble opinion CDI is a bunch of lying cheating stealing corrupt business individuals who only are looking out for there own interests. I suggest to anyone seeking post secondary education look everywhere else before considering cdi as a school.

thank you for time in reading my post... i apologize for the spelling mistakes...

* Cloud *

hello, im in montreal, im wondering if you know about herzing college which is also private i dont want to go if there rep is bad to.

If you asked me to choose between CDI and BCIT, I will prefer BCIT. UBC also offer some good certification programs in their continuing studies department.

I agree with what leedman said. You need to know well what your career goal is and don't expect that there is any good education program that will land you a high pay job.

Besides taking courses in the IT area, I will also suggest you join some of the User Groups in Vancouver. They constantly invite speakers to present new technologies and some time provide you with beta software to try on. That's a good way to keep yourselve updated and have a better idea what skills are required in the IT field.

I want to speak about CDI (College?)

This is insane! How can they possibly get away with stealing like
they do.
How do they get a rating with the BBB? I am reading all of these stories and I can't believe they are still in operation. I think we need to bring this to the attention of the people in charge of the funding programs. The ones who say yeah or na on your funding through the Gov. I know this is a small portion of how they steal from people, but at least it is a start. I have had to witness alot of this going on at the one I am attending in Surrey, BC. It really makes me ill to see some of the less fortunate people with obvious disabilities get taken for the money they probably dont or ever will have access to. This is a shame and a disgrace to our education in BC. Some of these people have applied for student loans from the adds in the paper and have received them never meeting with someone who is on their side to clearly reconize the appropriate program or avenue for them to take. They come to CDI and meet with one of the counselor (sharks) and they make them comfortable and re- assure them that this is the place to be. Then put them in a program and offer them all kinds of help , set them up with all the paper work and then take their money. Once this is in place they are on their own to fend for themselves! It is discusting! I have seen beautiful people with lots of talents crying and feeling completely helpless and mad at themselves because they can not understand or complete the work that they have been given.
I however am capable of pulling through. I am not the smartest cookie on the block but I am so far just passing. I did not have computers in school and I really need this program. This is a one time deal for me and I am sad to say that I blew it. I insisted on going to this college because I found it to be very proffesional and serious. Boy was I wrong! Anyways I have talked long enough and I do have so much more to say but I will be on again. If anything I will cut my losses of learning to make sure that I speak out for the people who are about to invest their time ,their money, (our money) etc. To put a stop to this unjustified stealing: (my terms) [8)]

Ill just say this if so many people are complaining about the same things HOW CAN IT BE WRONG? people ask yourselves what is the price for a mistake in this day and age? the rest of your life when you owe the government 17 grand... its how much im gonna owe when im done my course. ive been in for 4 months and ive learned very little.

Now in my school at CDI college in brampton ontario they are going to be putting us on disiplinary action cuz people arrive late... people have things to do this isnt a job where you have to be on time everyday... this is a school so what they are going to do is WITHOLD our harddrives so we cant use the computers... how is making us get behind in our studies gonna smarten us up?

its gonna make us mad and wanna start yelling and screaming cuz its our time they are wasting... then they B*tch and complain about us being behind. I BEG EVERYONE who is looking for a good education you will NOT get one from CDI college. Ill put it this way i wouldnt suggest CDI to my worst enemy...

people we all need to think before we do. i rushed into this course cuz i needed a future my future is costing me 17 grand for almost no education. i have to go to another school after this for 13 grand to get what ive paid CDI for. im gonna make sure from now on i know all before i leap into the fire...

Dear all,
My day of vengance has come. I just got off the phone with a lawyer that is willing to listen to us current and ex-CDI graduates. I told him that I'd gather as many people as possible and then we'd all go and meet with him.
Many of you, unlike I, may be able to get their money back or at least kick CDI in the ass for having ripped off so many people through delivering a pile of crap to so many for so many years. My case goes back to 1998, when it was just a circus there. Anyways, please, please, please do contact me if you are interested in a possible class action suit. tikkiloc@hotmail.com or 604 7719806

I'm so happy.

Dear all,
My day of vengance has come. I just got off the phone with a lawyer that is willing to listen to us current and ex-CDI graduates. I told him that I'd gather as many people as possible and then we'd all go and meet with him.
Many of you, unlike I, may be able to get their money back or at least kick CDI in the ass for having ripped off so many people through delivering a pile of crap to so many for so many years. My case goes back to 1998, when it was just a circus there. Anyways, please, please, please do contact me if you are interested in a possible class action suit. tikkiloc@hotmail.com or 604 7719806

Dear all,
My day of vengance has come. I just got off the phone with a lawyer that is willing to listen to us current and ex-CDI graduates. I told him that I'd gather as many people as possible and then we'd all go and meet with him.
Many of you, unlike I, may be able to get their money back or at least kick CDI in the ass for having ripped off so many people through delivering a pile of crap to so many for so many years. My case goes back to 1998, when it was just a circus there. Anyways, please, please, please do contact me if you are interested in a possible class action suit. tikkiloc@hotmail.com or 604 7719806

Yeah, don't even go near CDI....go to BCIT, no ands ifs or buts

Hello all, I went to the Burnaby campus in B.C. and found it great, the instructors knew what they were talking about, were always willing to give me a hand when I needed it. I never really had any problems with that branch that was two years ago. I met alot of people worth meeting, made some good friends and got a great head start in the web design field.

But its like so many have said if you don't have the instructors who care about their job, and want to help students then their just a waste of time. Having the experience and the technical back ing doesn't make a good instructor, if you don't have the drive to help others when they come to you then you have absolutely no business being in that field.

It seems that so many of the Institutes a person goes to are headed in the same direction, my brother is at the Vancouver Arts Institute and he's finding it the same way there. I find looking into the Institute first, going for a day or two to see what its like helps a little. But in the end we all have to take that chance.

It's too bad to hear all this taking place when I had such a good time when I went, but these places change instructors and staff so quickly the next person might get someone totally opposite to what the previous had. Good luck in your exdeavors to get back what was taken from. I wish you the best.

It is possible to have a good experience at CDI but im sorry when there is HUNDREDS of posts from angery people and most of them just from one province its very much apprent that the majority of the school body/business is lacking...

* Cloud *

It sounds like there is a lot of loosers that are still out there bitching and complaining about their career, their miserable life..... I went to CDI and I had a fabulous experience. I have moved from programmer to analyst and I am now an account executive. CDI changed my life.... I strongly recommend CDI. Just be prepared to work hard and you will get there! It was definitely the best investement I made for myself!!!!!

Herzing Sucks! Go to CDI College!

LOL CDI paid you to say such things... ya alot of hard work your right... BUT you dont need to pay 17 grand to have a teacher sit there and baby sit you. reading in a glorified reading hall with computers from dell which are a piece of crap... im here to be taught not to learn everything on my own... i could buy the DARN books on my own and learn this way... WHY THE HELL WOULD I NEED CDI?

ya you cant answer that question cuz your being paid. and if by some strange reason you are being honest you had a good experience at CDI you are one of few people who have... and are stupid to have paid so much money for nothing but a piece of paper. i hope your proud of yourself for all your hard work you did that you could have bought the books and learned on your own like you did in class...

"It sounds like there is a lot of loosers that are still out there bitching and complaining about their career, their miserable life..... I went to CDI and I had a fabulous experience. I have moved from programmer to analyst and I am now an account executive. CDI changed my life.... I strongly recommend CDI. Just be prepared to work hard and you will get there! It was definitely the best investement I made for myself!!!!!" [quote] You are now an "account executive" and you cant even spell "loser" or "investment"?? Dude , how much did they pay you? WHERE do you work?? Yeah, I will agree with one thing... CDI DOES change peoples lives, alright. CDI, cant your lawyers hire someone a little smarter to cover your ass? Pathetic. Lawsuits forthcoming.

Some of us that did go to CDI are not miserable and lead successful lives, not thanks to CDI of course....a dirty little bump on the road that left a bitter taste for it being the single biggest lapse of good judgement made in a desperate moment and easily bought from 1. A sleazy car salesman disguised as an 'advisor' or 2. A Basic Instinct type of 'admissions' lady.....good god, i won't even get into the quality of products bought, the basis for this argument over CDI.

Go elsewhere, MANY OTHER good schools out there.

sean44,

"..A Basic Instinct type of 'admissions' lady..."

very funny... made my day

Heres the scoop on the CDI/TSOB process: 1)Person down on their luck and desperate finds glossy ad in newspaper, custom tailored to solve their woes and finacncial problems

2)Initial meetings and orientation are what CDI staff focuses on. In your orientation/initiation they show how professional they are and they even make you fill out an entrance exam(ha!) They explain to you how credible they are and how they are the best there is.

3)once enough of these intial meetings are conducted, 30 brainwashed students fill one classroom and the process begins anew.

4)Classes are taught by unprofessional wanna-bes and all you learn how to do is grade 10 math/computer basics and resume construction. Poor equipment, novice level text books, and out of 4 hours a day only 1 is filled with actual "work"....you dont have to be there!!!!

5)They pass you with a 95+ average and you get a diploma with honours!!!!! Sad thing is, everyone gets this with minimal effort.

6) all the jobs, employer links and quality they promised at the beginning dissipates and they stand in "employment councellor" does his job to confuse you with open ended questions and bs.

At a time in my life when I was vulnerable and down(mental illness had me down and out of university), ....my clouded mind read their ads and thought of this as an alternative. They took advantage of me with lies and had I had a clear head then I would have avoided that drivel. My class was full of totally capable individuals, who deserved a decent education. When one of the students went to the local university to see if he coudl transfer his CDI credits to the uiniveristy business program they asked him why he was wasting his time. I feel bad for me and theother people in that class....i wrote them a ltter chewing them out and I bet it hurt...to bad it didnt ruin their organization. What was I thinking....wait I wasnt ......CDI is EVIL

Hmm. I had to comment. Do any of these screwed over grads really need another person from CDI college threatening them or tampering with them. What now, sue us for bad advertising. I graduated from that school and alls I can say is.........Im still wondering why and how that happened to me....hows this...VOID! Honestly, Im gald I found this forum and now I know that 99.9% of the students and grads feel the same way...We cant be ALL wrong...check the numbers....we ALL cant be lying mr!
continue to spread the word people, continue.....
sincerely
shaun

yes...definitely blame them....they promise, charge and dont deliver....they do their best to prepare and get the presentation ready(read:lies) and dont deliver...taking advantage of confused and desperate individuals......business indeed.......

dude, you took the "business" program too,lol!! Ive been trying to get a job for close to 3 years(360 resumes handed out, in suits when in person) and have actually had a woman accepting resumes for an "assistant" managerial training program laugh in my face when she read over the education portion of my resume. She handed it back to me and said she couldnt take it and to try somewhere else. I really believe its only viewed in the job market on the same level that a high school diploma is..

Hi There,
Some people are saying it is better to read the books yourself then to actually go to the college. Does anyone know which books are used in the Addictions Worker Program? I would like to check some of these out!

Thanks So Much!

My Email Address Is KLRIEDEL@HOTMAIL.COM

THANK YOU!

This thread now rates as #10 on the first page of results in Google for "CDI College" out of 1, 750, 000 results.

Good. Now we can delete it!

hahahaha! YEAH! I agree with Ed.

im currently taking the programmer Analyst/Web Developer course after being lied to by the admissions rep making the course sound better than it realy was. The college is a joke, the course is self study, all you do is read from the book, if you're now it all already you can finish in 8 months, the course is not 2years it's 14-16months.

you can read about my experiences by the topic links below:
Police Baton trouble
CDI trys to take my money
Patcoola receives scholarship
CDI College Sucks

O MY GOD
CDI COLLEGE IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST!!!!!!!!!!

They overcharged me for a course I took (Business Computer Specialist)
They charged me for a 12 month course I never took and I didn't even know it.. I recently received a letter from a collections company saying I owe CDI $3,800. I am fighting it !!!
Well now i know other ppl are getting scammed too. thats BS.

Does anyone know what happened to CDICOLLEGEFRAUD, it was an off shoot of the cdi college sucks website which was forced to be taken down or something. The company mustve sent a warning to the administrator to take it down. Anyways......if they think doing that will save the school from a bad reputation they are fooling themselves. They do it to themselves, the rep is so bad it isnt even funny and taking down a website will help nothing......hey dudes....get your acts together, offer a real education, get some accreditation and stop scamming then maybe youll see a turn around!

As I recall, it was either a court order or settlement that resulted in its' death.

Come to think of it, I'd like to see these threads die too.

ok....Hi everybody....im brand new to this forum/techvibes thing so please bare with me..so i attend CDI college and me and a few friends have been constantly complaining about how ****ty it is...we have a teacher who has ABSOLUTELY no idea what he is talking about, all he does is walk around the campus, hes never in the classroom, he leaves us alone when were doing final exams for god sakes!! what is that?!?! like people were talking during a final...wow...and he cant answer any of our questions..everytime someone has a problem he doesnt have an answer for us and just says compare with the person next to you, GOOD GOD! and a fellow classmate of mine confronted our teacher about how he doesnt help us and its ridiculous and he said that were here to learn...YA AND YOUR SUPPOSED TO TEACH! Ok well theres alot more but im pretty sure many of you out there have the same problem. I paid 13000! for a course i could do at home by myself cause all the teacher does i frickin sit there and leave the room all day..and also...i paid to have 5 hours of classroom time a day..we get if were lucky two and a half..then the teachers gone...and when we recently were talking to the teacher he somehow FORGOT to mention to us that he had only been teaching for 5 MONTHS! oh my god....im so terrified. im completely screwed...if anyone out there is or wants to help battle cdi please contact me...ive spoken to another guy on this site and were gonna get some people together, hes got 3 and ive got 3..the more people we have...the better...we are not going to be able to stand ground without you guys....so please anyone out there get back to me if you can be of any help...or are in need of some!

Also, another tidbit of info for all you guys....CDI was on CTV NEWS tonight...apparantly some kids were on there telling their story and how they are trying to sue cdi for ripping them off as well....so if anyone in this forum has to do wit that, i'd love to join you....

so yes here is my e-mail address

i_am_not_easy15@hotmail.com

thanks guys

YOU go there!! People, do not go to CDI by any means. I heard yesterday the students from Toronto campus filed the case against cdi. I hope very much they will win

I was told yesterday that some students from toronto campus filed a lawsuit against cdi. i hope very much they will win cause this shame shall be stopped.

I recently signed on to CDI College about 4days ago. I also applied for funding and I'm waiting for the approval. My situation isn't good, I'm uemployed, never have been before, I have enough money to pay for Febuary's rent and some groceries and thats it. I have no availible help, and now I wonder if I am falling in the same trap everyone else did. Could someone please contact me asap, need some advice very badly.......
LRoth

I just want you all to know, that I had a settlement conference today with CDI and a judge....and I won!!!!! CDI is refunding my money back to student loans!!!

You can do it too! Don't let them get away with their BS folks! If you want to know how, just drop me a line and I'll tell you how I did it!

tonydeslauriers@hotmail.com