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They should change their logo Changing lives through education. it should read Destroying lives through education because that is exactly what they do. Their teachers are not qualified their director can’t get her head out of a book long enough to talk to you and if she does manage she is just no a people person. Their use to be a good receptionist but she is gone and they kept the girl that looks as though she wants to beat you the minute you walk in, or that you have ruined her day by showing up. Lets not get started on the male administration rep the lies and promises told just to get someone to sign up are horrendous. You are given a student manual and there are signs posted everywhere of the procedures to follow if you would like to dispute or if you have a complaint. Waste of time you can write as many letters as you would like, talk to the campus director the regional director take it as far up as you would like. The thing that i noticed was that everyone covers for one another because everyone is related or a boyfriend of or girlfriend or sister of somebody, so good luck the policy’s are written and in place for them to create a job for someone.
Thank-you for your comment. I have read alot like it about this school
. It is nice to know not to waste my time.
This school and MTI are the WORST schools ever….if you check out other reviews it’ll tell you that the have campus specific recommendations. That only goes to show there is no consistency with all of the campuses. In my experience A LOT of places won’t hire you if you got your diploma at CDI
I wouldnt have given any stars, guess its another one of their scams you have to give them stars to post a comment. This school shouldnt ever get any stars!
I attended this campus. Dont waste your time with this school. The instructors are there but they arent actually there for you. I had a teacher named Amrit. Who was a complete cow. She was constantly snotty, told me things, and told other students to do it a different way. She had an pretty easy job i could have done. How hard is it to know what to teach your students, multiple times we were given tests and there were pages on the test of stuff we never got taught. So they would tell us to skip over it never teach us it, and give us the full marks. When we had tests or exams by Amrit the whole classes average would drop miserably. She didnt take time time for lectures, or reviews. i dont recall once ever being in the classroom for more then 3 hrs. The Dental Reception course at CDI is a complete joke. This course was suppose to be full time 5-10pm, Monday-Friday. But its not as it seems or as they tell you. The admins that help you enroll dont give a crap the only reason they are there for you is to make the sale. your there commission. I heard of admins taking there time to see possible students for an hr or 2, then the person says they want to check out a few other schools. The admins are so high on themself and their wage that if you dont take the spot right then they wont recieve you call afterwards because you cost them money and wasted their time. Well we as students are paying out our asses for what you want \”Good Post Sencondary Education\” But if fact were get the worst treatment ever. You speak your mind and tell them how you feel about how they are running things they jus write you up. You continue to speak your mind you get the boot and still have to pay the rediculous amount. My course took me 7 months. When in theory if we were in class for 5 hrs a day like we were suppose to be, not 2 hrs, guaranteed we would have be actually able to finish the course in 3 maybe 4 months tops. 9600.00 for a course you can take at BCIT for 3300.00. If you can find some better place to take any course take it there. Dont waste your time money or effort on this place they call a college. The only teacher that was worth mine or the other students time was Donna. She would make us stay full class length, actually teach us stuff that was on the exams and tests, she would follow through with reveiws for tests, lectures, anything you needed help with you ask her, shed be right there to help you. Monica and sonica- What a joke family those 2 are. You are being taught a computer course well 3 by these two retards. Windows, excel, and Introduction to windows, we all taught ourselves. You pay an extra 2000 dollars for the rad module and you have a choice whether or not you want to take, but not whether or not you want to pay for it, you have to pay for it. The stupid thing about having this module is you cant use it in a dental office, they will not let you. Dr.\’s Hygenists will not give up money they can make for some receptionist to take x-rays. All in all i have to say to anyone planning on starting a course or have enrolled in your course but havent paid yet. Drop-out, dont enroll yourself, youll never forgive yourself for not listening to everyone who has posted posts of this bullshit school. Check out other campuses comments too, burnaby, every campus owned by Eminata in canada is like this, i have seen so many posts about this joke of an company. I just wish i would have seen the posts before i enrolled in this course. I wish more than anything there was a way to go back in time, because if i could do it all over again, would i do it differnt, hell yes i would!! All these posts about this school are not bullshit, this school is bullshit! Like the girl above says, They need to change there Logo from \”CHANGING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION\” to \”DESTROYING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION\”!
I just graduated from grade 12 with 85% and was new in Canada. Instead of going to UBC for pharmacy program I ended up going to CDI cuz they told me that I can finish the pharmacy technician program in 9 months and can earn $ 23/hr (which was a complete lie) and later go into full pharmacist program(without knowing the credits wont transfer to any university. Later when we were 6 months into the program one of their own instructors told us why were we even doing this course which paid $ 9-10/hr. Everyone was surprised as I was
but too late. The scheduled class time was 9 am to 2pm. But I dont remember being in the class any later than 12 which included couple of hours lunch and tea breaks in bw. In class we had 7 students. That was a big sign of a stupid college and me one of the students being fooled 
And they charged about $14000 (a complete rip off) for 9 months. CDI folks are smart and they target new immigrants and people with limited knowledge. Anyways I ended up finishing the diploma and worked as a tech for $11 for yr n half just to pay off my student loan for $14000 for which they ripped me off. I had no courage to go to univ for another 5 yrs for pharmacy program. I started Financial Management diploma from BCIT(All courses transferrable to CGABC) which was two yrs and cost was abt $9000. I started working while I was still doing the diploma. Now I am doing Btech degree($6000)(Most courses transfer to CGA) and working at a CA firm which pays for my courses and books. Instructors are so helpful and commited. Program is intense and you feel you are actually studying and not wasting your time. CDI and my lack of knowledge made all efforts to rip me and my career. But I learned and fixed my mistake right away. So, please guyz dont waste your valuable time,money,efforts and brain at CDI. It is a business not a educational institutions. Go to a accredited univ like UBC, SFU or BCIT. I usually find my friends and ppl asking me they planning to go to CDI because its fast. I know what to tell them. I hear horrible stories from other students who been to CDI and gone through the same situations and now paying off the huge amount of student loans with such a low salary jobs. I hate the admins who work at CDI and trap the students with incorrect information when they would never do that with their own kids. Hopefully one day CDI colleges like CDI will shut down. I cant find a rating of 0 huh
Sounds like you got a bum deal on that one. Look into moving to Ontario, pharmacy technicians make more money here. I think they have to be regulated or something, which is why they get paid more.
Unfortunately since you went to CDI College, your diploma from there might not even be worth the paper it’s printed on.
CDI College-Surrey…… Where do I begin?
This school is the worst school ever, filled with unqualified teachers and financial advisors who have no idea what in the world they are doing!!!!
I attended in 2010 .. had Sim Minhas as a teacher.. all she did was joke around about her own life all day and not teach a single thing SOMEBODY SLAP SOME SENSE INTO HER WE DONT CARE ABOUT UR LIFE !!!! that ugly ogre looking monster with the messed up body shape and face deserves to get fired for her unprofessional behaviour.. your supposed to be a teacher not a tranny clown!
If you want to know the definition of over promised-under delivered then go to this college. Every one pretends to be nice , and all they want is your money, you sit down there all day and read a text book and they call it school, how bout calling it a corparation with shareholders who needs your money….. the ‘instructor’ whom i recently found out doesnt even have a university degree!! cant even answer my questions. Its been 6 months and i have not found a job !! The so called Program advisors will claim before you sign up all their graduates get hire ….. yes, to be security gurads at your local Mall….. Folks, just like the above post…… RUN… take a plane if you have to …..i am going to write this in every post, forum ,media, wall if i have to and not let this so called school profit another cent out of the desperate who needs a good job…. They should call themselves Vancouver Condemned College …… come on folks spread the word and put them out of business before someone else falls prey to them!
bunch of liars !!!
I’m from India..i’ve compeleted my B.Tech degree and enrolled myself in CDI’s “Network & Internet Security Specialist” :/
They show you dreams that are not fulfilled.
CDI made all efforts to rip me and my career apart.
In my experience A LOT of places won’t hire you if you got your diploma at CDI.
This place is a shit..
Plz save your lives peeps ..
OMG….CDI College is just a nite mare. The staff and the members of this private college is so unfriendly and uncooperative. They just dont care. I have paid my $150 dollars admission fee and applied for students loan. Couple of days ago, I have left messages in their voice mails about missing doccuments for my students my loan but they even dont care to retun your important calls.
Now I have changed my mind not to take CDI College, I rather choose some other school instead. I swear these school really sucks, Big time money making process school.
Thanks God!, just before time I have opened my eyes by researching and knowing about this lousy CDI College who indeed have a bad reputation in entire Canada. This college management brain washed me and made me pay $150 admission fee.
In addition the staff in this Bull shit college play sneaky smart and work in team to nail you if you get started to query any thing about their low standed operating system or any related issue.
Iam glad that I got admission in Kwantlen college for Technology Program. Unfortunately they will not return $150 admisson fee. They make you sign legal papers Man!!!
I have also noticed educational enterprise ( School Team Memembers of Canada )warned everyone in red writting to avoid this CDI College including Vancouver Career College. Canadian government should close this type of Rip off coleges.
Please take my advice and go to a public school, The teachers are a joke, except two who are highly trained, even tey used to tell us to never go to private schools again. All of the others sit around and want to have a good time with students and thats it, its not about education its about making friends with students. One instrcutor went so far as to have parties at her house with students after hours, and told us private details about her life…… which no one cares about. We just sat there and listened because we got easy marks. Not to mention she along with another instructor gave us word for word reviews befor exams and quizes. This was good at the time, but later in teh program we had a hard time actually learning. Certian students used to get personal calls at all hours of the night and its sad because that is unfair to the rest of us students. I recommend that this instructor get a life and go make friends outside of her studnets, if this isnt professional I dont know what is. She used to act like she worked so hard for us, but later on we learned that we had been taught things that werent even close to being accurate. When I pay over 20000, I expect to be ready for the work force, except I was made a foul. Please dont make the same mistake I did. Its better to wait and get into a public school. Also its crazy that we pay so much and we have teachers teaching us who also went to private schools and barley evven worked in hospitals!!! I would expect actuall degrees and lots of acute experience. My friend who is a nurse in a hospital told me they dont like cdi nurses and that none get hired.
got an appointment happening today in 2 1/2 hours. guess i’ll just go and hear what he has to say about ‘getting my NEW future started’.
good reviews here IMO…this and on another website not a single good thing to say about CDI? that’s wrong man.
But this little interview will be fun…:p go in go out..am not gonna sign up…been in this situation before (waste of money, time) don’t wanna get back in the same routine again.
Can anyone here please let me know how I am able to send a private email to certain students who have wriiten reviews here? I would like to voice my concern, yes also, I would like to get legal action taken against this school with thorough investigation. I am trying to gather up some students from past semesters along with current classmates in regards to this school. Thank you. Anyone who is reading this, if you are interested in helping to put an end to injustice and fooling poor people pls contact me at dolphinz1111@gmail.com Thanks. With that said, I along with so many of my classmates agree and feel so cheated and stripped off of our passion to study. CDI-Surrey is a JOKE! I am planning on contacting the CLPNBC as well in regards to this matter. I only rated one star as I can’t seem to get away with NOT rating so….just so terribly broken hearted and passion for studies has evolved into passion for human rights! I am an activist by nature and now I will advocate for current and future CDI students! I promise to take legal action and need backing up to support and voice my concerns here!
A letter from Eminata staff
December 10, 2011
Mr. Peter Chung, Executive Chairperson
Eminata Group
1800-400 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3A6
Dear Peter,
SUbject: Unethical, Integrity Issues, Unfair Practices and Unacceptable Behavior
“It is not known what “PRIVATE” college you received your education from, but it is obvious that you did not gain any schooling on people management. Your managerial skills are so poor that your employees are surprised that you have survived this long in the corporate world. Sometimes they question the intelligence of this company for hiring such an incompetent individuals such as yourself.” – common quote from the majority.
The purpose of this letter is to notify you ALL but most importantly Dr. Peter Chung about what upper, middle, and lower management is doing behind his back and the negative and devastating effect it’s about to take on the company(s).
We’re a group of people who work for the EMINATA group and a large number of
students who have attended a school at some point owned by EMIN AT A group who have decided enough is enough. We have started a systematic attack on this company to make things ethical and fair not only to the employees of the company but the general student body and public. We are giving Dr. Peter Chung an opportunity to learn and take personal responsibility as to what is happening behind his back and most importantly to make things right. So the same mistakes are not repeated from the past like they were in LA. We wish someone had given you heads up and we’re very confident you would have
resolved the issues in a proper and ethical manner.
Let’s start with unfair practices:
Mid and low level management hires who they want (friend, girlfriend,friend, family, ex-coworkers) and this is by them deciding which positions to advertise and which ones not too. Their qualifications are always overlooked and rest of the people are asked to cover for their work because they’re “NEW”. We demand that you ask your staff and get a consensus of who hired who and who do they know within the company and if they worked together elsewhere.
Campus directors and most new regional directors have no clue as what PCTIA policies are and are always breaking them but most importantly what can really get EMINATA shut down entirely is the FACT that both regional directors and campus directors COACH the staff to fool PCTIA. We have a proof of this in mwtiple forms and we are 100% confident that no court system will throw this out the window. Campus directors are not following exam policies written by the company when it comes to students failing
exams and are not unifonn. We have proof some directors make indirect sexual favors to give an attractive student another attempt where if a unattractive or old student it’s a complete NO.
There is way too much staff recycled from SPROTT -SHAW, VCAD, AI, MTI,
ACADAMY OF LEARNING, etc. Think about it this way, if these rejects were not
successful their why do you have them hired here? Are they friends perhaps? Someone else’s garbage is now your garbage and you’re paying them to keep this garbage. People like Vic Tesan have infested this company by bringing in his friends and family who have gotten more incompetent heads into this company. Did you know they have also gotten free education for their family and friends as well? A fair practice would be to hire and promote within if you want success. There are a lot of dedicated staff that should be promoted. We have a list of most of the people who have hired in this manner and they know who they’re and majority are struggling to gain control.
Remember the person you hired to run your company is the same person who was
bidding against you with CCI to buy it out under your nose with this “investors”. This is how the price was driven up and Randy Cox couldn’t come up with the funds to outbid Dr. Peter Chung. Talk about sabotage, and we have voice and video proof of Randy blabbering his mouth about going public so he and his hired friends can take control of the company because they them you’re a cheap Korean Jew. This is the best tip here alone is worth what you’re going to spend in legal fees.
Since our numbers have been growing faster than we expected we have decided to fonn a student union because no one should be treated unfairly and to get Employment Standards involved we the majority employees are fonning a union to put an end to unfairness. We are watching all levels of management and keeping detailed records and if changes are not made and implemented within this month class action law suits will take place from both employees and student side and we would hate to see this company repeat it’s mistakes and get crippled twice as it did in LA. We want to see all the incompetent staff from other schools fired who keep bringing in their friends and bully the old staff.
You have staff from other institutions that constantly talk to their friends and share trade secrets on how EMINATA operates. We have recordings of this and campus level staffis willing to take a stand to this statement. There are also plans to take control of the company as soon as it goes public. Someone is having power/control issues.
Student Issues:
Integrity issues due to campus directors no following policy and giving students false hope as there are too many ESL students that are setup to fail by sales people and this practice is promoted by the campus directors and DOA.
Too many mid-level managers hired who are friends of rejects from other organizations. Basically the staff keeps changing every few months and students are frustrated because they’re promised different things by different people. The directors are not taking responsibility .
Students feel frustrated with the campus directors because they cannot fulfil what has been promised to the student. Students are being enrolled in a unethical manner sometimes two or three months before their actual start dates. This leaves huge gaps in their schedules and student load frowns upon this and will be notified. You are messing with innocent people and their lives by wasting someone two months of time and messing up their car payments or mortgage payments.
Student body has determined that this company’s goal is profit or market dominance at any price because there are more students now under new ownership that the reps have brought in who are crap quality and don’t deserve to be in school at this point in their life because they lack the basic reading and writing skills. Students have complained the fact
reps are helping students cheat with the entrance exams and make them do it over and over.
It has come to our attention that a certain DOA has sexually engaged Vancouver students and staff and as a reward they’ve been promoted. DOA is a piece of garbage that hits on every student and makes negative and sexual comments towards students and staff. Sexual favors have been performed and documents. He has been seen drunk with students at bars and touching them in a very inappropriate manner. Proof and legal action pending …
There is no consistency from campus to campus and staff should have a good command of the English language! Students should be qualified thoroughly before being accepted and same with the staff.
EMINATA group is cheating student’s hard earned money by setting them up to fail by playing tricks to get them in. This is on your conscience Dr. Peter Chung.
We’re watching you and change is required immediately, this letter is being forwarded to many authorities and to the competition. Ie PCTIA, sprott shaw, Korean council, BBB, Board of trade, CTV, MTI, Stenberg, global, CDA, pharmacy/medical authority, all employers who hire your graduates.
Sincerely,
Occupy Campus ….
We are watching to see changes. In 2012 you better make changes before you go IPO, otherwise image, impression and public reputation can be easily tainted. We will be keeping a close eye on your businesses.
Peace!!
Check out Google keywords:
“Truth about CDI College”
“Vancouver Career College Complaints”
“University Canada West Complaints”
Coincidents? I think not. These are highly orchestrated scams. Same owner Eminata Group, same management, same M.O, hundreds of complaints, lawsuits, and abuses to maximize profit from students. Facts are facts, these are not false accusations, or hundreds of students happen to know each other. Go figure people. Wake up, you Zombies!
FIGHT BACK. DO SOMETHING AND STOP WHINNING
Reporter Cassidy Olivier from Province newspaper is interested to learn more horror stories. May be someone is willing to help us after all. I am away in India with limited access to email and time zone difference. Any one wants their story heard, may be getting their tuition fee back, write or call Cassidy directly!! Help those students about to be stuck with more student loans and receive nothing in return. 604-605-2028 or
email: colivier@theprovince.com
I went to the Burnaby campus and was lied to for my entire program. I beg you to not go to CDI. My teacher wasn’t even a teacher. She was an old student who didn’t have a teaching degree. They cheated us out of money and I have been done the program now for 4 months and they still haven’t sent me my diploma. I have called 5 times to get it mailed to me. Also for the Pharmacy Tech program I took the man who signed me up said our bridging exams were included in the tuition. THEY ARE NOT. I now have to pay $3000 on top of the $15000 tuition. They switched teachers half way through and also would have their staff meetings DURING our classes. I don’t think it’s appropriate to pay $15000 to have a late class because the teachers are too lazy to stay after 6 to have a meeting. Do not attend CDI.
JENNIFER-
Im thinking of taking the pharm tech program at CDI for their Burnaby campus as well i’ve called the BC Pharmacist Association and said that CDI is accredited just like VCC, im on the waiting list for VCC which is 2 years, i called into CDI and they told me the program is now 17,500. which includes a flight to Ontario to do a practicum there for 2 1/2 weeks. How was your experience with CDI burnaby? im trying to get as much information as i can because i dont know if CDI is worth forking out 17,500 for and i really dont want to wait 2 years + for the VCC program?
thank a bunch
TRISHA – there are 2 other schools that offer Pharmacy Technician in BC. One is Thompson Career College in Kamloops, and the other is MTI in Surrey. Both have hospital practicum sites in BC, (i.e. they don’t send you to Ontario (or actually Saskatchewan) as required by their accreditation with BCPA. MTI is also the site where UBC is delivering the “bridging” program for Pharmacy Assistants to become Pharmacy Techs…so I suspect they must be doing something right. I have no idea what they charge, but there is no wait list, and their graduates are very employable. Hope this helps.
sam – i spoke with a lady from the bc pharmacy board and unfortunately MTI is not accredited, and thompson career college is too far for me. Have you ever taken the program?
sam- sorry nvm MTi is accredited, ill look into both schools thanks
I attended CDI for a year in the network Admin program. What a farce. Old books, shared computer, no practical work, all virtualized senerios. There is nothing CDI offered in class that I could not have done in my own house. Google could answer faster than me asking someone in class.
Employers want official vendor certs, not college diaplomas. I gurantee this statement.
My advice: study on your own, buy the books, 2 computers (3 is better) and challenge the real vendor exams like CompTIA, Cisco and Microsoft when you are ready. You’ll have more time to study and you’ll save thousands.
I have had meetings with, Vancouver Career College,CDI College & MTI all in one day!!!!
Personally, i felt that the meeting with MTI was the most comfortable and informative. VCC felt a little pressuring and intimating for me , CDI , now i know from this site to avoid them.
just my 2 cents
John – If you are the best that the Marketing people at Eminata have, then your corporate side is at least as bad as the academic side. I notice you put the same post on all Eminata site reviews. You English is terrible, your arguments are weak, and it is really obvious you work for the company. Shame on you.
I also attended CDI in Abbotsford finished my course was never able to get work for what I went to school for. I know a lot CDI Abbotsford students that are in the same situation as me and not happy at all. The school does not care they just want your money. The goverment needs to step in a regulate these private schools or this will never change!!!