Toronto
Hundreds of international students, including Indians, have been left in limbo after a college in the Canadian province of Ontario revoked its admission offers for the coming academic year, according to a media report.
Some 500 foreign students recently received an email from Northern College in Ontario, telling them that their admission has been withdrawn.
While a few of them have already landed in Canada, there are others like Ashley from India, who has already paid registration fees and booked her flight from Punjab to Toronto, costing her over $2,200.
It was very heartbreaking for me… It was not a normal process for us as international students who have used all the savings that we have had, Ashley, who quit her job in India to study in Canada, stated.
She had booked herself at Scarborough’s Pures College of Technology, an affiliate of Northern College, to study healthcare administration, and had found herself a place to live in the Greater Toronto Area. Her admission acceptance letter came in February this year.
David Francis, director of strategic initiatives for Northern College, was cited saying that it’s the responsibility of Northern College to estimate how many visas will be approved ahead of each semester.
This means the school gives out more acceptance letters than it can accommodate under the assumption that some of the applicants will have their visas denied.
Further, Francis said many students apply to multiple schools, and Northern College assumes some of the students they accept will choose to enrol in different institutions.
