Know one seems to know what they're doing at the help desks. They just shift me from person to person never seeming to find the right help.

I didn't go to school here. I came here to vote in the Federal Election with my sister. My sister did come here for an exam relating to an IT software implementation. Just from the outside, the building looks nice and decent. Inside, the rooms and hallways look clean and nice. I do like how the lunch area had multiple microwaves. The review is just for the cleanliness of the place and layout of the building. As well the building is very well lit. This is not a review on the programs or courses. Bow Valley College is located in the heart of downtown Calgary. Right in front of the City Hal C-Train. Very convenient location and easy to get to. read more

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feel like i'm being tossed around in circles have not gotten my questions answered, does not feel professional.

This college is seriously worst. the pharmwcy tech program is a complete garbage. you can minimum wage after studing soooooo hard for the program. Teachers will keep failing you . passing mark is 85 percent . tewchers will scare the hell out of you. this program is a complete night mare. i hate the programs and the college. read more

Early Childhood educator Do not fall for their promises. If you are working you might have to leave your job to complete your courses. because first, they will say we will offer courses in the evening time and once you enrolled they started bothering you in 2-3 semester. now I am stuck and late to finish my course 8 months late, and it will cost me time and money because college is so careless to arrange what they say before you admit here. repo of this college is falling more than CDI. read more

I am brand new to Bow Valley College though I am Mount Royal College alumni. Here is a little about my experience so far. I am a mature student (age 52) however I am computer savvy. I also have learning disabilities. Accessibility Services is Excellent. D2L is Poor. Calendars are Very Poor. Instructor: Excellent. Peer Tutors: Hard to book them on a timely basis. Tutoring help is extremely convoluted in how it is organized in my opinion. Reading help and Writing help is delegated a certain way. Computing help is separate. There is a line up usually. This is the pits in my opinion. It should all be bookable online in my opinion. That is all for now. read more

I only give this school a 3/5 because my personal experience was relatively smooth. I utilized some of the free resources they had to help with my studies and some staff went above and beyond. That said-specifically the practical nursing program is just a money making scheme for them. No compassion for students and the clinicals do not prepare you for the real world of nursing. They also do not anticipate clinical and preceptorship placement needs and make up excuses for it when I know other schools get placed. This has put countless students it hard positions for work and graduation. The whole program needs a rework. The school itself also needs more amenities for the students. They schedule you 3-4 hour breaks between classes and threaten your placement if you want to go 'off track'. There is no gym or activities like other school campuses and it's in the middle of downtown which I will not be walking around on my own. The school is built for profit and that's all. read more

The Corporate Readiness Training Program at Bow Valley College is a wonderful program for skilled immigrants which helps them gain essential skills for transitioning to the Canada, and more specifically, Alberta work force. The program provides new Canadians insight and hands on experience in learning how to get a job from researching job opportunities, networking, volunteering and learning and thriving in workplace cultures. A main focus of the program is English language and skill development in reading, writing, listening and talking. My friend completed this program and was pleased with how nice and helpful the instructors were. She mentioned there was a 6 week unpaid placement at the end of the program to put into practice what she learned and was hired on after the 6 weeks. Bow Valley College's Corporate Readiness Training Program should be one of the first things a new immigrant does to assist them in transitioning to the Alberta work place. Good work Bow Valley College! read more

I gave it 1 star but I would have given it -5 if I could. I am so disappointed from there service . If you have graduated fromBow Valley College don't expect from them any help with your any documents after you done with them. its ridiculous to beg every time for help From every department no one Will response on your emails. They will ignore you like you never enterd in the college. Don't choose it as your future institute don't ever do this. Thanks. read more

Do you want to upgrade your skills or your education but cant because you are already in your field working full time? Well Bow Valley has the answer. I have an amazing job so going back to school is not an option but upgrading definitely is and Bow Valley gives me the chance to do this with night and weekend classes. I just enrolled in their interior decorating certificate program so I can learn simple things like planning out a blueprint for a room and gutting out a bathroom. I know it sounds amazing right??? Fortunately classes start at 530 on weekdays and Saturdays is now allocated to looking at window treatments. I am totally excited. Staff at BV are extremely cordial and helpful in making sure I have the right books, schedule and classes to complete my certification. I also hear that BV will provide education for folks that are unemployed and financially stunted for next to nothing. So check them out online or give them a call. Oh they offer a great English program as well to new immigrants that have graced our wondrous city. read more

I was very disapointed to find out it takes more then a week for them to send your exam to your partner college. With the technology we have nowadays, I dont understand why they still use mail. I took online courses because I have a tight schedule. Now, I have to plan two weeks ahead to complete each exam (there are many, one every unit). It gets very enoying and frustrating. Good luck if you decide to take online courses at BVC and also have a tight schedule. read more

I'm going to keep it short. I would not recommend this school as it is a prime example of a institution which cares about profit over the education and well being of their students. Student moving from other provinces especially will find it hard to succeed as they do not accept out of province I.d for any registration. While doing so they will not make one aware of any deadline until that deadline has past. Thus forcing a student to miss studies and potentially fail their program. read more

I am currently taking the Legal Assistant Diploma Program and in my opinion this course NEEDS more instructors that have a passion for law, and teaching. read more

I took the online Unit Clerk program fulltime 1 year graduated in January. Most teachers were helpful, however, some teachers and coordinators were terrible. This school is absolutely in it for the money. I was unable to get a practicum as I was not living in Calgary. I went through the proper channels to gain a practicum in Calgary to be told after all was completed I missed an email deadline, not a high priority one which the college stresses how important messages are. I have had nothing but problems when asking for options. Their response was to enroll in another program to get a practicum, 4 to 5 more courses plus tuition. I live in Edmonton and I am now looking into other colleges to transfer credit as it's a dead end looking for a job in my field without a practicum. Other colleges have stressed they have heard about Bow Valleys reputation regarding this issue. read more

This is a decent college. Some teachers you will like and others you will not. The college does not provide you with a u-pass for transit even though you pay a ton of tuition. The other issue I had with this school was parking. Downtown parking was overpriced, and so are the monthly passes. Overall I recommend you do your research before you apply to this college. Also see my transit review because you will most likely take transit to get to this college. read more

Seriously if I could rate bow valley 0 stars I would. All the teachers are so busy trying to find things wrong with each student they forget to teach them. I'm taking medical office assistant and it is the worst course I have ever taken in my entire life. I have heard how much this school sucks by countless people in different courses. Do not go to this school you will be paying to be treated like your a prisoner or a child. 6 out of my 5 teachers are absolutely terrible . Trisha is the only good teacher in the MOA program. I hate bow valley . They need to realize we are their clients . We pay them a lot of money per course . We deserve to be treated with respect . I will never recommend bow valley to anyone ever . In fact I will try to convince them not to go here no matter how easy it is to get in! read more

I can only agree with the review that has been posted on google to avoid this college like the plaque, horrible teachers, horrible staff and completely unorganized. And yes, they hire teachers that don't care and just want to make a paycheque and the place leaves you being broke with useless books in your possession. I actually hired a private teacher as there is no support whatsoever from their teachers. I just like to add one thing to the google review that suggests this college is only decent for upgrading: Do NOT even use this college for upgrading purposes, as you will not make it the a better college as nobody cares! This is the worst college ever. read more

Please people who are thinking of going to this school need to decide an alternative. The Practical nursing program is horrible and a business. It is bad teaching, bad organization and overall a bad school. There are courses that continuously fail people and they do it because they can. Speaking on behalf of the students I went to school with I can tell you that nobody would ever recommend this program to somebody. I know that Columbia College is a well talked about school and even though it is more money it is worth it since most student take longer to graduate then the curriculum states because the failing rate of some courses is outrageous. Please anyone who is thinking of this consider an alternative before your money, time and personal stress gets wasted. read more

No stars! Worst school ever asked for a refund on a course because it wasn't going well doing it through corrispondance. Was kicked out of the course and refused a refund, teachers are aweful and unhelpful overall wasteof 650$ never go to this college all they want is your money and don't care about anything else read more

BEWARE!!!! I took Practical Nurse Diploma course and I was soooo disappointed. I could not believe how disrespectful all the instructors were (except for one or two!). If you think that you can have the course done faster than anywhere else you are WRONG! They fail you just to get your money. Skill tests are the worst. they tell you that you made a mistake which is actually something that they taught you. They tell you something different than it is expected on the actual exam and you are done! You cannot prove them wrong. There is your word against the evaluator's word. Guess who they are going to believe? Liars! Thieves! I would not recommend it to anyone, even an enemy! I gave one star only because there is no 0. read more

The ONLY reason I am giving this school 2 stars is because the teachers are great (nursing program)- otherwise, this school deserves ZERO stars. It's a pathetic attempt at being a college: the staff are rude, disorganized, and if you point out their mistakes that need to be corrected (even in a professional/diplomatic way), you will be disciplined and given a misconduct. If you can go to another institution, do it. Do not waste your money here. I wish I had done research before attending this school and wasting tons of money on them. It's truly fascinating how the administrative staff are so completely dysfunctional that the students get screwed. For example, the registration system is completely flawed yet IT fails to fix it semester after semester, leaving hundreds of students wait listed and unable to graduate (therefore they get more tuition $$ from students that are forced to take an extra semester to complete their program- interesting, isn't it?). Additionally, they don't have a clue how to process student loan payments and $2000 of my loan went magically "missing" and I was almost kicked out of the program for being "overdue" on fees that are supposed to be automatically distributed (but of course, they blamed this on me). It was a nightmare talking to someone remotely competent to get this corrected, and even then it took ages which was a massive strain on my financial situation as a full time student. I will say that the nursing facilities are okay, not exactly the most amount of room given the number of students (another major complaint I have is too many students for the class sizes), but most teachers are really great and helpful. However, it's been such a nightmare at this school since semester 1 dealing with admin who have constantly screwed us over that I wish I would have chosen another institution. read more

I should have read the other forum reviews and compared them to competing schools to see a pattern. Terrible experience. Transfer credits were not allowed in my case, prior learning experience was denied, I have yet to collect the prize I won from Venturequest, a college sponsored contest, yet the college charged 350.00 per table to hear me and 9 others speak. When I criticized the college, I was retaliated against for doing so. Steer clear of this college. read more

Garbage college, after you go there and pay non refundable application fee they tell you "you are on the waiting list,but the list is short, and i cant tell you how many on it...etc", they don't post closing application dates on their website neither they give you a clue such as "limited space" or "competitive entry", simply scammers making a fortune of application fees, finally, what kind of college has only 30 seat for a program that is not available anywhere else in the entire province? read more

If I could rate this school ZERO stars, I would. I don't even know where to begin. Paid upwards of $2,800 for the Health Care Aide course (including tuition, books, and uniform) then, proceeded to earn the highest grades in the class (and by "class," I am referring to the group of uneducated, incognitive degenerates whom I'm sure would benefit more so from an ESL class or two rather than attempting to complete a clinical program whilst endangering the lives of the community elderly who are already near death). Anyways!! I proceeded to spend six weeks learning how to "choose the MOST correct answer" in a controversial "theory" exam and complete "common sense" tasks. After earning 84% (on the "MOST correct answer out of 2 correct answers and 2 VERY incorrect answers" midterm exam) and 94% on the logical, scientific body systems midterm exam, and having completed two project group presentations, I was notified that I'd most probably have to retake the entire 6 week course (after I had paid for it again, of course). This came as quite a surprise as you could imagine.. Here I am, 90-something percent average; failing and being asked to pay more than the original $2,800 to relearn the common sense, idiot-proof crap I had just wasted the past 6 weeks of my life on. WHY??! Because, apparently, I cheated. Who in their right mind would CHEAT on a common sense assignment? Especially, when they are fully capable of existing, breathing, seeing.. oh, and comprehending, reading, and writing:) According to the sad, simple excuse for a "Dean" they scraped of the side of the road and so generously chose to represent this.... dare I say it... "college," I copied, or "did this assignment with another student." Now, before this gets long, drawn-out, and boring, I'll stop here. Moral of the story is, I didn't cheat, my classmate didn't cheat. NO ONE NEEDS TO CHEAT IN THIS COURSE! That would be the only way you could possibly fail considering the entire course content is nothing more than a mere, sad joke, barely worthy of the slightest smirk. I'm embarrassed I wasted my time, money, and what little effort it took to maintain a 90% average in this "program" (or lack thereof." Working at Mcdonald's full-time for 2K a year (or FREE even), dripping in burger grease, sweat, and s#it would be a FAR BETTER TIME EXPENDITURE! Do not go to this "school".. they're nothing but a bunch of disorganized, uneducated thieves! I will update, after my appeal:) read more