Transfer experiences from CPA to CPP?
I've been thinking about transferring for a while now from CPA (3-year) to CPP (2-year) and I'm wondering if anyone here has done that and has anything to say about it? I know the 3 year gives a regular Ontario College diploma and it also doesn't have many professional course options, but other than that is there anything to know when transferring?
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The CPA program is kind of stupid IMO.
There's 2 important differences:
1. CPA has 2 extra semesters for a capstone project - I think your time is much better spent working on some side projects independently because you have more freedom that way, and will end up with better resume projects that way. Otherwise, the courses are practically identical.
2. CPA has "Co-op", which is a joke. It's basically a job board, which contains the same job postings from Indeed and LinkedIn. It also costs money (500 bucks if I recall). If you want Co-ops just apply for them on LinkedIn. Yes, some companies will require you to be in the Co-op program, but this is a minority. For example, I worked as a summer student at RBC (same thing as a Co-op, a temporary job contract) and they didn't require me to be in the Co-op program.
Don't sweat the "Advanced Diploma" (CPA) vs "Regular Diploma" (CPP), that shit doesn't matter. Your resume and side projects are what get you jobs (at least that's what did it for me). Most places will not even recognize the difference between the two.
is the capstone project something you can come up with? or is something you have to choose out of a list
what kind of projects do people do?
There is a bit of freedom, but there are also certain requirements which will limit your choices. You come up with an idea, but it must fit their template for grading
hmm so no game dev projects?
Depends on what you’re interested in. I recommend a variety, 1 systems level project (compiler, useful CL tool, game engine, etc.), 1 frontend web project, 1 backend web project
I am done with web, I will probably do something low level if I can find proper team members
Maybe you could convince your prof to let you do that, but no guarantees. It’s usually a business oriented app that they’re looking for
Same story as me. If you want an interesting project, create a usable programming language, and write the compiler/interpreter in something like C++
It can be a solo project, you don’t need to work with others for everything
ohhh awesome
Then once it works, rewrite the langauge in itself
do you mind if I ask you what kind of project you worked on?
www.GitHub.com/nluka
All my projects are there
damn thats an insane list of projects
Most of them are small
I’ve only got a few that I put on my resume
3 solid interesting projects is all you really need
Thanks for the info, yeah I’ve decided it’s a much better use of my time to work and do side stuff than that last year at CPA. It’s not going to make a huge difference. What sucks though is I still have to take a gen ed course and BCI433 to graduate CPP
There is no escaping BCI
Take part time studies for BCI
It was so easy
Full time one is cursed
Ur not gonna learn anything useful so you may as well take the easy way out
What prof did you have?
Marly Campbell
Ah I’ve never heard of her. Also what do you mean by part time studies? Do you just mean being a part time student or is part time studies a different thing?
I’ve never seen her as an option for BCI
Part time studies is a separate offering from Seneca meant for people who are working and trying to complete a degree, so the classes are usually fully online and in the evenings. You can take a part time studies class and count it as a credit towards your full time diploma (at least I was allowed to, ask your advisor to be safe)
Part times studies has a separate portal: https://www.senecacollege.ca/ce/classes/BCI433.html
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Although if you already signed up for BCI433 full time and then dropped it you will get an error saying you are already enrolled, so you have to call them to register
Thank you, this is so helpful. I’ve gotten more information from our convo than I have from Senecas administration in the last 3 years. I’ll most likely do the part time BCI and one gen ed course and finally be out of Seneca lol
Np, make sure you get an explicit statement from your student advisor (probably Kristin for you) giving permission to take it part time. Kristin loves to never respond, so you can contact Robert Robson for assistance, he’s a great guy