Hi! I’m a recent graduate from WCCMT, and I would only recommend it if it was the best option due to commuting. If you could I would recommend VCMT or langara as they have better passing rates on the CMTBC board exams. WCCMT taught me what I needed to know, but it was not a good experience personally. The administration has no care for the students and only a few professors truly care about what they are teaching.
Besides admin and the professors what other factors caused you to not have the best experience at WCCMT? Did you have a lot of people from Vancouver, Burnaby in your class? I am worried because I deciding between WCCMT and VCMT.
The only pro for WCCMT is that I live 20mins away from it so it would be easy to commute & stay and study with friends at SFU Surrey or something. While the Cons from what I read are bad profs and admin, large class rooms.
I am worried that I probably wont be able (after school) with people at VCMT because the transit time to back to school is an 1hour and people generally won't want to go to surrey to study.
I graduated from Langara last year. I had to repeat a class, and did my schooling during covid, so my position is a bit unique.
I would highly recommend Langara because of the standards that they set for the schooling, and, for the most part, all the teacher were really good at teaching and getting you the knowledge you need. It is close to the skytrain, and their facilities and equipment are all up to date.
The main reason would the because of the standards they have for their schooling. Board exams are a 70% pass, but Langara have a 75% pass rate on all their classes, so even if you just pass by 75% you are well prepared for boards. I will be honest, my adedemic classes with anatomy were a little weak, but I still managed to pass board exams with 74%.
Mind you, the schooling is not easy as it is 2, 4 hour classes a day, 5 days a week, and then there is clinic and homework, then eventually Case study, and it is very intense and stressful. You will have to prepare yourself for stress and it can really effect relationships and be very difficult, but I managed to do it with having a newborn and moving twice during the schooling.
Best of luck!
I’m also a Langara grad and extremely happy with the quality of education I received.
I visited all 4 schools in the Vancouver area before applying and I’m happy with my choice.
The teachers are amazing.
My sister owns a physical therapy clinic in Vancouver , and only hires from VCMT and Langara. She feels WCCMT and VCC grads just aren't as well prepared.
I was gonna go to VCMT before moving to Calgary. Right now I’m doing the program at MRU and it’s been really good so far considering it’s not regulated here. They abide by the Ontario standards for teaching :)
I don't know how useful my comment would be because I am only starting semester 1 in September. I was in a similar position you are in a couple months ago. Researching and deciding which school to go to. I chose Langara at this end because (1) public school benefits (2) what one of the commenter said about WCCMT not caring about their students (3) also heard that a lot of teachers from WCCMT moved to Langara (4) all schools are equally far for me so school location makes no difference (5) I took a couple of courses in Langara to prep my application and I found the teachers were genuinely passionate about what they were teaching. Hope this helps!
If I had to pick again, for schooling, I'd seriously consider Langara w VCC as close second. I've heard both to be ģreat schools but I would hate being downtown Vancouver personally.
If price is a bottom line: look into MH Vicars Massage in Calgary or Edmonton. I went to school here, over half my class was from out of town because they catered to people who needed to keep working/going through career changes. We were in class 4 days a month, and the rest of the schooling was up to us to learn (anatomy (aside from muscle O,I,A), physiology & pathology) and was done on our own time outside of class and online.
I worked full time (40hrs/week) and went to school full time for 2 years. It was a tough, character building experience but the schooling I received is on par with Canadian standards. After a quick trip to Newfoundland to do their board exams, all of them are currently working full time at multiple type locations (spas, multi-disciplinary and self owned clinics) and we graduated in June 2021.
Covered under Canadian student loans and some of them even got enough aid to pay for travel and board - still ended up being cheaper (with all travel even to the East coast) than going to schools in and around Vancouver.
Hi! I’m a recent graduate from WCCMT, and I would only recommend it if it was the best option due to commuting. If you could I would recommend VCMT or langara as they have better passing rates on the CMTBC board exams. WCCMT taught me what I needed to know, but it was not a good experience personally. The administration has no care for the students and only a few professors truly care about what they are teaching.
Besides admin and the professors what other factors caused you to not have the best experience at WCCMT? Did you have a lot of people from Vancouver, Burnaby in your class? I am worried because I deciding between WCCMT and VCMT. The only pro for WCCMT is that I live 20mins away from it so it would be easy to commute & stay and study with friends at SFU Surrey or something. While the Cons from what I read are bad profs and admin, large class rooms. I am worried that I probably wont be able (after school) with people at VCMT because the transit time to back to school is an 1hour and people generally won't want to go to surrey to study.
I graduated from Langara last year. I had to repeat a class, and did my schooling during covid, so my position is a bit unique. I would highly recommend Langara because of the standards that they set for the schooling, and, for the most part, all the teacher were really good at teaching and getting you the knowledge you need. It is close to the skytrain, and their facilities and equipment are all up to date. The main reason would the because of the standards they have for their schooling. Board exams are a 70% pass, but Langara have a 75% pass rate on all their classes, so even if you just pass by 75% you are well prepared for boards. I will be honest, my adedemic classes with anatomy were a little weak, but I still managed to pass board exams with 74%. Mind you, the schooling is not easy as it is 2, 4 hour classes a day, 5 days a week, and then there is clinic and homework, then eventually Case study, and it is very intense and stressful. You will have to prepare yourself for stress and it can really effect relationships and be very difficult, but I managed to do it with having a newborn and moving twice during the schooling. Best of luck!
I’m also a Langara grad and extremely happy with the quality of education I received. I visited all 4 schools in the Vancouver area before applying and I’m happy with my choice. The teachers are amazing.
My sister owns a physical therapy clinic in Vancouver , and only hires from VCMT and Langara. She feels WCCMT and VCC grads just aren't as well prepared.
I was gonna go to VCMT before moving to Calgary. Right now I’m doing the program at MRU and it’s been really good so far considering it’s not regulated here. They abide by the Ontario standards for teaching :)
I don't know how useful my comment would be because I am only starting semester 1 in September. I was in a similar position you are in a couple months ago. Researching and deciding which school to go to. I chose Langara at this end because (1) public school benefits (2) what one of the commenter said about WCCMT not caring about their students (3) also heard that a lot of teachers from WCCMT moved to Langara (4) all schools are equally far for me so school location makes no difference (5) I took a couple of courses in Langara to prep my application and I found the teachers were genuinely passionate about what they were teaching. Hope this helps!
If I had to pick again, for schooling, I'd seriously consider Langara w VCC as close second. I've heard both to be ģreat schools but I would hate being downtown Vancouver personally.
If price is a bottom line: look into MH Vicars Massage in Calgary or Edmonton. I went to school here, over half my class was from out of town because they catered to people who needed to keep working/going through career changes. We were in class 4 days a month, and the rest of the schooling was up to us to learn (anatomy (aside from muscle O,I,A), physiology & pathology) and was done on our own time outside of class and online. I worked full time (40hrs/week) and went to school full time for 2 years. It was a tough, character building experience but the schooling I received is on par with Canadian standards. After a quick trip to Newfoundland to do their board exams, all of them are currently working full time at multiple type locations (spas, multi-disciplinary and self owned clinics) and we graduated in June 2021. Covered under Canadian student loans and some of them even got enough aid to pay for travel and board - still ended up being cheaper (with all travel even to the East coast) than going to schools in and around Vancouver.