<p>Hi-</p>
<p>I have been admitted to the UBC class of 2014 in the Faculty of Arts, and I wish to become an econ major, possibly transferring to Sauder School of Business. Does anybody know about the number of UBC graduates that end up attending US grad schools? My dad is worried that adcoms in the US will not “respect” a UBC degree to the same extent that they would a degree from a school in the states. </p>
<p>Thanks,
Neal</p>
<p>I’m wondering the same too. My mom really wants me to go to California for grad school.</p>
<p>I wondered about this as well, but after talking to the admissions office at UCLA and Berkeley, they said that they get many admits from canadian schools for there grad schools. And Mcgill, Toronto, and UBC are the most known canadian schools over in canada. I then went on facebook, and searched UCLA and UBC…and found numerous students who attended both, and spoke to a girl who did undergrad at UBC and grad at UCLA…and I only searched UCLA because I did a quarter there, and might try to go there for grad school. And keep in mind I chose one random school. Fact is, its much easier to do undergrad in Canada, and grad at US, rather than the other way around because Canadian grad schools are picky with having only students from other canadian schools. A UBC proffessor was just nominated for some spot in the white house by Obama, and other outstanding aspects of UBC are what make me wanna go there so much. I plan on going to Medical School, and trust grad school opportunities is something i take into deep consideration, I wouldnt be going to UBC if there weren’t a surplus of opportunities for me when i graduate…k that was a mouthful, good luck! took forever convincing my parents about UBC, now they love it too.</p>
<p>I’d like to shed some light on this topic as an American who did go to UBC. As far as getting into graduate programs, you shouldn’t have a problem from any of the Canadian Schools. Those schools are more far more prestigious within academia than out of it, and its inside academia which their ranking etc. holds up best. Most of UBC’s academic departments are actually right now considered among the the top 25 departments in their field, and are well known by professors at good Universities. You should keep in mind the professors them selves directly are the ones who decide who is admitted to graduate schools, and graduate admissions work very differently from undergraduate.</p>
<p>Where the reputation of Canadian schools hold up less is their name brand inside America on the job market. For example I’d say that Michigan and UBC are pretty comparable schools, but within the U.S., Michigan is going to be much better known by the average joe.</p>
<p>Non-issue to go from a top canadian to a US grad school. I send many such students down that path and they have all been very successful.</p>
<p>I agree with the prior comments except one: it is absolutely not true at all that Canadian schools have preference for their own in graduate school admissions.</p>