<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I recently joined this site and I was wondering your output on the universities of BC (UBC,SFU,UVIC). I know they aren't not even close to the ivies but I know UBC can compete with the the universities not in the top 20 (rated number 30 in North America).</p>
<p>you'll find UBC will give you the academic rigour of an Ivy college. U vic and simon fraser less so, but simon fraser is just as academic as any top U.S liberal arts school.</p>
<p>UBC is one of the top four universities in Canada (U of T, Queens and McGill being the other three). They have a good business school and science school. I was really impresesd by their campus, their dorms for frosh are nothing special, but hey, it's right on the ocean. </p>
<p>Uvic and SFU are much smaller than UBC, and offer more personalised classes and are more similar to a LAC in the US. I know someone studying piano performance at UVic who absolutely loves it. </p>
<p>All three of them offer very challenging classes, and are a lot easier to get into than the Ivy leagues, largely because canadian schools don't really give a crap about your ECs. They want your grades, and your test scores. </p>
<p>I got into Uvic and UBC with a 1320 SAT, 31 ACT, and a 3.99 GPA, if that helps :) UBC says that they want over a 1300 SAT or a 28 SAT, Uvic and Simon Fraiser are less strict. </p>
<p>Bonne Chance!
noelle</p>
<p>How are the facilities and resources at UBC?</p>
<p>They are amazing. I'm a senior in high school in Vancouver and if I got admitted to all three, I would choose UBC even though the criminology program in SFU is #1 in Canada and one of the best in North America.</p>
<p>The campus is very pretty and as a large and up and coming research institution, resources are excellent. </p>
<p>However I don't know too much beyond what I looked into last year.</p>