UBC Faculty of Science Requirements? and how can I improve my chances?

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<p>Hi, I’m a sophomore at a private international high school (not a international student, I have Canadian passport) and want to enroll into the faculty of medicine in the future, so I’m guessing I should try to get into the faculty of science first for undergrad.</p>

<p>The problem with my school is that we only have two AP courses.
My unweighted GPA right now is 3.69 (Freshman year + one semester of sophomore year)
I took a SAT test at home and my score was 1790</p>

<p>Extra curricular activity:
Habitat for humanity 1 yr
Nightingale charity club 1 yr
MUN
Sententiae and the Break (both literature clubs) 1 yr
World Scholars (starting this year)
Draxonic Design Studio 1 yr
International youth award program (starting this year)</p>

<p>I’m planning to take IB next year and the HL course I will probably take is HL chem, bio, psychology or chinese. I’m fairly new at all this and not really sure if I’m making the right decisions.</p>

<p>I know the GPA and SAT requirements are probably really really high. I just want to know what can I do to improve my chances of getting in? If I go to the faculty of science, will it increase my chances of getting into the faculty of medicine?
Lastly, I really messed up the first semester of my freshman year. Will that really affect my chances? I also heard UBC only looks at the grades for year 11 & 12?</p>

<p>Sorry for so many questions. I want to be prepared so I dont mess up again.</p>

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<p>Also, does UBC look at freshman years grade that much?</p>

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<p>hey, i was accepted into UBC Science in jan.
I don’t really know much about UBC but i’ll post a short summary of my stats so hopefully that’ll help.
Also, i’m an international student living in the united states (idk if the admission process is different.)
ACT: 32 (equal to SAT: 2130)
8 APs: Chem 4, bio 4, macroeconomics 4, microeconomics 5, chinese 5, calculus bc 4, statistics 4, european history 4, (taking ap gov and ap physics now)
GPA: 3.88 out of 4
Intel STS research report badge
lots of community service
idk if they only look at junior and senior years’ grades but i think they will place emphasis on the grades from those two years
i think being an IB diploma holder will def. increase your chance of getting in :slight_smile:
just keep doing your best and you’ll be fine :D</p>

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<p>QAQ thank you so much for replying</p>