<p>Im thinking about applying to UBC but had a few questions:</p>
<p>1) What is the colleges reputation?
2) What are the admissions practices for UBC? I heard they were different than typical US practices.</p>
<p>I'm not quite sure about the college's reputation, but my friend currently goes there. She's held a GPA of 3.5 - 3.8, I believe. However, British Columbia's grading system (or at least in her district) is different in that an A is 85% - 100% and grades are based on 15% intervals, not the conventional 10% in America. In addition to that, UBC does not look at SAT scores. As a matter of fact, I don't think my friend took the SAT at all.
And from what I've heard from her, she's thoroughly happy.</p>
<p>I say go for UBC! Be the Canadian that you are. :D</p>
<p>I hope that helped.</p>
<p>The SAT generally applies only to American schools or American-run foreign schools, since it is an American test...so no SATs necessary! UBC doesn't have much a reputation in America, though. But it is one of the top Canadian universities. It has a much higher acceptance rate than the top American universities mainly because it a large school, and it is public (hence, it is also much cheaper, even for an international applicant). There is much less grade inflation in Canada that I can speak of, having lived there previously, so the grading scale is different.</p>
<p>I'm interested in UBC too, and yea -- I heard you are graded on a 4.333 scale instead of a 4.0 typical in the US. It'll be easier for US applicants to get in because being an international applicant is a plus - so a decent GPA should be okay, depending on your school/location/rank.</p>
<p>UBC has a pretty good rep =) My mom went there but I heard it's really hard to graduate.</p>
<p>do they look at all ur grades? i heard somewhere that they only look at five classes or something strange like that. This person could be totally wrong though.</p>
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I'm not quite sure about the college's reputation, but my friend currently goes there. She's held a GPA of 3.5 - 3.8, I believe. However, British Columbia's grading system (or at least in her district) is different in that an A is 85% - 100% and grades are based on 15% intervals, not the conventional 10% in America. In addition to that, UBC does not look at SAT scores. As a matter of fact, I don't think my friend took the SAT at all.
And from what I've heard from her, she's thoroughly happy.
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In BC, A is from 86% to 100%.</p>
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* Graduation from an academic or college-prep program
* Four years of English (not ESL) to the senior level
* Three years of Mathematics to the junior level
* A minimum of four senior-level academic subjects
* Either (a) SAT I with a composite score of 1700 or higher, or (b) ACT with a score of 26 or higher, plus Writing with a score of 10 or higher; in countries where the SAT and ACT are unavailable, exemptions may be granted
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You do need to do either the ACT + writing or the SAT.</p>