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Did anyone check the min. req. for engineering application at UBC? Its quite high!</p>
<p>2 full year of physics
2 full year of chemistry
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<p>This is not the same for american students - you should find their US guide. Only 1 yr of each required for americans. The requirements are different depending on where you are from and what system you studied under. Your location is not listed so I cannot find that for you.....</p>
<p>all these canadian uni.s only need their froms to be filled and school reprts to be sent..
no essays, no pre-apps, recommendation letters, fin. aid forms etc??</p>
<p>It differs. Ontario has an online application for all its universities, then each schools says what it needs (like transcripts). I think UBC is a lot more harder and morel iike applyin' to American schools cause it asks for an essay askin' why you wanna go to UBC. And if you wanna go into co-op it also asks for some additional form. (I was wonderin' whether to apply there for biotech)</p>
<p>American physics and chemistry is different from that of the Canadian curriculum. For example, when I took the SAT II Chemistry exam, it covered things that was totally not even MENTIONED in the regular grade 12 Chemistry classes. Thank goodness I took AP Chem though. So, 1 year is physics in the states is equitable to 2 years of physics in Canada.</p>
<p>As a Canadian, UBC is not hard to get into. Most, if not all, B students will gain acceptance if they choose to endure the rigour of a UBC education. But finishing is the hard part, not gaining admittance. Most top Canadian schools are very easy to get into if you have the right credentials (mainly good grades).</p>
<p>BlissfulAngst, I'll have you note that education being a provincial jurisdiction, it is unreasonable to extend the comparison between BC and US education to the rest of Canada vs US.</p>
<p>oftenigmatik:</p>
<p>Vancouver is pretty diverse. Our main industry is tourism, and it's a pretty laid-back easy going town. As for UBC, you should have a pretty eclectic mix of students. It's also incredibly beautiful, especially in awesome. </p>
<p>However, in Vancouver there are A LOT OF asians. A LOT A LOT A LOT. But at UBC, the language skill wont be compensated due to the high population of Asians. No worries.</p>
<p>Whats the usual competive Stats for an Indian student who needs atleast 10k as scholarship?
I have SAT II Maths2/Chem/Phy score of 680/770/760</p>
<p>Hrm. I have no idea. </p>
<p>I know that scholarships into UBC are PRETTY Competitive if you're an international student. For regular Canadian kids, a GPA of 95%+ gets you only 4K (solely based on academics). However, I do know that UBC has one or two MAJOR entrance scholarships up for grabs for internationals. so you can probably check it out on their website. sorry.</p>
<p>thank Blissfullangst... :)
Any idea about Waterloo? R they equally competitive for Schols?</p>
<p>schols=scholarships...</p>
<p>I actually have no idea for Waterloo, because I'm not applying there. However, it is pretty awesome in terms of compsci, engineering, mathematics, etc. It is one of the top 5 Universities in Canada. </p>
<p>You'll probably have to look into their website for this one. Sorry! =(. If you have any questions about UBC, I can help you out though.</p>
<p>No Problem...thanks for ur help :)</p>
<p>UWaterloo automatically grants a $2000 scholarship to students with an overall average of 90%+ (Presidential Scholarship)</p>
<p>Entrance Scholarships: <a href="http://www.findoutmore.uwaterloo.ca/financing/schshp.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.findoutmore.uwaterloo.ca/financing/schshp.htm</a></p>
<p>Scholarships avaliable to current students: <a href="http://safa.uwaterloo.ca/scholarships/ugcal.html%5B/url%5D">http://safa.uwaterloo.ca/scholarships/ugcal.html</a></p>
<p>why is the co-op fees higher than normal fees? Usually one earns during the co-op period...isnt it?</p>
<p>yah. co-op is expensive.</p>
<p>yes, you do make money, but it's not THAT much. </p>
<p>and it is expensive to apply. it's crazy. it also sucks how it adds on one year to your undergrad education. sigh. 5 years...</p>
<p>housing applications costs money too..and you're not guarunteed either..</p>
<p>Someone deleted my mensage!!!</p>
<p>No, that was a glitch in the forums. To fix it they had to use the saved threads from before the problem, so they lost about 2 days worth of everyone's posts between the 18th and 19th of January.</p>
<p>It seems like UBC is very rigorous. Can anyone compare it to schools in the states?</p>
<p>@arXael...what highschool is the top highschool in BC?</p>