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UBC or other Universities's in that Area

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Pippin
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Hey NS'ers, jsut wondering if any of you go to UBC, as i am currently considering that as an option. It would be awesome being only steps away from the mountains having lived with the Ontario ski BUMPS my whole life. Or if there are any other universities to consider in BC it would be great to know about. And also your opinion on the schools. Thanks for all the help.
Nov 26 2007 11:19PM
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freezed
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I go to UBC. I'm in the faculty of Science, it's really difficult, I don't recommend being a Chemistry major. It seems pretty nice for skiing though, I got a Seymour pass and a Whistler pass for 600 bucks. There are tons of people who ski here, I walked out of my physics class the other day and there were a bunch of kids hitting a rail set up on a hill. It seems like it will be easy to get rides up and find places to stay all season (knock on wood). Vancouver is nice too.
Nov 26 2007 11:23PM
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Pippin
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That sounds like a really awesome atmosphere, yah i probably won't be going into sciences. For that price it would really be worth going to UBC 600$!! thats an amazing deal. What kind of marks do you think i would need?
Nov 26 2007 11:25PM
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SirFryanator
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University of Victoria's decent...
I am definitely applying to UBC and UBC Okanogan. Okanogan is nice because it's small and has basically the same setup. Plus it's got amazing skiing. Plus I will be able to transfer into UBC when I like.
By the way, do you know what type of average you need to get into UBC?
Nov 26 2007 11:29PM
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Coter
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im also interested in UBC for business marketing..i am in my 2nd year of college here in ontario as well...3 year prgram diploma....want to transfer somewhere either  after this year or next year...How is the Marketing or Business program over there?
Nov 26 2007 11:30PM
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freezed
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For admissions, it's different by faculty...I think you need 84% average or above on your provincial exams to get into Science. That might be wrong, I'm not even Canadian so I don't know anything about provincial exams, that's just what someone told me.
Nov 26 2007 11:36PM
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SirFryanator
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Yeah that sounds about right. Thanks. I should easily have that by the end of the next term.
Nov 26 2007 11:36PM
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St.Steezy
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I go to UVic and its def worth checking out. C'mon ranked top comprehensive university in Canada according to Macleans..cough cough.. (claim)
Nov 26 2007 11:37PM
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I found an article about admissions...Minimum average at UBC Vancouver (requirements are lesser for Okanagan)

Forestry - 75%
Arts-80-85%
Human Kinetics & Science-85% or higher
Business-85%

Nov 26 2007 11:39PM
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SirFryanator
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I have an 86% now...gotta step my shit up! I want at least a 90% avg.

Anyone know the admission req's for McGill or Queens?
Nov 26 2007 11:47PM
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Download-My-Apps
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All the Universities in BC with near by decent skiing

TRU- Sun Peaks
UNBC- Powder King
UBC-O- Big White
UVic- Mnt Wash (no idea how far it is?)
UBC- Seymore, Cypress, Grouse and Whistler
SFU- Seymore, Cypress, Grouse and Whistler

Myself, I did my first year at SFU, it was okay. I'm hoping to transfer to either UBC or UBC-O.
Nov 26 2007 11:52PM
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Download-My-Apps
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and if you want Alberta is ok too
UofC- Sunshine, Lake Louise, Norquay and COP
UofA- Marmot Basin, and I guess Rabit lol
Nov 26 2007 11:54PM
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St.Steezy
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all you need is a 73 for uvic....
Nov 26 2007 11:54PM
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*rkp*
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ubc-o  = big white, silverstar, apex.
Nov 27 2007 10:59AM
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Rooddss
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pretty sure that international students have a better chance of getting in compared to most people, even though its a huge university, they still need to balance their international and national students, just like every other college, I deff want to apply
Nov 27 2007 11:07AM
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Download-My-Apps
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ya international students have a better shot because they make more money off them in tuition.
Nov 27 2007 12:56PM
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Pippin
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sorry can someone tell me what all the arcronyms are i nkow UBC and Uvic and UBC-O-....but what are the rest, also isn't UVic on the island so its kindof hard to go skiing on the weekends?
Nov 27 2007 4:28PM
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UNREAL
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Theeres a university being opened in squamish.. which is like 45 mins from whistler. Look it up
Nov 27 2007 4:36PM
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Download-My-Apps
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Thompson Rivers University- Sun Peaks
University of NOrthern British Columbia- Powder King
Simon Fraser University- Seymore, Cypress, Grouse and Whistler

and mnt. wash is on the island.
Nov 27 2007 9:02PM
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Pippin
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thanks a lot, i am definitely checking out the sites of those universities, do you guys get deals for being students at the university for your season passes?
Nov 27 2007 9:21PM
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L.e.L.
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wasn't so much a rail as a 5 foot lump o' plastic but i'm not complaing for mid-campus riding. But yeah go to UBC! The place is sick and everyone up here seems to either ride or have a cabin in whistler. If you do go here, go into the arts department, 8 hours of class a week.
Nov 27 2007 9:45PM
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Pippin
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i am thinking about photography, do you know anyone doing that?
Nov 27 2007 9:50PM
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L.e.L.
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yeah, a couple kids up here (including me starting next year). You have to take two pre rec courses (one drawing and one photoshop) to get into it for 2nd year but apperently they have a dope photography program. Just don't come here for film, they dropped the program and film studies blows.
Nov 27 2007 9:56PM
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Bhayter10
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Western Washington University? 45 minutes south of Vancouver, and you have Mt. Baker along with Whistler and all the BC hills. Check it out.
Nov 27 2007 10:01PM
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Pippin
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i really big on photography...and im pretty pro at photoshop(claim) even better than my teacher, but i am not into drawing ....is that a major problem(to be honest i have barely drawn...all media assignments i have done with ps) anyways yah theres a LINK  to my photos in my  signature if it matter about quality
Nov 27 2007 10:04PM
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Download-My-Apps
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I think all post secondary students get a whistler pass for 350, not 100% sure on that number.
Nov 27 2007 10:43PM
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JesseWest
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my friend goes to quest in squamish. seems pretty ill
Nov 27 2007 10:55PM
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L.e.L.
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400 hundo for a whistler student pass.
Nov 28 2007 12:18AM
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L.e.L.
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wow... im retarded. def not four hundred hundred dollars. you know what i mean
Nov 28 2007 12:19AM
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mtbakerteacher
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WWU is also a very pronounced arts school. And a teacher school. But Baker is the closest mountain, 4-5 hour drive to Whistler, 2-3 to Cypress and Grouse, and 6-7 to the Okanagan resorts.
Baker 1-1.5 hours, depending on your speed.
Nov 28 2007 12:24AM
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mad_540_trix
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UBC is fucking sweet.  I'm in second year engineering at UBC and I'm having a blast.  Whistler pass including tax was about $425, which is a really good deal.  it's available to all post secondary students in bc and washington i think.  busses run from the residences to whistler and back every friday/saturday/sunday, and you can take transit (FREE) all the way to grouse.  campus life is pretty good, with something to do all the time.  residence fucking rocks, always a party to go to if you're in totem park residence...  plus 3 bars on campus that have consecutive student nights.  monday is open mic at koerner's, tuesday is karaoke at the gallery bar ($8 pitchers of beer), and wednesday is student night at the pit, which is the closest thing ubc has to a club (ie - it has a dancefloor and a dj.  it's definitely still a pub though).
i think the admission average for science is somewhere around 90%.  more like 75% for applied science (engineering), but eng is way harder than science (i don't get it either...).
more info:
https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/242032/

SFU (simon fraser university) pretty much blows, unless you enjoy living in a concrete prison with the highest suicide rate at a university in bc (maybe all of canada, i'm not sure).
Nov 28 2007 3:06AM
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cobra_commander
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I am from the states so I don't know what you are talking about with these percents, is it your score on a standard Canadian test or your average grade in high school?

Oh and if any of you applied straight from a US high school to the faculty of science (I can't go straight into engenering due to chem requirements) what did you have interms of ACT SAT and Gpa (4. scale)
Nov 28 2007 3:19AM
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SirFryanator
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It's mostly your grades in 12th grade. But before that yes, it does matter what your cumulative average is, rather than your GPA. The provincial exams make up for a large portion of your grade. For example, I have provincial exams late January, which will account for at least 25% for all my grades, I think it is actually more. The provincial exams in June (finals) will count for 50% of my grades. SATs and ACTs don't count for Uni's in canada.
Nov 28 2007 11:15AM
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Download-My-Apps
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hahah, I love how everyone from UBC thinks thats true. Its just a joke!
Nov 28 2007 12:38PM
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tronnnnnnn
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i'm wondering if i can get in....i've wanted to go to UBC for a while.... i never really went to high school, graduated with a 65, never took SAT's....i just wanted to get out and ski.  now i'm in community college, with 3 semesters in a row with 4.0 gpa's.....you think i could get in even though i've really never done any work other than the past 18 months??  i'm in the states
Nov 28 2007 1:01PM
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Download-My-Apps
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Depends on the program. 65% average wouldn't get in most Canadian universities. But with 4.0 GPA at college you might have a shot. If you have more that 24 university transferable credits they don't care about your highschool GPA. Your best bet would be to contact an academic adivor at UBC, who still wouldn't be able to give you  straight answer let alone us on NS.
Nov 28 2007 1:24PM
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Pippin
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for the people that go to other uni's in BC what are teh marks you got in order to get accepted?
Nov 28 2007 2:16PM
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mad_540_trix
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i dunno dude, if i was going to SFU, I'd certainly be contemplating suicide haha.
Nov 28 2007 3:19PM
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Download-My-Apps
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I think all with the exception of UBC should be fine with 80% out of highschool, SFU can require a little higher depending on how competitive it is that year.
Nov 28 2007 4:13PM
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JibHcky
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Good thing I foudn this thread!

I'm an American student looking at Queens, UBC, and McGill. I'm probably gonna make in some sort of Enviromental Science program. I have a 92-93% average and got a 2030 (out of 2400) on my SATS. No one around here relaly know how hard it is to get into these Canadian schools but I figure you guys might know. I'm def. looking at coming to Canada cause I have dual citizenship. Also, is there any skiing at all that is accessible from McGill or Queens? How do you guys like these schools if you go there?
Nov 28 2007 5:22PM
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VikingFjord
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McGill is like an hour from Tremblant and a few others. I'm not too sure what the skiings like in Ontario but theres definitely something.

Seems like you have pretty good grades/scores. McGill is probably the best school in Canada and UBC seems to usually be placed 3rd with Queen fairly high up there too, so your talking like Ivy League schools in the US. But Canadian schools basically only care about grades not SATs or extracirricular stuff but thats just the impression  I get. I just got accepted to Dalhousie yesterday. Which is in Halifax, Nova Scotia and a long way from any decent skiing. Actually, not to change the subject but does anyone know anything about skiing near Halifax? Seems like Maine is the nearest big mountains which would be like driving home for me.
Nov 28 2007 5:36PM
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