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aznpcskier
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sorry if there are a million other threads on this, but I'm an American student in Park City looking into UBC for next year.  My question is, how many days a week do you guys get to ski?  is it hard to find rides and a place to crash?  how expensive is it to ski a ton, I mean I ski between 6-7 days a week as it is, and I know that'll be next to impossible for me to achieve in college, but I want to ski a ton.  How's the college too?  is it too big, I made a visit and it was huge.  How's the party life? ladies? vancouver? any scholarships you'd reccomend, since the school is pretty expensive?  thanks
Nov 6 2008 9:39PM
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skinnylove
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skiing here in van WILL NOT compare to pc. i'd suggest staying there hahah. local hills aren't great, whistler is sick but if you are schooling, it wouldn't really work to go to whistler 6 or 7 days a week.
Nov 7 2008 10:21PM
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lucyford
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wrong.
the locals are illy. seymour especially.
it's not park city, but i mean, you already knew that.
the ladies? mint.
vancouver is a great place to be, although maybe look into SFU as well..
Nov 7 2008 11:15PM
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skinnylove
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it's handy to have them so close to the city, you don't really get that anywhere else but the quality is so so.
Nov 8 2008 2:47AM
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Jordan.j
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vancouver is a nice city :D

Nov 8 2008 4:15PM
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Elife
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yea... UBC is a good school (especially if you're in sciences or engineering) but the workload can be a bit of an impediment when you want to ski all the time. Vancity is dope... real dope. So I'd say if you want a bit of slacker courseload you might be better off at Capilano University, which has a campus only like 40min from whistler (unless I'm mistaken).
Nov 11 2008 4:33PM
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lalalalaura
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bingo bongo!
Nov 11 2008 4:40PM
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mad_540_trix
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word.

however, if you go to SFU, be prepared to be depressed.  i, like most people, really don't like SFU's campus.  also, going to SFU means living in burnaby, which is not nearly as good as living in vancouver.  plus if you live on UBC campus there's a greyhound that goes straight from campus to whistler, which is dope, even if it is a little pricey.  it's better to find a ride, but they at the same time taking the bus is better than not going at all.

on the other hand, if you come into UBC expecting amazing things because the school is rated so well, be prepared to be disappointed.
Nov 22 2008 10:06PM
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Download-My-Apps
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well I did my first year at SFU and am doing my second year at UBC and they are both fine schools.

SFU is closer to the mountains way easier to get to Seymour. Academically is a good school, and the campus isn't as bad as most people make it out to be. However, it is a commuter school for sure and I found it harder to meet people compared to UBC.

Currently I'm enjoying UBC, met lots of chill people and its nice actually being in Van. Academically its pretty close to as good as it gets (well not compared to Harvard or Cambridge but I guess you get what you pay for.)
Skiing is still relatively close, I got to Seymour today in about 35mins ish (wasn't timing it exactly.)

In terms of big cities, reputable schools and good skiing Van is about as good as it gets for a combination of all.
Nov 23 2008 12:27AM
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TheWorst
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just go to cap, it's like 10 grand less expensive and closer to the mountains i ski 4 days a week
Nov 25 2008 6:11PM
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Nihiriju
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you will eventually have to transfer out of cap if you go there...unless you want a lame buisness degreee.

Cap is also kinda just like a second generation highschool, so its kinda lame, everyone there already has their sets of friends.

UBC is really good if you go into res first year and meet a bunch of sweet people, joining up later its harder to make friends. There are lots of americans simple here for the skiing and that the cost is comparable to going to any out of state Uni. So i would deffy look further into UBC.
Nov 27 2008 2:33PM
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TheWorst
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what are you tallllking about, I'm in the 4 year business admin program at cap and I'm graduating with the same degree that kids at ubc graduate with, im just paying like 4000$ less a year, cap is also known for having a great business program so if your looking into doing business go to cap instead. As for the friends, yea you'll have to make new friends, but i moved here from the East Coast and it's not hard, people are generally pretty damn friendly.
Nov 27 2008 2:47PM
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TheWorst
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yup then books, and you have to pay per course... but anyway from ubc it's over 2 hours cause your gonna have to go through downtown. if you live on the northshore it's about an hour and a half cause you just go straight onto mountain. anywho, greyhound is 35$ return, i run a bus that goes from cap, has a stop at park royal with free giveaways and shit on the bus and it's 20$ return.
Nov 27 2008 4:53PM
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J.D.
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^No offense to Cap at all, but that was a little misleading... if there's a hypothetical interview for just about any professional position in existence between two otherwise identical candidates, one who went to cap and one who went to sauder ubc, there is absolutely no question whatsoever without even a second thought who's getting hired. UBC generally looks very good on a resume within Canada, particularly within BC, and that's sort of what you're paying for. I can't really speak to the faculties' respective credentials but I would imagine that salary differentials alone would lead to UBC profs being the better crop... certainly the case in all other departments relative to more or less well-thought-of local colleges, ie Langara.

Really your best bet depends a lot on what you plan to go into. From the national perspective UBC is top notch for sciences, but mediocre for law, the arts faculty is pretty good but has weaknesses in the faculty, Engineering dept used to be legendary but I hear has been trending downwards for years... I'd ask people who have taken what you're planning to take rather than just general questions.
Nov 27 2008 5:34PM
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J.D.
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... But wherever you go that bus is still a good deal. Haha.
Nov 27 2008 5:35PM
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TheWorst
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jea, i think thats something we can all agree on.

As to your other comment I agree with you to a certain extent UBC definately is a better known educational institution. but if you have 2 people trying to get a job (one from UBC and one from cap) and one has by far better personal skills (were talking business here) and way more experience in business related job's that person will get the job despite which school they go to. You will rarely have 2 perfectly equally qualified employees trying to get a job, but in that case they might look at what university you went to. I personally don't care because I think I'm going back to school once I'm done my degree to get diploma's in english and tourism. (8 years of school... fuck my life)

Nov 27 2008 6:51PM
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wrenegade
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Well JD said with otherwise identical candidates, Sauder wins hands down. Obviously if you have better personal skills or more experience it changes the game.

And that $3k figure is misleading. If I am not mistaken, you are American? You're fees would be quite a bit higher. Not US college high, but much higher. Perhaps Matty can chime in here, but I think its in the $10-12k range.

Oh, and it depends on the program, but generally, UBC is difficult to get into. In some programs, it is the hardest school to get into in the country. So study up.
Nov 28 2008 12:37PM
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Download-My-Apps
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you Canadian?

I'm paid $2,500 for tuition plus about $500 for books this semester. And I'm guessing I will be paying about $1,500 for tuition and maybe $350 for books next semester.
I got a pretty sweet schedule this semester only at school 3 days a week, so if the hills had been open I could have been skiing tons, but sadly I don't think next semester will treat me as well.

and as for admission maybe 85% out of highschool? just a guess

And compared to highschool, I found UBC to be allot of work mainly just reading but if you have a car and the cash I think you could squeeze 3-4 days of skiing a week, maybe 2 full days at whistler and 2 days of night riding a grouse or seymour. Its all about time management.
Nov 28 2008 3:44PM
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freezed
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Hahah...I wish. It's over 19k. (Ugh, I have a lot of loans)
Nov 28 2008 4:01PM
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TheWorst
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your gonna need a higher grade percentage if your not from BC too so probably like 90% avg.
Nov 28 2008 11:12PM
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LookinBack
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I go to UBC, I am American, it gets expensive....fast especially with our declining economy. However in the recent months things have gotten much cheaper, lesson is watch that exchange rate!

Art is the faculty to be in if you want to ski and have free time, anything else and its only skiing 1-2 days a week, this is one of the top uni's in the world so its a TOUGH school.

Whistler is a haul, i have a pass, ski about 3 days a week and am in HKIN, but plan to ski Seymour alot more this year. There is good stuff there if you hike. It also depends what kind of skier you are, park, powderhound, or AT guy as it will heavily influence where you will go as well.

Good luck with your choice, the city is great as well as the nightlife.
Nov 29 2008 5:33PM
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skeedle
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dude cap sucks balls. and big hairy ones at that.
everyone already has their groups of friends and because its a transfer school people are really not that smart
but the good thing is in your normal psych 100 class there is about 40 peeople instead of 400. and all your teachers know you and say hi when you pass them.
but coming from a small town and knowing maybe 6 kids that go there and changing every class, i hated it. i went home EVERY weekend for my first year, and for this year i am going every second.
now the teachers on the other hand, most of them are amazing. and like i said they all get to know your name and will help oyu and i have ones who will personally write me letters for when i transfer and need scholarships which is pretty soon...
anways, the reason why i would never go to UBC is because 100,000 people go there, and its comepletely unpersonal. i mean, i know the lady who runs the little cafe in one of the buildings and she gives me free stuff sometimes...so its all what you want.
but in the end, it is up to the crednetials of the school. UBC has a reputation for being good, but also being one of the hardest and coldest schools.
and at cap, i pay about $1500 in tuition per semester, plus books ($400) and student fees (+/- $200). which is significantly cheaper than UBC.
so, in the end, i like it, and its nicer, but i think i have made a total of 6 friends sincei moved to Van two years ago.

Nov 30 2008 12:37AM
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holyDINOSAURS
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i go to film school at cap.
its nice.
i ski alot.

hotdog needs to be a kid a bit longer.

i need more dark hot chocolate.

max is making a funny face at me from the right side of my screen

aaaaaannnnnnnddddddddd

i'm torrenting the entire Batman the Animated Series from the 90's right now and it's almost done. stooooked.
Nov 30 2008 12:46AM
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TheWorst
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I moved here last year from ottawa , and i've made plenty of friends at cap i guess it's just the type of person you are, nothing against you. and your right I love the teachers at the school are awesome  the teachers i've had have experience in the things there teaching so you get first hand experience and a few of them have mad connections and can hook you up with jobs pretty well if they like you. I'm not doing university transfer because I know I'll probably learn more shit at cap then UBC, college is more applied therefore unless your a bookworm you learn more shit i just find it more practical. Anyway that's just my few cents you don't have to agree with it.
Nov 30 2008 5:36AM
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Download-My-Apps
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skeedle, you gotta change your outlook on life, you get what you make of things.
Dec 1 2008 1:01AM
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Elife
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truth... fuck those educationally subsidized canadians
Dec 12 2008 5:44AM
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