hockeyville88 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 For SFU students: my profs used to keep a few copies of our textbooks on reserve at the library. If you don't want to buy the required books, wait till the first day of classes so that you can have a look at the syllabus of each of your courses. If the course requires you to buy multiple books there's a good chance that at least one of those will barely be used, in which can you can just pop into the library and use their copy for the short period of time that you'll need to. Also, if your prof wants you to buy a textbook and a coursepack, chances are the coursepack will be used a lot more so make sure you buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksgirl1234 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Just a question to you and other people if you don't mind answering..i'm probably going to try to apply for ubc when my time comes and since you mentioned the competition, if you know some people who are going to ubc do you know what type of grades they had to get into ubc and the marks for their top 4 classes? And also what type of extracurricular stuff they had to get in. Just so I might get a little sense on how tough it actually is since I hear a lot of people telling me its hard to get in. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Just a question to you and other people if you don't mind answering..i'm probably going to try to apply for ubc when my time comes and since you mentioned the competition, if you know some people who are going to ubc do you know what type of grades they had to get into ubc and the marks for their top 4 classes? And also what type of extracurricular stuff they had to get in. Just so I might get a little sense on how tough it actually is since I hear a lot of people telling me its hard to get in. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanstorm Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I think my average in high school was almost 80% probably giving myself the benefit of the doubt. Ha ha.. but I never applied myself. Guess it doesn't look too good when applying for college though. What a kick in the nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opmac Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 For SFU students: my profs used to keep a few copies of our textbooks on reserve at the library. If you don't want to buy the required books, wait till the first day of classes so that you can have a look at the syllabus of each of your courses. If the course requires you to buy multiple books there's a good chance that at least one of those will barely be used, in which can you can just pop into the library and use their copy for the short period of time that you'll need to. Also, if your prof wants you to buy a textbook and a coursepack, chances are the coursepack will be used a lot more so make sure you buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksgirl1234 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I applied to the Arts program last year. I had a 87% average in Grade 12, and a 90% average in Grade 11. I also had well over 100 volunteer hours, and played on 2 school sport teams. I did not get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrizzy Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I applied to the Arts program last year. I had a 87% average in Grade 12, and a 90% average in Grade 11. I also had well over 100 volunteer hours, and played on 2 school sport teams. I did not get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheWu-TangZone Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I applied to the Arts program last year. I had a 87% average in Grade 12, and a 90% average in Grade 11. I also had well over 100 volunteer hours, and played on 2 school sport teams. I did not get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyW Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Wow, either you're really unlucky or something went awfully wrong. That's impressive and you couldn't land in arts, one of the easier faculty to get into. For the guy before asking how hard it is to get in, It's generally around 90%+ for science, 90%+ and great extracurricular for Sauder, Arts is usually around 85ish% but Jagermeister could'nt get in with an 87% so don't count on it. I got into UBC engineering with an 88% in grade 12 (that's the only grade they look at I think). My marks were roughly about (don't remember exactly) 93% for Math, 91% for English, 89% for Chem and 83% for Physics for second term (my final marks were much worse but I was already accepted so I slacked off a lot). For extracurricular, I barely had any but my essay/tell me about yourself paragraphs were done great. I'm pretty sure they only look at the supplemental for people who are close to cutoff marks for a faculty. If you have great marks but horrible extracurricular they won't even bother looking at them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I♥Wellwood Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 UVic... because SFU burnaby looked too ugly for me I just bought the books straight from the bookstore. I had to get 3 used copies out of the 6 I needed because they ran out of the new ones I plan on either selling or donating them after I'm done. As for the person who said they didnt get into UBC with an 87.. totally believe that. Seems like 87 was the absolute minimum this year for Arts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheWu-TangZone Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 When did you guys apply/get accepted. Like I said, this year it was a lot different with the application process at UBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksgirl1234 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Those with solid gr 11 marks got accepted around February - early march. The rest were accepted around April - may. When did you guys apply/get accepted. Like I said, this year it was a lot different with the application process at UBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckamo Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Holy cow, I'm going into my 4th year of post secondary and based on what people are saying, the entrance cutoff % has really jumped up. I got into UBC Fac. of Science on a 89.5% average in Feb when I was applying. It's scary to think that I probably wouldn't make the cut if I had been born just a few years later, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biznasty Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 What about uvic? What kind of grades are necessary to get accepted there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillerGenuineDraft Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Just a question to you and other people if you don't mind answering..i'm probably going to try to apply for ubc when my time comes and since you mentioned the competition, if you know some people who are going to ubc do you know what type of grades they had to get into ubc and the marks for their top 4 classes? And also what type of extracurricular stuff they had to get in. Just so I might get a little sense on how tough it actually is since I hear a lot of people telling me its hard to get in. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckamo Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 UBC's tough man. I cannot stress enough how little the grades mean. I got into Sauder with a 92% average, but honestly, I really think it was due to my supplemental that I got in. My friend I've known since kg had a 93.5% average and got denied Sauder. In short, your supplemental is everything. And for the supp, think outside the box. UBC is not looking for kids who just volunteered at the Children's Festival simply because they had to. What have you done in your life that your truly have a passion for? How has it affected you? What have you done personally that makes you a suitable candidate for UBC? What does UBC have to offer for you? Is it their co-op program? Grades are unfortunately a small portion of it all my friend. This^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillerGenuineDraft Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 AFAIK, Sauder is the only faculty that really cares about your supplemental. At least when I was applying I did not know anybody not trying to get into Sauder that even bothered to submit a supplemental application. Then again, I guess I'm a fossil compared to you guys now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyW Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Holy cow, I'm going into my 4th year of post secondary and based on what people are saying, the entrance cutoff % has really jumped up. I got into UBC Fac. of Science on a 89.5% average in Feb when I was applying. It's scary to think that I probably wouldn't make the cut if I had been born just a few years later, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Never, ever, ever keep your textbooks as reference. The second your course is done, sell those hunks of garbage for as much money as you can get. You will never open them again. Trust me, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Only reason to go to the bookstore is to pick up on frosh girls while price checking the books. There will always be people that took the course the year before that are looking to sell them at bargain basement prices or some friend you meet that will let you borrow the book long enough to make it to the closest Kinkos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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