In this update you will find ten items:

 

1.        BC Provincial Exams requirement
2.        Application deadline 
3.        Helping students make choices 
4.        Nominate your best by February 28
5.        Self-admission for BC students 
6.        Change to English Language Admissions requirement 
7.        Credit for IB and AP students
8.        Check the checklists
9.        Spring Break Visits
10.        Request Information

 

Please feel free to distribute this electronic newsletter to other
parties -- for example, parents of high school students or teachers --
who might be interested in these updates. 

 

(1) BC Provincial Exams requirement 

In order to meet UBC's admission requirements, BC secondary school
students must write the provincial examination component of four
provincially examinable Grade 12 courses. 

For registration into first-year courses with prerequisites, students
may use the appropriate Grade 12 course as a pre-requisite whether or
not they have written the optional provincial exam component of that
course. 

For more information, visit https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/counsellors/index.ezc

 

(2) Application deadline fast approaching

 

Please encourage students who are considering applying to UBC Vancouver
or UBC Okanagan to submit their applications as soon as possible. The
application deadline is Thursday, February 28.

 

Once students have applied, it will take our Admissions staff some time
to get back to them with their next steps. The sooner a student applies,
the sooner we are able to make contact and move their application along.

 

February 28 is also the last day for students who have already applied
to make changes to their application. If students have changed their
minds about their preferred campus or program, they must indicate their
new preferences by February 28. 

 

(3) What they want most: Helping students make choices

 

All UBC applicants are given the opportunity to apply for two programs
on the application form. Students should be aware that we will focus
strictly on their first choice when we receive their application. If
students are admissible to their first choice, we will make them an
offer of admission for that choice. We will NOT look at their second
choice. 

 

UBC only considers a student's second choice should their first choice
not be available to them. Therefore, it is critical for students to put
what they want most to study as their first choice. 

 

(4) Nominate your best by February 28

 

UBC has over 100 Major Entrance scholarships, some worth as much as
$40,000 over four years, for domestic students who demonstrate
excellence in their scholastic performance and leadership in school and
the community. School counsellors nominate candidates for these awards. 

 

Nominations for Major Entrance Scholarships for high school students are
due February 28. The deadline for college and university students is
June 15. For more information visit:
https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/counsellors/mes.ezc

 

(5) Self-admission for BC students opens mid-March

The UBC Self-Admission system is an online tool that allows many
applicants to receive an instant admission decision based on their
interim course and grade information. We are currently updating the
system, with plans to go online in mid-March. 

 

We recognize that interim grade information can come in many different
shapes and sizes.  As such, the Self-Admission system is equipped with
instructions for students to help determine exactly what to report in
different scenarios.   These instructions will be available online on
March 1, 2008 at https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/vancouver/selfadmission.ezc
<https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/vancouver/selfadmission.ezc> .  BC Grade 12
applicants will be notified via email with the open date of UBC
Self-Admission and instructions on how to report their grades. Please
encourage your students to become familiar with these instructions well
in advance of the date they plan to input their grades. In case of a
discrepancy between self-reported and official grades, the latter will
be taken as the official version. 

 

(6) Change to English Language Admissions Standard requirement 

 

Effective immediately, any student who has studied full-time at an
institution in Canada for the past three years automatically meets UBC's
English Language Admission Standard (ELAS) admission requirement. In the
past, students needed four years of study in Canada in order to meet
this admission requirement. Students who have not gone to school in
Canada for the past three years can meet ELAS in other ways. See
https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/vancouver/elas.ezc. 

 

(7) Credit for IB and AP students

At UBC, all AP courses are eligible for university level credit. In
fact, we award AP credit to more high school students than any other
university in Canada. 

 

UBC now recognizes transfer credit for IB Standard level Physics in
addition to granting credit for all IB Higher level courses. 

 

For a complete list of UBC equivalents to AP and IB courses please see
that admission section at https://you.ubc.ca <https://you.ubc.ca/> 

 

(8) What's next? Check the checklists

 

So many deadlines, so little time. UBC has three checklists to help
counsellors and students navigate the coming months. 

 

Checklist for Counsellors: https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/counsellors/dates.ezc

 

Checklist for UBC Vancouver Future Students:
https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/vancouver/dates.ezc

 

Checklist for UBC Okanagan Future Students:
https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/okanagan/dates.ezc

 

(9) Spring Break Visits 

 

We welcome grade 10, 11 and 12 students to our campuses to experience a
slice of university life during our annual Spring Break Visits. Weekday
events include tours, info sessions, and classes with UBC professors. 

 

Weekdays from Monday, March 17, 2008 through Friday, April 4, 2008

 

For details, please visit: https://you.ubc.ca/events/events.ezc