University of British Columbia

I was cleaning in my room, and I found my UVIC acceptance letter and my SFU acceptance letter I didn’t actually find my UBC acceptance letter, which is kind of weird considering It’s the school that I actually ended up going to but it reminded me that a few people actually asked me for this video So here I am making it It’s basically just gonna be tips on how to apply to University and a lot of them will be UBC specific But I feel like a lot of them also just be kind of generic I’m also gonna be talking about this from like a Canadian perspective But I think it also applies to a lot of like international students So I hope that it helps you out, and let’s just go ahead and get into the video all right So I have my laptop here with me.



I have a whole bunch of the tips written down But I also have my UBC application on here because I wrote it on word before submitting it online So I still have it And I’m gonna be showing you part of it, so Stay around for that so you have like some kind of idea for it. the first tip is don’t just apply to one University apply to a couple of them and definitely apply to a safety school because you can always Transfer from your safety school to whatever school you wanted initially for example here in British Columbia I know that a lot of people That get into Cap University and didn’t get into UBC actually end up transferring from Cap University to UBC So apply for it even if it’s not the school that you really wanted to in case something goes wrong with your other applications.



You have something to fall back on tip number two before you apply make sure that you meet all the requirements especially for the program that you’re applying to I I know that a lot of science programs at UBC require that you have things like chemistry or physics or whatever class that you took in high school make sure that you meet the requirement before applying for the program because Otherwise it’s just absolutely redundant to apply or apply to a different program And then you could always transfer into science or whatever whatever works just make sure that you meet the requirements Tip number three is that your grades matter. They really really matter if you want to get into a top university I can’t stress this enough if you’re watching this when you’re in grade 11 or grade 12 or Wherever you may be in life your grades are so so important um when I applied to UBC I had a 92 or 93 percent average and all of my scores on my provincial scores were high 80s or I think I had like 190 But I think that they got rid of provincial exams in BC They only have the English provincial left so when you take your English provincial Just put all the effort that you can into it because it really does matter Your provincial grades were kind of something that they really used to judge you on But I guess I don’t really know how it works anymore since they got rid of provincials But just make sure that your grades are pretty high up there I know for the program that I applied to I had to have mid to high 80s.



And I had it like I said I had 92 to 93 so it’s kind of nice to just have that relief of knowing that your grades weren’t good enough to get you in the school try and just Do as well as possible in school so you can get into it tip number four kinda relates a little bit to tip number three And it is that your grades are not everything most University Applications will have like an essay section or like a written response section and for UBC that is there UBC personal profile and it It is so so important The way that it works is basically you have your like school grades your averages your percentages whatever And then you have your personal profile Which they give you a score on and then they basically mash the two and that is your applications score So somebody with lower grades than you but a way better personal profile than you might have a better chance of getting in than you Would’ve. So your personal profile is really

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