Heisenberg_ Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Does anyone have a rough idea how much references matter for UBC? Is it simply pass or fail, or is it more of a score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koopatroopa Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 I’m not sure about UBC specifically, but I think a few schools (USask for sure, UofC and maybe UofM) use references to rule out applicants, but mostly they don’t add anything to your application. Just another box for us to tick. For those schools, Your score for getting in is calculated on your ECs, GPA, MCAT and (mostly) interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdapp Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 References are pass fail for UBC. Post interview: MMI >> Mcat >= Gpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnerOfTheTARDIS Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 On 2017-11-28 at 10:49 PM, mdapp said: References are pass fail for UBC. Post interview: MMI >> Mcat >= Gpa UBC has never officially stated that they are pass-fail and admission staff have unofficially suggested in conversation with current students that they do consider references in more detail than such a simple black and white picture. Based on a lot of conversation with current students and applicants rejected in the past couple years, it seems that MMI, GPA, and NAQ are all important post-interview while MCAT and references have relatively less impact. The average accepted MCAT (513) is only marginally higher than the rejected post interview MCAT (511) and I know many many people in the current class who were accepted with 507s and 508s, so I would disagree with your assessment that MCAT is weighed more heavily than GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 No one knows for sure. Can only help to have strong references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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