Guest smooth operater Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Hey guys! I am going into 3rd year and my grade is not that stellar, plus I am doing a biochemistry degree, so my grade probably will not rise dramatically. I am aiming for low 80%'s. Other than UBC, which Canadian schools are known to accept student with lower GPA? I wanna to start looking into those schools to make sure that I have the pre-reqs. THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest epzi Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I think Sask has somewhat of a rep of being an easier school to get into, so it would be worth looking into Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest orlinmyer Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Actually, this past year at Sask interviews were granted to those over 84%. The average last year for entry was ~87%. Sask is harder to get into with a low average because 65% of the admissions process is devoted to GPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest epzi Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Really? When I was applying I heard they went through most of their waitlist before the class was finalized. Sounds like its getting harder and harder to get into dent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dho Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Hello! Yah it is true that interviewing the cutoff for Sask this year was pretty high (84%). Last year, however, it was much lower. I believe that the average OOP getting into SASK in 2004 was 83.5%. Overall (oop and Ip) the average getting into SASK was approximately 85% last year, as indicated by the SASK website. (This GPA is calculated on 60 credits). I think it is getting harder. But I also think that there are fluctuations from year to year. If I was you I would try to rock this year coming up. Sask only looks at your two best i believe. So if you kill the year coming up that might help. With 78.3% you are still alive at schools. UBC for example is one if you nail your DAT at it will make a big diff as its 33% of your consideration. I also think that with a couple of good years Western is another school. Kinda depends on where you are from too. Oh yah! UBC lets you toss your worst year! So i don't know what kinda affect that has on your GPA. If it gets you to about a 82ish that's not bad. Hope that helps. And ya.....MOVE WAITLIST MOVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smooth operater Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 yeah i think my best chance is at UBC. Does UWO have limited # of seats for OOP applicants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adversary Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 No, everyone is equal like at ubc. However, the cutoff this year for interviews at UWO is 84% (best two years). As well, getting an interview is a small step since they interviewed 250 people this year for 57 spots. 1 in 5 chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smooth operater Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 hey Adversary. I thought UBC only perfer taking applicants from BC first. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adversary Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 They changed it last year. Now everyone is equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smooth operater Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 darn it. I thought UBC is my only hope. I guess that I will have to look into state schools. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dho Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Hey Smooth! You might still be okay at ubc depending on what your % is after dropping the worst year and the interview/DAT also. Regardless of all applicants being equal i still think that the average last year getting in did not go up significantly from the year where the IP's had preference. THE REASON? UBC is damn expensive. I think we worked it out to be about 170 000 over four years. So people might opt for a cheaper school if they get in. I don't know what the estimated "school related" costs are exactly at western but their tuition in 03/04 was about 70 000 less than ubc's is currently over the four years. THAT's ALOT OF CASH. I'll be honest though i think that if you want a reasonable shot you need to KILL your DAT and rock the interview for ubc with a 78%. But its hardly over just because ubc doesn't give IP consideration. I have buddies finishing off and they thought it would make a big diff on teh % getting in...apparently it hasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adversary Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 dHo is right. It hasn't changed much. Take a look at last year's admission avg. It's around 81% which is simliar to before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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