Head Squeeze Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Is there any implicit 3/5 rule for UBC? They dont say anything on their website. Also, do they look negatively on easy courses? I took an education course to balance hard classes. And I plan to take at least 1 first/second year course in third year per semester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy303 Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Is there any implicit 3/5 rule for UBC? They dont say anything on their website. Also, do they look negatively on easy courses? I took an education course to balance hard classes. And I plan to take at least 1 first/second year course in third year per semester. what does implicit 3/5 rule mean? are you talking about course load? if so, take 5 course per semester unless you are working or have family commitments, then less is okay if you point that out on your application. taking some easy courses is okay as long as you are working towards completing a degree and you arent signed up in undeclared studies and you are talking all basket weaving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Squeeze Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 what does implicit 3/5 rule mean? are you talking about course load? if so, take 5 course per semester unless you are working or have family commitments, then less is okay if you point that out on your application. taking some easy courses is okay as long as you are working towards completing a degree and you arent signed up in undeclared studies and you are talking all basket weaving Some universities have this rule that 3/5 courses per sem should correspond to that year or higher. I have maintained full course load and would continue doing so. But i took more electives than what my program allows (not all of them are easy, some were interesting like linear algebra/ economics etc) and because of that I couldn't do two courses that my program outline wanted me to do in second year. I plan to do them eventually. Would doing courses via distance education or at community college with transferable credits make my application look bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy303 Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Some universities have this rule that 3/5 courses per sem should correspond to that year or higher. I have maintained full course load and would continue doing so. But i took more electives than what my program allows (not all of them are easy, some were interesting like linear algebra/ economics etc) and because of that I couldn't do two courses that my program outline wanted me to do in second year. I plan to do them eventually. Would doing courses via distance education or at community college with transferable credits make my application look bad? Yeah nobody will care about any of that You are fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yeah nobody will care about any of that You are fine yeah, schools are many things but they have no reason to hide things like that. What would be the point? They would rather make it official, have people self exclude themselves by not applying and thus reduce their work load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy303 Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 yeah, schools are many things but they have no reason to hide things like that. What would be the point? They would rather make it official, have people self exclude themselves by not applying and thus reduce their work load. Some eastern schools make a fuss about these things... Ubc is more flexible. Any strict rules are posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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