Admissions Update

• Review of UBC Admissions Criteria

• Admissions Timeline 2015

• Admissions Changes 2015

• Alternate Paths to UBC

BC Admissions 2015 Minimum Criteria for Consideration

• High School Graduation

• Program Requirements

• English Language Admission Standard

• Min. 70% / 67% UBC admission average (Vancouver /

Okanagan)

• English 11/12 final of 70% (Vancouver only)

Secondary School Grades • Combination of 11s and 12s

• UBC Faculty admission average

• Faculty-specific course minima

Personal profile

• 4-7 short essay questions

Supplemental info as required

BC Admissions 2015 Criteria for Competitive Assessment

BC Grades used in UBC Admissions Average

Semestered, quartered, or self-paced courses:

• Grade 12 courses (in-person or DL) completed by February 1. Grade source = Ministry of Ed portal.

• Final grade from an equivalent Grade 11 course if the course is in-progress (Semester 2). Grade source = Ministry of Ed portal.

Linear courses:

• In-progress Grade 12 courses following a structured linear timetable (i.e. courses start in September and end in June). Grade source = school report card (generally T2 grades sent to Ministry)

• This includes structured linear-calendar courses offered via Distributed Learning.

BC 12 Self-Reporting Audit

38% Self-reporting Error Rate in 2014

Most Common Applicant Data-Entry Errors:

• Predicting second semester grades (when asked to leave “in-progress” grades blank)

• Reporting wrong grades entirely

• Omitting course/grade information

• Reporting course under wrong name

• Uploading incorrect documents

• Not indicating course as challenge/DL

UBC Decisions: Admit, Waitlist, Refusal

February March April May Jan June

Online application includes • Pre-lim Grades • Personal Profiles

March: Self-reporting Semester: Deadline March 15 • Final grades from 11/12 • Courses in progress (w/o grades) Sem2 Linear (& hybrid): Deadline April 7 • Report final grades from Gr 11 • Interim grades for Gr 12 (report card)

Verification:

Additional offers to students

on waitlist (Sem 2 grades

included)

BC Admissions Timeline 2015

Official grades data: Data that comes in electronic format from the Ministry

Verifiable grades data: Data that comes from the student that can be verified electronically by the Ministry

Official grade data:

Ministry datafile comes to UBC; used to verify

offers of admission

Accept Deadline: June 1 (May 1 for BCOM)

Personal Profile Reference Checks

& TurnItIn

PSI Choices

Deadline

Dec

App Deadline Scholarship

Personal Profile Assessments

App Deadline

Final

2014 BC12 Self-Reporting

• Two documents eligible for self-reporting: • Ministry of Ed Access portal (final grades,

including DL)

• Linear T2 report cards (interim)

• Upload documents used to self-report

• Identify course(s) and course provider(s) for Distributed Learning

• Grades from DL courses completed by early Feb can be used if on Ministry portal

Most Commonly Presented Online Courses, BC High School Applicants, 2014

Course (n) Mean Final Avg (%)

PREC12 453 91

MAND12 228 96

BIOL12 191 90

CHEM12 173 89

ENG 12 167 81

PHYS11 167 86

PREC11 167 87

FREN12 147 95

SSHS11 140 87

PHYS12 136 89

FREN11 125 90

CHEM11 113 87

ENG 11 112 85

BIOL11 109 89

HOW DOES UBC COMBINE GR11 AND G12 GRADES?

Grade 11 Req’s

Grade 12 Req’s

By March 15 By April 7 1st Choice Decisions

Mid-May

Self-reporting Self-reporting

By April 15: Ministry data file

Semester School: 1st semester

Linear School: Term 2

Admit, Waitlist, Refuse

Linear and Semester

Engl 11, Math 11, Chem 11, Physics 11, a language 11, social studies 11

English 12 English 12 English 12 Verify

Math 12 Math 11 Math 12 Verify

Chemistry 12 Chemistry 12 Chemistry 12 Verify

Physics 12 Physics 11 Physics 12 Verify

2013-2014 BC 12 Admissions = Offers by mid-April

Personal Profile Resources

• Web page includes questions for student reflection you.ubc.ca/admissions/how-to-apply/personal-profile/

• Personal Profile video

• Online webinars for students: You.ubc.ca > online events

WHAT IF MY FINAL GRADES ARE LOWER, WILL I LOSE MY OFFER?

UBC-V Revocations 2014

REASON Admitted on Appeal

Offer revoked TOTAL

English Discrepancy (EXMN) 27 64 91 English 70 3 23 26

Failed IB diploma / No other BOA 3 9 12 Did not maintain academic performance on final grades 4 9 13

Grades discrepancy (self-reported vs. official) 6 24 30 Did not graduate 1 11 12 Missing pre-requisite 4 5 9

Below University minimum on final grades 3 3

TOTAL 48 148 196 Admitted to another program: 11

UBC-O Revocations 2014

REASON Admitted on Appeal

Offer revoked TOTAL

English Discrepancy (EXMN) 3 14 17

Failed IB diploma / No other credential -- -- -- Did not maintain academic performance on final grades 1 -- 1

Grades discrepancy (self-reported vs. official) -- 5 5 Did not graduate -- 5 5 Missing pre-requisite 1 14 15

Below University minimum on final grades -- 2 2

TOTAL 5 40 45 Admitted to another program: 10

BC Admissions Update New for 2015: IB Students

• Waiving Physics 11 requirement with 5 or higher (final) in IB Math and IB Chem.

• IB Diploma applicants who do not meet program pre-requisites within the IB Diploma.

• Additional consideration for Higher Level Math and Higher Level English.

• Ab initio IB language certificates meet the Language 11 pre-requisite for Vancouver campus.

• Admission decisions on anticipated grades no longer consider the three additional points.

BC Admissions Update New for 2015: Adult Grad Diploma

• BC Adult Grad Diploma minimum age requirement now 18

• Secondary school applicants must write the BC English 12 Provincial Exam to be considered for UBC admission even though the exam is not required for the diploma

• English 12 Provl Exam grade will be used if it increases the applicant’s admission average. If a significant discrepancy exists between the course grade and exam, UBC reserves the right to use the exam grade only.

WHAT IF I AM NOT OFFERED ADMISSION?

We wish we could admit everyone… But then we would over-enroll and classes would be over-full.

2014 BC High School Applicant “Pool”: • 10,388 applications • 9,476 completed applications (self-reported) On average we offer admissions to approximately 53% of completed BC High School applications. So expect approximately 5,000 admits Our BC High School registration rate is approximately 66%. We over-offer to meet our enrolment targets Note that some programs are more competitive. For example, BCOM receives 4,500 year 1 applications for 500 year 1 spaces.

Waitlist

“We have evaluated your application and due to the competitive nature of your

program, we are not able to offer you admission. Your application is currently

waitlisted. Any changes to your application and waitlist status will be noted

here and a final decision will be sent to you by June 20. Please note that a

large number of waitlisted candidates do not receive offers of admission, and

we encourage you to make alternate plans accordingly.”

Note: We may make additional offers before June 20, but not

many.

More than one path to UBC

2013W examples of transfer pathways: • 584 (64%) of completed Langara College applicants received an offer of

admission. 78% of these admits registered.

• 396 (66%) of completed Okanagan College applicants received an offer of admission. 78% of these admits registered.

Transfer Route Resources: Vancouver: you.ubc.ca/admissions/post-secondary-studies/in-canada/ Okanagan: you.ubc.ca/admissions/post-secondary-studies/in-canada/ok/ BC Transfer Guide: bctransferguide.ca Education Planner: educationplanner.ca

More than one path to UBC Visit our websites: Vancouver: you.ubc.ca/admissions/post-secondary-studies/in-canada/ Okanagan: you.ubc.ca/admissions/post-secondary-studies/in-canada/ok/ * Note that UBC-V BCOM/BKIN & UBC-O Nursing & Education programs require the personal profile for transfer applicants.

When in doubt, call us!

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Paola Baca

Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions (Canada) 604-822-9489 Paola.baca@ubc.ca you.ubc.ca/admissions/blog/

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