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Originally Posted by gYU
I just want to say, don't let "cutoffs" or what other people say about "minimum averages" scare you away from applying for the school/faculty you want to study in. ALWAYS apply for the school/faculty you want, and remember to spend time writing the supplementary applications. Don't listen to the negative people who says you need certain averages/volunteer for UBC ____ or SFU ____ etc.
If you don't get in right now, it's not the end of the world. There are other options to get into SFU/UBC.
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Although it's good to think in such an aspect, this is not necessarily the case. An example was with my friend, she applied to Sauder (UBC Commerce) as first choice and arts as a second choice. She knew that her supplemental was not very strong and her grades would not be able to carry her supplemental but she applied to Sauder anyways. Her preferred second choice would have been Science, but since she wanted something easy to fall back on, she chose arts, and now she is in arts trying to transfer into science. If you know you aren't able to get into a certain faculty, there really is no point applying because it will limit your choices, when you first apply. and also, you can always transfer later
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Originally Posted by Gerbs
Does term 3 even matter? Lets say i do a lot better in term 3 does that even count for anything anymore.
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Term 3 does not matter at all as long as you meet the minimum percentages required by the school to retain your offer of admission. UBC's was something stupidly low like 70%, so in my term 3 i skipped a lot of class and some tests, but it is best not to do so since it will lower your high school transcript marks and if you decide not to attend school and want to apply somewhere else later, your grades will matter