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GGnoRE · 02-11-2014, 07:51 PM

I graduated from UBC last year and have moved on to doing a masters in quantitative finance.

I have to admit though, I am surprised that the transfer average at Beedie is only around 3.05 considering the great things I've heard about the program and how it is highly sought out for. I know that for Sauder at UBC, 3.05 has slim chance of transfer acceptance. Maybe the discrepancy arises from the "strictness" of the grade curve that SFU has compared to UBC. For UBC, the curve depends on the individual departments and there are lot of courses that has no such mandatory curve policy.

I thought I would chime in to this thread because there seems to be a pattern of prospective students asking every year about the likelihood of transfer into business schools from Arts.
The reality is (at least for Sauder) that it is much tougher than getting a first-year admittance from high school.
Unless they are prepared to dedicate a serious commitment to their grades and extra-curricular, they shouldn't expect any positive surprises.

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GGnoRE RS controls my life! Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 768 Thanked 562 Times in 245 Posts Failed 62 Times in 18 Posts	I graduated from UBC last year and have moved on to doing a masters in quantitative finance. I have to admit though, I am surprised that the transfer average at Beedie is only around 3.05 considering the great things I've heard about the program and how it is highly sought out for. I know that for Sauder at UBC, 3.05 has slim chance of transfer acceptance. Maybe the discrepancy arises from the "strictness" of the grade curve that SFU has compared to UBC. For UBC, the curve depends on the individual departments and there are lot of courses that has no such mandatory curve policy. I thought I would chime in to this thread because there seems to be a pattern of prospective students asking every year about the likelihood of transfer into business schools from Arts. The reality is (at least for Sauder) that it is much tougher than getting a first-year admittance from high school. Unless they are prepared to dedicate a serious commitment to their grades and extra-curricular, they shouldn't expect any positive surprises. Last edited by GGnoRE; 02-11-2014 at 08:05 PM.