Early Submission Incentive
This year we are offering a special incentive to encourage applicants to submit their application and transcripts early. Applicants who have everything in by August 15 (including a completed application, transcripts, BC residency documents, name change, etc) will get a chance to book their interviews a day before the other interview-granted applicants. These applicants will […]
Change to UBC Biochemistry prerequisite
We have made a change to our biochemistry requirement for UBC students. BIOC 300 will no longer be offered as of September 2012. In its place, students will take a new course, BIOC 202 and BIOC 302. We will continue to accept BIOL 201/BIOC 302, although students should note that by taking BIOC 202/302 they […]
FAQs for applicants not invited for interview
For those of you who unfortunately did not make it to the interview stage, we do realize how disappointed you must feel and recognize that many of you may have questions. The Admissions Office is unable to provide any further information about our evaluation process, but here are answers to some of the most frequent […]
Interview notifications are quickly approaching
As you may or may not have noticed, the application timeline has recently been updated. The interview notifications (invites and regrets) will be sent during the week of November 14-18. Your application status can change at any point throughout the day (8:30-4:30 PST). We wish we could give you a specific date/time, but there are […]
2011-12 application cycle update
This has been (and continues to be) a very busy time for the Admissions Office evaluating files for this current cycle. We are very pleased that so many of you want to apply to our program and we thank you for your effort filling out the application, especially the Transcript section. We know it was […]
Transcripts
Less than 4 days left before the application deadline! (Try not to panic!) As you can imagine, we are receiving 100’s if not 1,000’s of documents each day and therefore need some time to process them. Please be patient! Since we know that many of you will be sitting in nervous anticipation about whether or […]
Emailing Admissions: Current Applicants
Hello current applicants! T-10 days until the application deadline! As you can imagine we are receiving a lot of questions regarding the application, documentation, etc. In order to help us respond to your emails faster, when you contact us through the OAS please include: your first and last name as stated on your application profile. […]
Receipt of documents
As the August 15th application deadline is approaching fast – and it is a strict deadline – for those of you who have not yet submitted – please submit soon! We are receiving a huge number of transcripts and other documents in our office every day and we do our best to update them as […]
Non-Academic Section – Verifiers
Please make sure that for each non-academic, employment, research and rural entry, you provide the contact information of a person who can confirm details about your involvement in the activity. These verifiers can be contacted at any time during the application cycle and, where possible, please include both the verifier’s e-mail address and phone number. […]
Application Questions – July 4
Update: We have removed the sorting feature to avoid confusion. Please enter your non-academic activities and employment history in the way that is easiest for you. We’ve been getting some questions about the application. Hope this helps to answer them! Employment History – The Help Guide says to complete this section starting with your most […]