Anyone have experience with kids at UBC? Thoughts experiences?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone on here have a kid who is attending or has attended? Any pro's con's insights??

[Anonymous]

Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Not really. Tuition for international students is similar to an American private university, or less, depending on field of study. I will be kind enough to provide a link, rather than just guess like others seem to do.

https://students.ubc.ca/finances/tuition-fees/undergraduate-tuition-fees/

It is a huge school. Considered to be one of the best in Canada. Vancouver is a great place to go to college, though obviously far away from most of us who are on the east coast. Cool city, close to great outdoors (hiking, skiing, etc.).

Good to be in Canada given what a disaster our country is becoming.

[Anonymous]

As with other Canadian colleges, it is important that the student be strongly self-reliant and able to self-advocate. Colleges there do not provide the administrative safety nets and hand-holding that are common at colleges in the USA. It is much more of a sink or swim environment.

UBC is very rigorous academically; always happy to hire a UBC STEM grad. One needs to dress for the weather. I'd suggest a pair of Bean's gumshoes and several pairs of good wool socks given how damp it can be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Yes, Uni of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. Tuition seems to be around $40K CAD (which is around $30 K US dollars). Less than half a US private and comparable to an out of state US public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Yes, Uni of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. Tuition seems to be around $40K CAD (which is around $30 K US dollars). Less than half a US private and comparable to an out of state US public.

and yet the most expensive for Americans in Canada

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Yes, Uni of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. Tuition seems to be around $40K CAD (which is around $30 K US dollars). Less than half a US private and comparable to an out of state US public.

The STEM majors are all about C$64k. Canada is an ala carte pricing model.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Yes, Uni of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. Tuition seems to be around $40K CAD (which is around $30 K US dollars). Less than half a US private and comparable to an out of state US public.

The STEM majors are all about C$64k. Canada is an ala carte pricing model.

When you convert STEM to USD it is $46 K. Similar to STEM OOS at U Dub (U wash seattle) which is USD $44 K.

I didn't realize it is the most expensive in Canada.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Yes, Uni of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. Tuition seems to be around $40K CAD (which is around $30 K US dollars). Less than half a US private and comparable to an out of state US public.

The STEM majors are all about C$64k. Canada is an ala carte pricing model.

When you convert STEM to USD it is $46 K. Similar to STEM OOS at U Dub (U wash seattle) which is USD $44 K.

I didn't realize it is the most expensive in Canada.

Canadian universities are just a very different experience to US universities. Very large, but no sports and very high commuter populations.

Vancouver is a great city, though UBC isn't in the heart of the city like U Toronto is in Toronto or McGill in Montreal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Yes, Uni of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. Tuition seems to be around $40K CAD (which is around $30 K US dollars). Less than half a US private and comparable to an out of state US public.

The STEM majors are all about C$64k. Canada is an ala carte pricing model.

When you convert STEM to USD it is $46 K. Similar to STEM OOS at U Dub (U wash seattle) which is USD $44 K.

I didn't realize it is the most expensive in Canada.

Canadian universities are just a very different experience to US universities. Very large, but no sports and very high commuter populations.

Vancouver is a great city, though UBC isn't in the heart of the city like U Toronto is in Toronto or McGill in Montreal.

WHAT are you talking about? UBC is University of British Columbia, not in Toronto, check your map, its far, far West of Toronto.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Yes, Uni of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. Tuition seems to be around $40K CAD (which is around $30 K US dollars). Less than half a US private and comparable to an out of state US public.

The STEM majors are all about C$64k. Canada is an ala carte pricing model.

When you convert STEM to USD it is $46 K. Similar to STEM OOS at U Dub (U wash seattle) which is USD $44 K.

I didn't realize it is the most expensive in Canada.

Canadian universities are just a very different experience to US universities. Very large, but no sports and very high commuter populations.

Vancouver is a great city, though UBC isn't in the heart of the city like U Toronto is in Toronto or McGill in Montreal.

WHAT are you talking about? UBC is University of British Columbia, not in Toronto, check your map, its far, far West of Toronto.

Whoa. Reading comprehension, anyone? The pp is saying that UBC isn't in the heart of Vancouver the way U Toronto is or McGill in their respective cities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Yes, Uni of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. Tuition seems to be around $40K CAD (which is around $30 K US dollars). Less than half a US private and comparable to an out of state US public.

The STEM majors are all about C$64k. Canada is an ala carte pricing model.

When you convert STEM to USD it is $46 K. Similar to STEM OOS at U Dub (U wash seattle) which is USD $44 K.

I didn't realize it is the most expensive in Canada.

Canadian universities are just a very different experience to US universities. Very large, but no sports and very high commuter populations.

Vancouver is a great city, though UBC isn't in the heart of the city like U Toronto is in Toronto or McGill in Montreal.

WHAT are you talking about? UBC is University of British Columbia, not in Toronto, check your map, its far, far West of Toronto.

I only wrote two sentences and somehow you were unable to comprehend a very plainly written easily understood sentence.

I first pointed out that UBC is in the city of Vancouver (why else would I say it's a great city)...but made it clear that it is not in the heart of Vancouver unlike the University of Toronto is in the heart of Toronto.

Do you need any other basic reading comprehension lessons?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean University of British Columbia?
Excellent university, very expensive.

Yes, Uni of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. Tuition seems to be around $40K CAD (which is around $30 K US dollars). Less than half a US private and comparable to an out of state US public.

The STEM majors are all about C$64k. Canada is an ala carte pricing model.

When you convert STEM to USD it is $46 K. Similar to STEM OOS at U Dub (U wash seattle) which is USD $44 K.

I didn't realize it is the most expensive in Canada.

Canadian universities are just a very different experience to US universities. Very large, but no sports and very high commuter populations.

Vancouver is a great city, though UBC isn't in the heart of the city like U Toronto is in Toronto or McGill in Montreal.

This is all correct. UBC is beautiful and offers tons of very strong departments, but you've got to be okay with both surprisingly (shockingly, for an American) few community-building activities on campus and a real hassle to participate in (wonderful) Vancouver city life. Combined with the grey days, the whole experience can be extremely isolating. It's truly a "great for the right kids, horrible for the wrong ones" spot.

[Anonymous]

It can be jarring to attend a Canadian university if you’re expecting the American model of residential life and student participation, because even at UBC it’s pretty different from American universities. Student life can be a lot more dispersed and plenty of students will be commuting from home in the suburbs or wherever in a way that is perfectly normal but would be unusual at a high-ranked university here. Like another PP said, you need to be ready to self-advocate the way you would at only the biggest least hand-holding US campuses. Maybe like UC Berkeley or UCLA. It’s in a gorgeous area with great access to the beach-y, outdoorsy parts of Vancouver as well as the urban parts. Housing can obviously get very expensive. I worked in Seattle and had a lot of colleagues from UBC and Simon Fraser.

[Anonymous]

UBC, Toronto, McGill, Waterloo, and Queens are all great universities. And the recruiting from these universities demonstrates that.

But the American college experience is very unique. It's not like that in Canada or anywhere else in the world. It's a much more low-key, self-sufficient world. Totally different vibes. There aren't any fighter jets flying over some game between UBC and Simon Fraser.

Regarding UBC, great school, great location. A very nice place to spend four years. I think the only complaint over the years has been the mainland Chinese. If you want to go to a school with 20 year olds from Wuhan in Lamborghinis, UBC is the school for you.