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transfer to UBC biochemistry or stay at SFU biomedical physiology

anniz
edited May 2013 in General

Hello Guys

  I really need help. I got an offer from UBC and I do not know if I should transfer to UBC. Right now my major is biomedical physiology at SFU and if I go to UBC, I will study biochemistry. I want to go to medical school after undergrade. Do you guys think biomedical physiology is better for med school? However, right now I feel I am actually a kin student but I am not sure if the third and fourth year courses will more about physiology. Moreover, is UBC biochemistry a good program? If I want to go to UBC graduate school, is that easier for ubc student being admitted?

  I really love SFU and get used to it. I am struggling right now and please help.

 

 

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  • ezc
    What was your offer at UBC?

    I wouldn`t worry too much about your major.  People enter med from a variety of backgrounds.  Worry more about GPA and EC.  I`ve never gone to UBC, but I would guess biochem will be a bit tougher than BPK.  BPK will probably be a little better for preparing for med, due to physiology, anatomy, histology, etc.

    If you`re happy with SFU, I`d stick it out here.  But I`m not sure what your situation is like.
  • lunapt
    all of ubc's sciences program are great
  • MXC
    how are UBC's science programs compared with SFU???
  • ryan
    I don't know much about SFUs science program. I know UBC's is supposed to be good though. Also if you are planning to do med school at UBC it might be easier to get in if you did your undergrad there. I have heard stories of people kind of getting screwed when their sfu gpa was converted to ubc's scale.

    Then again if you are happy at sfu it might be best to just stick with it. If you get high enough marks and have good extra curricular things you should be able to get into med school regardless of where you did your undergrad.
  • lunapt
    if you're considering med school, go to ubc no question.
  • ezc
    @ryan There used to be problems with GPA conversion, but I believe they're pretty much resolved now.

    What used to happen is when UBC would convert SFU marks (GPA) to UBC marks (%), they would always put marks at the bottom of the scale.  So if an A+ is usually 90-100% at UBC, an A+ from SFU would always be converted to a 90%.  If an A at UBC is 85-89%, an A from SFU would be converted to 85%.

    This meant SFU applicants were always bumped down when applying to UBC Med (it wasn't UBC being biased against SFU applicants, but them being biased against all non-percentage schools).  I'm almost certain they've changed this so that all applicants are converted to the middle of the scale.  So an A+ from SFU would be converted to 95%.

    This is actually quite reasonable given that ALL med schools in Ontario will downgrade an A from SFU to 3.9 GPA.  This doesn't seem like much, but when you're talking about a 3.8 - 4.0 range to get in, it can be.

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