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Reply 620

karan14verma

wassup everyone! i have applied to uoft and if anyone has applied can i get the entry requirements for a levels?

Reply 621

zero_gravity

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by karan14verma

wassup everyone! i have applied to uoft and if anyone has applied can i get the entry requirements for a levels?

I don't know if you are planning on going into any program within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, but here you go: http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/futurestudents/admissions/high-school-students/british.

Reply 622

will1571

Hey, I'm an AS student at the moment and I'm considering applying for either the economics or history course at McGill.

I take History, Economics, Classics and English right now and am concerned that the lack of maths will disqualify me from the economics course due to the fact that the University of Toronto requires maths.

I'd be very grateful if anybody could confirm whether or not maths is required for the BA economics course.

Reply 623

GabrielleT

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by will1571

Hey Will!
You need maths for an honours degree in economics at McGill, but not for a major or minor.
(http://www.mcgill.ca/study/2011-2012/faculties/arts/undergraduate/programs/bachelor-arts-ba-honours-economics)

Obviously, it helps helps to have maths, and Quebec students are expected to have done math classes up until the end of high school - the equivalent of your GSCE.

Hope this helps!

Reply 624

Hamza95

Hi I'm looking to do dentistry in Canada but I'm not sure how it works. Do you get a student loan? And also is there any tests that I need to do if I want to go study in Canada?

Reply 625

A.Kenny

so people who got offers from the canadian uni's you applied for what were your predicted grades?/ what did you get?

Reply 626

Dettz

Is it me or do no Canadian Uni's give specific entry requirements? E.g. AAB, ABB, BBB, etc...

Reply 627

A.Kenny

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by Dettz

Is it me or do no Canadian Uni's give specific entry requirements? E.g. AAB, ABB, BBB, etc...

not specific, just most seem to have 5gcse passes nd 3a level passes, but their view on a pass being E+? or c+? idk :P

Reply 628

Dettz

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by A.Kenny

not specific, just most seem to have 5gcse passes nd 3a level passes, but their view on a pass being E+? or c+? idk :P

So unclear it's frustrating!

Reply 629

Azland

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by Dettz

So unclear it's frustrating!

Not really unclear. Usually pass is regarded as C+ so that they can give you advanced credit for some courses. Nothing specific like the UK unis but tbh that should work in your favour as after you get accepted you almost never "miss" your offer.

Reply 630

JGMycroft

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by Hamza95

Hi I'm looking to do dentistry in Canada but I'm not sure how it works. Do you get a student loan? And also is there any tests that I need to do if I want to go study in Canada?

I'm not sure about the rest of Canada but here's the information for the UBC Dentistry program
http://www.dentistry.ubc.ca/Education/

I think most places requires that you have at least 2 years of undergraduate study to fulfill certain qualifications course wise. I've heard it is pretty competitive. A friend of mine is aiming to get in as well. She already has a BA but because she didn't fulfill the science requirements, she needed to go back and re-do two years of undergraduate science courses.

Unless you're a Canadian citizen, I don't think you're eligible for student loans. I could be wrong (anybody want to clarify for me?)

As for tests, I'm pretty sure there aren't any unless it's specific to any one program you want to get into. But that's usually at a graduate level. Or an English proficiency test... but I think you'll be alright?

Reply 631

steveeldonkerr

Hey all.

So a thread update just popped into my inbox and I remembered how invaluable this thread was to me three, almost four, long years ago. So, in memory of TSR users past, I'm happy to answer any questions you guys have. I arrived at McGill in Montreal in 2009 from the UK(Mother is Canadian) and it was a bloody great decision!

Reply 632

dawbs

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by JGMycroft

Unless you're a Canadian citizen, I don't think you're eligible for student loans. I could be wrong (anybody want to clarify for me?)

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Very difficult to get a student loan when you live in another country even if you are a Canadian citizen. I'm British but have dual citizenship & I am not entitled to a student loan until I've lived there for a certain amount of time...

Reply 633

PK01$=dt/=89

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by dawbs

Very difficult to get a student loan when you live in another country even if you are a Canadian citizen. I'm British but have dual citizenship & I am not entitled to a student loan until I've lived there for a certain amount of time...

Same situation. Fortunatelty for me this means that once I move to Montreal I can become a Quebec resident and only need to pay local fee's at McGill. Sometimes the small print works in your favour :wink:

Reply 634

itsdyo

After a scary A level I might probably be going to Canada. Got an acceptance at Carleton University

Reply 635

misscake

Hihi, spent a while reading through this thread but there's sooo many pages so forgive me if I'm asking stuff that has already been asked? :colondollar:

I'm looking to study at The Art Institue of Vancouver more specifically a Bachelors in Graphic Design. Has anybody taken this course or currently doing so, even do one similar in the same school? Is it hard to get in? What kind of thing would merit my application? I'm from Ireland and already have a BTEC National Diploma and a HND in Graphic Design but the dream is to study GD in Vancouver :h:

Also, how hard is it to get a scholarship? I have 2yrs to save but I worry I won't be able to afford it all and I've heard it's difficult to get a job over there as an international student? Does that sound correct? :frown:

Any info gladly welcomed :biggrin:

Reply 636

JGMycroft

Hey misscake,
I'm not really sure specifically about the BA in graphic design and where it stands in terms of quality at AI but from what I've heard of their other programs and people's reaction to them is that it's pretty much a toss up.

Though I think it also largely depends on what you want to do after your get your degree too.
Maybe check out Emily Carr University because they're a bit more well known for dealing with the more artistic side of design though a lot of people think it's overrated.
Maybe check out Vancouver Film School as well if you're looking to get into more media, film, or game related.
I don't think AI is really hard to get in btu for Emily Carr and for VFS, you'll probably need a pretty good portfolio and to pass an interview.

As for scholarships, it depends on the individual school but I think it's pretty low. You can look up international scholarships between Ireland and Canada beacuse there should be a few of them offered by both governments.

There's loads of Irish people here in Vancouver so I'm sure you'll be fine in getting a job as long as you're not too picky about what you're doing or that you're making minimum wage! There's also loads of summertime/seasonal work as long as you're not too fussed about being dirty and stuck in the middle of nowhere.

Edit: Oh!! And check out Kwantlen's University program as well. It's more for if you're getting into business and marketing but their graphic design program is supposed to be really good.

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Reply 637

misscake

Hello JGMycroft... thankyou so much for replying, you've been a great help!

I'm disappointed to hear that about AI but I actually considered the Graphic & Visual Design course at Kwantlen too, so I'll go back and read more about it. To be perfectly honest location mattered a lot to me with my first choice, though Richmond doesn't look so bad :]
I'm (perhaps wrongly) assuming it's cheaper to rent/live in Richmond compared to Vancouver?

I will look into VFS too. I wasn't too keen on Emily Carr, it looked more fine art based which is something I'm not into at all and quite a bit more expensive than AI/Kwantlen.

Not picky at all about jobs, or being stuck in the middle of nowhere... sounds a lot like Ireland ;D

Thanks again!

Reply 638

JGMycroft

I would say maybe look around for a few reviews on courses or something like that. I could be dead wrong about the BA program but the general gist of the school in general is that it's alright as long as you put a lot of work in. What did you want to do with the BA?
It's definitely cheaper in Richmond. The closer to downtown Vancouver you get, the more expensive it becomes but there's always little neighbourhoods where you can rent a room in a shared house and it won't be so bad. Richmond is a bit further away and there's more space and it's flat land so you'll get a nicer and bigger place for about the same price as you pay for a tiny cramped old dirty apartment downtown. The transit system is really good though. They've built a new skytrain line for the Olympics going into Richmond so you're probably about max. 20min away from downtown if you live near a station.

I'm a little biased because my ex actually took the animation course at VFS and I've looked around a bit inside and met a few people involved and they're all AMAZING. Those in his class who wanted a job in the industry after graduating got it (those who didn't wanted to continue up to 3d animation) within 3 months of graduating. If you do go for the design program at VFS though, I'm going to warn you now that it's EXTREMELY intensive. Like... you wanted to live downtown and pay the extra to be near the school because if you're not, you're going to be spending a lot of nights curled up under your desk. But they definitely get results and will give you a TON of connections because most of the teachers teach "part-time" which means they're still working in the industries that they're teaching in and often hire from their students.

But yeah, if you're looking to get into marketing or business I would definitely say go for Kwantlen. Not a lot of people know about it very much because most people aim for the big universities like UBC and SFU for business degrees. Kwantlen only recently became accredited and established as a university maybe two years ago. They were a polytechnic college before but I don't think I've heard any bad things about their design programs. It's basically the only institution here that fully prepares their students for the real business world if they want to go into design.

If you have any more questions, just give me a shout and I'll be happy to answer them :smile:

Also, whereabouts in Ireland are you from?

Reply 639

misscake

I'm not dead set on anything yet but either go into advertising/marketing or go full time freelance if possible. I'm currently part time freelancing over here but I would love to work in a proper studio/agency environment.

Thanks so much for recommending VFS, it looks very cool, I did some research and talked to some advisors and stuff and their Digital Design course sounds amazing but it's sooo expensive compared to Kwantlen, nearly 30k for just a year? :frown:

I know I wouldn't be able to afford that, though I do appreciate that you get what you pay for and it probably is the best school to go to. Kwantlens fee system did confuse me but I think it's a lot cheaper?

I live in the North of Ireland, I'm from Armagh which is very much country/farms/small villages though now I live in Lisburn which is a big-ish city and about 20mins away from Belfast our main city.

I've been told that the weather in Ireland and BC are pretty similar? Rain mostly? :tongue: