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SFU transfer?

Iran1988
edited April 2008 in General
Hello there,

I was just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and can effectively guide me through this.

I am planning on going into Pharmacy. I'm sure most (if not all) of you know that SFU doesn't exactly have a Pharmacy program. UBC however, does.

I was just wanting to know, if I was planning on say transferring into UBC after my initial year at SFU (or perhaps my second) is this completely doable?

The reason why I chose SFU over UBC in the first place was because of it's location (honestly, taking a bus from Coquitlam to UBC doesn't exactly equate to fun).

So, just wondering if this is doable or do I *sigh* have to take a bus from my area to UBC every morning :( ?

Thanks.

Comments

  • Broken Lizard
    edited April 2008
    pie.
  • Jimmy
    edited April 2008
    Yes.
  • vaka
    edited April 2008
    I think you might be able to do it.. or "doable" as you like to call it. Just take the lower division courses at SFU maybe.

    But honestly? If I had the option of going to UBC straight away I'd just do that. Why risk wasting a couple of years because of a simple matter such as commuting. It's not that bad anyways, I get lots of reading done during my 50 minute commute to school.
  • randomuser
    edited April 2008
    You need to take to advisors at both schools to make sure you find out what are transferable. I dont know if those online transfer guides show the credits between SFU and UBC, vice versa
  • siuying
    edited April 2008
    i had a friend who successfully transferred into UBC pharmacy in her second year... so yes it's doable.. but tough..
  • cassie1013
    edited April 2008
    I don't know specifically about pharmacy, but I do know from cousins of mine that getting into any sort of medicine related field at UBC from SFU is difficult (if you are SFU Science. I don't know why, but 2 of my cousins did SFU science and went through this so)/
  • meeshmeesh
    edited April 2008
    I have a friend who got into UBC pharmacy at the start of her 2nd year too. well, she was in ubc science first and even for her she said it's difficult to get in. just to give you an idea what you might be up against, her PCAT score was in the 94-95 percentile on her first try (the average of admitted applicants is about 87%)...i don't mean to scare you, all i'm trying to say is be prepared to WORK YOUR ASS OFF b/c it's very competitive but if you know what you're up against at least you know what to aim for.


    UBC science -> UBC Pharmacy = hard
    SFU science -> UBC Pharmacy = even harder.

    from what i've heard, it's hard to get into pharmacy from sfu because the program usually accepts more students from their own school...so i'd say go to UBC straight away since you'll have a higher probability of getting accepted. keep in mind you also need lots of extracurriculars, high gpa, high PCAT scores either way. ALSO, even if the commute to UBC is long, at least their campus is very active so there are a lot of volunteering activities you can do at school to fulfill those extracurricular requirements...

    Oh and i want to add, if you do decide to come to SFU first then transfer to UBC it is VITAL you go see advisors at UBC in person--don't phone in...sometimes they give the wrong info. Believe me, it fucked me over last year. lol

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