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Graduate School
Does anyone have plans?
I plan on getting right over to UBC Law once I'm done with this place.
I've looked at a few programs at SFU but I can't find many professional programs I find interesting (very not interested in business). I kind of find SFU disappointing in this aspect as compared to UBC.
I plan on getting right over to UBC Law once I'm done with this place.
I've looked at a few programs at SFU but I can't find many professional programs I find interesting (very not interested in business). I kind of find SFU disappointing in this aspect as compared to UBC.
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Or, I may go Queens University.
Then I realized most of them are soley research in the arts or the sciences, and that the route I've taken in school precludes me from getting admittance since I spend such little time seeing profs in my outside-of-school time.
With the budget shortfalls it isn't sounding great either, but I heard the same thing...this was before AVED cut SFU's and UBC's funding though...
1.) I doubt my CGPA of 3.160 is high enough for Graduate School.
2.) I don't want to be in school because I found on that most girls prefer guys who are working than going to school...
Once you become a mature student as well your odds go up (25+). Girls don't care whether guys are in school or working unless theyre gold diggers.
If hes hot, and cool, I'll hit it. The thought of being with someone with a post grad also adds prestige...although I don't know if getting a MA in an art like history is a good idea...
Although I don't know where. I won't be doing it at SFU just because I will want to go somewhere new. The states could possibly be fun, like at UC Berkeley, or out in the east like UofT has a good AI program.
For now I am going to try and do some stuff to make it more likely that I will get in grad school, ie. keeping my GPA above 3.0, research assistant, reference letters from profs and self-directed undergrad research classes (CMPT 415/416).
After finding out all the shi* our International Students have to deal with, I do not dare to study outside of Canada (Hong Kong could be an exception as I still have my Hong Kong citizenship.). As for where in Canada, I actually want to go to Dalhousie, McGill (good luck...), or UBC. My History program actually offer an Honors Program that, they say, will improve my chance of getting into grad school.
Jaydubs approach is basically your best bet to get into grad school if you arent rolling on a 4.33 GPA, just make sure you stay above 3.0, I think its the magic number.
It's not that girls want a guy who has a job and is not in school, it's that girls don't want a guy they have to support and pay for everything.
That's the difference, I don't "work" in the traditional sense while attending university yet I don't find I have problems dating girls, but that is because I am in a position where I don't need to be supported by a third party.
As for the Craiglist thing, it is just for fun and I just want to know what girls usually look for.
I wanted to continue on in grad studies, but at the end of all that damn hard work I still only had a 2.89 CGPA. I had a supervisor who was willing to go to bat for me, and the Chemistry department let me do a qualifying semester; now by no means am I the only person who's had to do this, but it really helps your case a lot if you have a prospective supervisor who's comfortable with you and who you have a good rapport with.
Now, at the time, the requirement was for a B average. Since then I think they've tightened things up a bit and required a B in each course.
In my case, I walked out with a couple of A-'s and a B+, and I was accepted.
In general the chemistry department likes you to be a TA for at least two semesters out of three. Some other departments may have different requirements. In particular, as this relates to your income, you need to sort out with your supervisor where your money is coming from. If your supervisor cannot pay you and you can't get a TAship, be aware that unless you get a student loan, you no longer qualify for a bursary. So get humping on those graduate fellowship applications and NSERC or SSHRC apps, depending on whether you're in sciences or arts.