Beedie Application Appeal Tips

lesucre

Hi Everyone,

I applied for Beedie this semester and was rejected so I decided to write an appeal which was rejected as well.  The reason why my application was not accepted is due to my low GPA from all the lower division required courses.  The real deal breaker is my ECON103 course which I received a C (I took it with Doug Allen the second time around which turned out to be a bad idea).  In all my other required courses I received a grade of B or higher so without taking into account ECON103 my admission GPA is above 3.10.  I am in a dilemma because I want to transfer into Beedie and finish my upper division courses so I can graduate.  I have a great passion for business subjects especially accounting and I managed to land an intern position at an accounting firm last summer on my own.  I have spoken to the chair of undergraduate appeals for Beedie and quite frankly she is not taking into consideration my dilemma nor work experience.  I was "advised" to pursue another major outside of business but that would go against my interests and I would have to "start over" with the requirements for another faculty.  I am currently taking BUS207 and 254 in hopes that my grades would prove that I am capable of pursuing a BBA and to redeem myself for my grade in ECON103.

If anyone has similar experiences with Beedie appeals or any advice in general it would be very helpful.  Thanks

hehehe

Transfer to UBC? Redo some of your other courses?

SNSD123

Hi, I actually got accepted into the business faculty recently ( transferred from arts). What is your current GPA in terms of your 9 lower division courses? If it's not too far off from the GPA cut off ( which is 3.07 for the spring 2013 semester) you can write a lengthy appeal on why you deserve to be in the faculty.  My sister's GPA was off the cutoff by 0.2 for the summer semester but she got accepted after they reviewed her appeal. Also, if you don't get accepted after appealing, you can always re-take up to 2 of your lower division courses to boost up your GPA. Good luck!

orisinal

Well, you've already used one re-take, so if the appeals don't work out, you gotta try to take a course where you make the most improvement. To be honest, meeting the requirement isn't hard, it just requires you to put in effort. You should of had done well in the other courses to offset your ECON grade. I suggest you find out why you're not doing so well; it's only going to get harder from here and if you're going to do accounting you need a 3.0 CGPA.

EducationGrad

But isn't getting into the program competitive?  Didn't you not quite make the bar to compete into the program?  If the process was unfair or they didn't have data that you have now given them, then that's usually what appeals are for.

Just because you didn't get into a program doesn't mean they made a mistake.  It's a really unfortunate thing for you personally that you didn't get in, but you seem to be making it about the admissions office and not about the fact that you tried and didn't quite make it.

An Arts degree can still get you into accounting (check out the requirements to become a CGA/CMA).  If you want formal training, there are programs like DAP at UBC (google it).  If you don't think an SFU Arts degree is relevant, maybe try to get into Computing Science or Management and Systems Science or communications - all would be good complements to an accounting designation. If you truly need to do a business degree, there are lots of options. Kwantlen or BCIT or UVic, UNBC or UCalgary or Queen's or U Ottawa etc. all have accounting programs.  There are lots of ways to become a CA or CGA, and your success in achieving that is far more dependent on what you bring than what credential you have on the wall or which school you got admitted to.