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Admissions

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FAQs:

Incoming first year? No idea where to start? Look here for a tutorial on how to register and pick your classes.
Official UBC Admissions Website

Student Resources:

RENEW YOUR UPASS
UBC Registration Tools - helpful tools for course registration / grades analysis.
UBC Club and Student Group Database - Reviews of on-campus clubs and an actually usable alternative to the AMS Clubhouse directory.
UBC Grades - grade distributions for previous offerings of all classes offered at UBC. Complemented by UBC Profstats, which offers grading variations by instructors.
CourseRatings.ca - Reviews of UBC Courses
Room Schedule/Timetable - find class and room schedules (and empty rooms to study in!)
Vancouver General Hospital Access & Assessment Centre for referrals and assessment. It is a good starting point for getting help with improving your mental health.
AMS Services: resources for UBC students such as a food bank, Safewalk, tutoring, advocacy, and Peer Support services
Centre For Accessibility - For obtaining academic concessions, and other mattters relating to accommodation any physical and mental hardships.
Student Support - A general index of all UBC support services for students, with support services for academic, financial, health and other issues.
Student Health Service - medical clinic w/ Mental Health & Sports Medicine
UBC Wayfinding - campus map and building information
UBC Lost and Found - lost something on campus? Check here!
Free software - You can get Office, MATLAB, a VPN, and more, all for free.
Housing Chances & Improving your YRH Chances

Other Useful Places:

The Ubyssey - your student-run campus newspaper
CiTR - your student radio station

UBC Wiki

A community project with:

admissions & registration guides

handy tools and relevant websites

‘where to find ___’ guides

census results, ‘best of’ posts, and more!

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