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Jump Start your UBC career

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Are you an international or Aboriginal student heading to Vancouver this year or an international student Okanagan bound? Then read on. We have just the thing for you…

Whether you’re coming to UBC from another country or another culture, making that transition to university life can have its challenges. Both our Vancouver and our Okanagan campuses have comprehensive transition programs in place to support you through that transition and set you up for academic success at UBC.

Its name: Jump Start

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First-year English and the LPI

Friday, April 13, 2012

First-year English requirements

To complete your degree, you’ll probably have to take 3 or 6 credits (1 or 2 courses) of first-year English. This means that you have to meet certain requirements, regardless of your first language or citizenship. Find out more about the first-year English requirements for students on the Okanagan and Vancouver campuses.

If you do not meet the requirements to enroll in a first-year English course for Vancouver programs, you’ll have to take the Language Proficiency Index, or LPI (I explain the LPI below). For Okanagan programs: you’ll have either to take the LPI or Writing 009.

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