The University of British Columbia Thread

[Lone_Prodigy]

Bumping thread, hi.

Second year right now. Doing the micb202/bio201/chem205 + others right now.

How was CHEM 233? I swear they update the textbooks every 2 years or so.

[simplicitygirl]

Chem 233 isn't as scary as people make it out to be...however, its one of those problem solving course. Memorization only gets you so far. Advice: Keep up with the work.

[cheeseshredder]

How was CHEM 233? I swear they update the textbooks every 2 years or so.

for 233 last term, a 90+ was totally doable. I messed up on the easy second midterm so I missed out on it..but a lot of people did very well. Jackie Stewart + the other profs teaching it put in a lot of time and they're really trying to improve the course. There was at least 1.25% bonus for feedback + I think there's some paid survey they're doing now.

TBH, I think the average ended up around the same, but a part of it might just be the fear that students naturally have of organic chem. A lot of students don't bother with the textbook, but I found it godsend (we used Bruice)

my last midterm's on monday, then 3 more CLST 301 exams. so i'm going to try to do more than just read solutions and problem set answers.

[pipipoopee]

Finished 3rd year at EE at UBC...

...now switching into 3rd year Sauder...

The fastest I will finish now is 3rd year in one term and 4th year in another term...

Well, at least I know what I want now

[bonehelm]

Hey, I'm applied to UBC for this fall, anybody know the updated admission cut-offs for all the faculties? Thanks.

[Lone_Prodigy]

Chem 233 isn't as scary as people make it out to be...however, its one of those problem solving course. Memorization only gets you so far. Advice: Keep up with the work.

Yeah I thought CHEM 233's difficulty was overrated: I had little difficulty with the course yet the average I think was in the 50's. I think Jackie Stewart was in her first year of teaching the course when I took it: apparently the class was always packed with students in the aisles (she wasn't my prof though).Maybe it's harder to try and weed out the biology majors?

[Terrific_Deals2k8]

Finished 3rd year at EE at UBC...

...now switching into 3rd year Sauder...

The fastest I will finish now is 3rd year in one term and 4th year in another term...

Well, at least I know what I want now

Congratulation for being accepted into Sauder! Very nice, now you can become a member of the elite , lolz, J/K - all the other faculties hate on us and now you can become part of our community, ROFL

[TeriyakiJack]

Yeah I thought CHEM 233's difficulty was overrated: I had little difficulty with the course yet the average I think was in the 50's. I think Jackie Stewart was in her first year of teaching the course when I took it: apparently the class was always packed with students in the aisles (she wasn't my prof though).Maybe it's harder to try and weed out the biology majors?

I failed it first time through ( I took it way too lightly. Didn't do problem sets, studied night before ). Once you fall behind, its extremely difficult to catch up since everything builds on the previous material.

Second time through, kept up with the lessons and it wasn't nearly as bad. Ended up in the 70's.

Congratulation for being accepted into Sauder! Very nice, now you can become a member of the elite , lolz, J/K - all the other faculties hate on us and now you can become part of our community, ROFL

True that. Slimy sauder kids and their enterprise or whatchamacallit.

[ahsalloum]

Out of curiosity, how much do you guys estimate the average in scholarship money that the better half of UBC undergrad Science students get?