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MR. H. M. EVANS 

SECRETARY OF SENATE 

AMENDMENT TO B.C. GRADE XII ADMISSI? 

REQUIREMENTS 

DR. D. MEAKIN, SECRETARY 

SENATE UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS BOARD 

26th OCTOBER, 1970 

At a recent meeting of the Senate Undergraduate Admissions Board, 

a revision of the calendar entry describing the admission require- 

ments for applicants from British Columbia Grade XII was approved. 

Since an amendment to a policy approved by Senate is involved, 

the revised calendar entry is now being submitted to Senate for 

approval. 

The revised calendar entry, together with the rationale for the 

change, is given in Paper SUAB 4 (attached). The intent of the 

change is not to raise or lower the admission standards, but to 

use the actual grades awarded in calculating the average. The 

change will affect a limited number of marginal students, and 

for this reason, SUAB stated that during a transition period, 

applicants would be given the benefit of either method. SUAB 

approved the change unanimously. 

If approved, the policy will be implemented to process applicants 

to Fall Semester, 1971. It will be published in the new edition 

of the Admissions Bulletin, which will be circulated to schools 

in January, 1971. 

MOTION: 

That the Calendar entry shown in Paper 

SUAB 4 be approved. 

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SUAB 4 

ADMENDMENT TO B.C. GRADE XII ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS 

At present, our admission requirements for students coming from 

B.C. 

Grade. XII are specified in terms of a percentage. The 

vast majority of grades given in B.C. Grade XII are letter grades, 

which we convert to a percentage in order to calculate an average. 

I believe that it is preferable that a grade point average be 

used as the basis of admission when letter grades predominate. 

My reasons are as follows:-- 

1.

We are using the grade directly as assigned. 

2.

The system would be comparable to the inter- 

nal SFU system. 

3.

Arguments that we had interpreted a letter 

grade with a percentage different than that 

actually obtained, would be eliminated. 

MOTION: 

" That the attached Calendar entry be submitted 

to Senate for approval. 

Dr. D. Mekin, 

Director of Admissions. 

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APPLICANTS FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA 

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ADMISSION FROM GRADE 12 (completed in 1c.67 or later). 

Graduation on the Academic-Technical Program on any 

one of the specialties (Arts, Science, Technical), 

with a minimum 2.4* average (computed as below) in 

3 subjects, including Engish 12 and two additional 

12-level subjects chosen from Science(s) 12, Math 12, 

History 12, Geography 12, Language(s) 12, English 

Literature 12, Geology 12. 

An applicant who has an average below 2.4, but not 

less than 2.0, will be admitted on the same conditions 

if staff and facilities permit. 

To compute the average, the following equivalents will 

be used:-- 

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(86 - 100%) 

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(73 - 85%) 

C+ (67 - 72%) 

Example: 

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2.5

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English 12 

Physics 12 

French 12 

(60-66%) 

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=2

(50 - 59%) 

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= 1

(Less than 50%) = 

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2.5

84%

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2.17 

Average 

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Students who graduated on the old 

"University Program" should enquire 

as to the requirements in terms of 

this program. 

*If Paper SUAB 

3

is approved, this will read 2.0, and 

the second paragraph will be deleted. 

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