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hi guys i am from out of town and have to find a place in van. u guys know any good websites/ways to look for rental apartments? any sketchy areas in van to stay out of ? i was thinking about a 1bd apt in vancouver area. any idea how long of a drive it is to UBC? or perhaps bus
Thanks in advance:luck:
 
pharmzman said:
hi guys i am from out of town and have to find a place in van. u guys know any good websites/ways to look for rental apartments? any sketchy areas in van to stay out of ? i was thinking about a 1bd apt in vancouver area. any idea how long of a drive it is to UBC? or perhaps bus
Thanks in advance:luck:
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Try this one:
http://www.amsrentsline.com/page/advanced-search

I'd say ~15 mins drive to UBC if you live in vancouver:luck:, and you probably want to find a place on the west side of van :meanie:.
 
instinctz said:
Farm, how many times have you applied for Pharmacy? You seem so carefree!
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this is my third time applying, i obviously rejected them the first 2 times. i just felt that this time, the adjudicators showed perseverance. i will be sure to mention it in my speech
 
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farm said:
this is my third time applying, i obviously rejected them the first 2 times. I'm glad to see that the adjudicators showed perseverance, i will be sure to mention it in my speech
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lolll
 
oh, is it only me who is able to register right now?
 
Farm said:
oh, is it only me who is able to register right now?
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I thought profs were going to register for the time slots you provided to see what time they can come to your place and teach you 😕
 
ginee said:
Where did you find that on SSC? I can't find it😕
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It's easier if you log into CWL by the following link:
courses.students.ubc.ca

However, I wouldn't trust the time you're given yet - times are generally not updated until a few weeks before your registration (auto-set at 7am).
 
aanickaa said:
It's easier if you log into CWL by the following link:
courses.students.ubc.ca

However, I wouldn't trust the time you're given yet - times are generally not updated until a few weeks before your registration (auto-set at 7am).
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It still says Program: BSC for me, how did you change it to pharm? 😕
 
ginee said:
Erp, I don't see pharm under "my program" yet, should I bet worried?😱
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Have you accept the offer on ssc and pay your deposit yet?
I did that yesterday and saw my pharmacy eligibility this morning, maybe give them a day or so to process your offer.😕
 
JTHu said:
Have you accept the offer on ssc and pay your deposit yet?
I did that yesterday and saw my pharmacy eligibility this morning, maybe give them a day or so to process your offer.😕
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Good point... no money = no show
 
iLLmatic26 said:
I thought profs were going to register for the time slots you provided to see what time they can come to your place and teach you 😕
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LOL silly me what was i thinking, i better get started on making their schedules
 
congrats to everyone that got in this year! im in 2nd year heading to 3rd and my advice to all of you would be to get ur electives over and done with by 2nd term 2nd year..... 2nd term of 2nd year is brutal.. i heard 3rd year is the worst... i'm not looking forward to it =)
 
Can we take any pharmacy specific elective in first year? I checked out a few of them and they all require you to be a 1< year student 🙁.
 
iLLmatic26 said:
Can we take any pharmacy specific elective in first year? I checked out a few of them and they all require you to be a 1< year student 🙁.
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Doesn't seem so. First year is going to be pretty chill since my other electives are all wrapped up. Would've liked to get the PHAR one outta the way... ah well.
 
clonazepamR said:
Doesn't seem so. First year is going to be pretty chill since my other electives are all wrapped up. Would've liked to get the PHAR one outta the way... ah well.
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I am also in the same situation. Getting your undergrad first will do that I guess. But it looks like some of the special topics/studies type courses don't explicitly state that they need pre-reqs from lower years and I think PHAR 456 and 458 seem to be fair game? thoughts?

I also noticed a bunch of nutrition courses and other options that I would love to take (despite the fact that I technically don't need any extra electives). I wonder if it is possible to take a minor with pharmacy? I feel like a nutritional background would complement the profession quite well. Just a thought...

Also, trying to figure out housing is BLOWING my mind!
 
lllix said:
I am also in the same situation. Getting your undergrad first will do that I guess. But it looks like some of the special topics/studies type courses don't explicitly state that they need pre-reqs from lower years and I think PHAR 456 and 458 seem to be fair game? thoughts?

I also noticed a bunch of nutrition courses and other options that I would love to take (despite the fact that I technically don't need any extra electives). I wonder if it is possible to take a minor with pharmacy? I feel like a nutritional background would complement the profession quite well. Just a thought...

Also, trying to figure out housing is BLOWING my mind!
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I think its gonna get a bit tougher in the second and third year.

Ya tell me about it. I have a small puppy (permanent puppy🙂) and its hard to find a place. And I also dont want to live too far from ubc and I'm looking in the kits area.
 
clonazepamR said:
Doesn't seem so. First year is going to be pretty chill since my other electives are all wrapped up. Would've liked to get the PHAR one outta the way... ah well.
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I don't think there are any electives in first year. There's one in 2nd year, two in 3rd year and three in 4th year. I've taken all the required courses other than the PHAR courses. I think that's what you meant as well. 12 credits for the 1st year sounds really boring don't you think? Lol. That's why I wanted to get the pharmacy specific electives out of the way. I'm also covered for the 6 credits of non-pharmacy electives. First year = 😴
 
Gladd said:
Go to Waterloo. 😉

Just kidding.

I think Waterloo has a better program, to be honest.

But it wouldn't be worth moving across the country to me, in my opinion.

So I would pick UBC over it.

But I guess it depends on what you value more.
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hey Gladd,
did u get in UBC????
 
uoftapplicant said:
hey Gladd,
did u get in UBC????
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Okay. First of all you're feeding me false info cause I think I remember you being on the uoft waitlist. And that's pretty pathetic.

Second of all, I'm on the waitlist for ubc. So yeah. I'm probably going to uoft much to your dismay cause I don't think the ubc waitlist moves much.
 
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pharmzman said:
hi guys i am from out of town and have to find a place in van. u guys know any good websites/ways to look for rental apartments? any sketchy areas in van to stay out of ? i was thinking about a 1bd apt in vancouver area. any idea how long of a drive it is to UBC? or perhaps bus
Thanks in advance:luck:
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If you already have a CWL Login, you can go to my.ubc.ca and look for the "Accomodations : For Rent" under the Classifieds tab. 👍
 
for those still looking for housing, heres a site I've found:
http://www.discoverwesbrook.ca/

all the apartments are brand new and located near save on foods. if you can find a roomate to share the cost its not a bad deal imo.
 
Aktinos23 said:
I am taking BIOC 302 this year 🙂 Are you taking BIOC 300?
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Yeah I'm thinking about it! I've taken organic already so I'll have a free spot...I've also taken Immunology already so I hope I won't have to take Micro 202 😛 What's the difference between the two anyway?
 
Mattz said:
Yeah I'm thinking about it! I've taken organic already so I'll have a free spot...I've also taken Immunology already so I hope I won't have to take Micro 202 😛 What's the difference between the two anyway?
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I know for MICB 202 we had 3 units: immunology, viruses, and bacterial diseases.

Maybe you can get an exemption or whatever if your immunology course covered that?
 
Gladd said:
I know for MICB 202 we had 3 units: immunology, viruses, and bacterial diseases.

Maybe you can get an exemption or whatever if your immunology course covered that?
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Yeah, we definitely covered all those sections but it integrated how your immune system respond to viral and bacterial infections. By the end you know how a pathogen enters your system and what defenses it will trigger within your immune system.

Naturally, it was centered around immunology...But I'm sure I've learned most of the material in that course already, so it would be nice to save some money!
 
Mattz said:
Yeah, we definitely covered all those sections but it integrated how your immune system respond to viral and bacterial infections. By the end you know how a pathogen enters your system and what defenses it will trigger within your immune system.

Naturally, it was centered around immunology...But I'm sure I've learned most of the material in that course already, so it would be nice to save some money!
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Thats pretty much what 202 was. They shouldnt make you retake it.
 
Mattz said:
Yeah, we definitely covered all those sections but it integrated how your immune system respond to viral and bacterial infections. By the end you know how a pathogen enters your system and what defenses it will trigger within your immune system.

Naturally, it was centered around immunology...But I'm sure I've learned most of the material in that course already, so it would be nice to save some money!
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Try emailing Dr. Tracy Kion at [email protected]. We had immunology, bacterial diseases and virology in MICB 202. What you explained was under immunology. In bacterial diseases, we looked at 7-8 (I think) case studies of bacterial diseases, their causes, cures, etc. In virology, we looked at different ways a virus enters a host, replicates and spreads. Then there were more case studies in this section as well with every virus having a different life cycle.
 
iLLmatic26 said:
Try emailing Dr. Tracy Kion at [email protected]. We had immunology, bacterial diseases and virology in MICB 202. What you explained was under immunology. In bacterial diseases, we looked at 7-8 (I think) case studies of bacterial diseases, their causes, cures, etc. In virology, we looked at different ways a virus enters a host, replicates and spreads. Then there were more case studies in this section as well with every virus having a different life cycle.
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Okay. Yeah, my friend told me to email her...but mentioned there are some weird guidelines you have to follow when corresponding with her?

We didn't really do case studies in bacterial diseases. But everything you've described about viruses I have definitely covered. If they don't waive the MICB 202 course, I was hoping they would at least waive the approved elective (MICB 302) for Immunology. If I do take it again, at least it will be a breeze...
 
Mattz said:
Okay. Yeah, my friend told me to email her...but mentioned there are some weird guidelines you have to follow when corresponding with her?

We didn't really do case studies in bacterial diseases. But everything you've described about viruses I have definitely covered. If they don't waive the MICB 202 course, I was hoping they would at least waive the approved elective (MICB 302) for Immunology. If I do take it again, at least it will be a breeze...
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i think you should email margaret about credit transfer
 
Gladd said:
Same boat.

Anyone??
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Waitlist has 20% chance, according to upper years that i know
But it might be a bit lower this year, since they accepted 225 already
 
uoftapplicant said:
as far as i know uoft pharmd has been rejected by government for this year... i would stay in ubc if got an offer from there
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Well, as far as I know, your information is false. The PharmD is imminent, the curriculum has already changed for a doctorate degree, they've even implemented a bridging Bsc-PharmD program for current Bsc students and all we're waiting for is the government to approve of it. If UBC had caught on with U of T and Waterloo, I would have probably accepted their offer for admission. But they didn't, so..
 
Gladd said:
Okay. First of all you're feeding me false info cause I think I remember you being on the uoft waitlist. And that's pretty pathetic.

Second of all, I'm on the waitlist for ubc. So yeah. I'm probably going to uoft much to your dismay cause I don't think the ubc waitlist moves much.
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lol...false info.. i read your question about pharmd while surfing and remembered that i read a post earlier which explained about this so thought i will share with you. the link is:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=760268

the post by the person gives a source also
hope that helps and now i would realy appretiate if you can edit your post about me lol
 
lulz said:
Well, as far as I know, your information is false. The PharmD is imminent, the curriculum has already changed for a doctorate degree, they've even implemented a bridging Bsc-PharmD program for current Bsc students and all we're waiting for is the government to approve of it. If UBC had caught on with U of T and Waterloo, I would have probably accepted their offer for admission. But they didn't, so..
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read a post here: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=760268
so shared with you guys
 
so guys i am not trying to give any false info.... just read a post and shared
 
lulz said:
It would help if I didn't have to go through 35 pages of posts. And I've been following the U of T thread. Even if it's not this year, they wouldn't have changed our curriculum if they weren't sure that the government will approve it in the near future.
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its on page 1 ...post by pharmanac
 
uoftapplicant said:
its on page 1 ...post by pharmanac
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You clearly haven't read the rest of the thread nor have been following it, it hasn't been rejected; in fact, when I went to my interviews at both U of T and Waterloo, they still mentioned the possibility of having the PharmD implemented this year.
 
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