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UBC Personal Profile: Examples, Samples, and Our Best Tips – Part Three – UBC Sauder Specific

Welcome to Part Three of our guide on the UBC Personal Profile! In Part One and Part Two, we laid the foundation by covering the essentials of the…

UBC Personal Profile: Examples, Samples, and Our Best Tips – Part Two

Welcome to Part Two of our guide on the UBC personal profile! In the first part, we covered the basics—what the personal profile is, who needs to submit…

UBC Personal Profile: Examples, Samples, and Our Best Tips – Part One

As a Grade 12 student gearing up for university applications, you’ve probably already been focused on your grades, test scores, and extracurriculars, maybe you even checked out our…

NACAC Conference 2024 Recap: Part One

Melinda Giampietro

During the last week of September, Educational Consultant and Options Founder, Melinda Giampietro attended the NACAC Conference in Los Angeles↗️. NACAC Conference 2024 brought 7200+ attendees to Los…

What UBC Looks for

Applying to the University of British Columbia (UBC) can be an exciting yet intimidating process. As one of Canada’s top universities, UBC must ensure that incoming students are…

Fall Workshop Lineup

Welcome back to school! To help you make the most of this new school year, we're hosting seven awesome workshops. See our fall workshop lineup below! Back to…

New UBC Admissions Changes for 2026 applications

For rising Grade 11 high school students in BC looking to apply to UBC’s Vancouver campus in the fall of 2026 (or later), there were some BIG changes…

Hacks for the ACT Reading Section

Kate Williamson

Prepping for the ACT exam may seem, at times, daunting; however, we’re here to help you with some practical advice. Once you have strategies in place, the process…

What you can learn about a school through its writing prompts

Since there are so many components involved in US applications, by the time many students get to the individualized supplemental questions for each university they are applying to,…

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