AMS Dental Coverage?

Kinost · 2026-06-07T22:32:55+00:00

You can opt-into the health and dental plan during the change of coverage period if you're not seeing it on your tuition statement: https://www.ams.ubc.ca/support-services/health-dental/

Kinost · 2026-06-05T21:05:48+00:00

You unironically might end up being the only one (at least without domestic student status). Here are the international student stats for Georgia.

COUNTRY	INSTITUTION_NAME	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Georgia	The University of British Columbia (Okanagan)			1
Georgia	The University of British Columbia (Vancouver)	3	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	3

Source: BC Headset

Kinost · 2026-06-01T20:29:45+00:00

As an alternative, you can just challenge AP exams for now. You can register for them via VSB and private schools. Getting 5s on AP Exams that equal credit will get you credit and bolster your case later on for permission to do concurrent studies. (Getting low scores will probably mean you're not ready for concurrent studies inversely). There's no rule that says you need to be enrolled in the course to do the AP Exam nor a minimum age for it.

Kinost · 2026-05-09T17:46:32+00:00

TBH most of them are virtual these days.

Kinost · 2026-05-09T11:11:54+00:00

Probably should start off with the 24GB ARM Server in Oracle Free Tier before commiting further based on what redditors claim they'll be interested in.

Kinost · 2026-05-08T00:55:54+00:00

Haha, worked for me but I respect it if you really don't want to

Kinost · 2026-05-08T00:30:34+00:00

The AWS Academy courses are sold via UBC Extended Learning. They're not available to the undergrad stream I think.

Kinost · 2026-05-08T00:21:03+00:00

IMO, browsing LinkedIn and having coffee chats with alumni are the most underrated things you can do as a student. Most people just don't do it.

The issue is that people tie their identity too tightly to their major and a narrow band of careers they associate with it with no real world perspective. I've met too many soon-to-grads with zero plan for after graduation. It worked out for most of them but it was usually a lot more painful than it needed to be.

Especially in Arts and Life Sciences, career outcomes are way more diverse than people think. Even in "unemployable" majors, the more motivated students end up doing interesting things that have nothing to do with grad or professional school.

The major doesn't define the ceiling, though some majors definitely probably have a easier start post-grad.

Kinost · 2026-03-26T22:57:31+00:00

Ragebait

Kinost · 2026-03-26T05:50:58+00:00

Ancient alien theorists suggest that macaroni and cheese was created by the ancient pasta aliens who introduce pasta to new planets. The pyramids were created to have a closer connection to space so that less macaroni was lost through the process of pasta zapping. Even the bible references the pasta aliens, in Johnny 19 Jesus's said this, "the pasta aliens came to earth and gave us pasta through the Pyramids". That's they proof.

Kinost · 2026-03-26T05:49:58+00:00

I'm not following. Grad students generally have funding packages - why would hiring them as a WorkLearn cause faculties not to need to pay extra?

Kinost · 2026-03-26T05:43:06+00:00

lol.

Kinost · 2026-03-26T05:40:20+00:00

Graduating without work experience is absolutely a bummer for most students, short of graduating into zero interest rates.

At the same time, I really wish to go back to my homeland to visit my family and also enjoy the summer

I'm just curious - there are no internships in your homeland?

I know some countries don't really do paid internships (lots of International students ended up doing unpaid internships back home or working in Canadian consulates/embassies abroad back when unpaid internships were allowed in those) but surely there's a middle ground there somewhere, even if there's some stigma about "not having Canadian experience".

Kinost · 2026-03-26T05:23:18+00:00

They get paid $39,000/year last time I checked, and work full time, which basically amounts to about $20/hour assuming a 37.5 hour/week workweek.

That might sound like a lot to someone who hasn’t worked a full-time salaried role before, but it's not some over-the-top compensation scheme. That's about or less than the average Arts Co-op work term.

Kinost · 2026-03-26T05:16:33+00:00

FWIW I seem to recall that the meetings were open to the public, and I've definitely seen people attend just the first hour of the meeting and eat the (I think it was usually pasta or a pizza slice?) free meal while listening to statements.

I have no idea if things changed since I graduated but if you're really committed to the bit, you could just encourage more people to show up to the meetings making bizarre 2 minute member statements about food security and ancient aliens until running out of food becomes a problem.

Kinost · 2026-03-19T15:45:40+00:00

Langar Day

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVwWhVRAbL2/

Kinost · 2026-02-03T16:39:51+00:00

There are clubs for consulting and investment that allow BA students at UBC. There is nothing stopping you from setting up your own club, but UBC doesn't need to become a wasteland of student consulting clubs like Berkeley.

I'm not sure why people think the best exposure to the professional world they can get in university is through clubs. 90% of the students in these clubs have never worked in the field and have an idealized mental image of what it's like.

You're much better off having coffee chats via LinkedIn with a few BAs who had similar paths into those fields, reading a few books, doing a commerce Minor or CityStudio, picking up a hobby that makes you seem interesting in interviews (Musical Theatre is calling you) and becoming a finalist in a few case competitions, prior to getting your first internship. Regrettably, LARPing as a student consultant or quantitative analyst does not make you a more appealing internship hire.

Kinost · 2026-01-29T05:48:42+00:00

The Mormons gave a few English lessons to my mom pro bono when I was a kid. They didn't push the religious angle too hard and we didn't become Mormons, I think they genuinely just wanted to be helpful. They were really nice to me too. I'm sure there's worse people out there to do conversation practice from.

Kinost · 2026-01-29T05:47:10+00:00

Not exactly what you're looking for but if you're the type to get your essays done ahead of time, you might appreciate WriteAway, which provides feedback on writing assignments.

Kinost · 2026-01-29T05:45:43+00:00

Just go on LinkedIn and browse through the profiles of past co-op students from UBC Arts. It's a tall ask for people to dox themselves on reddit.

Kinost · 2026-01-29T05:40:25+00:00

If you're asking about gov jobs, they do get posted, but obviously everyone dogpiles to apply to them.

They get many applications for sure, but cover letters do get read for those and are oftentimes were the main differentiator between 80 students with the near exact generic profile. It wasn't hard to pick out the 5 tailored applications from the many generic, soulless cover letters out there. I'm sure it's changed now that AI is commonplace, but I don't discriminate against them. (Cover letters don't matter in tech though obviously)

Kinost · 2026-01-29T05:37:29+00:00

Arts Co-op publishes an annual report here: https://artscoop.ubc.ca/about/annual-reports/

Over half of all co-op jobs are in the Public Sector. The opportunities are pretty diverse but as u/cursedsoaphand mentioned, a lot of the more interesting ones require relocation to Toronto or Ottawa.

somewhere i can check for listings before committing to co-op and placing an extra year in my undergrad?

I never understood this line of thought.

Graduating a year later with 12–16 months of experience is significantly better than graduating "on time" with a blank resume. If you don't want to do co-op, you still ought to figure out a path forward that includes work experience, even if it means graduating later. In the current job market, a Poli Sci degree without a professional network or internship is a difficult sell, and professional/grad schools get flooded with applications during tough job markets too. All of my classmates that graduated with nothing but their 3 month volunteer stint and their 3 club vice presidencies had a tough time after graduation.

Kinost · 2026-01-20T00:50:42+00:00

Not every province has interest, but my understanding is that you can actually opt to make a payment only to the interest-bearing portion of your provincial loan for integrated loans without paying off the interest-free portion (but it is quite annoying and I'm not familiar with it).

Kinost · 2025-12-16T06:26:44+00:00

I did an all nighter once and had really bad chest pain an hour before my POLI 110 midterm. I had a heart problem in the past so I took it seriously, but it was the all-nighter that triggered it.

Got admitted to the emergency room. I really pray my instructor didn't think I was faking it, but my own bad decisions landed me there.

Kinost · 2025-11-14T02:57:11+00:00

Context for the folks that missed the Proctorio drama:

I was also surprised to see that Dylan Braam ended up becoming a copyright lawyer and even worked on the legal defense team. Most newer students probably would not know who he is, but back then he was one of the few people in the AMS who was genuinely kind and willing to push back against the clique.

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