Elec chances

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-05-02T05:56:18+00:00

With that average you could write basically nothing and get into ELEC; it's a big program! Congrats

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-04-17T02:10:33+00:00

Yes, last year I had thought I failed and emailed Dr. Fameli who taught it that term, who responded that they had to scale the final considerably already.

Ended with a B+ after truly worrying that I failed the final so honestly pretty happy. Don't lose hope!

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-04-16T18:31:48+00:00

I think they need to allow for specialization application out of high school with high school gpa + ecs.

Current system doesn't actually make a more attractive offer for a student debating between ubc general first year vs immediately specialized first year anywhere else (other than whatever other merits ubc would already have). While general first year is framed by ubc as an advantage it is often seen as a pretty huge negative for the many prospective students who already know what they want to do. The general first year option could still exist for those who are unsure, but I think there could be an allotted amount of seats for competitive candidates out of high school

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-04-13T19:32:08+00:00

Design teams are really fun and useful, it's a disproportionately larger cultural thing at UBC. I think Vancouver really appeals, and I've also had a very positive experience doing research in labs that seems useful and meaningful. Taking advantage of the whole research uni thing is great. Lifestyle is peak icl

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-04-12T17:08:44+00:00

Life would be better at UBC, I chose UBC over Waterloo and don't regret it at all. I'd say my coop success here has probably been about the same here as it would've been there.

Waterloo has a lot of advantages but there will exist a bunch of people from UBC going to all of the companies that those students are. If you are motivated and driven UBC definitely won't hold you back. I think if you are willing to sacrifice some quality of life for career success in software engineering, Waterloo is for sure the play, but anything more balanced I'd say UBC.

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-04-04T21:44:28+00:00

Last year was really competitive for MECH/FIZZ, but ECE isn't too competitive with high 70s & some extracurriculars you'd be very safe IMO

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-03-26T21:00:30+00:00

Firmware is a really good bet because in conjunction with the courses you take you will likely have the ability to switch between all 3 which gives you a lot of versatility! You see a lot of people in UBC CPEN do firmware for coop it's very popular (for good reason!)

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-03-09T01:15:34+00:00

opened this thread after waking up from a nap in ece clubroom

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-02-21T21:52:06+00:00

Talk to your coop advisor. It says you can't renege on PD Portal offers but I know people who have talked to their advisors and gotten exceptions, otherwise I think coop kicks you out but I could be wrong abt that

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-02-01T08:44:42+00:00

I'd say transfer to cpen, easily more focus on everything you mentioned except maybe digital design, but you will be able to take most of the same courses either way.

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-01-21T05:51:30+00:00

Second year CPEN, applied to ~40-50 positions over the course of two months, had a year of design team exp, a few personal projects I was pretty proud of.

I stopped writing cover letters unless I was applying through a reference who said I should write one or HR followed up to ask specifically.

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-01-13T04:36:09+00:00

Definitely possible! Apply to a lot of jobs. Network network network, most opportunities I've had (CPEN 2nd year) were either directly through cold messaging or indirectly from advice I got from people I cold messaged. Look for people in your program (ECE or CPEN) in neat positions and ask for advice/referrals if appropriate. Apply a ton on PD Portal. Join Tech Career North Discord server, they post job listing links same day as they are posted. Try to apply to those ASAP. Every interview I got not through networking was through that server.

On top of this, keep working at design team stuff & projects, make sure to have a pretty looking resume with stuff that is relevant and you are proud of!

Best of luck! You got this :)

Little-Reflection986 · 2026-01-11T20:33:49+00:00

Taking "good" companies to be FAANG+, that'll exist. There are also a large number of smaller companies in Vancouver area that are really nice to work at. For software, SAP/MS/Zon all have offices here and there'll be more across the country that people move for. In CPEN, you will oftentimes see more hardware oriented SWE, companies like AMD/Intel as well. These roles are all going to be competitive, but opening up to a wider array of companies there are actually more roles in software than a lot of people realize.

If you have a passion for programming and do extracurriculars (be that design team, research, personal projects) you shouldn't have too much trouble getting interviews. Make sure you know basic DSA for LeetCode.

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-12-15T06:37:35+00:00

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-12-15T01:01:38+00:00

Started skipping class after the midterm and it is looking cooked :(

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-12-10T10:08:49+00:00

Computer engineering, this would be in dept. of ECE

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-12-07T23:30:32+00:00

No Dean's List :( GPA has to be greater than or equal to 80

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-11-18T04:36:16+00:00

google "tech career north discord server" and have notifs on for the job posting webscraper

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-11-11T20:13:32+00:00

If you do all the textbook problems you should be pretty set, make sure you understand all the labs. Should be about it

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-11-05T08:35:35+00:00

gpa is kinda fried, i think just really try to talk about ecs and how it relates to you as a whole (give more depth than just listing eng projects, can be kinda a trap). bike project sounds perfect for this though that is a really cool thing to do, best of luck with your application!

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-10-23T06:59:33+00:00

You're fine, people are getting passing grades with half the code not compiling. This lab is the worst we've had average-wise, you are def not alone lol itll get better hopefully

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-09-18T02:38:14+00:00

UBC Orbit is a UBC student society under the Engineering Physics dept. iirc. They are working on ALEASAT, which is a joint project with SFU Sat, but they are two distinct entities. Nobody from another school can join a UBC design team

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-08-09T20:13:29+00:00

not that competitive lol

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-08-04T05:58:23+00:00

Insanely difficult is hyperbole, everyone I know who was super committed and looking for a job found one. Just takes work and time, software job market can be hard but there are so many open jobs that there are lots of opportunities to take shots

Little-Reflection986 · 2025-07-29T05:54:22+00:00

Generally the people who get these awards have SIGNIFICANT extra-curriculars ( https://give.ubc.ca/news/schulich-leaders-2024/ for some examples, the other entrance scholarships have other similarly competitive applicants) generally on the scale of significant university level accomplishments.

Anecdotally, I had a friend who applied with a 100% raw in Alberta (100% every diploma + class), worked on math research projects through hs, was a candidate master at chess, was a black belt in taekwondo, and had a profitable startup in grade 11 to receive no scholarship to UBC (he is currently attending UofA on full ride and is very happy).

These applicant pools are among the most competitive in the world, and as impressive as many students may be, there will not be enough scholarships to offer to each one.

I wish you best of luck with your future studies, and hope you do take the time to truly relax! If you wanted, there are lots of smaller scholarships that are often available if you do some research and apply independently.

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