a harsh truth some of you need to face
Just because you have "high grades" and "great ecs" does not warrant you admission into UBC. Just because your friend is "super smart" and your other friend who "isnt really that smart" got in does NOT mean that UBC admissions are "weird" or randomized.
I'm so sorry, but so many of you are saying "I had a 97 avg and great ecs and I got rejected!" and I really REALLY don't want to sound mean but... How many other people do you think have an average like that? AGAIN IM NOT TRYING TO BE MEAN... but you aren't special. There are tens of thousands of people applying to ubc from across canada and the world. Only the people who have high enough grades to even THINK about ubc end up applying. That puts you in an incredibly competitive pool. It doesnt matter that most other people in your school seem like they dont have 'good' grades. UBC never finds out about them-- they don't apply. UBC only sees the students who are confident enough in their grades to apply-- people ALREADY meeting the high 80s - 90s mark.
So yes-- you have "good" grades. So does literally everyone else. Yes, you have "great ECs." So does everyone else. (and no, just because you created a nonprofit with 50k in donations does not make your "ec" better than someone else). I'm sorry-- but you do not stand apart from anyone else.
You are competitive in your school. You are probably the top 5-15% at your school too. You are likely not even in the top 40% of the people who apply to UBC. Its about what you look like relative to the group-- not what you look like standing on your own.
All this to say that your grades genuinely are a small factor in what got you rejected/accepted. You can't expect to get into a school thats trying to fish through 10,000 applicants that look JUST like you.
This is coming from a 2nd year ubc mech eng student who got into ubc with literally a 93 average. Apparently thats "dumb" for some of yall.