The University of British Columbia

The criteria for the First Year Guarantee are as follows:

You are eligible for the first year guarantee if:

• Your winter session residence application and all supporting documents are received by May 1, 2013, and
• You receive and accept UBC's offer of academic admission by June 1, 2013
• PLUS one of the following:
  • You are entering directly from high school or CEGEP. Or
  • You are a newly-admitted first-or second year international undergraduate student (excluding post baccalaureate degree programs).

Your guarantee is a shared or single room in Totem Park or Place Vanier, based on availability.

The criteria for priority access are as follows:

You may be eligible for priority access if:

• Your residence application and all supporting documents are received by May 1, 2013, and
• You receive and accept UBC's offer of academic admission by June 1, 2013
• PLUS one of the following:
  • You are a newly-admitted Aboriginal student
  • You are participating in one of the following reciprocal university student exchange programs:

Go Global program
Commerce MBA Exchange Program
Korea University - UBC Joint Academic Program
Tec de Monterrey - UBC Joint Academic Program
UBC Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Program

• You are a newly-admitted graduate student who receives one of the following awards or fellowships: NSERC, MRC, SSHRC, Commonwealth, NHRDP, CIDA. Put the title of your award and your home institution on the comments section of the application. Submit supporting documents.
• If you have a disability that significantly affects your housing needs, contact UBC's Access and Diversity Office for more information. Visit their website: http://www.students.ubc.ca/access/disability-services/support-students/housing/.
• You are a newly-admitted student who is Aboriginal person of Canada. See http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/students/aboriginal-self-identification/