Got an email saying I was recommended for admission and to expect an official letter soon.

did not take GRE, which I think is a great factor in my rejection. 3/4 of my applications were rejected. Now waiting for York.

Got an email to check the portal. Checked the portal and found a generic rejection message.

Generic rejection email

Generic Rejection Message from UBC, come on mate, if this had to be done, you could've told us in April itself. Had hopes on this one, but welp.

Honestly, UBC, if you want to reject an application, you should let the applicant know as early as possible. I could have applied for the study permit a month ago for another university but was waiting for this decision, it turns out, for no reason.

Generic rejection email template. Was holding out hope till the last moment, but oh well.

Congratulations to everyone else who got in.

Generic rejection message

Finally got a decision. Good luck to the admitted students.

Generic Rejection email.

Very generic reject. Pretty sad as it was one of my dream universities. Not having LORs from profs familiar with the UBC faculty might have hurt my chances given that UBC admission process is LOR centric. Best luck to the rest who are still waiting!

Canadian Applicant - no specific reason given. Pretty sad, but oh well

Here's the thing about Canadian schools: they simply fail to admit baller applicants. I'm talking about ballers on the level of Micheal Jordan, Lebron James, Steph Curry, etc. They get these amazing applicants (like me), and they throw them out! No wonder their country is rapidly deteriorating (projections show they will soon have one of the lowest HDIs and GDP/Capita in the entire world). Anyways, as an AMERICAN I will be writing my members of congress and encouraging them to liberate Canada by any means necessary.