How good is Uni. of British Columbia ??

[black_wizard]

Hey

My interest is Discrete Mathematics and my undergrad major was Computer Science. I have been offered admission in UBC (masters in math)

Here are a few things I'd like to know

1)

How does UBC compare with univs in US and Canada?

2)

How competitive is UBC and what is the level of teaching?

3)

Assuming I do really well in my masters, and apply for a PhD in US ( again discrete math) , Will UBC boost my chances ?

( prestige-wise)

Please pour in your comments

Thanks

Regards

[MDLee]

Hey

My interest is Discrete Mathematics and my undergrad major was Computer Science. I have been offered admission in UBC (masters in math)

Here are a few things I'd like to know

1)

How does UBC compare with univs in US and Canada?

2)

How competitive is UBC and what is the level of teaching?

3)

Assuming I do really well in my masters, and apply for a PhD in US ( again discrete math) , Will UBC boost my chances ?

( prestige-wise)

Please pour in your comments

Hmm..Ok, I know we're in totally different fields (mine being history), but I can tell you about my experiences with UBC:

The faculty is top rate. They're extremely competitive (at least in my field) with other Canadian and US universities. It is a fairly well known university and fairly well established so that as long as you are in Vancouver and not attending a side campus you should be fine to get into other universities later.

Again, I don't know about their Discrete Math department...but I was pushed heavily to apply to UBC. The only reason I didn't end up doing it was because the faculty member I had my heart set on working with is at a side campus and I was told that that might cause me some difficulties getting hired afterwards.

[nandelle]

Congratulations! I applied for UBC as well - masters in Stats.

Perhaps, since I did my undergrad in Canada, my perspective is skewed, but UBC has an good reputation in Canada, and is known in the US (especially on the west coast, unlike McGill and UofT which are more well known on the east coast). Can't comment too much on their program, but my friends who have gone there have all liked it.

Plus Vancouver's a good place to be! Though I'm from Seattle so I might be biased in favor of the pacific northwest

[hartshorneBoy]

Personally, I really like Kai Behrend and Jim Bryan's work, and since I'm a lowly undergrad and have already been exposed to their work, I feel that that is a good sign.

EDIT: I just got in for PhD! YAY!!!!