AEROSPACE ENGINEER

University UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO – CARLETON UNIVERSITY

ST. GEORGE CAMPUS
Program name AEROSPACE ENGINEERING – AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF APPLIED
SCIENCE
Program length 4 years (bachelor’s degree) 4 years (bachelor’s degree)

Tuition costs (International), $47,092 - $60,372 (international) $28,998-$42,848 for

for 1 year 1 year
Co-op option Yes Yes
Admission • British Columbia High • British Columbia High
requirements School Diploma School Diploma
• One of the following courses: • Pre-calculus 12
English Studies 12, English First • Chemistry 12
Peoples 12, English 12 -or- English • Physics 12
12 First Peoples • One of the following courses:
• One of the following courses: Anatomy and Physiology 12,
Calculus 12, AP Calculus AB 12, Biology 12 -or- Calculus 12
AP Calculus BC 12A -or- AP
Calculus BC 12B
• Pre-calculus 12 -or-
Principles of Mathematics 12
• Chemistry 12
• Physics 12
• One additional academic
Grade 12 course
Additional • A minimum grade of 70% is • Recommended grade 12
requirements/notes required in all prerequisite courses. English and Calculus 12
• A minimum grade of 60% is
required in all prerequisite courses.

Minimum average low 90s mid 70s to mid80s

Non-academic Applicants are required to submit
requirements an Online Student Profile
English proficiency TOEFL iBT 100 TOEFL iBT 86
for international IELTS 6.5 IELTS 6.5
students CAEL 70 CAEL 70
Admission dates October 1 to January 15, 2024 January 1, 2024 - June 1, 2024
(early application day November 7,
2023)

Comparing what the two programs offer, I think I would choose Carleton University. The tuition
fees for both universities are extremely high, but Carleton University’s are cheaper. In addition to
that, it’s easier to meet all the criteria (admission requirements, minimum average and English
proficiency level). Because I’m not sure yet on what to do, Carleton University gives me more time
to decide; in fact, the admission deadline for the fall 2024 semester is the first of June. This way,
I’m not pressed by the upcoming deadline and therefore I can think more lucidly and objectively
about my future.
STATISTICIAN
University SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA
Program name ACTUARIAL SCIENCE STATISTICS

Program length 4 years (bachelor’s degree) 4 years (bachelor’s degree)

Tuition costs (international) 1,018$ for 1 course (international) 53,255$ for 1 year
(roughly 10,180$ for 1 year)

Co-op option Yes Yes

Admission • British Columbia High • British Columbia High

requirements School Diploma, School Diploma,
• One of the following courses: • English Studies 12 -or-
EFP Literary Studies and New English First Peoples 12,
Media 11, EFP Literary Studies and • Pre-calculus 12,
Spoken Language 11, EFP Literary • One of the following courses:
Studies and Writing 11, Anatomy and Physiology 12,
Composition 11, Creative Writing Biology 12, Chemistry 12 -or-
11, Literary Studies 11, New Media Physics 12,
11 -or- Spoken Language 11, • One of the following courses:
• One approved Language 11, Composition 11, Creative Writing
11, Literary Studies 11, New Media
• Pre-calculus 11 -or- 11, Spoken Language 11, EFP
Foundations of Mathematics 11, Literary Studies and New Media
• Chemistry 11 and Physics 11, 11, EFP Literary Studies and
Spoken Language 11 -or- EFP
• One of the following courses: Literary Studies and Writing 11,
Explorations In Social Studies 11, • Pre-calculus 11 -or-
Francophone History and Culture Foundations of Mathematics 12,
11, 20Th Century World History • One approved Language 11,
12, Asian Studies: 1850 - Present
12, BC First Peoples 12, • Physics 11,
Comparative Cultures 12, • Chemistry 11,
Comparative World Religions 12,
Contemporary Indigenous Studies
12, Economic Theory 12, Genocide
Studies 12, Human Geography 12,
Law Studies 12, Philosophy 12,
Physical Geography 12, Political
Studies 12, Social Justice 12,
Justice Sociale 12 -or- Urban
Studies 12,
• One of the following courses:
English Studies 12, English First
Peoples 12 -or- Français Langue Et
Culture 12,
• Pre-calculus 12,
• Two of the following
 courses: Anatomy and Physiology
12, Biology 12, Calculus 12,
Chemistry 12 -or- Physics 12,
• One of the following courses:
Anatomy and Physiology 12,
Biology 12, Calculus 12, Chemistry
12, Physics 12, 20Th Century
World History 12, History 12,
Accounting 12, American Sign
Language 12, Arabic 12, Asian
Studies: 1850 - Present 12, BC First
Peoples 12, Comparative World
Religions 12, Comparative Cultures
12, Comparative Civilizations 12,
Composition 12, Computer Sci 12,
Contemporary Indigenous Studies
12, Creative Writing 12, Economic
Theory 12, Economics 12,
Engineering 12, Entrepreneurship
12, Environmental Science 12,
Sustainable Resources 12, Financial
Accounting 12, Foundations of
Mathematics 12, French 12,
Genocide Studies 12, Geology 12,
Geometry 12, German 12, Human
Geography 12, Italian 12, Japanese
12, Korean 12, Law Studies 12,
Literary Studies 12, English
Literature 12, Mandarin 12,
Mechatronics 12, New Media 12,
Philosophy 12, Physical Geography
12, Geography 12, Political Studies
12, Punjabi 12, Russian 12, Social
Justice 12, Spanish 12, Spoken
Language 12, Statistics 12 -or-
Urban Studies 12,
Additional • A Social Studies 12 course • A minimum of six academic
requirements/notes can be used to fulfil the Social or non-academic Grade 12 courses
Studies 11 requirement. A Social are recommended. Approved
Studies 12 course can be used to equivalent International
fulfil both the Social Studies 11 Baccalaureate, Advanced
requirement and a program-specific Placement, or Post-Secondary
Social Studies 12 requirement. courses may also be used.
• Equivalent AP or IB courses • The following subject
may be used in place approved categories are particularly relevant
grade 12 courses. for this degree. Consider taking
courses in these areas in Grade 11
and Grade 12.
• Language Arts
• Mathematics and
Computation
• Sciences
Minimum average A minimum final grade of 70% is A minimum final grade of 70% is
 required in English Studies 12 or required in Grade 11 or Grade 12
English First Peoples 12 English and 67% in Grade 12 Math
(Pre-calculus 12) requirements.
Non academic
requirements
English proficiency TOEFL iBT, 88 TOEFL iBT, 90
for international IELTS, 6.5 IELTS, 6.5
students CAEL, 60 CAEL, 70

Deadlines Early October 2023 - January 31, Early October 2023 - January 15,
2024 2024

For this job, I am more flexible to decide in which major I want to graduate. As a matter of fact, I
could go to Simon Fraser University and I could follow an actuarial science program or I could go
to UBC and I could study statistics.
Searching on the net for more information about actuarial science, I found out that I’m actually
interested in what an actuary does. For this reason, I would probably go to Simon Fraser University.
In this way, after graduating, I could either decide to be a statistician or an actuary. Hence, I will
have different job possibilities according to what I think is better without having to decide right now
with little knowledge about what I will enjoy studying more during university. Moreover, the SFU’s
deadline is later than UBC’s so the first university gives me more time to think about it. Also, last
but not least, the long list of admission requirements for SFU gives more chances to satisfy each
condition because of the large number of options available to fulfill them.