University of British Columbia

Q. How many students does it take to change a lightbulb? 

A. Five. Four to go skiing and the fifth to remember on the way up to Whistler, to call an engineering student to change the lightbulb.

Undergraduate students: 31,788 (4,367 international students -15.1% of total undergrads)

Graduate students: 15,306 (2,573 international) 

You can pretty much always see the ocean or the mountains anywhere in Vancouver and the campus is no exception....UBC is looking for students who can do the work here (“readiness for university studies”), so they look at a broad range of criteria - from academic performance in specific subjects, the strength of their overall program of studies, community contributions and activities both in and out of school etc. So you’ll be asked about your extracurriculars, and expected to write some short essays on your application.