Contact
• Claire Wilson
• 778 782 8500
• c_wilson@sfu.ca
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Our self reporting grades portal is open and will remain open until April 30. If you are studying on a linear system,
you should report marks at the end of Term 1. If you are studying on a semester system, report as soon as
midterm marks are available for your second semester.
*Conditional offers of admission and scholarships have just started to go out and will continue to be sent out thru
to April 30 as grades are received.
*February 28th is the deadline to apply for early admission, broad based application to the Beedie School of
Business, priority access to residence and our major scholarships. Application deadline is midnight of Feb. 28th.
*On March 6, you and your family can visit the Open House at our Surrey Campus where you can view interactive
exhibits, tour the Surrey campus, enjoy live music and activities, and most of all, learn more about SFU's programs
and services.
Campus Tour- To check out your best fit. Guided Campus tours are student led.
*In May we will receive your official interim grades from the Ministry of Education. Have you all submitted the
online PSI form to ensure the Ministry sends us your grades? Provided your grades are as you reported to us we
will confirm our offer of admission. New offers will also be sent out at this time to those whose grades weren’t
quite high enough when they self reported but have managed to pull up their marks.
*Information Evening in May is a great opportunity for you to kickstart your career as an SFU student. You and
your family will be invited to attend presentations, take a campus tour, and even talk to staff, professors and
students who can tell you more about academic programs.
*Course Registration will take place mid-July. An email will be sent to you prior to course registration directing you
to a free online course that will walk you through choosing and registering for your classes. It will also provide you
with a lot of details about what to expect in your first term as a university student.
*Our Welcome Event will take place a week before classes begin. It will be a chance to connect with other new
students, participate in some fun activities and learn to find your way around campus.
*You will be emailed important information over the next few months so don’t get concerned that this is a lot of
information to remember, just make sure you are reading the emails we send you.
Program choice
• Students can pick two programs.
• Choose first and second choice from different
faculties.
• Don’t put Beedie School of Business as second
choice. Highly competitive. So the faculty
won’t look at your second choice.
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Sis.sfu.ca – Student Portal
Once you have logged in, you will land on the Student Center page which looks like this.
To Do List: Should be complete
This is where you can self-report grades. Report as accurately as possible. Selfreport term 1 marks. If you do not receive an offer, self-report term 2 marks. Offers of
admissions are conditional. Offers will be confirmed with marks on TRAX. Admission
Offer will not be revoked provided the GPA does not fall below the lowest admitted. For
e.g. say the student has self-reported GPA of 87%. It falls to 85%. SFU is admitting at
82%. Then it’s fine. So TRAX is very important. Students must complete the PSI Choices
Form. Final grades are looked at just to see if the drop is not much and the courses are
completed. English 12 mark is looked for LPI exempted. LPI exemption is based on
securing 75% final mark in English 12. Students must self-report their Gr. 11 and 12
marks. Report all Gr. 12 courses. System will pick the courses that are best for you.
Report AP and IB courses as well. The system will pick the mark of AP course or regular
course whichever is higher but not both. Say student cannot use AP Biology and regular
Biology in their GPA. For AP courses students must write the AP exam. If they don’t take
the course and just take the exam it is okay.
Calculus 12 is not a required course. But Professors say that students with Calculus 12
are better prepared. Calculus 12 can be used as one of the approved Gr. 12 courses.
Law 12 is an approved Gr. 12 course.
For SIAT Pre.Cal 12 is required. Programming is not required for admission but it might
help.
Language Requirements
• Language 12 is not a required for admission
into any program.
• Language 11 is a requirement for all programs.
• Intro 11 works
• If language 11 is not the transcript, better to
ask for a paper copy and send it in, just to play
it safe.
Sis.sfu.ca – Student Portal
• Check your application status.
Incomplete
Complete- when To Do List is complete
Admitted
Sis.sfu.ca- Student Portal
• There is also a link to change your program.
Program changes can be made until April 30
for all programs except Business. Students can
change their programs as many times as they
want till April 30th. Program changes to
Business as a first choice, must be made by
February 28.
Sfu.ca/futurestudents
• A great resource is Future Student site
sfu.ca/futurestudents
Scholarships
• Automatic Scholarships: 95% GPA or above. $5,000
• Major Entrance Scholarships (MES)- Deadline is Feb. 28th midnight.
One online application for all MES. Short essay required. Need
paper copy of the transcript. Mail it in or submit in person. Need a
firm 90% GPA in the four Gr. 12 courses needed for that program.
Students who apply for MES need not complete the broad based
application for Beedie School of Business. If the GPA is 90% or
higher, then Financial Aid Office will forward the scholarship
application to Beedie. Students with less than 90% GPA are better
off doing the Beedie broad based application. Stick to the word
count. Short is okay provided it is will articulated.
• Entrance Awards- Some have Feb. 28th deadline , while others April
30th.
Transfer Program
• About 40% of the students are from another institutions.
• Transfer Students- need at least 24 post-secondary credits.
Those with less than 24 credits will be considered as a high
school student. Only high school marks will be looked at
and just a pass in college courses is okay. There cannot be a
fail in a college/other institution course.
• Maximum 60 credits will be allowed for transfer from
another institution. Rest must be completed at SFU.
• Suggestion- Transferring from a college is better than
repeating high courses for entering SFU.
• Only Faculty that is hard to transfer into is Business. Others
are easy.
Deferral
• Admitted students can apply for deferral for
one year. This is not guaranteed.
Online Courses
• 50% must be completed by mid April, so that
the online providers report the marks to the
ministry. 100% must be completed by June 1st.