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Hi! I understand that for early acceptance Waterloo would look at Grade 11 final marks, but for just acceptance what would they look at ? Is it the top 6 courses from your final grade 12 year or only the first semester marks of grade 12? Thanks !

They would look at your top 6!

Hey so I just had a question that's a bit more personalized to my situation. So I'm debating whether I should accept my offer to the GBDA program or Human Resources at York. At the moment I`m leaning towards HR because of the fact that I have that security of knowing there are plenty of HR jobs available. I`ve always been creative however and I feel like I would like GBDA more. Could you possibly tell me the job scope for it and what exactly I can do with this type of degree? Thanks :)

Well, the scope is really quite large since GBDA focuses on a number of things. With the combination of business and technology you can do anything from management to user experience design. What I will mention though, is that there is an Human Resource Minor at the University and you can do the courses at UW that are required to get the CHRP. So I don’t really understand how there’s a program for HRM when you can do the courses in a minor.

Hi! i was just wondering do all gbda students just make the decision to move onto the stratford campus for their 3rd and 4th year since all classes would be there. Thanks!!!!!

I think about 75% chose to move, and the rest just commute from waterloo!

Hi i was wondering how hard is Fine Arts Studio 100? Or would it be better to take Fine Arts 150? Im going into first year and I need a second prospective major for ARBUS and I have a interest in Fine Arts. Also I've taken art classes before so would it be best for me to take 100 or 150?

Hi, Thanks for the question!I’ve never taken FINE100 for FINE150 so I can’t speak to them. What I will say is; don’t worry about difficulty and pick the one that sounds most interesting to you. I know FINE100 is a prerequisite for many fine arts courses so i’d definitely consider that one.

1) Do you know the cost of tuition for 2nd, 3rd & 4th year? 2) During Friday classes in Stratford, are there any good restaurants or places to get food during your lunch period? 3) Can you post a pic of a 2nd year GBDA student schedule? thanks!!

1) Tuition generally goes up 3% every year, but the tuition for each year is the same. You’re looking at $11,500-$12,000 each year for just tuition. 2) Yes absolutely! Stratford is home to a very good culinary school so there are many wonderful restaurants in the area for you to choose from. I suggest trying a different place every week! 3) I don't have my schedule anymore but in second year first term for me it was 3 classes on tuesday ( I chose to do an evening class ) and then two classes on another day (can't remember which day) so effectively I had 3 days of the week without classes.

Hey Andrew, I've been following your blog for some time now, and I thought I'd throw out some of my own questions. 1) I understand that it would be more convenient to have a Mac for the program, but now that you've been in GBDA for some time, what specifications would you recommend for the laptop to make it more future-proof? 2) What are some "hidden fees" that you weren't expecting when you first joined GBDA? 3) I find the description for FINE 257 a little uninformative. Do you know anyone...

1) RAM and processor speed. Those are most important for rendering which you will be doing a lot of. 2) There aren’t any really. 3) I really am not sure about FINE257. As far as I know it just looks at the change in media like printed media, TV, et cetera. 4) uWaterloo finds companies and forms internship agreements with them, and then you apply for the positions and are interviewed... You also have the ability to seek your own.

Hey, thanks for answering my questions, I really appreciate it! I've thought of a couple more questions for you, though. The first being: what would it be like to minor in math or CS while being in this program? Would it be difficult or inconvenient? I am currently trying to decide between math and GBDA so I'd appreciate your advice! Secondly, is it okay to have a specific style for your projects (maybe even so much it's obvious it's yours)? How much creativity is encouraged? Thanks so much!!

It is next to impossible to achieve a minor while in GBDA. You don’t get enough elective credits so if you wanted a minor you’d have to do classes in the summers. And due to prerequisites you’d probably have to have at least one class each summer, so you can’t just plow it out in one summer. Further, Math and GBDA are worlds apart. GBDA is a lot more about creativity and team work, and math will kill your brain... It is okay to have a specific style in GBDA, they basically let you do whatever you want as long as you’re within the parameters of the assignment which are usually pretty lenient. Creativity is... very encouraged. But everyone’s creative enough.

Do you have to be good in arts (as in drawing etc) to be successful in GBDA? Thanks!

Nope. They make it accessible to all people - I was garbage at drawing (still am) before GBDA (I was a business student). You just need to be somewhat creative. Everything else will come :)

Oh, and also, during 3rd and 4th year can students still take the shuttle bus from Waterloo to Stratford? Thanks!

This is still a little unclear - I’m pretty sure you can but the shuttle only runs Tuesdays and Fridays. So if you planned on living in Waterloo and taking Stratford classes you’d have to find your way there on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Like I said, it’s still unclear. Most people I know living in Waterloo instead of Stratford for 3rd year are still trying to work out their ride sharing.Alternatively you can live in stratford and use the shuttle bus on Thursday to go back to Waterloo, stay in Waterloo on the weekend to party etc, and then bus back via shuttle on Tuesday (There’s no monday classes in Stratford so this is viable).

Are advanced functions and calculus & vectors okay to take instead of data management in preparation for GBDA?

They’d be better. It’s only really for Statistics, and most people I know did well in Stats regardless of their math knowledge from Highschool.Hope this helped :)

What is the overall average for the majority of students entering GBDA?

To my knowledge and in my experience, if you can graduate from high school with an 83 average you will get in. I’m not sure what the average was, but 83 and above is pretty guaranteed. There were a few people that got in with less than that though.

I was wonderibg what are some of the possible career opportunities after taking GBDA?

Hi There!

There's a wide range of career opportunities that are made available to you by obtaining your BGBDA, as a result it's hard to tell you exactly what kind of job you will have. It teaches you a lot of management in the technology sector skills so you can expect to be a good contender for management or project management jobs in tech companies like google, amazon, Christie Digital, et cetera. Current students have already completed internships with companies like Amazon and PwC.

How many students get accepted into GBDA?

There's a hard-cap of 150 :) So never above that.

Hi! I saw that you posted before that if your average is 86+, you're good for acceptance into GBDA. But I've read online and it seems that there are a lot more applicants than places for acceptance because it is such a unique program. Apparently last year there were 60 spots and 400 applicants. What is admission based on considering there are minimal prerequisites and so many applicants? AIF? My current average is 88, but I can probably get it up to a 90 with my easier 2nd semester! Thank you!

Hey! I'm so sorry for the delay. From my experience, as long as you can get an 83% you're competitive, and if you can get an 86% you're aces. That hasn't really changed. A good AIF doesn't hurt but I got accepted before I even wrote my AIF with an 89%. Let me know if there's anything else I can answer for you!

Hi! I just stumbled upon this tumblr blog. I've applied for the program for this upcoming September! Just wondering is there any other specific courses that are looked at. I have taken Data Management as well, however is there preference given to high school students with SHSM, Media Arts, Communication Technology ect? It would be lovely to hear back! Thank you :)

Hi! I'm so sorry for delay; busy! There is no preference given to any courses. Everything in GBDA is started from an introductory level. I do suggest data managment on math though, so if you've got that you're aces.

Howdy Folks! As of 10 minutes ago I finished my last final exam for my 2A term of GBDA! To celebrate, here's a short documentary I composed for GBDA201 using some of the finest adobe software. #madethis #teamadobe #adobe2014 #creativecloud

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Howdy! Here's one of the projects I directed in GBDA201, a second year video class. This was our first time doing something like this, so it's fair to say we learned quite a bit ;) P.S. The lines are allowed to suck. It wasn't a writing class, haha! #madethis #teamadobe #audition #adobe2014

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