U B C M A T H E M A T I C S
Following is a school-by-school study based on final standing in December 1997 for the various UBC first year calculus courses:
| Course | Description |
| MATH 100: | The basic course required of Science students. |
| MATH 101: | For students who obtained a mark of at least 4 in AP Calculus AB or at least 50% in the Mathematics 100 Challenge Examination. |
| MATH 120: | Honours version of Math 100(153). Invitation from excellence on the Euclid Contest or Mathematics 12 Scholarship Examination. |
| MATH 121: | For students who obtained a mark of 5 in AP Calculus AB or at least 75% in the Mathematics 100 Challenge Examination. |
| MATH 140: | Primarily intended for pre-Commerce and Economics students. |
| MATH 153: | The basic course required of Engineering students. |
Table of Results in Dec 1997
compares performances for each course, for the students of each course, the average Math
12 grade and average course grade are given.
Table A compares schools by region and type. B.C.
schools identified by region are public schools. Suburban Vancouver refers to public
schools in Burnaby, Richmond, Coquitlam, Delta, New Westminster, North Vancouver, West
Vancouver, Maple Ridge, and Langley.
The school-by-school Tables; Table IA (Vancouver schools),
Table IIA (Suburban Vancouver schools), Table IIIA B.C. schools outside metropolitan Vancover), include
all schools with at least 10 students in UBC calculus classes in the Fall of 1997. The
continued improvement of students from Sir Charles Tupper and
Alpha should be noted.
The "ranking" of a school is determined by equally weighting its results in the
categories of % passing, % with A standing, and the change of its students' average grades
in Math 12 and UBC Math courses (weighted according to the relative changes of grades for
the different UBC courses).
David Thompson (Vancouver east) has ranked in the top third of all
schools for 11 consecutive years (1987-1997)!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric Hamber (Vancouver west) has ranked in the top third for eight
consecutive years (1990-1997)!!!!!!!!
Killarney (Vancouver east) has ranked in the top third for seven
consecutive years (1991-1997)!!!!!!!
Burnaby North (Burnaby) and Sir Winston Churchill (Vancouver
west) have ranked in the top third for five consecutive years (1993-1997)!!!!!
Windermere (Vancouver east) has ranked in the top third for four
consecutive years (1994-1997)!!!!
Steveston (Richmond) and Kitsilano (Vancouver west) have
ranked in the top third for three consecutive years (1995-1997)!!!
Cariboo Hill (Burnaby), Carson Graham (North Vancouver),
Windsor (North Vancouver), Richmond (Richmond), Vancouver
Technical (Vancouver east) and University Hill (Vancouver west)
ranked in the top third for two consecutive years (1996-1997)!!
Little Flower Academy (Catholic), Prince of Wales (Vancouver
west), Sir Charles Tupper (Vancouver east), Kamloops (Kamloops),
JN Burnett (Richmond), RC Palmer (Richmond), Cambie
(Richmond), Alpha (Burnaby) and Port Moody(Coquitlam) ranked in the top third in 1997!
Math Course |
Number of students | Percentage with A standing | Percentage passing | Average school mark - Average UBC mark |
| 100 | 1410 (1354) | 37 (19) | 88 (86) | 86 - 70 (87- 64) |
| 101 | 18 (12) | 57 (65) | 89 (100) | 89 - 77 (93 - 79) |
| 120 | 57 (67) | 74 (35) | 98 (99) | 95 - 84 (95 - 74) |
| 121 | 23 (28) | 61 (86) | 96 (96) | 96 - 84 (95 - 87) |
| 140 | 684 (584) | 24 (27) | 79 (86) | 78 - 65 (79 - 67) |
| 153 | 391 (341) | 20 (21) | 82 (84) | 89 - 63 (90 - 61) |
| ALL | 2583 (2386) | 32 (22) | 85 (86) | 85 - 68 (86 - 65) |
Table A
1997 COMPARISON BY SCHOOL REGION AND TYPE
(1996 results in brackets)
| School Type or Region | No. of Students in UBC Courses | % Passing | % with A Standing | Avg. School mark - Avg.UBC mark |
| 1. Ontario (5) | 48 (67) | 96 (96) | 54 (19) | 84 - 78 (87 - 69) |
| 2. Alberta (1) | 65 (72) | 91 (97) | 58 (32) | 88 - 78 (89 - 72) |
| 3. Burnaby (3) | 147 (181) | 91 (87) | 36 (27) | 84 - 71 (86 - 67) |
| 4. Vancouver east (2) | 265 (263) | 90 (93) | 40 (26) | 85 - 72 (85 - 69) |
| 5. Vancouver west (4) | 462 (435) | 89 (89) | 40 (25) | 84 - 72 (84 - 68) |
| 6. Richmond (7) | 337 (374) | 89 (85) | 34 (25) | 85 - 70 (86 - 67) |
| 7. North Vancouver (6) | 105 (103) | 89 (93) | 33 (21) | 86 - 69 (86 - 69) |
| 8. Private (8) | 140 (121) | 82 (84) | 31 (21) | 85 - 67 (85 - 65) |
| 9. Surrey (15) | 165 (153) | 84 (81) | 31 (11) | 87 - 68 (87 - 61) |
| 10. Coquitlam (9) | 106 (108) | 81 (81) | 33 (24) | 87 - 68 (89 - 64) |
| 11. West Vancouver (11) | 78 (86) | 78 (83) | 27 (19) | 82 - 65 (82 - 63) |
| 12. B.C. Interior (14) | 272 (231) | 85 (82) | 23 (18) | 87 - 64 (86 - 61) |
| 13. Catholic (12) | 107 (105) | 80 (85) | 26 (10) | 83 - 64 (83 - 60) |
| 14. Delta (10) | 103 (84) | 83 (77) | 18 (23) | 84- 62 (86 - 63) |
| 15. Vancouver Island (13) | 105 (92) | 80 (86) | 26 (4) | 86 - 63 (86 - 60) |
Table 1A
1997 TABLE OF SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL RESULTS
(1996 results in brackets)
| School Ranking | No. of Students in UBC Courses | % Passing | % with A Standing | Avg. School mark - Avg. UBC mark |
| 1. Kitsilano (4) | 18 (25) | 100 (92) | 50 (44) | 87 - 78 (86 - 71) |
| 2. Killarney (1) | 68 (67) | 97 (96) | 47 (37) | 86 - 77 (86 - 74) |
| 3. Little Flower A. (16) | 15 (13) | 100 (100) | 53 (0) | 89 - 78 (84 - 64) |
| 4. Eric Hamber (3) | 111 (102) | 92 (95) | 45 (32) | 83 - 75 (85 - 72) |
| 5. David Thompson (2) | 59 (48) | 93 (100) | 49 (29) | 87 - 74 (89 - 76) |
| 6. University Hill (9) | 20 (24) | 90 (92) | 60 (29) | 90 - 78 (88 - 70) |
| 7. Churchill (7) | 83 (103) | 93 (90) | 37 (32) | 82 - 71 (83 - 68) |
| 8. Vancouver Tech (8) | 19 (24) | 84 (96) | 53 (25) | 82 - 72 (87 - 68) |
| 9. Tupper (13) | 20 (29) | 90 (83) | 35 (21) | 83 - 72 (79 - 62) |
| 10. Magee (20) | 46 (37) | 89 (78) | 37 (14) | 81 - 70 (83 - 64) |
| 11. Prince of Wales (17) | 61 (58) | 90 (84) | 39 (22) | 84 - 70 (84 - 64) |
| 12. Windermere (5) | 19 (12) | 95 (100) | 26 (25) | 83 - 71 (79 - 71) |
| 13. Point Grey (17) | 56 (41) | 88 (83) | 38 (20) | 83 - 70 (84 - 64) |
| 14. York House (10) | 12 (14) | 83 (100) | 50 (14) | 85 - 72 (87 - 70) |
| 15. John Oliver (22) | 18 (25) | 83 (84) | 28 (12) | 83 - 71 (84 - 62) |
| 16. Templeton (6) | 14 (10) | 79 (100) | 36 (30) | 82 - 70 (90 - 76) |
| 17. Gladstone (21) | 21 (26) | 90 (85) | 24 (8) | 87 - 68 (82 - 60) |
| 18. Crofton House (15) | 23 (14) | 83 (93) | 21 (14) | 81 - 67 (84 - 63) |
| 19. Vancouver Coll. (19) | 38 (35) | 71 (89) | 29 (11) | 79 - 62 (82 - 62) |
| 20. Lord Byng (14) | 57 (45) | 77 (87) | 33 (22) | 89 - 67 (87 - 66) |
| 21. Britannia (12) | 18 (17) | 67 (88) | 28 (24) | 84 - 62 (86 - 67) |
| 22. Notre Dame | 15 | 73 | 20 | 82 - 61 |
| 23. St. George's (11) | 29 (31) | 67 (84) | 24 (29) | 83 - 60 (82 - 68) |
Table 11A
SUBURBAN VANCOUVER SCHOOLS 1997 - TABLE OF SCHOOL-BY
SCHOOL RESULTS
(1996 results in brackets)
| School Ranking | No. of Students in UBC Courses | % Passing | % with A Standing | Avg. School mark - Avg. UBC mark |
| 1. Burnaby North (3) | 45 (52) | 98 (90) | 44 (42) | 84 - 74 (87 - 72) |
| 2.Alpha (11) | 15 (26) | 100 (92) | 40 (19) | 89 - 77 (86 - 65) |
| 3. JN Burnett | 39 | 95 | 49 | 85-74 |
| 4. RC Palmer | 25 | 92 | 48 | 86-75 |
| 5. Cariboo Hill (5) | 16 (14) | 88 (100) | 56 (14) | 89-78 (89-70) |
| 6. Cambie | 18 | 89 | 44 | 84-73 |
| 7. Windsor | 10 (19) | 100 (100) | 30 (32) | 88-74 (90-72) |
| 6. South Delta (23) | 22 (28) | 91 (75) | 27 (11) | 87 - 66 (80 - 60) |
| 7. Richmond (7) | 158 (120) | 90 (85) | 23 (23) | 85 - 67 (83 - 67) |
| 8. Port Moody (18) | 48 (40) | 90 (85) | 48 (25) | 89-72 (91-65) |
| 9. Steveston (8) | 61 (149) | 97 (89) | 34 (27) | 87-72 (88-68) |
| 10.Carson Graham (2) | 11 (16) | 82 (100) | 55 (25) | 87-74 (87-72) |
| 11. Sentinel (22) | 33 (44) | 94 (80) | 27 (18) | 81-68 (82-64) |
| 12. Queen Elizabeth (29) | 27 (17) | 89 (82) | 41 (0) | 87-71 (84-59) |
| 13. Matthew McNair (23) | 31 (67) | 91 (79) | 31 (24) | 87-72 (86-62) |
| 14. Charles London | 46 | 91 | 30 | 85-69 |
| 15. Handsworth (17) | 41 (35) | 90 (83) | 29 (17) | 85-70 (85-66) |
| 16. Sutherland (9) | 24 (18) | 88 (94) | 38 (17) | 86-69 (85-66) |
| 17. Frank Hurt (15) | 14 (21) | 79 (81) | 50 (29) | 90-72 (89-65) |
| 18. Delta (21) | 18 (12) | 95 (75) | 22 (17) | 82-65 (81-61) |
| 19. Hugh Boyd | 33 | 82 | 36 | 81-67 |
| 20. Burnaby Central (23) | 36 (51) | 89 (84) | 33 (18) | 84 - 67 (86 - 63) |
| 21. Richmond (7) | 50 (158) | 88 (90) | 30 (23) | 86-70 (85-67) |
| 22. North Surrey (31) | 19(22) | 95 (73) | 26 (14) | 89-69 (86-58) |
| 23. Semiahmoo (12) | 20 (16) | 80 (94) | 40 (13) | 87-68 (88-66) |
| 24. Burnaby South (13) | 41 (38) | 83 (79) | 27 (26) | 83-65 (84-63) |
| 25. Elgin Park | 12 | 83 | 33 | 86-67 |
| 26. Centennial (28) | 63 (50) | 79 (80) | 30 (16) | 87-67 (88-62) |
| 27. South Delta (6) | 19 (22) | 89 (91) | 0 (27) | 83-64 (87-66) |
| 28. New Westminster (14) | 14 (15) | 71-93 | 43 (20) | 87-64 (89-64) |
| 29. Holy Cross (32) | 14 (15) | 86 (67) | 7 (13) | 83-64 (81-56) |
| 30.Princess Margaret | 10 | 90 | 0 | 84-63 |
| 31. Earl Marriott (19) | 18 (17) | 89 (94) | 17 (12) | 86-63 (90-64) |
| 32. Argyle (4) | 11 (15) | 82 (100) | 18 (20) | 85-63 (84-69) |
| 33. Johnston Heights (33) | 20 (16) | 70 (75) | 30 (0) | 86-64 (85-58) |
| 34. Seaquam (27) | 38 (30) | 82 (77) | 24 (23) | 87 63 (89-63) |
| 35. West Vancouver (20) | 41 (42) | 66 (86) | 27 (19) | 82-62 (83-62) |
| 36. North Delta (25) | 25 (20) | 72 (65) | 20 (20) | 82-57 (83-59) |
| 37. McRoberts | 28 | 72 | 7 | 82-57 |
| 38. Terry Fox (9) | 10 (18) | 70 (78) | 10 (44) | 86-60 (90-69) |
| 39. St. Thomas More (16) | 11 (14) | 64 (86) | 18 (29) | 87-55 (88-62) |
Table IIIA
B.C. SCHOOLS OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN VANCOUVER
1997 TABLE OF SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL RESULTS
(1996 results in brackets)
| School Ranking | No. of Students in UBC Courses | % Passing | % with A Standing | Avg. School mark- Avg. UBC mark |
|
| 1. Kamloops | 12 | 92 | 50 | 91-71 | |
| 2. St. Michaels U. | 16 | 88 | 44 | 87-73 | |
| 3. Mount Elizabeth (6) | 11 (12) | 91 (67) | 36 (0) | 89-69 (83-56) | |
| 4. Kelowna (2) | 13 (10) | 92 (90) | 15 (50) | 90-66 (91-74) | |
| 5. Alberni (5) | 10 (10) | 90 (80) | 10 (0) | 82-66 (91-74) | |
| 6. Abbotsford | 12 | 75 | 33 | 87-64 | |
| 7. Dover Bay | 13 | 85 | 15 | 84-63 | |