International Admission Requirements Course and Grade Equivalencies

International Equivalencies

• British Patterned Education

  • Must be turning 18 years of age during your first semester of study;
  • IGCSE/GCSE/Ordinary Level with a minimum pass in 5 academic subjects;
  • English Language at an “O”, “AS” or “A“ level with a minimum “C” grade;

  Students completing their education in the British Patterned Education system with a grade of “C” or better in an O, AS, A Level English will not be required to provide an English Language Proficiency assessment.

  **All documents must be scanned originals**

  Course Equivalencies

  BC High School Courses	Grade 12 Equivalents
  English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12	English Language at an “O”, “AS” or “A“ level (minimum “C”)
  Anatomy and Physiology 12	Biology at an “O” level (minimum “C”)
  Chemistry 12	Chemistry at an “O” level (minimum “C”)
  Physics 12	Physics at an “O” level (minimum “C”)
  Pre-Calculus 11	Math at an “O” level (minimum “C”)
  Pre-Calculus 12	Math at an “AS” or “A” level (minimum “C”)

  Grade Equivalencies

  BC High School Grading Scale	British Patterned Grading Scale
  A (86 – 100%)	A+ (90-100%) / A (80-89%)
  B (73 – 85%)	B (70 – 79%)
  C+ (66 – 72%)	C (60-69%)
  C (60 – 65%)
  C- (50-59%)	D (50-59%) *ordinary pass*
  D – no percentage allocated in BC HS Grading

   

• India

  • Successful completion of the equivalent to 12 years of primary and secondary study with an overall result in the final year of 60% in state board exams or 53% in the CBSE or ICSE exams.
  • Post Diploma programs require a minimum of 57% overall in their relevant degree with no more than 6 backlogs;
  • Successful completion of an equivalent to English 12 with a grade of “C” (53%) or better;
  • Proof of English language proficiency.

  ** All documents must be scanned originals **

  Course Equivalencies

  BC High School Courses	India High School Courses
  English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12	English at Grade XII (minimum “C”)
  Anatomy and Physiology 12	Biology at Grade XII (minimum “C”)
  Chemistry 12	Chemistry at Grade XII (minimum “C”)
  Physics 12	Physics at Grade XII (minimum “C”)
  Foundations of Math 11	Math at Grade X level (minimum “C”)
  Pre-Calculus 11	Math at Grade XII (minimum “C”)
  Pre-Calculus 12	Math at Grade XII (minimum “B”)

   

  Grade Equivalencies

  BC High School Grading Scale	India State / CBSE Grading Scale
  A (86 – 100%)	A (75 – 100%)
  B (73 – 85%)	B (60 – 74%)
  C+ (66 – 72%)	C (53 – 59%)
  C (60 – 65%)
  C- (50-59%)	C- (45 – 52%)
  D – no percentage allocated in BC HS Grading	D (40 – 44%)

• Kenya

  • Graduation from a secondary school program  – provide Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

  **All documents must be scanned originals**

  Course Equivalencies

  BC High School Courses	Kenya High School Courses
  English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12	English from KCSE (minimum “C”)
  Anatomy and Physiology 12	Biology from KCSE (minimum “C”)
  Chemistry 12	Chemistry from KCSE (minimum “C”)
  Physics 12	Physics from KCSE (minimum “C”)
  Foundations of Math 12	Mathematics from KCSE (minimum “C”)

  Grade Equivalencies

  BC High School Grading Scale	KCSE (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education)
  A (86 – 100%)	A (75 – 100%)
  B (73 – 85%)	B (60 – 74%)
  C+ (66 – 72%)	C (50 – 59%)
  C (60 – 65%)
  C- (50-59%)	C- (45 – 49%)
  D – no percentage allocated in BC HS Grading	D (40 – 44%)

• South Korea

  • Graduation from an upper secondary school program – provide a Senior High School Certificate;
  • Final school year must contain an English course (Foreign Language – English), student must have minimum “C” grade or 70 – 79 (Mi);
  • Average calculated on final year academic courses/exams should fall within the same range as noted above;
  • Proof of English language proficiency.

  **All documents must be scanned originals.   Documents not issued in English must be accompanied by a notarized translation**

  Course Equivalencies

  BC High School Courses	South Korean High School Courses
  English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12	English at Grade 12 or Senior 3 level (minimum “C”)
  Anatomy and Physiology 12	Biology at Grade 12 or Senior 3 level (minimum “C”)
  Chemistry 12	Chemistry at Grade 12 or Senior 3 level (minimum “C”)
  Physics 12	Physics at Grade 12 or Senior 3 level (minimum “C”)
  Foundations of Math 11	Math at Grade 11 or Senior 2 level (minimum “C”)
  Foundations of Math 12	Math at Grade 12 or Senior 3 level (minimum “C”)

   

  Grade Equivalencies

  BC High School Grading Scale	Korean High School Grading Scale
  A (86 – 100%)	Su (90 – 100%)
  B (73 – 85%)	Wu (80 - 89%)
  C+ (66 – 72%)	Mi (70-79%)
  C (60 – 65%)
  C- (50-59%)	Yang (60-60%)
  D – no percentage allocated in BC HS Grading

• Nigeria

  • WAEC – West African Examination Council. Minimum C5 or higher in English, and a minimum C6 in three other courses.
  • NECO – National Examination Council. Minimum grade of C5 or higher in English, minimum C6 in three other courses.
  • Scratch Card - To access your official WAEC results online, we require your examination number, examination year, type of examination, PIN and Serial Number of your scratch card. For NECO results we require exam year, exam type, PIN number, and registration number. 

  **All documents must be scanned originals**

  Course Equivalencies

  BC High School Courses	Nigeria High School Courses
  English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12	English from WAEC/NECO (minimum “C”)
  Anatomy and Physiology 12	Biology from WAEC/NECO (minimum “C”)
  Chemistry 12	Chemistry from WAEC/NECO (minimum “C”)
  Physics 12	Physics from WAEC/NECO (minimum “C”)
  Foundations of Math 12	Mathematics from WAEC/NECO (minimum “C”)

  Grade Equivalencies

  BC High School Grading Scale	Nigeria High School (WAEC/NECO)
  A (86 – 100%)	A1 (80 – 100%)
  B (73 – 85%)	B2 and B3 (65 - 79%)
  C+ (66 – 72%)	C4 (60 - 64%)
  C (60 – 65%)	C5 (55 – 59%
  C- (50-59%)	C6 (50 - 54%)
  D – no percentage allocated in BC HS Grading	D7 (45 - 49%)

• Philippines

  • From 2018 forward a High School Diploma – academic track; 
  • Prior to 2018 a High School Diploma in addition to minimum one full year post-secondary studies with a minimum passing grade of “C” or better in any relevant course work;
  • English (Foreign Language – English) with a minimum “C” grade as noted above.
  • Average calculated on final year academic courses/exams should fall within the same range and not be less than 3.0 on the Philippines grading scale;
  • Proof of English language proficiency.

  **All documents must be scanned originals**

  Course Equivalencies

  BC High School Courses	Philippine High School Courses
  English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12	English at Grade 12 or two post-secondary English courses (minimum “C”)
  Anatomy and Physiology 12	Biology at Grade 12 or two post-secondary Biology courses (minimum “C”)
  Chemistry 12	Chemistry at Grade 12 or two post-secondary Chemistry courses (minimum “C”)
  Physics 12	Physics at Grade 12 or two post-secondary Physics courses (minimum “C”)
  Foundation of Math 11	Math at Grade 11 or College Algebra (minimum “C”)
  Foundation of Math 12	Math at Grade 12 or College Trigonometry (minimum “C”)
  Pre-Calculus 12	Pre-Calculus at Grade 12 or post-secondary level (minimum “C”)
  Calculus 12	Calculus at Grade 12 or post-secondary level (minimum "C")

  Grade Equivalencies

  BC High School Grading Scale	Philippines Grading Scale
  A (86 – 100%)	A (90 - 100%) (1.00 – 1.50)
  B (73 – 85%)	B (80 - 89%) (1.75 – 2.25)
  C+ (66 – 72%)	C (75 - 79%) (2.50 – 3.00)
  C (60 – 65%)
  C- (50-59%)
  D – no percentage allocated in BC HS Grading