Problems with Gr. 12 Provincials could impact university admissions Some B.C. students are having a stressful summer while they wait to hear if they are going to college or university this fall.

VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) — It’s a stressful situation for some B.C. students who are still waiting to hear where they’re going to college.

The Ministry of Education is investigating what it is calling an ‘anomaly’ where some Grade 12 Provincial exams results written in June may have not been scored properly, and it could affect transcripts. It’s not clear how many students’ have been impacted.

According to the ministry, all high schools and post-secondary institutions in B.C. have been notified about the issue, and it is reviewing June exam results to make sure students’ grades are accurate. Schools out of province are also expected to be contacted.


Syd is one student who believes his exam wasn’t graded properly.

He recently graduated from high school and was given a conditional acceptance at UBC, but now he’s worried his score on the Provincials will affect his admission.

“This is my dream, I don’t want them to take away my dream over some ‘anomaly.’ I don’t want that to change the course of my life,” he says.

While he says his grades are higher in math and sciences, he still gets As in English. So when he saw the results, he was shocked and worried he might lose out on his chance at going to his dream school.


“I was expecting on the exam to get, maybe 80, because exam stress — it just affects your grade anyway,” he says. “To realize I got 67 was quite a crushing blow for me, because I did study, I tried really hard, I did everything right, and so I was kind of surprised by that.”

The Vancouver School Board says students in the district should wait until the final grads from the exams are posted online before deciding whether or not they want to re-take it.

The ministry is expected to release more information on Wednesday.