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Which scholarship did you apply for and would you recommend others to do the same?
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EVERY SINGLE ONE
UWO 2012 - Biological & Medical Science  UWO > Every other school
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For first year uni I applied for:
Millenium - didn't get
Merit - didn't get
U of A scholastic distinction - got $7500 ($2500 for years 2, 3, 4)
U of A academic excellence - got $8000 total (3 different awards)
U of A leadership - got $7500
Seymour Schulich Academic Excellence Scholarship for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Calgary - got offered $50,000 over 3 years, turned it down to go to U of A
Rutherford - automatic for 80% average in grades 10-12, got $2500
International Baccalaureate Diploma Scholarship - automatically got $1000 for having top IB diploma marks
Jimmy Condon - for Alberta varsity athletes, automatic, $900 (shared $1800 with a teammate)
Western Retail Lumber Association Inc. Scholarship Award - got $2000 and a wicked free trip to Sask, offered through my dad's company
I think that's about it.
For second year uni I've applied for all my school's ones, a few more province of AB ones, an Electrofed scholarship, a GE scholarship, a John Gyles Education Award, a Weyerhauser scholarship and am working on a few more. Only heard back on Electrofed, got $1000.
Basically yeah, apply for everything you can.
University of Alberta - Mechanical Engineering '11
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Just curious, karla, what were your grade 11 and 12 marks?
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My average is at 90%, I have just over 60 hours of community service. I am the leader of our school's anime club and I help out a lot aroud the school. I don't qualify for anything that is for people with financial needs.
ie, I haven't found a single scholarship that I qualify for.
Bachelor of Computer Science and definitely not commerce/business/management ________ '14
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Apply for as many as you can! Within reason. Apply for ones that you qualify for, even small ones (especially small ones, actually, since people tend to overlook them).
I applied for:
Millennium and Millennium (local and provincial respectively).
I was a lazy, lazy butt.
Other scholarships were automatic.
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I applied for just about everything. I applied for most of the big scholarships like Loran, Millennium and Wendy's. I also filled out the form for scholarships through each university I applied to. I applied for some smaller provincial and local bursaries/scholarships like Harrison McCain. I also entered a bunch of essay contests, EL Publishers and A&E come to mind.
In the end, I won several small scholarships through the universities themselves including the President's at one school, which ended up superceding the smaller ones. I also won a $28,000 scholarship from a local business that basically owns our city because I went to a certain middle school, and a small $500 bursary offered by Assumption Life.
I feel like I have applied for just about everything that I was eligible for and that I reasonably had time to apply for. Applying can never hurt and every little bit counts!
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~Kaitlin~ wrote:Just curious, karla, what were your grade 11 and 12 marks? I had a 95%+ average in both.
University of Alberta - Mechanical Engineering '11
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ACTH wrote:EVERY SINGLE ONE As in...
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karla wrote:For first year uni I applied for:
Millenium - didn't get
Merit - didn't get
U of A scholastic distinction - got $7500 ($2500 for years 2, 3, 4)
U of A academic excellence - got $8000 total (3 different awards)
U of A leadership - got $7500
Seymour Schulich Academic Excellence Scholarship for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Calgary - got offered $50,000 over 3 years, turned it down to go to U of A
Rutherford - automatic for 80% average in grades 10-12, got $2500
International Baccalaureate Diploma Scholarship - automatically got $1000 for having top IB diploma marks
Jimmy Condon - for Alberta varsity athletes, automatic, $900 (shared $1800 with a teammate)
Western Retail Lumber Association Inc. Scholarship Award - got $2000 and a wicked free trip to Sask, offered through my dad's company
I think that's about it.
For second year uni I've applied for all my school's ones, a few more province of AB ones, an Electrofed scholarship, a GE scholarship, a John Gyles Education Award, a Weyerhauser scholarship and am working on a few more. Only heard back on Electrofed, got $1000.
Basically yeah, apply for everything you can. Wow, impressive. Just curious, what is: Rutherford - automatic for 80% average in grades 10-12, got $2500 Is that a local scholarship for Albertans? - Feroz
Graduating Highschool '09 __________________ '13
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feroz wrote:karla wrote:For first year uni I applied for:
Millenium - didn't get
Merit - didn't get
U of A scholastic distinction - got $7500 ($2500 for years 2, 3, 4)
U of A academic excellence - got $8000 total (3 different awards)
U of A leadership - got $7500
Seymour Schulich Academic Excellence Scholarship for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Calgary - got offered $50,000 over 3 years, turned it down to go to U of A
Rutherford - automatic for 80% average in grades 10-12, got $2500
International Baccalaureate Diploma Scholarship - automatically got $1000 for having top IB diploma marks
Jimmy Condon - for Alberta varsity athletes, automatic, $900 (shared $1800 with a teammate)
Western Retail Lumber Association Inc. Scholarship Award - got $2000 and a wicked free trip to Sask, offered through my dad's company
I think that's about it.
For second year uni I've applied for all my school's ones, a few more province of AB ones, an Electrofed scholarship, a GE scholarship, a John Gyles Education Award, a Weyerhauser scholarship and am working on a few more. Only heard back on Electrofed, got $1000.
Basically yeah, apply for everything you can. Wow, impressive. Just curious, what is: Rutherford - automatic for 80% average in grades 10-12, got $2500 Is that a local scholarship for Albertans? - Feroz Yup it's for Albertans only.
University of Alberta - Mechanical Engineering '11
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georgemichael wrote:Which scholarship did you apply for and would you recommend others to do the same? I have applied for a Fullbright Scholarship, and I would recommend u the same too. I personally know people who have made use of this scholarship, it is one of the most prestigious scholarship being offered.
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people, fill out the studentawards.com profile thing if you haven't already; it will show you a bunch of scholarships that you're eligible for!
B.A./B.Mus, U of ?????????? '13
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karla wrote:~Kaitlin~ wrote:Just curious, karla, what were your grade 11 and 12 marks? I had a 95%+ average in both. I admire you! That's my goal this year.. 95+ average. But I know I'll probably end up being around 90, 91, 92 -__-
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Wow, I never knew there were so many scholarships!! I'm applying for the TD, millennium, Wendy's and Telus one mainly because they're the only ones that I really know of. Are there any other ones that I should consider applying for? I live in Ontario and am planning to go to an Ontario University; Western, U of T, York, Guelph, or Waterloo.
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^Apply for the scholarships at your prospective universities.
I applied for LORAN (Sponsored), and am working on Queen's right now. Going to start Millenium soon, and will probably do some more later on, including one for REMAX, etc.
"I believe all God's creatures have a soul, except bears, bears are godless killing machines." - Stephen T Colbert
Queen's/Western/Wherever life takes me '13
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feroz wrote:karla wrote:For first year uni I applied for:
Millenium - didn't get
Merit - didn't get
U of A scholastic distinction - got $7500 ($2500 for years 2, 3, 4)
U of A academic excellence - got $8000 total (3 different awards)
U of A leadership - got $7500
Seymour Schulich Academic Excellence Scholarship for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Calgary - got offered $50,000 over 3 years, turned it down to go to U of A
Rutherford - automatic for 80% average in grades 10-12, got $2500
International Baccalaureate Diploma Scholarship - automatically got $1000 for having top IB diploma marks
Jimmy Condon - for Alberta varsity athletes, automatic, $900 (shared $1800 with a teammate)
Western Retail Lumber Association Inc. Scholarship Award - got $2000 and a wicked free trip to Sask, offered through my dad's company
I think that's about it.
For second year uni I've applied for all my school's ones, a few more province of AB ones, an Electrofed scholarship, a GE scholarship, a John Gyles Education Award, a Weyerhauser scholarship and am working on a few more. Only heard back on Electrofed, got $1000.
Basically yeah, apply for everything you can. Wow, impressive. Just curious, what is: Rutherford - automatic for 80% average in grades 10-12, got $2500 Is that a local scholarship for Albertans? - Feroz If any students in Alberta didn't know, the official cutoff for Rutherford has been set back to 75% instead of 80%.
"The purpose of life is to fight maturity."
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