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Scholarship Info Night: November 27th, 2024, 5:30-6:30PM in the Learning Commons


PREPARING TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES
Most scholarships and bursaries require a scholarship resume. Use this template to  get started -  Click Here  
or check out the template posted in the Grad 2025 Google Classroom. Some of you may have already created a scholarship resume in your Careers 12 class.  Feel free to use this scholarship resume in your application process, but make sure that you have it ALL up to date!

Use the Scholarship Application Deadlines tab above to search for scholarships to apply to. Check the Post-Secondary Links tab to help you find the scholarships offered by each institution.

TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARIES: 

•  A scholarship is a monetary award based on  excellence in some area, whether academic achievement or athletics or service or the fine arts etc.
• A bursary is a  monetary award based on financial need .  Often the bursary is also tied to a certain level of academic achievement or to some affiliation with the donor.  Affiliation can be where  you or your parents work, your place of worship, clubs or sports teams you belong to, ethnic background etc.
• An entrance scholarship is one given to students by a college or university when they begin their studies. Some entrance scholarships are made automatically, based on your marks, while others may require an application.  Generally the marks considered are for those grade 12 academic courses used for admission to the program.  Remember that the more competitive a university is (ie the harder it is to get into), the higher the threshold is for entrance scholarships. The academic average needed (or GPA) will vary from year to year at any institution .

PROVINCE OF BC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The province of BC offers four different types of scholarships:

1. The BC Achievement Scholarship: No application is required. The province calculates the cumulative average of BC students and awards the top 8000 graduating students $1250 vouchers towards post-secondary tuition.  In previous years, students needed an average of about 90% over all courses in grades 10 to 12 to be considered. Students will be able to check the student portal at the ministry to see if they have won by November of each year.
2. District  Awards:  Each school district is given a number of these $1250 scholarships to award to students who excel in one of seven areas:  Applied Skills, Community Service, Fine Arts, Indigenous Language and Culture, International Languages, Physical Activity, and Technical or Trades Education. Last year SD 62 was assigned 110 District Award vouchers to award (Belmont won over 40).  Our district's application form will be available in March with a deadline  set for April sometime.   For details on Belmont's application process for District Awards , see Scholarship Application Deadlines for March and April.
3. *BC Excellence Scholarship: You must be nominated by Belmont in order to apply for this scholarship and only one student from each school may be nominated. Our nominee then applies to the province to be considered for one of the 55 Excellence Scholarship vouchers of $5000. The successful nominee's application will be due at the Ministry of Education in February.
4. *Pathway to Education Scholarship: This  award is given to 20 outstanding  BC high school graduates who have demonstrated a commitment and aptitude for a career path in K-12 teaching. Winners receive a $5000 scholarship voucher to redeem when they are registered and attending an approved K-12 teacher education program at a BC university education program. Applications are due February.

      *You cannot win both a BC Excellence and a Pathway to Education Scholarship, but you are welcome to apply to both.
For more information on all of these Province of BC scholarships - Click Here

SEARCHING FOR MORE SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES
If you want access to a variety of provincial, national and international scholarships, bursaries and competitions, there are several websites available to assist you. When you click on the links below, you may be asked to create a profile before you can access each particular site. Scholarships can be post-secondary or business-based, can involve written essays or other criteria, or be based on a random name-draw. (Some are more like contests.) Check out each site as they are quite different from each other. 
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Scholar Tree - Click Here
Scholarships Canada - Click Here
Student Scholarships - Click Here
Yconic - Click Here

HELPFUL TERMS - For Future Educational Paths
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship programs offer combination of on-the-job training and related classroom instruction under the supervision of a journey-level craft person or trade professional in which workers learn the practical and theoretical aspects of a highly-skilled occupation.
Certificate
Certificate programs take between six and 12 months of full-time studies to complete.
Diploma
Diploma programs take two to three years of full-time studies to complete.
Associate Degree
An associate degree (AD) is a two-year program made up of 20 university transfer courses.
Bachelor's Degree 
A bachelor's degree is a four-year degree. It's also called an undergraduate degree or a Baccalaureate degree.
Advanced Diploma
An advanced diploma builds on a previously completed diploma, or on at least five years of related work experience and is equivalent to a minimum of three months of full-time study beyond a diploma.
Post-Degree Diploma
A post-degree diploma builds on a previously completed recognized degree and is equivalent to two semesters of full-time, advanced-level studies.
Master's Degree
A Master's (or post-graduate) degree, is earned after completion of an undergraduate degree. Typically, the master's degree requires about 30 credits of coursework and takes 2 years of full time study beyond the bachelor's degree. In addition to coursework, the master's degree sometimes entails completing comprehensive exams and/or a thesis.
Doctorate (PhD)
A Ph.D., typically completed after a Master's degree, demonstrates a person's competence in research and qualifies them to become professors. Doctoral study offers a unique opportunity for an individual to conduct intensive and prolonged research - often over several years - on a very particular topic, which usually leads to publication. Doctoral degrees are offered in the fields of medicine, dentistry, law, education, or any other faculty of learning.