Unfortunately, only TD Scholars have access to the bios of past winners at the moment.

I’m just wondering if you know where I can read the profile/bio of past TD Canada Trust scholarship recipients. On their website, they only have the current 2008-2009 recipient profiles.

Thanks Josh,
Ben

For sure, there are scholarships based on academics and financial need. You should check the scholarship web pages of specific university websites.

Good luck!

Are there any scholarships that are only based on Academics and Financial Need?

I did research, but all of the scholarships, regardless of amount, required leadership or other involvements.

I have a 92% average, minimal volunteering, and since both my parents are unemployed, I’m a great candidate for financial need.

Thanks for you help josh, and please let me know if you know anything!

Regards,
Gab

Yah, I honestly can’t say much beyond that. You shouldn’t worry about the scholarships, and you shouldn’t let that affect what you do in terms of your involvement. Just put your best foot forward and let things happen. There’s really nothing else I can say.

Thanks so much for your response. I finally understand what you were trying to say, to not be stressed about what my chances are. But what still worries me is that I don’t know if I am doing everything I can to present myself the best way possible, compared to what others are doing. I always think I should be doing more, but I don’t know what it is exactly that I should do, for example I’m doing a lot of volunteering, but I don’t know what more to do than that. That’s what really stresses me at this point. So is there any advice you can give me on that?

Thanks so much.

Well all I can say is that it doesn’t hurt to apply – I know it’s easy to get obsessed with “what are my chances”, but the fact is that you don’t know until you take the chance. If you have the time, I say just go for it. If you put a lot of time into the essay, you might be surprised with how well you do.

Good luck!

Thanks for the reply. But after talking to some other big scholarship recipients, they told me that when scholarship judges see that I just started doing a lot of stuff in grade 12, they will think I am just getting involved for scholarships and don’t have any passion, but if I want to have a good chance at the big scholarships, I have to have a good history of doing stuff like this, having done them throughout high school and having concrete leadership positions I’ve acquired overtime.

But clearly I don’t have any of that, so do you think that can seriously hinder my chances at good scholarships?
And as you said of what I’m gonna start in the fall, I haven’t planned anything THAT big, because if I had the capacity to do something big, I clearly would’ve started on something like that already. All I’m doing is volunteering at my church, hospital, involvement in school as much as possible, and also volunteer with another organization as well as volunteer in events in the community that come up throughout the year. Thats all I’m really doing. And people that win big scholarships, such as yourself, go way beyond. And I doubt that such experiences of mine can really make for a strong essay.

Sorry if I keep repeating the same thing and bug you. But I highly value your input =]. So please reply if possible. Thanks so much.

Most application based scholarships require essays. The only ones that don’t are the automatic entrance ones given by universities based purely on marks.

I don’t know what amount you would have a shot at – you would have a shot at any marks-based ones because 95+ is an excellent average. But if you plan or are starting a lot of big stuff in the fall, that could translate to a strong essay, so it’s so hard to say anything but just do your best.

Good luck!