Scholarships
Video: Tips for the Scholarship Application – Queen’s Major Entrance Awards
Series: Tips for the Scholarship Application Name: Queen’s Major Entrance Awards Length: ~38 minutes Requires: Adobe Flash Player Important Links: Scholarship Website,
Essay Writing: The Importance of Writing with a Purpose
I am sure there are many extremely qualified candidates for medical school. In fact, I think there are probably significantly many more people who would make fantastic physicians than there are spots. And in some cases, I think it is possible for some of the most promising physicians to not get into medical school. I’ve [...]
How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay – Part 4: Revising the Essay
Congratulations on finishing the most gruelling part of the application process – writing the essay. Although the finish line is in sight, you’re not just done yet. But before we go on any further, there is one very important thing you need to do first. Take a Break: Come Back in a Day or Two [...]
Mastering Interview and Application Questions: The Art of Questioning the Question
I was sitting in my Advanced Biochemistry class the other day, and the professor was talking about a well-known scientist (that I can’t remember) who helped pave the way for some very important discoveries in biology. The professor said that the reason why the scientist was so successful was not because he knew all the [...]
How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay – Part 3: Writing the Essay
At this point, you should know what you are going to write. That is, you should have completed the outline for your essay which includes all the information and ideas you want to get across to the scholarship judges: what you have achieved, the lessons you’ve learned, how you got started, etc. In this article, [...]
Making Sense
Imagine you are a scholarship judge or admission committees, and you are analyzing an application. It could be a scholarship essay, medical school essay, or something similar. Despite the specific qualities you are looking for, there is always one underlying question whose answer will consciously or unconsciously sway your opinion: “Does it make sense?” And [...]
How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay – Part 2: Planning the Essay
Now that you know how to think like a scholarship winner, it’s time to start writing like one. But we can’t just start writing, which is a big mistake I think some students make. Like anything important in life, you shouldn’t just jump head first into it. You need a plan. As we learned in [...]
How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay – Part 1: Thinking Like a Scholarship Winner
By the time I had graduated from high school in 2006, I had won over $200,000 in scholarships. In the end I decided to accept the TD Canada Trust Scholarship for Community Leadership worth up to $60,000 over four years. In addition to that award, I was offered the Millennium National Scholarship, as well as [...]
What Major Canadian Scholarships are Available?
It’s amazing how much free money is out there for graduating high school students if you just look. Although there are literally hundreds of scholarships out there for Canadian students, I will be focusing this article on the background for some of Canada’s largest scholarships. That is, scholarships with a value of at least ~$5,000 [...]
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