GHOSTRIDER Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Hello Everyone, I hope you guys are doing well. I have a question about Schulich Scholarships and funding for medical school at Western. I saw on the admissions website that schulich offers $100,000 scholarships for entering students: Payable $25,000 per academic year continuing for a period of four years, provided that recipients progress satisfactorily and continue to demonstrate financial need each year. Recipients will receive renewal information each spring/summer. Number of scholarships vary each year. So my question has to do with what are the pre-reqs for obtaining this scholarship. I know that financial need is something they look at, but are their other factors such as gpa, extra-curriculars etc? And for those who have obtained this scholarship, I guess your tuition is basically covered, right? I would be grateful for more information from students regarding this scholarship! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Fairly certain it's based solely on financial need. If you don't get one, the banks have got you covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardHammond Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 The website and email do say "based on academic achievement and demonstrated financial need" but I think the general consensus is that it's mainly financial need. And in terms of covering tuition, the amount almost covers it. I think you're left with around 1000 or so? Some people I knew got their scholarship approved before tuition was due so they didn't have to make a payment. Some got the scholarship approved a few weeks into school so they still had to pay tuition somehow on their own and get refunded after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmatt1122 Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 The website and email do say "based on academic achievement and demonstrated financial need" but I think the general consensus is that it's mainly financial need. And in terms of covering tuition, the amount almost covers it. I think you're left with around 1000 or so? Some people I knew got their scholarship approved before tuition was due so they didn't have to make a payment. Some got the scholarship approved a few weeks into school so they still had to pay tuition somehow on their own and get refunded after. I'm sure if you were in such desperate financial need you could reach out to the LEW or Financial Aid office about working something out. I can't imagine it happens too often that someone has access to no loans / money at all. I guess maybe if you've got dependants and/or a ton of debt from previous education / bad investments? Seems really rare. I think people worry about finances as they relate to med school more than they should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uwo_guy Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Has anyone heard anything about this yet this year? Last year the email was sent out about the scholarship early March, so I'm assuming it just hasn't been sent out yet. Just asking to make sure I don't miss anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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