notagunner Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 . lakeshore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyondthesea Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 They are not very transparent with regards to selection criteria, but my assumption at least is that it is mostly need based. They do ask a lot of questions related to this (e.g. they need a property value assessment of your parent(s) house). I don't feel comfortable going into too many details, but parental income was in the lowest income tax bracket. cGPA was around 3.94, and my MCAT was 521. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applicant95 Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 The criteria is a bit frustrating. I'm an older student who's been out of school for some time, and I paid my own way through grad school and would be doing the same for med. I'm personally low-income (like <20k a year) but my parents are comfortably middle-class so I assume that I won't be selected. It's frustrating since they seem to assume that everyone's parents help them pay for school which isn't the case. Anyways, I know that this doesn't answer your question @notagunner - just wanted to vent! haha Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyondthesea Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 @Applicant95 This is just a hunch, but the assumption might be that if your parents are middle/upper class, then you would have grown up with the advantages of a middle/upper class student, which helps with getting scholarships for undergrad, maybe them paying for undergrad, etc. A multiplication of privileges in a sense. But I agree, it's definitely not a perfect system! E.g. parental income could be low now, but was high for many years, or maybe some students have other family members that have supported them, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wifflball Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 On 3/26/2020 at 2:39 PM, Applicant95 said: The criteria is a bit frustrating. I'm an older student who's been out of school for some time, and I paid my own way through grad school and would be doing the same for med. I'm personally low-income (like <20k a year) but my parents are comfortably middle-class so I assume that I won't be selected. It's frustrating since they seem to assume that everyone's parents help them pay for school which isn't the case. Anyways, I know that this doesn't answer your question @notagunner - just wanted to vent! haha Good luck! You are not accurate in assuming you will not be considered and I strongly encourage you to apply if you believe you would benefit from the Schulich Scholarship. Applicant95 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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