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Are you applying for the Doctors of BC Presidential Scholars Award


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  1. 1. Are you applying for the Doctors of BC Presidential Scholars Award ?

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14 hours ago, taelea said:

anyone have an idea how competitive the award is?

It’s an entrance award, so your competition will be the other 287 students in your year. That said, many med students cannot be bothered to apply for scholarships, and while I don’t know the details of the effort required for this one, the fact that many people who interview also ultimately won’t be accepted may discourage people from applying. So that means the actual pool of applicants might be somewhat small. If you have a relatively diverse EC background and could be even mildly competitive, may be worth doing on the off chance you get it.

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4 minutes ago, frenchpress said:

It’s an entrance award, so your competition will be the other 297 students in your year. That said, many med students cannot be bothered to apply for scholarships, and while I don’t know the details of the effort required for this one, the fact that many people who interview also ultimately won’t be accepted may discourage people from applying. So that means the actual pool of applicants might be somewhat small. If you have a relatively diverse EC background and could be even mildly competitive, may be worth doing on the off chance you get it.

I agree with this as well! My previous comment may have come across very discouraging (apologies for that), but I agree with the idea that if you feel you are competitive, you should definitely apply. Nobody really knows what UBC is really looking for, so the whole process is a shot in the dark.

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35 minutes ago, frenchpress said:

It’s an entrance award, so your competition will be the other 297 students in your year. That said, many med students cannot be bothered to apply for scholarships, and while I don’t know the details of the effort required for this one, the fact that many people who interview also ultimately won’t be accepted may discourage people from applying. So that means the actual pool of applicants might be somewhat small. If you have a relatively diverse EC background and could be even mildly competitive, may be worth doing on the off chance you get it.

I thought UBC’s entering class is usually 288 students. 

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