1. Financial Planning: What’s Your Message? Post Secondary
Scholarships and Awards
What’s Your Message?

2. Scholarships $ Awards Guidance Website
Information with regards to scholarships and financial planning is constantly changing. Saunders does the best job we can to provide as current as information as possible to our students through presentations from guest speakers and through the use of current websites. However, it is the responsibility of each student to investigate current and future scholarship /financial opportunities.

3. What is a BUSARY?
A bursary is very similar to a scholarship but usually recognizes proven financial need. Often bursaries are applied for after you are accepted to a specific school. Check the Financial Aid Office of the educational institution to which you are applying.

4. What is a Scholarship/ award?
A scholarship is an award of money that a student receives to help cover the cost of post-secondary education. It can be based on factors such as community service, outstanding leadership, marks, etc.

6. Nominated by your teachers…

15. TWO TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS:
Application Required:
Often one nominee per school
Must inform Mrs. Bruff of interest in being nominated AT LEAST 1 MONTH PRIOR TO DEADLINE DATE in order to be considered
Include a written description of why you meet the criteria

16. 2. Application Not Required:
Based on admission marks
Granted automatically with your offer of admission

22. Community Connections Scholarships available through the workplace
Look for Connections

23. Websites:
Application: Do I meet the criteria?
Resume: Include ALL activities, employment, volunteer work, awards, certificates, interests, accomplishments and experience.
References: Give specifics, request well in advance
Proofread: spelling, grammar, sentence structure.
Deadlines: keep track of dates!
HOW TO PREPARE

24. Scholarship DILEMMA
Time vs. Marks vs. Money