Hi! I’m a Grade 12 who got accepted into UTSC. For the automatic entrance scholarship, I received $1500 (which is for an overall 90% average), which I figured out must be based off of my first semester midterms since my first semester finals gave me an average of 94.3%. My question is, am I stuck with the scholarship amount based from my first semester midterm? Is there no possibility that UTSC will increase my scholarship amount since they admitted me after first semester ended, when I had actually a 94.3% average?
hey there,
first of all, congrats on getting accepted AND on receiving a scholarship! geez those are some high grades, your future is blinding me. based on this question, i’m diagnosing you as an overachiever. source? me. credibility? i’m an anonymous blogger on the world wide web.
so i checked directly with a recruitment person at UTSC, and i can tell you that your entrance scholarship will not be reassessed (meaning it will not increase but also should not decrease).
but the good news is, there are more paths towards funding sources than just your automatic entrance scholarships. for one, if you really wanna be up and at ’em about it, you can connect directly with the UTSC recruitment team.
i also highly recommend that you submit your awards profile by the deadline, may 31. with the awards profile, you can be considered for multiple scholarships with just one application, and you can find a list of all these awards in the previous link. i definitely wish that i had filled this out when i was going into first year, so please don’t be like me and put it off until it’s too last minute to complete—you’ll need to get a reference letter!
and finally, if you’re still looking for more, check out the awards explorer to find other potential sources of funding—there are a lot though, so filter by key words to see the ones relevant to you.
anyways, i hope this was helpful! good luck with everything. they say don’t count your chickens before they hatch, but i’d say you’ve got some good chickens (grades) going for you.
over and out,
aska