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in this video we're going to be talking about scholarships now perhaps you're looking at
funding your education perhaps you're going to be starting school in September and you're starting
to think about how are you going to fund your education and look for scholarships well in this
video i'm gonna be giving you some tips five tips on how you could look for scholarships
where to look and how to get started with the whole process so if you're interested let's get
started
so number one university slash the program so the first thing you should do
is look at the university and program that you're planning to attend so for example
there are a lot of scholarships and bursaries that the university offers which you need to sign up
for and there are some also within the program that you need to sign up for but there are also
within the program scholarships and bursaries that you can get upon your acceptance letter
so after you get accepted into the program as an incentive for the program to get a student they'll
offer an entrance scholarship which entices you to go to that particular school so that's
something that you can get automatically upon your acceptance letter or there are scholarships that
you should be looking into when you're applying to that particular program or that university overall
they may have scholarships that you can take advantage of so i would recommend looking into the
university and checking out all the scholarships that are available that you could apply for and
potentially get and also check out your program because there might be scholarships or bursaries
that you can take advantage of so make sure to do some research before you get started so for
example if you are planning to go to u of t u of t graduate studies has a whole series of external
scholarships that you can apply and also internal scholarships that you can apply through the
university so you would check those out and look at each one that you would qualify and be eligible
to make an application there are program specific scholarships that you could also take advantage of
and i would also pay attention at the scholarships or awards that you could
potentially take advantage of in the program that aren't scholarships that you can sign up for
but rather scholarships that are based on merit and your performance as a student when you are
attending that particular program so for example if you are currently enrolled in a program and
perhaps you're doing your first or second year and you're keeping up a good academic standing
so you're maintaining good grades then you can potentially automatically be eligible for
a scholarship or also and this happened to me when i was at UBC if you're performing really
well academically and also doing good quality studio work then professors can actually select
you hand pick you for particular awards for that particular program you would actually get
funding from those awards that can help you toward your student expenses or even your tuition
fees so keep that in mind that when you are enrolled to maintain good quality work and also
keep up your grades because that really opens up your opportunities to more and more scholarships
and the potential of getting more funding is a lot greater so something to keep in mind when you are
getting into the program check out the potential awards and scholarships that are available and you
may want to compare them if you are applying to let's say 10 universities and you get like
8 or even 10 acceptance letters i would actually check out each individual school and see how many
scholarships they offer for each one and what are your chances of getting scholarships for
each program and then that might help you to pick out which school you should attend to so that's
something to keep in mind i would also while you are comparing programs check out and be mindful
of also other ways you can fund your education which i talk about in a separate video here which
provides some ideas of how you can get funding for your education so make sure to also look at
work co-op programs where you can work throughout the year and also make some income while you are
attending school and of course you can always take advantage of the summers and also work at
the university to gain some more cash in order to pay for your expenses and your tuition and more on
that in a separate video so i would check out that video as well number two professional associations
i would make sure to check out the RAIC the royal architectural institute of Canada for foundation
scholarships bursaries and so on and they have a few that are available for you as students so
i would take a look at those because there are some opportunities there now i would also take
a look at your local jurisdiction so for example i'm in Ontario i'm with the Ontario association of
architects the OAA now the OAA also has a series of opportunities of scholarships and different
awards that you can apply for and take advantage to fund your education so i would make sure to
check all the professional associations that are available at hand and see what opportunities are
available for you in order to fund your education and gain some scholarships so i would check out
those as well number three federal and provincial awards and scholarships i would make sure to check
out and there is a quite a bit of a variety of opportunities here federally from the government
of Canada and then provincially so depending on the province you plan to do your studies in
so that could be in bc Ontario Quebec and so on there are opportunities in within each province
that you can take advantage for scholarship so for example the government of Canada has a list
and i'll include a link down below of scholarships that you can take advantage as a Canadian and as
an international student as well there's also a website universities Canada which also offers a
list of scholarships that you could take advantage of as well at a federal level and provincially
because i am in Ontario there are some opportunities for scholarships for international
students which i'll include a link down below and to add as well the government of Canada also has
programs for international students too and i'll include a link down below to that website as well
number four Canadian scholarship search websites now there are a few Canadian websites that
actually are a great place to start where you can search all the available scholarships that you can
take advantage of within Canada and there's quite a few that you can take advantage of
and one of them is scholly now scholly is also American so not sure if they actually have
Canadian scholarships but it's a wonderful website to get started i would also check out that one and
number two student awards now student awards is a Canadian website and you can search all the
Canadian awards available at hand and it's a great search engine i would recommend checking it out
and number three 99 scholarships 99 scholarships is also a great search engine where you can search
all the different scholarships number four is why iconic and the last one is scholarships
Canada so scholarships Canada similar to the other websites just mentioned they also offer
a search engine where you can search all the different scholarships within Canada number five
do your research research research research now i am just getting and i feel like scratching the
surface with all of the websites here and even all of the different areas where you can
look for scholarships there's more out there so i would make sure to even do a simple google search
to search all the different scholarships and i would do some more research because there's more
and more available so take advantage of google and search for those scholarships there is a lot more
scholarships than at the time when i did my school so i would make sure to take advantage there's a
lot out there that people are not taking advantage of so i would highly recommend checking it out and
make those applications for scholarships so if you want more information about how you can fund your
education outside of scholarships i would check out this video here as well and if you enjoyed
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