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Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarships

Do you have 85% or better average in grade 11?
Are you in grade 12 now?
Are you thinking of a business program (including agri-business)? university transfer? educational assistant? environmental sciences?

Choose Lakeland--with a minimum 85 per cent average in Grade 11 subjects, you could get a minimum $1,500 entrance scholarship at Lakeland College.

If your average is higher, the scholarship goes higher.
  • an 85% average gets you a $1,500 scholarship
  • a 90% average gets you a $2,500 scholarship
  • a 95% average gets you a $3,500 scholarship
Use your grade 11 marks to establish your average. Check out the eligible subjects in the drop down list. Applying is easy, there's no special form. Just include a transcript of your grade 11 marks.

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Eligible subjects
Use your marks in these courses to establish your average. Eligible subjects are English 20 plus four of the following or equivalent subjects:
  • Pure Math 20
  • Science 20
  • Biology 20
  • Chemistry 20
  • Physics 20
  • Social Studies 20
  • and a language other than English at a Grade 11 level
How to Apply
Apply to Lakeland College. No special scholarship application is needed.

Just submit your Grade 11 marks (signed transcript) by June 30, 2012. Please include what grade 12 subjects you are taking.
Terms & Conditions
  • Only Grade 12 students are eligible. Only applicants who submit their Grade 11 marks by June 30, 2012 are eligible to receive an academic excellence scholarship
  • Programs include university studies, accounting technician, agribusiness, business (majors include accounting, appraisal and assessment, general business, marketing, small business & entrepreneurship), educational assistant, environmental sciences (majors include CARE, environmental conservation and reclamation, environmental protection management and wildlife and fisheries conservation).
  • An Academic Excellence Scholarship is applied directly against tuition fees for the recipient’s first academic year of study. Half of the scholarship amount will be applied to the first semester tuition fees and the other half will be applied to the second semester’s tuition fees if the recipient has maintained a good academic standing. There is no cash value nor can it be applied to books or supplies. There is no refund if a person withdraws. There is no cash payout if tuition fees are less than the scholarship amount.
  • Recipients must take a 100 per cent course load of classes starting in the fall of 2012 (includes first and second semester).
  • Self-reported marks are not considered. Lakeland College requires an official transcript of your Grade 11 marks.
  • Other terms and conditions may apply.
Contacts
For more information, contact: financial.aid@lakelandcollege.ca
  • Lindsay Gorkoff, financial aid and award assistant, at 1 800 661 6490 ext. 8573 or direct in Vermilion at 780 853 8573
  • SarahJayne Stoop, recruitment officer, at 1 800 661 6490 ext. 5191 or direct in Lloydminster at 780 872 5191
Award Statistics
If you're thinking that applying for academic awards is a waste of your time because you'll never get one, think again.

In the fall of 2010, we awarded 25 Academic Excellence Entrance scholarships valued at $45,500. For Fall 2011, so far 38 Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarships valued at $83,000 have been offered.
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