SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA/ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Entrance scholarships to the U of W include students’ averages in the best of five approved 40S courses.
ADMISSION PROCEDURES
Students must meet the general entrance requirements of each university. Each university sets application deadlines. Meeting these deadlines, along with achieving an excellent academic standing, qualifies students for entrance scholarships. APPLY EARLY!!!
university of winnipeg Awards
Special Entrance Scholarships
These scholarships are offered, without the necessity of a scholarship application , to all graduates of Manitoba high schools who meet the conditions below. (Students with credentials of comparable standing from outside Manitoba will also be considered for these scholarships.) Grade12 students must, however, apply for admission to the University by March 1.
- Only students with at least five approved 40S credits will be considered for a University of Winnipeg Special Entrance Scholarship (See below).
- A minimum average of 80% on the best five of the approved 40S credits. (Standing in full-credit Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses is approved for scholarship calculation purposes). Interim grades, submitted by high schools in spring, will be used.
- The two students with the highest incoming averages will be awarded the $4,000 Chancellor's Special Entrance Scholarships.
- Students with averages of 95.0% or higher will receive a $2,250 scholarship.
- Students with averages of 90.0% to 94.9% will receive a $1,750 scholarship.
- Students with averages of 86.0% to 89.9% will receive a $1,100 scholarship.
- Students with averages of 80.0% to 85.9% will receive a $800 scholarship.
ALSO $600 President's Award of Merit bonus awards for the five students with the highest averages entering each of Arts, Science & Education Approved 40S credits:
Accounting Systems 40S
Anglais 40S
Art 40S
Biology 40S
Chemistry 40S
Chinese (Cantonese) 40S
Chinese (Mandarin) 40S
Computer Science 40S
Cree/Ojibwe/Saulteaux 41G
Dramatic Arts 40S
Economics 40S
English 40 (A or S, two credits)
Family Studies 40S
Filipino 40S
Francais 40S
French 40S
Geography 40S
German 40S
Hebrew 40S
History of Western Civilization 40S
Italian 40S
Japanese 40S
Latin 40S
Law 40S
Mathematics: Applied Mathematics 40S or Pre-Calculus Mathematics 40S. (Consumer Mathematics is not an approved course)
Music 40S (One of: Band, Choral, Guitar, Strings or Private Music Option)
Physics 40S
Polish 40S
Portuguese 40S
Spanish 40S
Ukrainian 40S
World Issues 40S
Major Entrance Scholarships:
Alumni Entrance Scholarship Program: (AESP)
Criteria:
- High academic standing and promise.
- Noteworthy participation in extra-curricular activities in school and
- community.
- Leadership qualities and strength of character.
- Value:$5,000
Each Manitoba high school may nominate one student. A committee will select six to ten AESP recipients.
Marsha P. Hanen Entrance Scholarship
Criteria:
- Same as those of the Alumni Entrance Scholarship Program.
- Selected from among the AESP nominees.
- Value: $10,500
$4,500 for Year I and then renewable for up to three more years at $2,000 per year.
Walter Leatherdale Entrance Scholarship
Criteria:
- Same as those of the Alumni Entrance Scholarship Program
- Must come from rural Manitoba and preferably from a farming community.
- Selected from among the AESP nominees.
Value: $24,000
$6,000 for Year I (tuition, textbook & living allowances) and then renewable for up to three more years.
Scholarship Award
$4,000 Chancellor’s Special Entrance Scholarship for the two students with the highest averages
$2,250 Average of 95.0% and above
$1,750 Average of 90.0 – 94.9%
$1,100 Average of 86.0 – 89.9%
$800 Average of 80.0 – 85.9%
$600 President’s Award of Merit bonus awards for the five students with the highest averages entering each of Arts, Science and Education.
This scholarship is determined based on the interim marks submitted by the school in the spring. Students must meet the general entrance requirements.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2010 in recognition of the important work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and to honour students who are descendants of survivors of residential schools or who themselves are residential school survivors. Two awards of $5,000 will be made annually, one each to a female and a male student. Application forms will be available late spring/early summer.
