The QuARMS Application Process FAQ

Students do not apply directly to QuARMS. If you would like to be considered for QuARMS, you must complete the following steps:

• Submit a complete application to one, or more, of the following Queen's undergraduate direct-entry programs through the Ontario Universities Application Centre (OUAC): Bachelor of Arts Honours (QA), Bachelor of Science Honours (QS), Bachelor of Computing Science Honours (QD)

• Meet the admission requirements for the undergraduate program(s).

• Be nominated for the Chancellor's Scholarship and submit the Queen's Major Admission Award (MAA) application. You must have your MAA application at Queen's no later than December 1, 2012.   

How do I seek out a nomination for the Chancellor's Scholarship?

In order to be considered for QuARMS, you must be selected as a Chancellor's Scholarship nominee by your high school.  The number of Chancellor's Scholarship nominees each high school can nominate is limited.  If you are interested in seeking a Chancellor's nomination, we encourage you to be pro-active at your high school and speak with your high school official (i.e. Guidance Counsellor) as soon as you return to school in the fall.

Why was the application process designed to limit applicants to only those candidates nominated for a Chancellor's Scholarship?

QuARMS is seeking applicants who demonstrate a commitment to service, proven academics, critical and creative thinking, leadership qualities, and service to the community.   The Queen's Chancellor's Scholarship nominees exemplify these characteristics and therefore are an excellent pool of candidates for the 10 students that will ultimately be selected to QuARMS.

My high school has nominated someone else for the Chancellor's Scholarship who has no interest in QuARMS.  Is there an alternate channel for me to be considered?

Given the limited number of applicants who will be offered admission to QuARMS, eligible candidates will only be selected from the group of Chancellor's Scholarship nominees.

Our high school is permitted to submit only one Chancellor's Scholarship nominee.  Our applicant does not want to go into Medicine.  May we select a second student who is interested in QuARMS?

No. High Schools are strongly encouraged to select, as a Chancellor's nominee, the student who best demonstrates leadership, community service, creative and original thinking and exceptional academics.  The Chancellor's Scholarship program remains first and foremost, an opportunity to recognize outstanding students applying to any first entry, undergraduate degree program, regardless of the program of study they choose at Queen's.

How do I indicate on the Major Admission Award (MAA) application that I want to be considered for QuARMS?

You may indicate your interest by selecting 'YES' to a question on Page 1 of the MAA application which will ask you to identify if you are interested in being considered for QuARMS.

I am applying to a variety of programs at Queen's.  If I apply to one of the QuARMS-eligible undergraduate degree programs plus an undergraduate degree program, that is not QuARMS-eligible (for example:  Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Engineering Science), will I still be considered for QuARMS?

Yes.

Are international students eligible to apply QuARMS?