FAQs - Admission Awards

Questions:

1. How do I apply for a Queen's admission scholarship?
2. How do you calculate the average used for grades-based admission scholarships?
3. Do you use my final June grades when considering me for an admission scholarship?
4. What if I receive an admission scholarship with my offer of admission, but my grades decrease after of my final exams?
5. How do you calculate my average for a course that I'm repeating?
6. Can I defer my award if I choose to take a year off before I go to university?
7. Do you offer athletic scholarships?
8. My award offer says that I must have a full course load to receive my award. What does full course load mean?
9. How are scholarships and bursaries paid?
10. I received a Queen’s award, and when I view the status of my application in SOLUS my original award offer is no longer there but there is another award with a different award name.  What happened?
11. Is there someone I can thank for my award?
12. I received a work study entitlement.  What do I do now that I have been granted an entitlement?
13. In the SOLUS Student Center, there is a link called View Financial Aid.   What is this?
14. How do I know if I have been granted an Award of Scholarship

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Answers:

1. How do I apply for a Queen's admission scholarship?

Many of our Admission Scholarships do not require an application. These scholarships are based on the grades we have received at the time you are offered admission. Some scholarships do require an application (Major Admission Awards).

2. How do you calculate the average used for grades-based admission scholarships?

Admission scholarships will be calculated based on the average of the same courses required for admission to a Bachelor of Arts Honours program as identified on the Undergraduate Admissions website.

For students studying in an Ontario curriculum (OSSD Curriculum), a minimum of 3 Grade 12U courses including English (Eng4U) and 3 additional 4U or 4M courses will be used to calculate the Awards Average.

For program-specific scholarships, the pre-requisite courses for the program you are applying to will be utilized when the awards average calculation is determined.

3. Do you use my final June grades when considering me for an admission scholarship?

Final grades will be assessed for scholarship and award consideration.
If you did not receive a scholarship offer at the time you were offered admission, we will review your final grades after we have received final grade reports from the Ontario Universities' Application Centre in July.  Summer courses taken in the summer immediately prior to your admit term to the university will not be used in the assessment of your final grades average. 

Final grades will also be reviewed for non-Ontario students. Students must arrange for final high school transcripts to be forwarded to Undergraduate Admission.

4. What if I receive an admission scholarship with my offer of admission, but my grades decrease after of my final exams?

As long as you meet the academic requirements identified in your offer of admission, the original admission scholarship offered to you will be honoured.

5. How do you calculate my average for a course that I'm repeating?

Please refer to the Undergraduate Admissions website for information on the calculation of averages for repeated courses.

6. Can I defer my award if I choose to take a year off before I go to university?

Information about a deferral of admission can be found on the Undergraduate Admissions website.
If Undergraduate Admission grants a deferral of your admission to the program of study that you have accepted (e.g. Commerce), then your scholarship will also be deferred.

Please note this is for merit-based scholarships only.
Any award that has financial need criteria cannot be deferred. You must re-apply for need-based assistance through the Admission Bursaries and Awards application in the year you are planning on entering Queen's.

7. Do you offer athletic scholarships?

Yes. Selection of candidates will be based on academic achievement and athletic excellence to entering student-athletes who are on the competition roster of a Gaels interuniversity team.
Future students interested in participating on a varsity team at Queen's must make prior contact with the Coach of the Gaels team.  Please visit the Queen's University Athletics website for further information.   
The awards will be administered in accordance to all CIS and OUA regulations.
Student-athletes who excel both in the class and on the field (e.g. rink, pool, court, pitch) are encouraged to consider applying for our Major Admission Awards, and draw from their athletic experiences and accomplishments.

8. My award offer says that I must have a full course load to receive my award. What does full course load mean?

To remain eligible for funding in an academic term the student must be registered as a full-time student (60% course load - typically 18 units in Fall/Winter).

To be eligible for renewal of an academic-based award a student is expected to be registered in an 80% courseload (typically 24 units in Fall/Winter).

9. How are scholarships and bursaries paid?

Admission awards will be deposited to your student financial account by August 1.  This will be viewable online through the SOLUS Student Center in the Finances section.  Please be sure to check the Queen’s Guide to Registration and Fees for tuition and fee payment deadlines.

10.  I received a Queen’s award, and when I view the status of my application in SOLUS my original award offer is no longer there but there is another award with a different award name.  What happened?

Your general admission award was converted to a specific named award.  The total value of your award will remain the same, and it may be converted to one or more named awards.  For example:

• If you received a merit based award from our Queen’s Excellence Scholarship series, we may convert it to a specific award
• If you received a Queen’s Admission Bursary, it may be converted to one or more specific bursaries/awards

11.  Is there someone I can thank for my award?

Later this summer, if you were granted a donor sponsored award then we will provide you with further information about how you can express your appreciation.  Donors enjoy learning more about the recipients of their awards; this acknowledgement provides them with a first-hand understanding of what their gift has meant to you.

12.  I received a work study entitlement.  What do I do now that I have been granted an entitlement?

Specific information detailing how you can search and apply for Work Study positions will be emailed to your Queen’s email account at the end of July.

13.  In the SOLUS Student Center, there is a link called View Financial Aid.   What is this?

All Queen’s students can view their personal award information in the SOLUS Student Center.  The information is organized by academic year, and will provide you with a summary of the awards you have been granted as well as disbursement details identifying when the money will be deposited to your Student Financial Account.  As an entering student, we will update this information for the 2011 academic year by August 1, 2011.

14. How do I know if I have been granted an award or a scholarship?

You may see all of your Queen’s administered awards and scholarships on SOLUS (Student Center)! To view your awards, simply log into SOLUS (using your Queen’s NetID and password) and click on the “View Financial Aid” hyperlink, available in the “Finances” section. Once there, you will be able to view your scholarships and awards broken down per academic year.