The next two months are when the majority of scholarship applications close for students who will be attending post-secondary school next year (here is one of the larger dollar value scholarships that is only available to Ontario students.) Scholarships are probably the furthest thing from most students’ minds with all of the uncertainties related to COVID-19 but unfortunately, as of now, very few scholarship providers have extended their deadlines.
For students who are still interested in applying to scholarships, this can be an opportunity for them to gain an additional competitive edge as there are fewer students competing for these awards due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are a few resources you can use when applying to scholarships:
- use this website to find personalized scholarships for you https://scholartree.ca/
- At the bottom of https://scholartree.ca/educators there is a downloadable budget planner that you can use to prepare for next year
- Here is a blog outlining the most common mistakes we see on scholarship applications – https://scholartree.ca/blog/the-6-most-common-mistakes-when-applying-to-scholarships