Personal Experience Admission Scholarship

What you will need

• ✓ An application for admission to an undergraduate program at the University of Ottawa
• ✓ A completed Declaration of Personal Experience in your admission file in uoZone
• ✓ No separate scholarship application

About this award

You will receive a minimum of $1,000. As this is a scholarship, not a loan, you do not have to pay it back. This award is for you if you are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person admitted to the University of Ottawa through the Declaration of Personal Experience (DPE), and you are starting full-time undergraduate studies for the first time in Arts, Civil Law, Engineering, Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences or the Telfer School of Management. The DPE is for applicants whose average is below the program's minimum because exceptional circumstances affected their marks. There is no scholarship application or deadline: if you are admitted through the DPE, you are considered automatically. You fill out the DPE in your admission file in uoZone; submit it as soon as you apply, because a declaration received after an admission decision is issued is not considered. The number of scholarships varies from year to year. Ask University of Ottawa during your application how the money will reach you — some awards pay students directly, others apply funds to tuition. Confirm this so you can plan your cash flow. This scholarship is not renewable.

Who qualifies

You must be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident or a person with protected/refugee status. You must be admitted through the Declaration of Personal Experience (DPE) into one of these faculties at the University of Ottawa: Arts, Civil Law, Engineering, Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences or the Telfer School of Management. You must register as a full-time student for the first time in an undergraduate program, and you must have completed the Declaration of Personal Experience.

This is what the award's official page said when we last checked. Rules change, so confirm on the award's official page before you apply.

• ✓ Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person
• ✓ Open to undergraduate students

How to apply

1. 1

   Read the award's official page

   Check you meet every requirement, and note each document they ask for.

2. 2

   Check this year's deadline

   We don't have a confirmed date for this round. The award's official page will have it.

Tips for applying

• DeclarationAvoid writing a generic list of your achievements. Instead, explain the exceptional circumstances that affected your marks and what shows you are ready for university.
• TimingAvoid waiting for your admission decision. Instead, submit the declaration as soon as you apply; a declaration received after an admission decision is issued is not considered.
• RealismAvoid treating this award as your full funding. Instead, treat it as one part of your overall financial plan. Apply for multiple smaller awards to increase your total funding.

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