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BC Excellence Scholarship Application

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Reminders before you begin

  • Review the required information
  • Prepare all required information offline; you will not be able to save your work here
    • Once you begin filling out this online application, be prepared to complete it in one session
    • While this form does allow you to toggle between pages during a single session, once you close the browser or after 20 minutes of inactivity, the session will end
  • Submit your application by 3:00 pm PST on Monday, February 17, 2025
    • Your application must be submitted complete, on time, and in the mandatory format for it to be considered

Section 1 – Nomination form signed by your principal or school head

Enter these details (based on information provided by your school on your nomination form).

Max. file size: 4 MB.
Please upload a file that does not exceed 4MB. Contact the Provincial Scholarships team if you need assistance: scholarships@gov.bc.ca.

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Section 2 - Applicant Information

First Name*
Middle Name
Last Name*
Your preferred name will be used to communicate with you, such as by email if you are selected for this award, in which case your school will also be copied.
Date of Birth*
This is a 9-digit number assigned to you by the Ministry of Education and Child Care (e.g., 123456789). You can find it on your high school report cards, your high school transcript, or through PEN Services.
Mailing address*
Email*

Please check all of the boxes below to confirm that you meet the following requirements:

I am a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (landed immigrant).*
I am a resident of British Columbia.*
I will be graduating.*
AND, please select one of the choices below:*
AND, please check the box below to confirm your understanding of the following statement.*

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Section 3 - Resume

CAUTION: any content over the 300 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.

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Section 3 - Resume

Section 3 - Resume Part 2: Life or Volunteer or Work Experience

You can report up to seven life and/or volunteer and/or work experiences that you believe are relevant to your intended career path or area of post-secondary study.

  • You can report up to seven different experiences; however, you are not required to provide that many.
  • Start with your most relevant experience.
    • Consider experiences that have provided you with transferrable skills or that relate directly to your intended career or area of post-secondary study.
    • Consider that life experiences can range from minding younger siblings to helping the family business to participating in cultural activities; volunteer and work experiences may be similarly broad in scope.
  • Include experiences from grades 10–12 only. (Note: if an experience started before Grade 10 and/or will continue past Grade 12, report only the grades 10–12 portion.)
  • There are character limits to the open textboxes; you may use point form in your responses.

Experience 1

Experience 1 - Start Date*
Experience 1 - End Date*
Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience

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Experience 2 - Start Date*
Experience 2 - End Date*
Experience 2 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in when you did this activity. Submit examples from Grades 10–12 only.)
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience

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Experience 3 - Start Date*
Experience 3 - End Date*
Experience 3 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience

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Experience 4 - Start Date*
Experience 4 - End Date*
Experience 4 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience

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Experience 5 - Start Date*
Experience 5 - End Date*
Experience 5 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience

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Experience 6 - Start Date*
Experience 6 - End Date*
Experience 6 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
Add another experience

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Experience 7 - Start Date*
Experience 7 - End Date*
Experience 7 - Grades*
(Select the grade(s) you were in during this experience. Submit examples from grades 10–12 only.)
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.
CAUTION: any content over the 500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.

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Optional: You are invited to use this space to report anything else from grades 10–12 that you think is relevant to this scholarship (e.g., other accomplishments or experiences). Do not link to external content; it will not be reviewed.
CAUTION: any content over the 1,500 character maximum will be cut off. After pasting your text here, review it carefully.

Section 3 - Resume

Section 3 - Resume Part 4: References

Please upload files that do not exceed 4 MB. Contact the Provincial Scholarships team if you need assistance: scholarships@gov.bc.ca.

Max. file size: 4 MB.
Max. file size: 4 MB.

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Section 4 – Written Statement

Statement question: Describe one experience that helped you decide on your intended career or area of post-secondary study.

In addition to explicitly answering the statement question, you must also describe in your answer how you demonstrated one or more of the Core Competencies (or sub-competencies) from the B.C. Curriculum during this experience.

The statement should be a well-developed, multi-paragraph response. Do not exceed the 500 word limit.

After pasting your text here, review it carefully.

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Section 5 – Declaration

By submitting my application and entering my name and the date below, I attest to and understand the following:

  • I want to be considered for the BC Excellence scholarship;
  • to be considered, my application must be submitted complete, on time, and in the mandatory format;
  • all information I have provided in this application is complete and accurate;
  • the written statement is an original essay written solely by me;
  • withholding relevant data or providing false or misleading data in this application or otherwise in support of this application shall be grounds for the Government of British Columbia to revoke my eligibility for this scholarship;
  • the Ministry of Education and Child Care may access my student records to verify school, citizenship/residency, transcript, and graduation information;
  • all information provided in this application is subject to verification;
  • application material will not be returned to me;
  • the Ministry of Education and Child Care may inform my school if I am selected as a conditional recipient; and,
  • if I am selected as a conditional recipient, I must meet core and scholarship-specific eligibility requirements by August 31, 2025, to receive the scholarship.

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Please answer the following question. Your response will not affect your eligibility for receiving a scholarship.
Contacted for Research*
Would you be willing to be contacted for the purposes of reporting or research?

For the purpose of processing BC Excellence scholarships, the personal information in this submission will be collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Section 26(c). Students’ personal information is used for the purpose of verifying eligibility, selecting successful candidates, and processing the scholarship payment.

Questions regarding the collection of personal information can be sent to the Ministry of Education and Child Care: Director, Student Transitions, at scholarships@gov.bc.ca, or, (250) 356-2443, or PO Box 9183 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9H9.

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