Scholarships and Financial Aid
Financial Aid Clerk: Pamela Sherwin
Room A-123-A, ext. 226
p.sherwin@marianopolis.edu
What Help Does the Government Provide?
The province of Quebec provides a program of loans and bursaries to students who establish financial need within the norms set out by the Government. Loans can be obtained and a bursary subsequently awarded, that together will cover a student's eligible expenses. Loans are interest free for the entire duration of a student's full-time studies. Bursaries are gifts of money, no part of which has to be repaid.
Application forms for government loans and bursaries (Aide financière aux études) are available in May from your high school guidance counsellor, the Marianopolis Financial Aid Officer, or on-line at www.afe.gouv.qc.ca. In order to receive your assistance at the start of the Autumn semester, it is recommended that you submit your application a minimum of 4-6 weeks prior to the start of classes.
Book Lending Program
In order to help defray the cost of textbooks, the College, with the assistance of generous donors, has established a Book Lending Program for students receiving financial aid. Students may borrow one or more textbooks required for their courses for the duration of the semester. Book Lending Request Forms are available from the Financial Aid Office beginning on the first day of classes each term.
What is a Marianopolis Loan?
Marianopolis loans are interest free and are available to students who find themselves in immediate financial distress. These loans are short term and must be repaid within a period of time acceptable to both the student and the College. Students who wish to obtain loans should apply in person to the Financial Aid Officer.
Scholarships and Awards
Scholarships awarded to Marianopolis students are funded by the Marianopolis Millennium Foundation.
There is no application process for any of the scholarships offered to Marianopolis students. They are all awarded according to criteria that have been established.
Marianopolis Millennium Entrance Scholarships ($1,000)
As part of its mission to support Marianopolis students through scholarships and financial aid programs, the Marianopolis Millennium Foundation has established six Entrance Scholarships to be awarded to the top students in the following program categories:
- Science: three $1,000 awards
- Social Science and Commerce: three $1,000 awards
- Creative Arts, Literature and Langueages: one $1,000 award
- Music: one $1,000 award
- Arts and Sciences: one $1,000 award
- Liberal Arts: one $1,000 award
These scholarships will be awarded according to the following criteria:
1. Top candidates based on overall average of final grades.
2. Double DEC students will be considered in bothprogram categories - only one award will be granted.
3. Having completed Secondary IV and V in a youth sector high school in Québec.
4. Canadian citizens and Permanent residents only.
5. First-year admissions only.
The Entrance Scholarships will be awarded in the Fall as a tuition credit.
Marianopolis Millennium Foundation Academic Scholarships ($500)
The Marianopolis Millennium Foundation also generously funds an academic scholarships program. Academic Scholarships are awarded as tuition credits to seventy (70) students entering College I. These $250 awards are distributed among top students in the various programs offered at Marianopolis College.
These bursaries will be awarded according to the following criteria:
- Top candidates based on program average of grades calculated at the time of Admissions. Arts and Sciences: overall average will be considered because of nature of program.
- Double DEC students will be considered in both categories - only one award will be granted.
- Currently attending a youth sector high school in Québec.
- Having completed Secondary IV in a youth sector high school in Québec.
- All students admitted to Marianopolis College are eligible if they meet above criteria.
- First-year admissions only.
- The Academic Scholarships will be awarded in the Spring, and recipients will be notified by mail.
Roasters Foundation Awards of Excellence ($3,000)
These awards are no longer sponspored by the Roasters Foundation.
The Sister Mary MacCormack Scholarships ($250)
These $250 scholarships are awarded as tuition credits after the completion of each term to the returning students with the highest ranking in each of the following categories:
- four Social Science/Arts students (first year)
- four Science students (first year)
- four Social Science/Arts students (second year)
- four Science students (second year)
The R. Bella Rabinovitch Award ($500)
This $500 bursary is given each August to a student entering their second year of studies in the Liberal Arts or Creative Arts, Literature and Languages programs.