new student financial aid
COLUMBIA FINANCIAL AID DEADLINES
May 15: September entry Deadline
November 30: January entry Deadline
September 2009 award recipients will be contacted by email on May 31st.
January 2010 award recipients will be contacted by email on December 15th.
FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY
*All Award Availability and Amounts subject to change without
notice*
In order to be eligible for new student financial aid you must:
1. Apply and be
accepted for College by the financial aid deadline. Apply now!
2. Apply for Financial Aid by the financial aid deadline via the
links below (online applications only).
3. Enroll as a full-time student (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester.)
* GPA must be 2.0 or above
for most bursaries and 3.0 or more for scholarships (see details on application forms).
JANUARY & SEPTEMBER 2009 ENTRY AWARDS
SCHOLARSHIPS:
President's Leadership Scholarship Application -
$8,000
Eligibility:
- Minimum GPA of 3.5.
- Leadership involvement in your school, church or
community.
- Intention of completing a 4-year Bachelor of Arts degree.
- Include a 400-500 word essay on how you qualify for this
award. Please include future goals.
- Possible Interview with the Student Aid Committee and/or Columbia’s
President.
- Commitment to on campus involvement in president’s leadership group and assume some sort of leadership role on
campus.
Details:
4 @ $8,000.
$2,000 per year for four years (maintaining eligibility). January entry students will be
eligible to apply for January but their applications will be held over to join the pool of applicants for September.
All President's Leadership
applicants who are not awarded this scholarship will automatically be placed in the pool for the Dean's Scholarship. You do not need to apply
for both.
Dean's Scholarship Application -
$4,000
Eligibility:
- Minimum GPA of 3.0.
- Involvement in your school, church or
community.
- Intention of completing a 4-year Bachelor of Arts degree.
- Include a 400-500 word essay on how you qualify for this
award. Please include future goals.
- Commitment to on campus involvement.
Details:
15+ @ $4,000
$1,000 per year
for four years (maintaining eligibility).
*ECE students qualify for this award in the amount of $2,500 over the five semesters of the ECE
Diploma. January entry students will be eligible to apply for January but their applications will be held over to join the pool of applicants
for September.
Faith Formation Award Application -
$800
Eligibility:
- Minimum GPA of 3.0.
- Involvement in your school, church or community.
- Intention of
completing a 1-year Certificate or 2-year Diploma.
- Include a 200-300 word essay on how you qualify for this award. Please include
future goals.
- Commitment to on campus involvement.
Details:
15+ @ $800.
This is a one year award.
Both
January and September applicants awarded will receive their award for the upcoming semester.
BURSARIES:
New Student Bursary Application - $500
Eligibility:
- Bursaries are awarded to students with greatest need. Need assessment calculation are based on BCSAP
loan policy.
- Minimum GPA of 2.0
Details:
20+ @ $500
New Student Single Parent Family Bursary Application - 1 @
$500 (Fall entry students only)
1. The recipient must be a Freshman (1st year) student coming from a single parent family or be a
single parent themselves.
2. The recipient must be a sincere student able to demonstrate financial need and have a minimum high school GPA of 2.5
3. The recipient must be taking a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester 4. The amount of the bursary is $500 ($250 per semester)
New
Student 40s and 50s Alumni Bursary - 1 @
$1000 (Fall entry students only)
This bursary fund was established in 2003 by students who, during the 1940's and 1950's, attended
the institution which became Columbia Bible College or attended one of the other British Columbia Mennonite Bible Schools which, formally or
informally, have united with this school in its early decades. This fund, supported by students from those decades, provides financial assistance to
needy students who demonstrate maturity, strong Christian character, impressive aptitude, and a commitment to Christian ministry. Foreign students
are eligible provided they are firmly committed to return to their homeland for Christian ministry. Students applying for financial aid must be
applying as a full-time student (12 credit hours per semester).
Church Matching Bursary- Student Form- Up to a Max of $500
per semester or $1000 per year from CBC
Church Matching Bursary- Church Form- Up to a Max of $500 per semester or $1000
per year matched from your Church
Eligibility:
- The Church Matching Bursaries are awarded
to students who are
enrolled in full-time classes (min 12 credits per semester) and have a minimum semester GPA of 2.0 on their most recent transcript.
- Forms must
be submitted by the student and the church in order to be
considered for the award.
Details:
- Students will receive this award on a first come basis until all funds have been
awarded. Columbia will match the church contribution up to a maximum of $500 per semester or $1000 per academic year and will round down to the
nearest $250 increment (example: church gives $400, school gives $250 etc... church gives $500, school gives $500 etc...)
DISCOUNTS:
BC MC and MB Conference Discount Certification ($10 per
credit hour) - To be filled out by pastor (pdf)
Columbia Bible College is supported by two BC conferences: Mennonite Brethren and
Conference of Mennonites. For
purposes of determining who qualifies for this discount, the student must meet one of the following criteria:
1)
Must be an active member or adherent of one of the supporting constituency churches over the last six
months, or
2) Their parent(s) must be a
member of one of the supporting constituency churches.
A NOTE ON COSTS AND FINANCIAL AID AT COLUMBIA:
Columbia Bible College is extremely grateful for the financial support of the College by the two supporting Conferences and many
individual donors. Their efforts and commitment to the College allow student fees and tuition to be established at approximately 60% of actual cost.
We recognize that after this initial discount, education is still costly. We therefor try to give out as many bursaries and scholarships as possible.
However, not everybody who applies will receive funding. Students who are awarded with financial aid will be contacted by December 15th (January
entry) and May 31st (September entry).
Columbia Bible College reserves the right to make changes whenever necessary and to use the discretion of the College for the awarding of
Financial Assistance.
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