new student financial aid
COLUMBIA FINANCIAL AID DEADLINES
May 15: September entry Deadline
November 30: January entry Deadline
September 2008 award recipients will be contacted by email on May 31st.
January 2008 award recipients will be contacted by email on December 15th.
FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY
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 2008 ENTRY AWARDS
SCHOLARSHIPS:
President's Leadership Scholarship Application - $8,000
Eligibility:
- Minimum GPA of 3.5 or 80%.
- 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 or 73%.
- 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 or 73%.
- 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:
20+ @ $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 - $600
Eligibility:
- Bursaries are awarded to students with greatest need. Need assessment calculation are based on BCSAP loan policy.
- Minimum GPA of 2.0 or 60%
Details:
40+ @ $600
New Student Single Parent Family Bursary Application - 1 @ $500
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
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).
DISCOUNTS:
BC MC and MB Conference Discount Certification ($5 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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