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Although we endeavour to ensure the accuracy of the information, the content of this and other websites under the www.mycampusgps.ca domain should not be relied upon as career or financial advice. You should apply your own judgement in making any use of any content on this and other websites under the www.mycampusgps.ca domain, including, without limitation, the use of the information as the basis for any conclusions. ​ The products and services sold under the www.mycampusgps.ca domain are not to be interpreted as a promise or guarantee of an award of scholarships or any other financial gain. Your level of success in attaining the results from using our products and information depends on many factors, and may include the time you devote to the program, ideas and techniques used, knowledge level and various skills. You fully agree and understand that MYCAMPUSGPS EDUCATION CONSULTING is not responsible for your success or failure and makes no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever that our products or services will produce any particular result for you. ​ Accessing or using this and other websites under the www.mycampusgps.ca domain does not create a client relationship. Although your use of a website may facilitate access to or communications with members of MYCAMPUSGPS EDUCATION CONSULTING via e-mail transmissions or otherwise via a website or social media channel, receipt of any such communications or transmissions by any member of this firm does not create a client relationship. ​ We do not guarantee that the content of our websites is accurate, complete or up-to-date. MYCAMPUSGPS EDUCATION CONSULTING assumes no obligation to update the content. We assume no responsibility for errors or omissions in the content or other documents that are referenced by or linked to our websites. The content on our websites may be changed without notice to you.

Although we endeavour to ensure the accuracy of the information, the content of this and other websites under the www.mycampusgps.ca domain should not be relied upon as career or financial advice. You should apply your own judgement in making any use of any content on this and other websites under the www.mycampusgps.ca domain, including, without limitation, the use of the information as the basis for any conclusions. ​ The products and services sold under the www.mycampusgps.ca domain are not to be interpreted as a promise or guarantee of an award of scholarships or any other financial gain. Your level of success in attaining the results from using our products and information depends on many factors, and may include the time you devote to the program, ideas and techniques used, knowledge level and various skills. You fully agree and understand that MYCAMPUSGPS EDUCATION CONSULTING is not responsible for your success or failure and makes no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever that our products or services will produce any particular result for you. ​ Accessing or using this and other websites under the www.mycampusgps.ca domain does not create a client relationship. Although your use of a website may facilitate access to or communications with members of MYCAMPUSGPS EDUCATION CONSULTING via e-mail transmissions or otherwise via a website or social media channel, receipt of any such communications or transmissions by any member of this firm does not create a client relationship. ​ We do not guarantee that the content of our websites is accurate, complete or up-to-date. MYCAMPUSGPS EDUCATION CONSULTING assumes no obligation to update the content. We assume no responsibility for errors or omissions in the content or other documents that are referenced by or linked to our websites. The content on our websites may be changed without notice to you.

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I get that grade 11 might seem too early to think about scholarships, but it's not. Just as an athlete needs to practice to win a place on a team, students need to prepare in advance to win scholarships. If a student wants to play for the high school varsity hockey team, they need to have certain skills and experience, and these are developed over time. They can’t start to learn to skate in grade 12 and expect to make the team. They need a longer “runway” of time to prepare properly. It's a similar case with scholarships. Although students can’t apply for most university scholarships until they’re in grade 12, there are things you can do in grades 10 and 11 that will ensure they qualify for them later. Engaging in certain activities will ensure you’ll qualify not only for more scholarships, but also qualify for bigger scholarships, like the ones at $80,000 - $100,000. It's not necessarily about particiapting in more things. Often, the activities that qualify you for top schoalrships are the same ones you are doing now, but you do them in a slightly different, more strategic way. I help you to understand how to engage in your favourite activities in a strategic way so you can maximize your opportunities for scholarships.

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Grade 12 is a student’s best opportunity to win scholarships. There will never be another time in your life where there are more opportunities and less competition. It’s a golden window of opportunity. Some students get to grade 12 and have lots of valuable learning experiences that qualify them for many great scholarship opportunities. Other students have few experiences to "work with" and finding scholarships they qualify for is more difficult. Often, they could have qualified for many great opportunities if they had just done things a bit differently in grades 10 and 11. If you don’t prepare early, you run the risk of getting to grade 12 and not having the right qualifications and experiences for scholarships. And, by that time, there's little to no runway left – in other words, there's not enough time to get the kind of experiences you need to qualify for many awards. Unfortunately, this happens a lot. Students and/or parents will come to me in grade 12 looking for help with scholarships, but the student has very little to "work with” in terms of qualifications for awards, so their options are limited. They miss out on many opportunities they could have had, if they'd only started sooner. That's why I created the Grade 11 Bootcamp.(https://www.mycampusgps.ca/grade-11) It's designed specifically for Grade 11 students. It gives them the information they need to know now so they can be successful in grade 12. In the Bootcamp, I'll cover the information students need to know now so they’ll qualify for scholarships in grade 12. I'll tell students what scholarship funders are looking for, and how to prepare now to be a quality applicant. Often it doesn’t take much more effort than what students would be doing normally. It’s not about doing more, and taking on new activities, it’s about doing the things you like to do, but doing them more strategically. Students will come away from the Grade 11 Bootcamp (https://www.mycampusgps.ca/grade-11)with the information they need to plan for scholarship success in grade 12.

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Perhaps. But, unfortunately, it's not likely. The pressures on school counsellors have increased a great deal over time, with no significant change to budgets. Many counsellors enter the profession with great visions of guiding students to educational and career success. However, the reality is that their time is often needed for pressing issues such as disciplinary issues, timetable changes, accommodations for students with disabilities and supporting students with mental health challenges. In Ontario, the ratio of students to guidance counsellors is an average of 396 to 1 (People for Education, 2018). My son's school has 3 counsellors for 1500 students! Between the increased responsibilities and the sheer number of students school counsellors are expected to support, there is a lot less time for dedicated post-secondary planning and scholarships.

Parents can be very helpful with this process! I encourage you to support your child, especially with organization, motivation, and finding scholarships. When we work together, I teach you the best ways to do so. It's important to understand, however, that our own children often don't respond in the same way to us as they do to an outside supporter. Our children can be more willing to do work for others than they are for us, their parents. Don’t take it personally, that’s just the way it is sometimes. So, when it comes time to really get down to work, you might need some outside help. As teen expert Josh Shipp says, “You don’t need a different message, you need a different messenger”. I can be that expert messenger who helps your child to do the work and get it DONE.