Get Ready
Planning ahead during your Graduating Year.
Here are the things you can do to prepare in advance so you're all set to apply as soon as the Full-Time Application opens in early May. |
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Being ready now means fewer delays later that could result in you not having your funding as soon as school starts.
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- Make sure you have a bank account in your own name.
- Start gathering the documents you'll need or prepare to submit them when/if you are requested to do so:
- Bank account info (transit #, account #, a void cheque)
- Information about any investments/RESPs in your name
- Custody/Separation/Divorce agreements or other court records to validate your marital status/custody situation and any exceptional expenses related to your own children (dependants).
- Documents that show you have a disability.
- Your and your parents'/step-parents'/spouse's income tax return information, from last year's Revenue Canada tax returns.
- Information about your school program, including how many class hours/credits you'll be taking.
- Scholarship information/amounts, if you know them.
- An estimate of your expected pre-study period and study-period earnings.
- Documents to validate any other sources of funding you will receive while studying (government pensions/support payments, any disability income, Employment Insurance benefits, retraining program funding, spousal/child support payments, etc.
The next step is to Get Started with your application.