FAQ

About the Program

1. How many scholarships are available and what is their value?
2. What is the deadline for applications?
3. What are the eligibility requirements?
4. I’m still waiting for my permanent Canadian resident status to be approved – am I still eligible to apply?
5. I attend college or university outside of Canada, but I am a Canadian citizen. Am I eligible to apply?
6. I plan on attending a medical or dental school outside of Canada – am I still eligible to apply?
7. I'm planning on taking a year off, am I still eligible to apply?
8. How do I know if my medical or dental program is "recognized"?
9. How will my application be judged?
10. Who will be judging my application?
11. Will the information I submit be verified?
12. When will the finalists be notified?
13. Is the information I submit confidential?
14. Who owns the information or ideas I submit in my application?
15. If I’m selected as a winner, when will I receive the Scholarship?
16. Do I have to be an RBC Royal Bank client to win?
17. If I am an RBC Royal Bank client, am I only eligible for two scholarships?
18. What if I become an RBC Royal Bank client after I’ve submitted my application?
19. I’m having trouble viewing the website, what can I do to fix the problem?

Each winner receives a single scholarship worth $15,000, for a total of six scholarships.

Two of these six are reserved exclusively for RBC Royal Bank clients.

*If you have indicated that you are an RBC Royal Bank client your status as an account holder will be verified at the close of the scholarship application acceptance period on February 1, 2010. Account(s) must be active and in good standing as of February 1, 2010 and at the announcement period. If status as an account holder cannot be verified or the account is not active or in good standing at the time of winner announcement, the applicant will not be eligible for the two scholarship offered to RBC Royal Bank clients but will remain eligible for the four other Medical & Dental student scholarships.

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Online applications must be submitted before Monday, February 1, 2010, 6:00 p.m. EST.

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To be eligible for an RBC Royal Bank Scholarship for Medical & Dental Students, you must meet the following criteria:

• Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada
• Students attending a publicly funded Canadian medical or dental program in the 2009/2010 school year
• Full-time students studying to become an accredited medical doctor or dentist

See Scholarship Terms and Conditions for complete details.

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Yes. However, you must ensure your permanent residence status has been approved and finalized at the time the scholarships are awarded.

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No. You must be attending a medical or dental program in a Canadian college or university to be eligible to apply.

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No. Award winners must be enrolled and planning to attend a recognized medical or dental program at a publicly funded Canadian college or university. Students planning to pursue studies outside of Canada are not eligible to apply.

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No. If you intend to take a year off after you submit your application, you are not eligible to apply. You must continue your full-time studies in a medical or dental program at a publicly funded Canadian college or university in the following academic year.

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Please contact our Student Support Centre for more details.

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Your written entries will be evaluated on a combination of creativity, clarity of thought and communication of arguments, persuasiveness and potential positive impact. We recommend you be direct and succinct in order to answer the questions within the maximum word count allowed. Also, use examples, be clear and concise, and make sure your entries are proofed for spelling/grammar errors. See Scholarship Terms and Conditions for complete details.

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A judging panel comprised of school educators, industry experts, RBC Royal Bank employees, and our scholarship administrator, Studentawards Inc., will be responsible for evaluating the entries.

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Our scholarship administrator, Studentawards Inc., may verify the information you provide about your academic, and volunteer and employment history.

Additionally, all finalists will be required to provide proof of the following:

• Canadian citizenship or permanent resident status
• Proof of full-time enrolment in a Medical or Dental program for the 2009/2010 academic year
• Grade point average for 2008/2009 academic year

If the documentation is not submitted to the scholarship administrator, Studentawards Inc., within the specified timeframe, the application may be subject to disqualification.

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Finalists of the RBC Royal Bank Scholarship for Medical & Dental Students will be notified in March 2010. Information submitted by finalists will be verified in February and March 2010.

Final winners will be selected and announced in April 2010.

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Yes.^** The information you provide will be used by RBC Royal Bank, Studentawards Inc., and their respective employees and agents and those of their affiliates on a need to know basis to process, judge and verify your application(s) on a confidential basis and to operate your online account(s). However, the information you supply in your application(s) may be used or published in aggregate by RBC Royal Bank in order to define and understand patterns and trends. Any contact information you provide in your application(s) will only be used to contact you regarding the status of your application(s) or to contact your friend if you have provided us with your friend’s contact information, except as otherwise agreed to in the application form or in the Scholarship Terms and Conditions.

Confidentiality and privacy are of the utmost importance at RBC Royal Bank and Studentawards Inc. For more details, please see the RBC Royal Bank privacy website and/or the Studentawards Inc. privacy policy.

^**In the event that you are a scholarship winner, RBC Royal Bank reserves the right to use your name, likeness, city and province of residence, university name and any direct quotes for publicity purposes.

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Your submission remains your intellectual property, and RBC Royal Bank retains no rights to your ideas – the information you supply will be used solely to adjudicate your scholarship application.

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If you are attending a publicly funded Canadian medical or dental school in the 2009/2010 academic year, the scholarship will be deposited into your student account of that institution in May 2010.

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No, you do not have to be an RBC Royal Bank client in order to win one of four scholarships available to RBC clients and non clients. Two of the six scholarships are exclusively reserved for RBC Royal Bank clients.

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No, you are eligible for all six scholarships providing you meet all of the eligibility criteria.

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Please contact our Student Support Centre and inform them of the change. Account(s) must be active and in good standing as of February 1, 2010 and the recipient announcement period. If status as an account holder cannot be verified or the account is not active or in good standing at the time of winner announcement, the applicant will not be eligible for the two scholarships offered to RBC Royal Bank clients but will remain eligible for the four other Medical & Dental student scholarships.

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If you have having trouble, the following contains information regarding technical requirements. Should you continue to have issue after referencing this, please contact our Student Support Centre for additional help.