Originally Posted by chappy89

There's a bursary list that shows which bursaries go to which faculty and how they are distributed (ex. some of them say people with high volunteer hours and in commerce/eng/soc sci, etc. will get preference over others who don't have volunteer hours) There are a LOT of different ones.

EDIT found it... http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /CALEN...ent/pg201.html

I got 2000 and I know someone in eng who got like 500. Its not about faculty...

Originally Posted by Commander

I got 2000 and I know someone in eng who got like 500. Its not about faculty...

well if you read some of the bursaries you'll figure it out...

I suggest you find out what organization was responsible for giving you your bursary and send them a thank you letter, its not 'Mac' that gives them!

I wish I was considered for free monies :(

Originally Posted by Kathy2

I think a lot of it is based on how much OSAP you receive as well. So if you are less than 4 years out of highschool, you'll get much less OSAP (and therefore less bursaries) than someone who has been out of highschool for 4 or more years.

I came here as a mature student, out of high school more than 4 years, and have got relatively small bursaries (in comparison to others in other faculties), despite getting the full OSAP I was eligible for both years.

Unrelated question:

If my student account is -xxx.xx dollars, that is how much my cheque will be for in a couple weeks, right?

Originally Posted by reeves

I came here as a mature student, out of high school more than 4 years, and have got relatively small bursaries (in comparison to others in other faculties), despite getting the full OSAP I was eligible for both years.

Unrelated question:

If my student account is -xxx.xx dollars, that is how much my cheque will be for in a couple weeks, right?

Yes. 12 charmanders.

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Originally Posted by RyanC

I suggest you find out what organization was responsible for giving you your bursary and send them a thank you letter, its not 'Mac' that gives them!

I wish I was considered for free monies :(

I think if it says "McMaster Bursaries" on MUGSI, that means it's from anonymous Mac donations, right?
Otherwise it would say the name of the organization/family/group who gave the donation?

where do u check to see if u got