I got an 11.1 GPA but it didnt say i am eligible. Im in 1st yr life sci. Did anyone else in science get the senate and have a lower than 11.1 gpa?

I feel like the science cut-off for Senate and Hooker is much higher this year.

Originally Posted by jhan523

http://sfas.mcmaster.ca/pdf/2010/201...or%20award.pdf

According to this (and a little division):

http://www.mcmaster.ca/avpira/statis...rad07 11.html

Last year, there was one award per approximately (rounding up for .5):

6 artsci students
7 health sci students
18 science students
37 business students
38 engineering students
40 humanities students
52 social science students

The allotment of these awards seems pretty ridiculous, from these numbers: they allot 3 times more awards per student for artscis than science students, nearly 7 times as many to artscis than engineering students, and nearly 9 times more awards to artscis than social science students. (Note: I'm not trying to pick out artscis here -- the same applies to healthscis, the ratio is very slightly smaller) -- as for the "grade requirements are lower for eng/humanities/social science" argument: yes, that's true, but that's not very convincing, since it can be taken equally well as a reflection of the relative difficulties of getting those marks in those programs (not saying I necessarily agree with this, only that the facts don't unambiguously support either argument).

Originally Posted by jordan18

I feel like the science cut-off for Senate and Hooker is much higher this year.

It tends to increase every year. The year before last, the cutoff for the Hooker scholarship was 11.4; last year it was 11.6. Senate went from 10.6 to 11 (I'm not sure about the 10.6 figure, maybe it was 10.9 -- in any case, it went up).

anyone in science got either hooker or senate and willing to put up the GPA? Does eligible mean you got it or does it only mean you are a candidate for the scholarship?

eligible for Senate. gpa 11.5

Do not worry too much right now about the two scholarships. The university will inform you in august sometime, definitely before the deadline of the fees. I have a high sessional average this year, there is no mention of eligibility of these scholarships on mugsi for me. Last year, I missed the cut off for the senate scholarship, so I did not receive any amount when my friends with average higher than 11.0 did. However, they did give me the senate scholarship in January, possible because they had a some money left over. So keep working hard with your studies, the reward will come to you in some form.

i have a deferred exam to write, but does that mean i don't even get a chance to receive a senate scholarship? I currently have an 11.

Originally Posted by rpg51

oh ok. do you mind stating ur average? i just wanna know if mine was good enough

i have an 11.1 but i'm in eng, so i suppose it's easier for me to get

In all fairness though, 1:52 in Social Science- but the cutoff was an 11.1, which is close to like, Science senate cutoffs.

I always assume it's the lure of medical school that inflates averages.

how do you know the cutoff was 11.1. last year it was 10.4

yeah..last year for science was low. i only had 10.8 and i got one..

Pretty high this year. 10.9 and I didn't get one.

Has anyone gotten the Hooker scholarship or know when it will be posted? My average is above last year's cut off for my faculty but it doesn't show up on my mugsi. It does show that i'm eligible for the senate scholarship though.

I believe that if you're eligible for Senate, you aren't eligible for Hooker. I do not know if this is 100% true or not.

anyone have any idea what the cut-off for the senate scholarship for social sci is?