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Any UCD scholarships for GPA ?

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  • 03-05-2013 9:12am
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    ruburd
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    If your not top of your class but have a GPA over 3.68 are there yearly scholar awards, or is that just for people who do well in particular subjects like Irish music etc ?
    (at that UCD annual student awards)

    Would these scholarships be financial or simply a certificate of affirmation ?


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    IrishKnight
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    You need to come first in your degree for the UCD Undergraduate Scholarships for Outstanding Academic Achievement. No award for second place.

    A few years ago a few friends got them and they got €1,000 along with the cert.


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    RayCarley
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    A list of all the scholarships is here: https://myucd.ucd.ie/scholarships-awards/index.ezc, but as IrishKnight said the main one is the €1000 if you get the top GPA in your course each year.


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    RoundBox11
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    ruburd wrote: »
    If your not top of your class but have a GPA over 3.68 are there yearly scholar awards, or is that just for people who do well in particular subjects like Irish music etc ?
    (at that UCD annual student awards)

    Would these scholarships be financial or simply a certificate of affirmation ?

    Most courses in the science field have a prize for the top student (GPA wise). It's €1,000.

    No prizes for coming second as far as i know. I doubt its the same for all courses tho as it seems a bit silly for some courses with only a handful of students.

    Also some courses (such as mine) have another award for final year where everyone does interviews and all that lark and then somebody gets an award from a national society.


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    electrictrad
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    ruburd wrote: »
    If your not top of your class but have a GPA over 3.68 are there yearly scholar awards, or is that just for people who do well in particular subjects like Irish music etc ?
    (at that UCD annual student awards)

    Would these scholarships be financial or simply a certificate of affirmation ?

    Nothing of that ilk, I don't think, sorry.

    If you get top of your school in 1st Year (I think it's school, there's 17 of them anyway), you'll get the Ad Astra scholarship http://www.ucd.ie/adastraacademy/academic/applications/

    This comes with 1/2 price accomodation on campus (or a €1500 payment), half your fees (up to €4,000, but for most, it's half the registration fee), a €1,000 stipend for "academic" use, academic mentoring, and a lot of seminars and events.

    That said, a first is still a fantastic GPA to have - you'll get into Masters and PhD programmes much easier with it, and it looks unreal on a CV.


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    RoundBox11
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    electrictrad wrote: »
    Nothing of that ilk, I don't think, sorry.

    If you get top of your school in 1st Year (I think it's school, there's 17 of them anyway), you'll get the Ad Astra scholarship http://www.ucd.ie/adastraacademy/academic/applications/

    This comes with 1/2 price accomodation on campus (or a €1500 payment), half your fees (up to €4,000, but for most, it's half the registration fee), a €1,000 stipend for "academic" use, academic mentoring, and a lot of seminars and events.

    That said, a first is still a fantastic GPA to have - you'll get into Masters and PhD programmes much easier with it, and it looks unreal on a CV.


    Realistically, it doesn't mean much unless your getting a 1.1 in final year/as your overall degree grade


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