Criteria

The BC Excellence scholarship is awarded to 55 well-rounded high school graduates who have demonstrated service and leadership, both at school and in their communities, and who show aptitude for and commitment to their chosen career paths. You must be nominated by your secondary school to qualify for this scholarship and each school may nominate one student only.

Value

$5000. Students have five years to redeem their BC Excellence scholarship vouchers; an expiry date is printed on each voucher and extensions are not possible.

Dates

Key dates

  • Friday, January 30th:  WRITTEN STATEMENT AND RESUME due to Ms. Mihic in Student Services or email by 3pm.

    If selected as the school nominee:
  • February 17, 2026: Applications for 2026 scholarships due by 3 pm
  • Early June 2026: Conditional recipients and their schools notified by email
  • September 2026: Conditional recipients checked against eligibility requirements
  • October 2026: Paper scholarship vouchers mailed to confirmed recipients
Procedure

Before starting, review all the details for this process outlined here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/scholarships/provincial-scholarships/bc-excellence-scholarships#eligibility-requirements 

Here are the detailed instructions for how to prepare the required information:

1.    Written statement

2.   Resume (in mandatory online format)

3.   (IF SELECTED) Nomination form (Ms. Mihic will provide this)

  • Save a digital copy
  • When you are ready to submit your B.C. Excellence application online, upload your signed nomination form where prompted

4.  ​(IF SELECTED) – Reference letters (2) – ask potential sponsor and teacher referees ahead of time if they can prepare a letter but this will only be necessary if you are selected as our nominee. 

  • Save these reference letter instructions (PDF, 299KB)
  • Share the instructions with your two referees and have them return signed letters to you (make sure each has an ink or electronic signature)
  • Scan or save digital copies of both letters
  • Be ready to upload both letters as part of your online application
  • Some referees may prefer to submit a letter directly to the ministry; in this case, you must upload to the application a brief, informal note from you in its place that states your referee will email their reference directly to scholarships@gov.bc.ca by the deadline

5. (IF SELECTED) Submit package to folowing link: https://forms.gov.bc.ca/education-training/bc-excellence-scholarship-application/