Criteria

The D&R Sobey Atlantic Scholarship is awarded on the basis of the following criteria: 

• Current resident of one of the four Atlantic Provinces
• Entering first year of the undergraduate Commerce program at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University
• Academic excellence
• Involvement in school or community activities
• Proven leadership
• Demonstrated financial need

Valued at $80,000 per student, the scholarship is awarded in equal amounts of $20,000 annually throughout the four-year undergraduate Commerce program.  It is renewable provided that a minimum 75% average is achieved in the first year of study and a minimum 80% average is achieved in each subsequent year while enrolled in a full course load. 

The selected recipients will receive further information about renewal criteria from the Smith School of Business at Queen's University.