<p>Son has dual citizenship, living in the states, but he is thinking about going to school in Canada. He scored well on his ACT and SAT, is there any merit aid available?</p>
<p>Yes, there are scholarships given by the individual universities. </p>
<p>I am only familiar with McGill. They do offer merit scholarships to Americans. There is a separate application that resembles an American application Ii e. essays, recommendations, EC’s etc. These are not required for admission only.</p>
<p>At McGill the required GPA for renewal is 3.7! It was 3.5 in my day. I got my scholarship renewed but a student has to be self reliant and not overdo the party scene. </p>
<p>Hi Joe2015,</p>
<p>I think each school will have their own scholarship system, so it is worth finding a list of schools and then exploring one by one. I only know about UBC - and they do have scholarships for both domestic and international students. Their website is pretty handy in explaining it all: <a href=“http://you.ubc.ca/tuition-scholarships/”>http://you.ubc.ca/tuition-scholarships/</a></p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>@tomofboston
The student in question is a dual citizen so would he not qualify for scholarships restricted to Canadians as well? Most scholarships look at academic performance as a whole i believe, not just stabnardized test scores (there are no SATs in canada and since most performance based scholarships will be made with Canadian applicants in mind, they likely wont specifically look at SAT scores)</p>
<p>In general undergraduate scholarships in Canada are harder to come by. Tuition rates are already much lower in Canada and hence there is less of an emphasis on scholarships at the undergraduate level (completely different in graduate school though).</p>
<p>Also just in case you didn’t know if your son is a Canadian citizen, he would apply as a “US high school applicant” but upon acceptance be registered as a Canadian and pay Canadian tuition rates which are much cheaper and range roughly from $5000-8000 per year</p>