<p>ONLY ECs from year 9 onwards can be put on the application. None of the universities will care what you did before high school (year 9)
Scholarships = external financial aid based on merit in some field. NOT usually awarded by top tier universities. Although some of the financial aid comes in a form of scholarship as ur university will help match you up with an external scholarship donor.
eg: X is amazing at math. X has been admitted to MIT for his math abilities. X will not get a scholarship from MIT for his math abilities per se. But, if X is poor and under a certain limit. MIT will pay for all of his college tuition and boarding in the form of financial aid, external scholarship and student contribution. There are always external sources looking to provide scholarships. In this case, MIT has just done the searching for the candidate.</p>
<p>^The above is what happens in most top level schools. I am sorry, but i do not think Harvard, Yale or any of the schools of that level will offer you a scholarship based on merit. Instead it might be financial aid due to ur financial position.</p>
<p>and u can find my profile if you use the advance search and search for threads initiated by me. hope that helps, my advice is based mostly on personal experience.</p>