Ike Barber Transfer Scholarship

Applications for the 2025 Ike Barber Transfer Scholarship are now open. The deadline to apply is 4:30PM (PST) on Thursday, April 3, 2025. To apply:

1. Create an account (or login if you already have one) on the Society’s online application website (SMApply) HERE.
2. Determine your eligibility by completing the eligibility assessment.
3. If you are eligible, you can proceed to complete the application form. The form can be saved and edited until it is submitted.
4. Upload your non-official transcripts to the site. Transcripts must clearly show:
   1. your full name; and
   2. the name of the post-secondary institution that issued the transcript.
5. Provide the name and email address for your reference. The online application system will send an email on your behalf requesting that they complete and submit a reference form.
6. Once you have completed the application form, uploaded your transcripts, and your reference has submitted their reference form, you must click the SUBMIT button to put your application forward for consideration.

If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact the Society at info@bcscholarshipsociety.ca.

Statement on the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence)

We recognize that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often used today to assist in completing tasks requiring written communication. However, to prepare the best award/scholarship applications, only use AI as a tool to help with the technical aspects of writing such as format, grammar and word choice. Be sure that your responses to the questions on the application tell your story in your own words.

It is our experience that students who only use AI prepared responses to application questions do not score as highly as those who write in their own voice. Reviewers have noted that AI generated responses are often “uninteresting” and “unimaginative” and that this can result in lower scoring of applications. Reviewers are seeking to know and understand you and your story.