Sketch - does an academic achievement grant count

[emasrbmk 5]

hey all, 

I was writing my sketch for OLSAS and was wondering if I should include the large grant I recieved  last year from my college at U of T. Or is this irrelevant to include? I know that grades were a consideration in selecting who got the grant 

[BlockedQuebecois 4841]

Yes, I would mention it. 

[ProfReader 2149]

Yes.  To me this is not different than some needs-based scholarships/bursaries and people include those all of the time.

[emasrbmk 5]

3 hours ago, ProfReader said:

Yes.  To me this is not different than some needs-based scholarships/bursaries and people include those all of the time.

Thanks ! Do you think I should mention the amount or just that it was given to me ? 

[providence 8134]

I think it's tacky when people put the dollar value amounts of scholarships on their resumes.

[Notnotadog 212]

I put mine by name (also a Uoft college) and just said what they were for. Also if  you need a verifier the registrar can give you one. 

[ProfReader 2149]

9 hours ago, emasrbmk said:

Thanks ! Do you think I should mention the amount or just that it was given to me ? 

I don't have an opinion one way or another.  Providence has expressed her opinion about seeing it on a resume.  I don't agree or disagree with that opinion, but I would say that the academic context may be different than the employment context as it is very common (probably more common than not) for people to include it in academic documents such as a CV, application for school (i.e. law school, grad school), etc.