Stellar students

Katie Hollinshead is a past recipient of a Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) top eight academic all-Canadian distinction.

Our students are a smart bunch:

• The average entering grade of first-year students is 85.1 per cent. (2008-09 figures);
• The percentage of first-year students arriving from high school with averages of 75 per cent or higher: 97.
• 59 per cent of first-year students receive entrance scholarships.
• Dalhousie boasts 86 Rhodes Scholars, far more than any other university in the region.
• In 2009, 78 Dalhousie varsity athletes were recognized as academic all-Canadians, leading all other schools in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference.
• Elaine Craig received a 2007 Trudeau Foundation Scholarship for her human rights research. The prestigious scholarship, worth $200,000, is awarded to 15 doctoral students across the country in the social sciences and humanities. The previous year, Meredith Schwartz (MA '04) was awarded the scholarship for her work examining how adult genetic screening for certain diseases affects social attitudes towards personal responsibilities. 
• While Dalhousie is the 26th largest university in Canada, our students rank fourth nationally for the number of academic awards they win (8/1000).