Mercy Scholarships

A commitment to Mercy Values is at the heart of an OLMC education. Mercy Scholarships are a means of making a Mercy education, with its tradition of academic and musical excellence, available to more young women.

For 2023, OLMC will offer Mercy Scholarships for selected students entering Year 7 who have accepted a place at the College.

Three types of Mercy Scholarships will be awarded:

• Mercy Scholarship for Academic Excellence
• Mercy Scholarship for Music Excellence
• Mercy Scholarship for Alumnae

Mercy Scholarships provide full or part remission of tuition fees. All other costs, including resource fees, co-curricular activities and uniforms, are required to be met in full by the families. The College’s non-refundable Enrolment Application Fee and Enrolment Acceptance Fee must be paid by the family prior to applying for a Mercy Scholarship.

OLMC PARRAMATTA ALUMNAE SCHOLARSHIP
For over 130 years, OLMC Parramatta has been educating women of Western Sydney. Thousands of women have benefited from an excellent education in the rich Mercy Tradition. The OLMC Alumnae Association is a vibrant and active association of ex-students committed to keeping the Mercy spirit alive and revitalising connections made through the College.

Each year, the OLMC Alumnae Association funds one scholarship for a student entering the College in Year 7. The Scholarship will cover tuition fees for a six-year period from Year 7 to Year 12. The intention is to enable the daughter, granddaughter or great-granddaughter of an OLMC Parramatta ex-student to be educated at the College.

Eligibility:

• Candidates must be the daughter/granddaughter/or great-granddaughter of an ex-student of the College.
• Candidates must have accepted a place at the College (this applies to all Mercy Scholarships).
• The ex-student applying for the Scholarship for their daughter/granddaughter/great-granddaughter must be a registered member of the Alumnae Association.

Responsibilities of the successful candidate:

• It is expected that the Scholarship recipient is an active member in the life of the College and has a personal commitment to ‘expand beyond what they know they can be.’
• It is expected that the mother/grandmother of the Scholarship recipient provides practical support to the Alumnae committee whilst the student attends the College.

Please note: The name of the OLMC Parramatta Alumnae Scholarship recipient will be publicly announced and provided to the Alumnae Committee. The recipient may be announced at a College Assembly and included in College publications, including media releases, advertisements, social media, the College website, the College newsletter and so forth. The recipient's family connection to the College may also be profiled.

Mercy Scholarships Application Process

Applicants for all OLMC scholarships are required to sit the Allwell Scholarship Test. Music Scholarship applicants must also provide documentation demonstrating a high level of musical skill, commitment and achievement e.g. copies of AMEB results or equivalent.

Following the receipt of test results by the College and consideration of additional information provided, applicants and their families may be invited to attend an interview, and for applicants for Mercy Scholarships for Music Excellence, submit to an audition.

Applications for Year 7, 2023 Mercy Scholarships will open in Term 4, 2021.

For further information regarding Mercy Scholarships contact the College Enrolments Officer on (02) 8838 1222 or enrolments@olmc.nsw.edu.au

If you wish to donate to a fund that assists in providing Scholarships and Bursaries, please contact the Director of Business Services on 8838 1229