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Megaman

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99.85...are there any other scholarship opportunities open to me?
« on: December 17, 2013, 07:42:56 pm »
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Hi everyone,
I was very happy and rather surprised to receive this score yesterday!

However, now I'm feeling like it's a bit of a useless high score- it doesn't entitle me to anything really, as I just miss out on the opportunity of the Chancellor's Scholar's Program at Melbourne University (and I don't think I'm planning to go to Monash...)

Are there any other scholarships out there that I may apply for?

Is it still possible that I can still get into the Chancellor's Program?
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Re: 99.85...are there any other scholarship opportunities open to me?
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2013, 07:51:10 pm »
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Two questions:
1. Did you have Monash listed as one of your preferences? (Although you may not feel like going to Monash now, you never know what could happen in the next week...) You probably already know this, but Monash offers Excellence Scholarships to those who score between 99.80-99.85. The scholarship is pretty generous from what I've heard.
2. Did you apply for SEAS?

There is a chance that you will be accepted into the Chancellor's Program, if enough students bail and go to Monash. There have been cases in previous years where students who got 99.85 were granted the National Scholarships, so fingers crossed!
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Re: 99.85...are there any other scholarship opportunities open to me?
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2013, 08:00:14 pm »
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Quote from: brightsky on December 17, 2013, 07:51:10 pm
There is a chance that you will be accepted into the Chancellor's Program, if enough students bail and go to Monash. There have been cases in previous years where students who got 99.85 were granted the National Scholarships, so fingers crossed!

I've never heard of this happening? :S

EDIT: Also, OP, what sort of courses are you looking at? If you're thinking about commerce, I believe that the Copland Scholars Program at UniMelb is 99.85+ =)
« Last Edit: December 17, 2013, 08:01:49 pm by Aurelian »
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Re: 99.85...are there any other scholarship opportunities open to me?
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2013, 09:21:24 pm »
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Id take the monash scholrship if you dont get the chancellors scholarship. It is extremely generous.

The problem with melb is that a 99.85 does not represent ANY leverage when it comes to CSP postgrad courses - my friend got the same atar and was still in the same bracket when it came to his JD application. (Only offered a FFP 1st time round due to an ordinary LSAT score - despite a mid 80 average)
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