Introduction of the "Chancellor's Scholars Program"

[taiga]

http://www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/entry-requirements/guaranteed-entry/chancellors-scholars-programs


Available for the following courses:

Bachelor of Arts (Chancellor’s Scholars’ Program)

Bachelor of Biomedicine (Chancellor’s Scholars’ Program)

Bachelor of Commerce (Chancellor’s Scholars’ Program)

Bachelor of Environments (Chancellor’s Scholars’ Program)

Bachelor of Music (Chancellor’s Scholars’ Program)

Bachelor of Science (Chancellor’s Scholars’ Program)

Benefits

Students selected into one of these degrees will receive the following:

Domestic students will receive a Melbourne National Scholarship, providing:

HECS exempt Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP); and
Annual allowance of $5000; or
For interstate students an annual allowance of $10,000 and one return flight home.
International students will be considered for International Undergraduate Scholarships that range from full fee remission down to $10,000 fee remission.

In addition students will be guaranteed access to:

Global Scholars Award ($2500 to support an approved study abroad or exchange program during undergraduate studies)
An internship
Targeted academic enhancement opportunities
A guarantee into the graduate program of their choice

Students who are offered a CSP in these programs will be guaranteed a CSP in any of the professional entry masters (coursework) degrees listed in the table below (subject to course prerequisites).

Thoughts?

[werdna]

Students with an ATAR below 99.90 may be considered depending on demand.

So in effect it's a scheme predominantly targeting 60 people a year? Rubbish..

[taiga]

Students with an ATAR below 99.90 may be considered depending on demand.

So in effect it's a scheme predominantly targeting 60 people a year? Rubbish..

Pretty much =\

[Russ]

There's nothing wrong with that, it's just a very particular scheme with a very particular goal

[appianway]

It's basically the same as the previous program for 99.90+...

The scholarship is the same. The guarantee is the same. The travel scholarship wouldn't be that hard to get if you're on that level (and a lot of the students receiving the scholarship would be KLD, I'd guess). Internships abound for later year students. And it really depends on what the targeted academic opportunities are...

[EvangelionZeta]

There's nothing wrong with that, it's just a very particular scheme with a very particular goal

Truth.  Also re-iterating what appianway said, in that it's basically identical to what was the case already.  Here's hoping that the "targetted academic enhancement opportunities" are meaningful, but realistically, I doubt it'll be anything particularly interesting...

[fady_22]

It's not exactly the same; they are introducing early interviews for the Doctor of Medicine program so that the "satisfactory interview score" requirement can be satisfied before commencement of the Bachelor of Biomedicine. Also, there are now no academic requirements for these students in their undergrad degree. So the "guarantee" is actually a guarantee now.

[Eriny]

I guess it's something that looks nice on a CV.

[Russ]

The academic benefits are probably guaranteed honours, which is sort of hollow if you're doing science/biomedicine because you'll need to find a supervisor rather than just doing arts "research"

[EvangelionZeta]

The academic benefits are probably guaranteed honours, which is sort of hollow if you're doing science/biomedicine because you'll need to find a supervisor rather than just doing arts "research"

You need a supervisor for Arts research too...

[luken93]

"Chancellor’s Scholars will be guaranteed a place in a graduate professional entry program with no minimum GPA required in their undergraduate course."
 - This was one of the new things about UoMs recent changes to it's high achievers in normal degrees yeah?

[taiga]

Was this around before?

Engineering only.

This new guarantee supercedes the former policy guaranteeing a CSP in the Masters to those with an ENTER of 95 or above, entering New Generation degrees with engineering systems majors or sequences.

[Russ]

The academic benefits are probably guaranteed honours, which is sort of hollow if you're doing science/biomedicine because you'll need to find a supervisor rather than just doing arts "research"

You need a supervisor for Arts research too...

Yeah but they're easier to find

[luken93]

So do you reckon there'd be any lowering for those who have KLD, rural and underrep status? This is very, very appealing

[Russ]

Lowering of the ATAR for entry into the Chancellor's program? I seriously doubt it.