Otago Halls of Residence

[Crucible]

Bummer mate. I was unsuccessful too.

You said it.
Oh well. I guess I'll try to find work after NCEA exams......

 

[chococroissant]

Unsuccessful as well :cry:

 

[greenglacier]

Sorry to hear about all the unsuccessful scholarships , competition must have been pretty tough, especially for that epic $30,000 I hear they've just introduced.

In relation to an earlier question, the warden of Carrington told me that his general rule is he'll accept anyone who:

- applies in time
and
- puts Carrington as their first choice
and
- doesn't have any issues identified in their school reference
and
- has level 2 with excellence and appears to at least have some sort of life outside academia, OR has level 2 with merit and has demonstrated a high level of achievement/involvement in an extracurricular area

 

[chococroissant]

Oh well. I suppose getting into med is more important.

 

[SeeKay]

Hmm I wonder how many people got the 30K scholarship :S

 

[Crucible]

LOL. I didn't even know there was a 30K scholarship. This is surprising hahah

 

[chococroissant]

I unsuccessfully applied for that one. I know of 2 people who got it

 

[SeeKay]

I'm so jelly =[

 

[Wongtong]

I'm very jelly of the people who got a $30k scholarship! But I'm very happy with my $5k one.

I was so happy in fact, that I made a celebratory chip sandwich.

 

[SeeKay]

Congratz for getting a scholarship! 5K isn't a small amount of money at all so you should be very proud of yourself for getting it.

 

[chococroissant]

Yes. Congrats Wongtong!!!!!!! SeeKay, if only i could "like" your comment

 

[vavavoomvoom]

Woo! I somehow got the leaders of tomorrow one. I wonder how many E credits you needed for the academic excellence one?

 

[SeeKay]

Wow congratz! How much do you get with that scholarship if you don't mind me asking

 

[vavavoomvoom]

I think its 5K. Its going to relieve a lot of financial worry for next year! I was stressing out so much about money.

 

[keypadlocked]

wow congrats guys!

I applied for the Leaders of Tomorrow & Academic Excellence one but didn't get either.
This might just make me feel worse but... [MENTION=9739]medicinegirl[/MENTION] you know of TWO people who got the academic excellence one? :blink: are they super involved or super smart? or both? haha. what was the criteria, i wonder...

 

[Crucible]

^
Yeah , I'm curious about the criteria too haha

annnnndd

Congrats Wontong and Jamjar !!!

 

[Wongtong]

I'm curious about the Academic Excellence one too -- my friends who had 100+ Excellence credits last year didn't get the scholarship(?!?!!). Oh well, one of em will probably get Dux this year anyways.

Congrats Jamjar!

 

[poutine]

Good on ya Wongtong and Jamjar!!!

 

[chococroissant]

wow congrats guys!

I applied for the Leaders of Tomorrow & Academic Excellence one but didn't get either.
This might just make me feel worse but... @medicinegirl you know of TWO people who got the academic excellence one? :blink: are they super involved or super smart? or both? haha. what was the criteria, i wonder...

Well, they are both super smart, 100E+ and involved, not super involved :-D

Yes, one of them is a good friend of mine, im jealous but happy for her. She deserved it :-D

 

[Crucible]

Well, they are both super smart, 100E+ and involved, not super involved :-D

Yes, one of them is a good friend of mine, im jealous but happy for her. She deserved it :-D

WOW!!!
How do you get so many E credits before externals??!! That's so amazing!!!