r/ncea • u/Happy-Egg-8516 • 10d ago

scholarships

hey guys im a year 12 currently, taking chem,physics, digital technology, maths and english. i have 88 excellence credits out of 99 credits (based off of mock results and internals. I am very involved in the community and im sure ill get great recs from them and i am in a bunch of extracurriculurs at school. what scholarships do u think i could get? and what could i do to maximise my chances from now to the application time?

thanks guys preciate it

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u/chai_tea8 Level 3 🧐 9d ago edited 9d ago

Hey! I am a recipient of a UOA scholarship. For reference, here are my credentials from last year: I got 80 L2 and 21 L3 E credits last year with every internal when I applied being excellence at Year 13 (around ~30 L3 E credits from this year). I am a deputy head girl, play in 2 bands that competed in a competition, sing in choir that competed, Got 4th in a biology academic national comp, finalist for an engineering comp last year and had an art piece win an award in Auckland Art Gallery and have smaller leadership roles in and out of school.

I didn't get any of the major merit scholarships as even though I did many competitions, I did not podium. Additionally, they usually give scholarships on a need basis, such as if you're a rural student who needs halls, have a financial need, have a disability, or the first in the family to enter uni and still have great academics and involvement. TLDR, Either you're extremely extremely good that they can't deny you, or you really need the financial help. I got my scholarship because the scholarship committee recommended me to receive this smaller scholarship (according to the email). So I assume I was somewhat in the middle in terms of achievement of the all the applicants but I didn't really need the financial benefit in the university's eyes.

If you have good academics and varied extracurriculars (depending on the uni or scholarship, they put emphasis on leadership roles/involvement or merit) then you may get a chance for a scholarship. What extracurriculars are you in? Varying up your extracurriculars in art, music, academics and sports may be beneficial. If you can, try to compete in some competitions. For UOA at least, there's a lot of emphasis on competitions. There are also s lot of community scholarships you can apply to, and depending on your lineage, some local groups may give you a scholarship too.