Co-op scholarhip (7 Viewers)

[SonOfAGun]

I got one for actuary =/ but I feel bad for laura and tylergold they sound like they have way better credentials than me

congrats!! now you have to go to UNSW

 

[michaeljennings]

Enjoy it mate & good luck for interview, I'm not that worried (although i do miss out on 64K) because ultimately in life (over time) "you will get what you deserve" i.e. the best way to get what you want is to deserve it. Ill have more time to do investing & stuff

Thanks mate, good luck in the future itll all work out!

But hey did you have any other stuff besides academics? (sports, community work etc)
Cos i've heard that kinda stuff is more important, and the academics is kinda just a prerequisite.
If you're still keen, apparently people always get booted out in the first year (or quit), so boost your extra-curriculars and apply again next year?

congrats!! now you have to go to UNSW

Hahah yeah mate if i am lucky enough to get the coop i definitely wont have to consider going to macquarie and we can finally meet in RL hahah

 

[SonOfAGun]

Thanks mate, good luck in the future itll all work out!



Hahah yeah mate if i am lucky enough to get the coop i definitely wont have to consider going to macquarie and we can finally meet in RL hahah

havent you already got it? i thought the interview was just a formality

 

[michaeljennings]

havent you already got it? i thought the interview was just a formality

hahah i dont even know how many people get an interview though but I dont think its a formality unfortunately =/

 

[arsenal4life]

I got one for Actuarial Studies but not Finance. Can't wait to see how it goes.

 

[SonOfAGun]

Ive played representative cricket, school cricket, school soccer & tennis. I did sport coaching as community service (about 20 hours but in year 10) probably not that great though, captained the cricket team in year 10. Did legacy day
Maybe ill do a double degree to finance/actuarial
can you do triple major i really want to do finance, accounting & actuary (accounting should be required its like the fundamentals of finance IMO)

yeh you can triple major

 

[michaeljennings]

Ive played representative cricket, school cricket

WOW!! check your profile i sent you a message

 

[michaeljennings]

SEJCA (South eastern) @ Nagle Park I think we made it to the finals one year in the 'younger shields'

wow cool haha I think we may have played you once! but we may have played in a different age group

 

[michaeljennings]

Our main player was Jason Gray (tall fast bowler good batter)

LOLLLL we played the same age group cos I know of him!! hey just PM me cos the mods will tell us off for going off the thread topic

 

[CheesePlease]

It must just be how well you can sell yourself. I got Actuarial but honestly had a fairly skint academic and extracurricular resume. Had HDs in economics and maths comps with fairly good school rankings (nothing amazing, but fairly all round) and a reasonable sport representation with a bit of gardening and environmental stuff and a chunk on refereeing and coaching junior soccer attatched.

Either way, my academic record doesn't really stand up to Tyler or Laura at all. Surely you'll be a shoo in for more academically based scholarships though.

 

[michaeljennings]

It must just be how well you can sell yourself. I got Actuarial but honestly had a fairly skint academic and extracurricular resume. Had HDs in economics and maths comps with fairly good school rankings (nothing amazing, but fairly all round) and a reasonable sport representation with a bit of gardening and environmental stuff and a chunk on refereeing and coaching junior soccer attatched.

Either way, my academic record doesn't really stand up to Tyler or Laura at all. Surely you'll be a shoo in for more academically based scholarships though.

hahah nice Ive coached junior soccer as well LOL and i used to do refereeing as well

 

[RDX]

Well Melbourne apparently has better education and facilities, but UNSW will pay you lol and you will get industry training. I would base the decision on where you live actually

Haha, even though I haven't been to UNSW, I think UMelb is pretty solid (Not just cause I go there lol!) but yeah industry training is invaluable.

 

[laura_a]

Lol thanks guys.

Worked over a month on this application, and built up my extra-curriculars and service, to a decent standard because I knew that unis love that stuff (so it wasn't all academics). It just sucks majorly because I've wanted this for ages. But to hear that other better-qualified students were in the same predicament, kind of makes me feel a little better. Misery loves company.

Definitely not putting UNSW down as my first choice now.

 

[failwhale]

i applied for civil and mining and i didn't get in, ahwell, i thought my application was decent enough. i did heaps of extra curricular stuff and i was getting good marks.

life is life, does anybody know who got into engineering?

 

[j808]

i got one for civil engineering yiewwww

 

[Staplerrr]

I got one for mechanical engineering

 

[ella-m]

woooooo ! I got one for actuarial studies

 

[Tennisaddict]

I got ones for Accounting and Finance, which i totally was not expecting :/

Reading some of the resumes of the people who didn't get one, i feel really really lucky...
I might not even make the ATAR cut off necessary.

It's really weird, like i haven't done anything majorly charitable and i dont have a ton of work experience and virtually no leadership stuff, and my photo was ugly, my academic stuff is solid but not really impressive, sorry to everyone who missed out

 

[Hermes1]

I got ones for Accounting and Finance, which i totally was not expecting :/

Reading some of the resumes of the people who didn't get one, i feel really really lucky...
I might not even make the ATAR cut off necessary.

It's really weird, like i haven't done anything majorly charitable and i dont have a ton of work experience and virtually no leadership stuff, and my photo was ugly, my academic stuff is solid but not really impressive, sorry to everyone who missed out

one of the rules of the co-op scholarship is that you have to make the cutoff for your course.

 

[tambam]

Definitely not putting UNSW down as my first choice now.

Not meaning to be harsh or anything, cos I get why you'd be upset, but isn't that a bit petty?
After all, unsw is one of the best unis, and you still have a chance to improve (maybe it came down to how well you expressed yourself) and apply again next year.