[Oz-gifted] scholarships (was: great IQ article in today's SMH)

[sol1]

Have you approached his university about an equity scholarship? Applications 
are being called for atm, they are university based so probably more 
flexible than Commonwealth Learning Scholarships. Make an apointment and go 
and talk to the counselling section. They would also be able to advise you 
of interest free student loans etc provided through the univesity. Student 
unions also offer equity bursaries and scholarships for economically 
disadvantaged students.

As I said before, I have adult children with NO parental support trying to 
finish degrees on Austudy,  and sporadic part time work, my post grad study 
attracts NO govt funding at all either. It is a struggle for all of us in 
the lower echelons economically, but I don't think certain students are 
worse off or more deserving in our position.

To suggest we lack empathy or understanding because we don't think one poor 
student is more deserving than another is just not true Rosie, all of them 
deserve appropriate access to an education without the stress of needing to 
worry about where the next meal is coming from, and not just those who are 
accessing university early.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R. Williams" <roseeduresources at hotmail.com>
To: <oz-gifted at cobia.ed.qut.edu.au>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Oz-gifted] scholarships (was: great IQ article in today's SMH)


> Most academic scholarships require the student to have done year 12/HSC so 
> radically accelerated students who are homeschooled are not always able to 
> fit the criteria.
> There are also industry scholarships but this depends on the interests of 
> sponsors. Accelerated students also face discrimination in applying for 
> scholarships and jobs. I've had more than one prospective employer claim 
> my son's age requires he jump through more hurdles, or that he is not as 
> competitive as older students becasue of his age or homeschooling (despite 
> his accomplishments at his age being the reason he is being considered in 
> the first place). 'No one else will employ him'...or asking him to work 
> for free for weeks because he has to prove himself. Different employers 
> here, incidentally. If that's the case then it is hard to see how being so 
> clever at such a young age is supposed to make getting a job easier. 
> Sorry for going off topic but being young and clever does not make life 
> easier it makes it harder unless your personal circumstances are able to 
> compensate.
>
> Rosie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alison Miller" <rmil6566 at bigpond.net.au>
> To: <oz-gifted at rite.ed.qut.edu.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Oz-gifted] scholarships (was: great IQ article in today's 
> SMH)
>
>
>> dd applied for 7 scholarships at UNSW ,most were for academic merit.I 
>> work
>> 42hrs/wk- 2 and sometimes 3 jobs to pay for her expenses.
>> alison
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sandy Horne" <horne at senet.com.au>
>> To: <oz-gifted at rite.ed.qut.edu.au>
>> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:44 PM
>> Subject: [Oz-gifted] scholarships (was: great IQ article in today's SMH)
>>
>>
>>> Trish wrote:
>>>
>>> >     I'm out of the loop when it
>>> >comes to scholarships and the only student I know personally that is on 
>>> >a
>>> >scholarship is studying medicine and had a UAI of 100. I would imagine
>> there
>>> >are still scholarships that are means tested????
>>>
>>>
>>> There are a wide range of scholarships offered by most (all?)
>>> universities with varying criteria. We noticed, when browsing the
>>> literature when our son entered uni, that there are a lot of
>>> scholarships for women to enter male-dominated fields such
>>> as engineering. Others for indigenous students and many for
>>> students whose parents have low incomes. Some are based
>>> on exceptional performance. The financial benefit of the
>>> scholarships also vary widely.
>>>
>>> Also, for those on low incomes, universities offer things such
>>> as low (or zero) interest student loans. These are usually means
>>> tested as far as I can tell.
>>>
>>> As for text books, we bought our son about half of the books on
>>> his list at the beginning of this year (some of them secondhand)
>>> and, to be honest, he hasn't really used them much. He's doing
>>> a double engineering degree so I would have thought that the
>>> texts would be essential but apparently not. The books are
>>> available to use in the library so it's conceivable that a
>>> student who couldn't afford it could get through their course
>>> without text books.
>>>
>>> Sandy
>>> horne at senet.com.au
>>>
>>>
>>>
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