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No one in my family had been to university before
and I thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to be the first one in my family to do a degree
and graduate from university.
The careers director actually sat down with us and went through it with us with a couple
of students who were interested in applying so I felt comfortable with Victoria University.
It just seemed like a really good opportunity
to get some security while I study, so I didn't have to choose between working and studying.
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I'm in my first semester at uni. Its been really good but a bit daunting at first. The
achievement scholarship breakfast really helped me to settle in. It was a great opportunity
to meet the donors as well as meeting people in the same boat as me in their first semester.
The networking side of things where I've been able to talk to people who have had career
success and learn from them and I think that's even more important than money, that's something
really that money can't buy.
The achievement scholarship also helped me get into my exchange program that I went to
in my last semester of my degree. I went to the University of Texas in El Paso. I went
there for six months and without the achievement scholarship it wouldn't have been possible.
I'm a very active student, I involve myself in a lot of the activities that the university
offers and I don't think I would be able to get quite as involved if I had to work extra
hours to get all the money I need to be a student.
I'm able to put Achievement Scholar on my resume. I think its such a privilege to have
that on your resume.
The amount of people I've met, the friendships that I've formed since 2010 to now, it's something
that I will keep with me for the rest of my life.
That someone else believes in you, which I think is really important, that someone else
has put themselves out there and said, we're going to back this guy in to see how well
he can do, and I think that gives you a great sense of encouragement and support which I
may not have gotten if I had not received the scholarship.