Overall scholarship results 2009

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2009 Scholarship Monetary Awards

Award 2009 Awardees attained No of Students

Premier Awards

$10,000 each year for three years (for the very top 5-10 students) as long as they maintain at least a "B" grade average in tertiary studies

 At least four Scholarships at "Outstanding" level. 8

Outstanding Scholar Awards

$5,000 each year for three years (for the top 40-60 students) as long as they maintain a "B" grade average in tertiary studies

Either:

  • at least two Scholarships at "Outstanding" level plus at least one at "Scholarship" level; or
  • one Scholarship at "Outstanding" level plus at least four Scholarships.

49

Top Subject Scholarship Awards

$2,000 each year for three years as long as students maintain a "B" grade in tertiary studies

Top of Subject

20 *

Scholarship Award

$2,000 each year for three years as long as students maintain a "B" grade average in tertiary studies

3 or more Scholarships

203

Single Subject Awards

A "one-off" award of $500 per subject (maximum payment is $1,000)

1 or 2 Scholarships

1,785

* In 2009 there were 32 top subject scholarship winners - 21 receiving Top Subject Scholar monetary awards, the other 12 receiving awards in other categories. One student was top subject scholar in two subjects. Candidates meeting the criteria for more than one award receive only the award of the highest monetary value in most circumstances. However, candidates receiving a Top Subject Scholar Award, who also achieve Scholarship in another subject in addition, receive one $500 Single-Subject Award.

Scholarship awards by subject - provisional

Scholarship Subject

Cohort

% Cohort Awarded Scholarship (including Outstanding)

Scholarship (excluding Outstanding)

Outstanding

Accounting

3,023

3.11%

85

9

Agriculture & Horticulture

342

1.17%

4

0

Art History

1,732

2.89%

43

7

Biology

7,798

2.72%

186

26

Chemistry

6,884

3.05%

183

27

Chinese

230

4.35%

9

1

Classical Studies

5,154

2.95%

133

19

Drama

1,816

3.08%

50

6

Economics

4,414

3.15%

121

18

English

13,227

2.89%

330

52

French

891

3.25%

24

5

Geography

5,925

2.78%

153

12

German

352

3.13%

10

1

Graphics

1,393

3.09%

37

6

History

5,587

2.99%

147

20

Japanese

660

3.03%

17

3

Latin

15

33.3%

4

1

Mathematics with Calculus

7,469

3.00%

196

28

Media Studies

2,736

3.11%

75

10

Music Studies

953

3.25%

27

4

Physical Education

3,831

2.40%

85

7

Physics

6,485

2.84%

164

20

Science

880

3.07%

24

3

Spanish

289

3.11%

8

1

Statistics and Modelling

13,834

3.10%

387

42

Te Reo Maori

480

2.92%

11

3

Te Reo Rangatira

32

18.8%

5

1

Technology

1,288

2.48%

27

5

Visual Arts - Design

2,729

3.04%

73

10

Visual Arts - Painting

3,011

2.99%

78

12

Visual Arts - Photography

2,450

2.98%

64

9

Visual Arts - Printmaking

263

3.04%

7

1

Visual Arts - Sculpture

279

3.94%

10

1

The Technical Overview Group on Assessment applies discretion in the setting of cut scores: The 3 percent criterion is applied with discretion of plus or minus 5 students. Cut scores are set such that all students at or above the cut score have demonstrated performance at the Scholarship standard.

*Note: There are two reasons why the percentages of the Level 3 cohort achieving scholarship are significantly higher for Latin and Te Reo Rangatira than other subjects;

  • Entries in Latin and Te Reo Rangatira exceed the size of the level 3 cohort. The large proportion of the cohort awarded Scholarship reflects this.
  • Up to five candidates in addition to 3% of the Level 3 cohort can receive scholarship in each subject. Because Latin and Te Reo Rangatira are undertaken by very small numbers of candidates and have very small Level 3 cohorts this discretionary flexibility resulted in high percentages of the Level 3 cohort receiving awards.

Scholarship mark ranges

The following table shows the range of marks for each subject in 2009.

 

No award

Scholarship

Outstanding Scholarship

 

Mark Range

Mark Range

No. of Candidates

Mark Range

No. of Candidates

Accounting

0-27

28-36

85

37-48

9

Agricultural and Horticultural Science

0-12

13-24

4

Outstanding Scholarship not Awarded

Art History

0-12

13-18

43

19-24

7

Biology

0-11

12-17

186

18-24

26

Chemistry

0-22

23-33

183

34-48

27

Chinese

0-26

27-30

9

31-32

1

Classical Studies

0-14

15-18

133

19-24

19

Drama

0-14

15-20

50

21-24

6

Economics

0-12

13-18

121

19-24

18

English

0-13

14-19

330

20-24

52

French

0-24

25-29

24

30-32

5

Geography

0-12

13-18

153

19-24

12

German

0-25

26-30

10

31-32

1

Graphics

0-13

14-19

37

20-24

6

History

0-23

24-33

147

34-48

20

Japanese

0-26

27-30

17

31-32

3

Latin

0-23

24-30

4

31-32

1

Mathematics with Calculus

0-19

20-30

196

31-40

28

Media Studies

0-17

18-24

75

25-32

10

Music Studies

0-19

20-23

27

24

4

Physical Education

0-12

13-17

85

18-24

7

Physics

0-24

25-34

164

35-48

20

Science

0-21

22-33

24

34-40

3

Spanish

0-20

21-27

8

28-32

1

Statistics and Modelling

0-25

26-38

387

39-48

42

Te Reo Maori

0-35

36-41

11

42-48

3

Te Reo Rangitira

0-34

35-39

5

40-48

1

Technology

0-13

14-21

27

22-24

5

Visual Arts - Design

0-12

13-19

73

20-24

10

Visual Arts - Painting

0-13

14-19

78

20-24

12

Visual Arts - Photography

0-13

14-19

64

20-24

9

Visual Arts - Printmaking

0-15

16-22

7

23-24

1

Visual Arts - Sculpture

0-15

16-22

10

23-24

1

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