Overall New Zealand Scholarship results 2020

Information on awards achieved and number of students per subject

2020 New Zealand Scholarship monetary awards

Award 2020 requirements for the award Number of students
 

Premier Awards

$10,000 each year for three years for the very top 7 to 12 students, as long as they maintain at least a B grade average in tertiary studies

 

A minimum of 3 Scholarships at Outstanding level with 3 additional Scholarships, or a minimum of 3 Scholarships at Outstanding level, demonstrating outstanding breadth and depth, with 2 or more additional Scholarships and a top 2 performance in at least 1 subject

Note: The number of recipients for this award is restricted and achieving the minimum requirement will not guarantee an award.

 12
 

Outstanding Scholar Awards

$5,000 each year for 3 years for the top 40 to 60 students as long as they maintain at least a B grade average in tertiary studies

 

A minimum of 3 Scholarships with 2 at Outstanding level, or at least 4 Scholarships with one at Outstanding level and a top two performance in at least 1 subject.

Note: The number of recipients for this award is restricted and achieving the minimum requirement will not guarantee an award.

 58
 

Top Subject Scholar Awards

$2,000 each year for 3 years as long as students maintain at least a B grade in tertiary studies

 Top of Subject  36
 

Scholarship Award

$2,000 each year for 3 years as long as students maintain at least a B grade average in tertiary studies

 Scholarship in three or more subjects or Outstanding Scholarship in two subjects ,with no third subject, in the same year  205
 

Single Subject Awards

A one-off award of $500 per subject with a maximum payment is $1,000

 1 or 2 Scholarships  1859
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In 2020, the 36 Top Subject Scholarship awards were achieved by 36 students. Of these 36 students, 21 received Top Subject monetary awards and the other 15 received awards in other categories.

Students who receive a Top Subject Scholar Award and also achieve Scholarship in another subject, receive the Top Subject Award. They also receive a maximum of one $500 Single-Subject Award.

New Zealand Scholarship awards by subject

Information on the number of New Zealand Scholarship students for each subject and what they were awarded.

Scholarship Subject Level 3 student cohort % of cohort awarded New Zealand Scholarship, including Outstanding % of cohort awarded New Zealand Scholarship, excluding Outstanding Number of students awarded Outstanding
 Accounting 1863 3.17 53 6
Agriculture and Horticulture 496 3.02 13 2
Art History 840 3.21 24 3
Biology 9616 3.18 277 29
Calculus 9016 3.04 245 29
Chemistry 8908 2.1 159 28
Chinese  790 3.04 21 3
Classical Studies 2995 3.01 81 9
Dance  997 1.6 13 3
Design  2316 3.02 63 7
Design and Visual Communication 1328 3.24 39 4
Drama 1936 3 53 5
Earth and Space Science 939 2.98 25 3
Economics 2806 2.99 75 9
English 15624 3 424 45
French 479 3.13 13 2
Geography 4734 2.98 126 15
German  217 3.23 5 2
Health and Physical Education 4482 2.83 115 12
History 6240 2.74 153 18
Japanese 526 3.23 15 2
Latin  35 11.43 3 1
Media Studies 2437 3.16 70 7
Music 1630 3.07 45 5
Painting 2912 2.99 78 9
Photography 2870 3 77 9
Physics 8586 3 231 27
Printmaking 414 2.9 11 1
Religious Studies 2600 2.81 67 6
Samoan 315 3.17 9 1
Sculpture 183 3.28 5 1
Spanish 419 3.1 12 1
Statistics 9659 3.17 277 29
Technology 3700 2.08 67 10
Te Reo Māori 949 3.16 28 2
Te Reo Rangatira 182 6.04 10 1
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The Technical Overview Group Assessment applies discretion in the setting of cut scores. The 3% criterion is applied with discretion of plus or minus 5 students.

Cut scores are set so all students at or above the cut score have demonstrated performance at the Scholarship standard.

High numbers of Scholarships in Latin

A significantly higher number of Level 3 students achieve New Zealand Scholarship in Latin, than in other subjects.

This is because Latin has a very small number of students at Level 3. Therefore, there is a larger proportion of Level 3 students awarded Scholarship in Latin.

Up to 5 students in addition to 3% of the Level 3 cohort can receive Scholarship in each subject. Because Latin is undertaken by a very small number of students, and a very small number at Level 3, a high percentage of Level 3 students receive awards.

New Zealand Scholarship cut scores

The cut scores table shows the range of New Zealand Scholarship scores and number of students for each subject. 

Subject Score range Scholarship Number of students Score range Outstanding Number of students
Accounting 17 to 24 53 25 to 32 6
Agriculture and Horticulture 13 to 19 13 20 to 24 2
Art History 13 to 18 24 19 to 24 3
Biology 13 to 18 277 19 to 24 29
Calculus 22 to 34  245 35 to 40 29
 Chemistry 17 to 24 159 24 to 32 28
Chinese 17 to 19 21 20 to 24 3
Classical Studies 14 to 18 81 19 to 24 9
Dance  13 to 20 13 21 to 24 3
Design 14 to 19 63 20 to 24 7
Design and Visual Communication 13 to 18 39 19 to 24 4
Drama 15 to 21 53 22 to 24 5
Earth and Space Science 13 to 18 25 19 to 24 3
Economics 13 to 18 75 19 to 24 9
English 13 to 20 424 21 to 24 45
French 15 to 22 13 23 to 24 45
Geography  14 to 18 126 19 to 24 15
German 15 to 22 5 23 to 24 2
Health and Physical Education 13 to 19 115 20 to 24 12
History 17 to 24 153 25 to 32 18
Japanese 18 to 22 15 23 to 24 2
Latin 28 to 31 3 32 to 32 1
Media Studies 14 to 18 70 19 to 24 7
Music 17 to 20 45 21 to 24 5
Painting 14 to 19 78 20 to 24 9
Photography 13 to 19 77 20 to 24 9
Physics 17 to 24 231 25 to 32 27
Printmaking 16 to 23 11 24 to 24 1
Religious Studies 14 to 20 67 21 to 24 6
Samoan 15 to 21 9 22 to 24 1
Sculpture 16 to 23 5 24 to 24 1
Spanish  15 to 20 12 21 to 24 1
Statistics 32 to 30 277 31 to 40 29
Technology 13 to 18 67 19 to 24 10
Te Reo Māori 17 to 20 28 21 to 24 2
Te Reo Rangatira  20 to 23 10 24 to 24 1
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