Report - Mia's Tuckwell Scholarship
Tuckwell Scholar - Mia McConville
Year 12 student, Mia McConville was among the 25 students from across Australia who were successful in the long selection process for a Tuckwell Scholarship to study at the Australian National University in Canberra, starting in 2017.
Mia was able to demonstrate the required levels of academic achievement, community engagement and future career interests in her written application and ultimately in a challenging interview process in Canberra during the recent winter holidays.
It is a great achievement and remarkable also that it is the second year in a row that Northcote High School has produced a Tuckwell Scholar (Louis Becker also received a scholarship last year).
Some information about the scholarship is outlined below.
The Tuckwell Scholarship program offers the most transformational undergraduate scholarship in Australia, but it is not only the financial support that makes it special.
The vision behind the Scholarship is all about helping young Australians make an impact on their community and the world by offering them unique educational opportunities and personal experiences.
The Scholarship is also unique in that it allows students to study a single or double undergraduate program, including honours and vertical degrees (degrees that combine undergraduate and graduate study, across a range of disciplines, completed in a reduced time-frame), in any discipline offered at ANU for up to five years.
The first cohort of scholars was selected in July 2013, and commenced study in February 2014. Open to students from all around Australia, the program awards up to 25 scholarships each year.
