Scholarships for international students

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My name is Tlaitirang Sekgobela Rathete.
I’m studying Masters of Information Technology.

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I received the Postgraduate Academic
Excellence Scholarship.

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What drew me towards UTS
was that I really loved

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the weather back home from South Africa

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and Australia
has the best weather comparison.

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And then mixing it with it
being the best technology

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university in Australia
was just a straightforward choice.

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Back at home when I did
my bachelor's in computer science,

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a lot of the curriculum was quite outdated
while over here

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I can see that
they're a bit of ahead of the curve.

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They even have a course
I'm taking currently,

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which is RS development,
which is Apple coded with SwiftUI

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which is something
that I don't even know if way back home

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they’re going to start implementing
such techniques.

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My scholarship supported me immensely
because it really reduced

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the financial burden
from back home with my family.

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It allowed me to be able to come in
and experience this amazing opportunity

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and be able to actually study here
and survive the cost of living.

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My biggest advice I’d give to

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international students,
is to write down all the academic

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achievements, whether it be volunteer
work, high school marks

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or previous achievements
that they got through their career.

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By actually portraying your best self
and showing everything

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you've done,
all of these contribute towards

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you actually having that
chance to get a scholarship.

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My name is Divya Hegda and I'm currently
pursuing my masters in IT, and I received

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the Vice-Chancellors Postgraduate
Scholarship for International Students.

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The thing that struck the most about UTS
for me was the practice-based

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learning approach.

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Here I can actually put my ideas
into motion by working on a project.

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This scholarship has supported me in ways
that I could never imagine.

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Firstly, it covers my entire tuition fee
so I can focus on things that matter to me

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the most, like my academics, side
projects, volunteering at UTS as well.

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I'm a gender equity ambassador.

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I get to volunteer to teach students
from primary to high school,

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and also having the opportunity

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to connect with so many people
geographically and culturally.

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That's very interesting as well.

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If you're applying
for the vice-chancellors scholarship,

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you should make sure
that your essay is personable.

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You have your academics
and work experience in there as well.

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Since this is a prestigious scholarship,
there are certain deadlines

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and requirements that you have to meet.

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Make sure that more of your personality
and your life back

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home is expressed in your essays.

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That really gives you an upper hand.