Top VCE students awarded Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship

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Some of Victoria’s highest-achieving VCE students offered Melbourne Chancellor's Scholarships at the University of Melbourne. Photo: Casamento Photography.

Victoria’s highest-achieving VCE students were today offered a Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship to study at the University of Melbourne, in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement in 2022.

The Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship offers a generous fee exemption to students, as well as a guaranteed place in the graduate program of their choice including the Doctor of Medicine, Juris Doctor (Law) and other professional entry graduate programs.

Congratulating the new scholars, University of Melbourne Provost Professor Nicola Phillips said the scholarship will enable students to engage with all aspects of student life at the University of Melbourne.

“It is a real pleasure to welcome these outstanding students to the University today and, together with their families, celebrate their extraordinary results, which have been a culmination of years of hard work,” Professor Phillips said.

Domestic Chancellor’s Scholars will receive a HECS-exempt Commonwealth Supported Place, as well as an annual allowance of $5000 for Victorian students, and $10,000 for interstate students, for the duration of their undergraduate degree.

All scholars will also receive a Melbourne Global Scholar’s Award of up to $2500 to support them to study overseas through an Exchange or Study Abroad program.

“The scholarship will enable these students to fully embrace the excitement and opportunities of study at the University of Melbourne, where they will engage with a broad suite of contemporary issues to meet the next generation of global challenges,” Professor Phillips said.

“Our students bring our campuses to life – and so it is a real pleasure to welcome another outstanding cohort of Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholars to be part our rich and diverse community next year.”

The Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship is offered to school-leaver applicants who have satisfied prerequisites (and any extra requirements) and achieved an ATAR or equivalent of 99.9 or above, Bachelor of Music applicants who achieved an ATAR or equivalent of 99.85 or above, and Indigenous students who gained an ATAR of 90.00 or above.

VCE students offered a Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship today, who gave permission for their names to be published included:

Heather Sutherland - Braemar College

Nathan Lee - Balwyn High School

Sebastian Poon - St Kevin's College Toorak

Spencer Kelsey - Scotch College

Jace Nepean - Emmanuel College

Lachlan Maclennan - Melbourne Grammar School

Jesse McDougall - Kardinia International College

Thomas Martinelli - Xavier College

Asel Kumarasinghe - Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School

Violet Zheng - Methodist Ladies College

Kim Zhu - Haileybury College

Chloe Lay - Haileybury Girls College

Lavya Bassi - Melbourne High School

Cameron Lou - Scotch College

Aden Wilmshurst - Trinity Grammar School

Emma O'Brien - Genazzano F.C.J. College

Tak Heo - St Kevin's College Toorak

Kerry Zhu - Haileybury College

David Dodson - Trinity Grammar School

Yanan Chai - Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School

Patrick Leong - Wesley College

Zachary Hengel - Ballarat Clarendon College

Leo Richardson - Xavier College

Minh Le - Scotch College

Paula Chen - St Catherine's School

Abby Schwarz - Mount Scopus Memorial College

Tom He - Scotch College

Alexandra Keany - John Monash Science School

Anish Narayan - Melbourne High School

Leon Fei - Scotch College

Aarabi Kugathas - Presbyterian Ladies' College

Adam Faggianelli - Penleigh And Essendon Grammar School

Sophie Yang - Methodist Ladies College

Yuanqi Jin - Caulfield Grammar School

Austen Humphreys - Caulfield Grammar School

Aaron Do - Scotch College

Lachlan Whitehead - Scotch College

Roderick Dong - Melbourne Grammar School

Michael Sun - Haileybury College

Ye Liu - Scotch College

Qi Zhu - Melbourne High School

Jocelyn Wang - University High School

Abigail Gardiner - Haileybury Girls College

Charles Kuang - Yarra Valley Grammar School

Melanie Nguyen - Haileybury Girls College

Ruichen Liu - Caulfield Grammar School

Casper Appelberg - Haileybury College

Bailey Read - Yarra Valley Grammar School

Alexander Ludovici - Scotch College

Joshua Munday - Scotch College

Chiara Maiorino - Haileybury Girls College

Brendan Zhang - Scotch College

Mihir Bhat - Melbourne Grammar School

Joshua Borsky - Mount Scopus Memorial College

Antonio Magro - Southern Cross Grammar

Chrislyn Kanagarajah - Haileybury Girls College

Marco Jim - Xavier College

Lauren Yim - Haileybury Girls College

Zixin Yu - St Catherine's School

Ethan Dunn - Swinburne Senior Secondary College

Nava King - Bacchus Marsh Grammar

Wyatt Brennan - Camberwell Grammar School

Dion Whitfield - Scotch College

Oliver Iser - Scotch College