Application For Scholarships

Applying for scholarships are rather easy I suppose, what is difficult is getting it lols.

I applied for Yayasan Khazanah Global Scholarship, PNB Scholarship,Shell Scholarship,International School of Kuala Lumpur IB Scholarship and MARA Scholarship

Right after SPM Results come out, keep your eyes opened for all of these scholarship. The dateline is usually like two weeks after SPM Results comes out.

But I think the ISKL Scholarship opens about a month before your SPM and the dateline is somewhere in February the following year.

PNB- Download the form, fill them up, insert related documents, arrange them accordingly and finally send them by hand or even post them. If you are shortlisted you will phoned for the first stage battery test! Don't worry it is just English, Maths and IQ- Not really English and Maths but more to how fast does your brain absorb information, evaluate information and intepret statistics. This year 10 000+ applied, 400 were shortlisted including me and my best friend Shaz. We were very happy to be from our school SMK Zon R1 Wangsa Maju:) as others come from elite and well-known school, Tengku Kudsiah, MCKK,SASER, SAB,ST JOHN,VICT and many more....

Shell scholarship- the most tedious scholarship application of all. Oh my God, you literally have to do everything online. The documents- you either have scan them or take clear photos and then submit them online. And you cannot really submit evrything, you have  got to choose the important ones. Lucky enough?- Phone interview or about 1.30 hour. Section A: Yourself, Co-co Activities, Commitments, Goals, Views, Vision. Section B: Choose a topic and they will ask many critiucal thinking questions related to the topics.
I chose Expanding Bussiness of a Global Company via Internet. Questions asked were how will it work, how to ensure the main core bussiness expands, what are the advantages and risks, what are pre-risks...and many more...Just be yourself, debate a lot, argue a lot and these will benefit you always in the future....

Yayasan Khazanah Scholarship- Easiest Application. Apply online. If you are shortlisted, you will be emailed for first stage screening. You only have to bring related documents during first stage screening. My firsts stage was held at UEM Building which was really condusive. First stage consists of 5 IQ Tests-Fun Ones.There are questions on complicated sets, mathematical reasoning,number patterns,arranging cartoons and identifying diagrams. Second stage- Group work.Third- Interview by Managerial Department.Final: Interview by Board of Directors, you know who, only our...PRIME MINISTER lol:)

International School of Kuala Lumpur Scholarship- The Scholarship is only offered for IB Diploma not until degree. Anyway for this, you have to prepare teachers recommendation letters, school testimonial,personal startement, community service commitment statements and a tick bundle of co-curricular activities lols. I would recommend people to hand in the documents. Then there will be a talk in February on the scholarship. 15 days later will be the entrance exam which consists of Maths and English Papers.A piece of cake- English- based on opinion/thoughts/expressions.Maths- Just add Maths. Anyway, if you're one of the ten short-listed candidates, you will be called for an interview. During the interview- they only want to know your thoughts, visions, goals and commitments- so don't be scared, be yourself, confident as ever and talk with pride and optimism and be fluent in English:)A month later, they will send a letter to you on your application status.

MARA Scholarship - Apply online and bring documents during interview. During the interview, be polite and speak confidently and also fluently. I appled for Bussiness and the questions were not related but still, I answered them with full optimism- Is your dad working? Oh, what does he think about the election? So how was your other interviews?What did you do for Geography Club when you were in charge? Did you do anything about the Earth hour? What are your goals? What do you want to do? and many other simple questions for me....

Well actually my preferences were ISKL and MARA because I have always aimed for IB due to its hollistic values and besides top universities do put IB students in priority. I still applied for other scholarships as a back-up plan. What's important is that we live our life span in high school to the fulles, be active and also do well in academics and you'll face no problem with the scholarships and during the interview you have many things to brag about-especially on your contributions....and thoughts on global society:)