Gorokan High School graduate, Cameryn Smider of Lake Munmorah, is raring to go on her dream double degree, thanks to a new scholarship at University of Sydney.
She’ll be studying a Bachelor of Science and Master of Mathematical Sciences and is the first person in her family to go to university.
The university kicked off its biggest Welcome Program last week as students started arriving for the start of the academic year.
Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Mark Scott said it was a lively time in the university calendar when students made new friends and reconnected with old ones, worked out their areas of interest in orientation activities to give them a taste of how exciting uni life could be.
“We want our students’ lives to be changed by their positive experiences here at Sydney – not just by what they study, but through the people they meet and the connections they make,” he said.
There was a special welcome for the first cohort of students, like Cameryn, beginning their degrees through the MySydney Entry and Scholarship scheme.
“We are delighted to have made more than 1200 MySydney offers and are expecting our biggest cohort of students from under-represented areas ever to join us this year,” Professor Scott said.
Cameryn said having the scholarship would definitely help her worry less about the financial side of things.
“I’ll be putting it towards paying off my degree, but also for study resources like textbooks, stationary, a laptop and lab coat, as well as travel expenses to help me commute every day.
“It will also give me a support network with other like-minded people getting a scholarship, so it will really help the transition to uni as well,” Cameryn said.
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University of Sydney