Scholarship

The NZQA Scholarship exams take place at the end of the year. Preparation programmes begin in Terms 1 and 2 and involve extra sessions, often outside of timetabled class time, to prepare students for the exams. The college runs breakfast sessions with guest speakers during the year as a way of offering students some insight into what it takes to be academically successful and develop an academic mindset.

Once again, Rangitoto College students performed exceptionally in the New Zealand scholarship assessments; these examinations enable candidates to be assessed against challenging standards and are demanding for the most able candidates in each subject.  It is pleasing to see students in four year levels attempting and gaining scholarship passes.

Some notable highlights of the 2022 results include:

• 493 students across Years 10-13 entered 1044 scholarship exams
• 202 scholarship passes with 20 at Outstanding across 26 subjects
• Year 13 – 73 students gained 151 scholarships
• Year 12 – 32 students gained 40 scholarships
• Year 11 – 9 students gained 10 scholarships
• Year 10 – 1 student gained 1 scholarship
• 20 students gained 3 or more scholarship passes
• 4 students are Outstanding Scholar Award Winners
• 2 students are Top Subject Scholarship Award Winners

• Rangitoto College has four Outstanding Scholar Award Winners: Eliza Fergusson Dudding, Ashley Huddart, Jessica Wang and Sara Yavari.  Congratulations on your incredible achievement.  This is an accolade gained by only 51 students nationwide.
• Outstanding Scholar Awards: $5,000 each year for three years (for the top 40–60 students) as long as they maintain at least a “B” grade average in tertiary studies.  The criteria for the Outstanding Scholar Awards is a minimum of three Scholarships with two at “Outstanding” level, or at least five Scholarships with one at “Outstanding” level, or at least four Scholarships with one at “Outstanding” level and a top two performance in at least one subject.
  NB: The number of recipients for this award is restricted and achieving the minimum requirement will not guarantee an award.

Two students who were awarded Top Subject Scholarship Awards in 2022: 

• Ashley Huddart (Statistics 32/32) and
• Sara Yavari (Earth Space Science 23/24)

“Top in Subject” refers to a student who has scored higher than all other students across New Zealand in their chosen Scholarship subject.  This is an incredible achievement – only 36 students in New Zealand attained this award across various subjects.

These exams are designed to be one step above the curriculum for NCEA Level 3 and are awarded to only three per cent of the country’s Level 3 students. Students who gain an Outstanding grade in Scholarship represent only 0.3 per cent of students. 

• Ashley Huddart (2 outstanding)

• Jessica Wang (1 Outstanding)
• Rihoko Suzuki
• Sara Yavari (3 Outstanding)

• Eliza Ferguson-Dudding (2 Outstanding)
• Jonathon Sun

• Atiya Hossain
• Zhinuo Huang
• Justin Kim
• Justin Park

• Isaac Chan
• Ming Ray Goy
• Lucas Hebberd
• Sun-woong Kang
• Christine Lin
• Ella Lin
• Hanna Lin
• Ky Khon Quach
• Jiyoon Yeam
• Tyler Young

• Well done to Leo Wang on gaining a Calculus Scholarship

In 2021, Rangitoto College once again claimed the title of top scholarship school in New Zealand, for the fourth year in a row, breaking their own record of NZQA Scholarship passes. These exams are designed to be one step above the curriculum for NCEA Level 3 and are awarded to only three per cent of the country’s Level 3 students. Students who gain an Outstanding grade in Scholarship represent only 0.3 per cent of students. 

Achieving an incredible 244 Scholarship passes overall, with 34 at Outstanding, the 2021 cohort has once again exceeded expectations. Rangitoto College is incredibly proud of the achievements of these students, 85 of whom were in Year 11 or 12 in 2021. 

Cameron Senior gained a Premier Award—one of only 12 in the country—receiving $30,000 over three years of tertiary education. This is the second year that Cameron has achieved this prestigious award. In 2020, Cameron gained six passes, with three at Outstanding, as a Year 12 student. In 2021, he surpassed himself, gaining a remarkable 10 passes, seven of which were Outstanding. Cameron received the Top Scholar in Subject Award for Art History, Geography, and Statistics (where he gained 40 out of 40), making him the best in the country in these subjects. He received Outstanding Scholarships in English, Physics, Art History, Geography, Statistics, History, and Health and Physical Education. He also gained Scholarships in Biology, Chemistry, and Calculus. 

Our list of students who gained four or more Scholarships has also doubled since 2020, from eight to 16. Remarkably five of these students were Year 12 in 2021, sitting these exams a year early. Ashley Huddart, who was a Year 12 student last year, received the Top Scholar in Subject Award for Health and Physical Education, where she earned an incredible 24 out of 24. 

As well as our Premier Award, Rangitoto College students achieved other successes. Kelly (Kyongeun) Cha, Ashley Huddart, Avery Wright, Jamie Lee, Mason (Minghan) Liu, and Ethan (Zhiyang) Lu all gained Outstanding Scholar Awards, an accolade gained by only 60 students nationwide. 

These results are testament to the hard work and dedication of students and their teachers. Rangitoto College congratulates all of our Scholarship recipients on their outstanding efforts and thanks the teachers and others involved who supported these students. The standard of students taking Scholarships is incredibly high and we acknowledge their ability to gain these results given the disruption that existed in 2021. 

• Ashley Huddart
• Avery Wright
• Caitlin Hodge
• Cameron Senior
• Emily Ren
• Jamie Lee
• Jasmine Jared
• Jessica Wang
• Jiarong Xu
• Jinsol Hong
• Kelly (Kyongeun) Cha
• Matthew Kay
• Reina Zhang
• Sawooly Li
• Seohyun Kim
• Yujin Park

• Christine Lin
• Grace Lee
• Hannah Gjaltema
• Jasmine Jared
• Jasmine Zhang
• Justin Kim
• Marcia Kilpatrick
• Minghan Liu
• Oliver McKinnon
• Oliver Zhang
• Rihoko Suzuki
• Sara Yavari
• Siyun Jung
• Sophia Halapchuk
• Zhiyang Lu