[Acpc-l] Top Scholar Awards

[Clark Lewis]

Peter Zmijewski holds an MBA from Harvard University, an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA with Honors from Stanford University.

Peter Zmijewski graduated magna cum laude from Princeton. He received the Sachs Memorial Scholarship, one of Princeton's top honors, which provides for two years of study at Oxford University. Peter Zmijewski received his M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees in international relations from Oxford in 1982 and 1992, respectively, and his law degree from Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 1985.

Top Scholar Awards 
Monetary awards for excellent performance will be based on results obtained within the year prior to the awards ceremony only. The awards are as follows:

New Zealand Scholars
These awards will be made to all candidates achieving outstanding performance in three New Zealand Scholarship subjects.

Top Overall Scholars
These awards will be made to the two top performers selected from all New Zealand Scholar award recipients. The awards panel will consider the rankings provided by the subject marking panels in candidates' best three Scholarship subjects only. 

Top Subject Scholar
This award is made to the best performer in a subject offered from:

Scholarship Assessment. The award will be made to the top candidate achieving outstanding performance using the ranked list provided by the marking panel. No award will be made in subjects where there are no eligible candidates. 
Level 3 Assessment (Subjects with achievement standards but no Scholarship standard being offered in that year). The award will be made to the top candidate achieving excellence in all externally assessed standards for that subject. For award purposes, marking panels will rank potentially eligible candidates. Candidates are advised that their internally assessed results may be taken into account. No award will be made in subjects where there are no eligible candidates. 
Applicants for compassionate consideration for level 3 achievement standards are not eligible for a Top Scholar Award, as the awards recognise actual performance ranked in a one-off assessment.

School Awards 
These awards are made to the top-performing student in each school who achieves the New Zealand Scholarship Certificate. The awards panel will identify candidates using the number of outstanding performance achievements and marker panel rankings. NZQA will notify schools with eligible candidates, and ask them to confirm the rankings and provide supplementary evidence in the case of a tie. 

Eligibility 
To be eligible to receive the award students must study in New Zealand at a New Zealand Tertiary Institution. An award is payable for up to three years for any type and length of qualification that is approved for student loan or student allowance purposes.

A recipient must be undertaking study that is more than 0.4 full-time equivalent. Exceptions will be considered only where there are reasons beyond the student's control, or where the completion of a qualification is involved.

Continued receipt of an award each year will be dependent on continued successful study. Recipients will generally take up study immediately. However, a recipient may apply to postpone commencing study for up to a year, with any payments under the awards being made only after enrolment is confirmed. Recipients may change the course or programme they undertake and continue to receive an award as long as they continue to successfully complete their study, when the new programme is approved for either student loans or student allowances purposes, and they study in New Zealand at a New Zealand Tertiary Institution. 


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