₦airaland Forum

Sholy29ice:
congrats dear.... what university and course please?. ... all the very best

Massey University, master's of management ...
By the way, they sent me that if I was accepted, my chosen universities would both contact me so I don't think universities chose candidates before the interview.
Thank you my friend, best of luck to you too, hope you'd get the chance of an interview...

Dear Friends,
I'm very glad to inform you that I was called for an interview by the end of August for the scholarship...
I had a phone call from the consulate followed by an email confirming my interview date and time.
I thought I should let you know.
Wishing all of you best of luck as well

bikerboy1:
Why not write them and inquire of your status/progress.

It could help you decide on what next to do...

Has everyone received an update on their applications' progress ?
Or is there anyone who still hasn't received an email yet ?

bikerboy1:
Did You receive any mail of recent?

No, I haven't received anything yet... My status is still "submitted" though, but I'm losing hope with every day passes...

bikerboy1:
They just sent a message to me this morning, Slightly different from the one that was sent on the 5th of August.
It reads,.....

Dear..........

Thank you for your recent application for a New Zealand Scholarship.

All applications have now been through a thorough short-listing assessment against the scholarship selection criteria.

We are pleased to advise you that you have successfully moved forward to the next stage of the selection process. We will contact you in the near future to confirm details of what is required to complete the next stage.

Yours sincerely,


The Scholarships Team
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Notice the difference from the initial one (Red characters)
who received same message?

That's really good news, congratulations
Is your status "submitted" ?

What if I haven't received anything yet ? Since the 27th of July, I received nothing at all and this last mail was for informing me that my "selection testing" has ended saying exactly this:
"Please note that the period for you to complete your online abstract reasoning and online personality tests as part of the selection process for a New Zealand Scholarship has now ended. If you have already completed your test, thank you, and you may ignore this message.

If you have not completed the test we regret to inform you that your application for a scholarship has now been declined. We appreciate your interest in the New Zealand Aid Programme and wish you all the best in your future endeavours."

My status is still "submitted" but I'm a bit confused I did not receive any new emails like most of you guys did.

bikerboy1:
Did you write the Abstract reasoning and personality test?

Yes I did... I had till the end of July 27 to complete the tests.

peterbell:
The issue is that at first it was showing submitted but now some ple now have decline

Aha I see,,, well let's hope for the best
I am actually from Jordan and found this blog by chance while looking for some news from the NZDS... I can't find Jordanian fellows and I am really nervous about the results...
Wishing all of you best of luck

My status shows "submitted" but I don't remember it was different before...

I think what matters is the "letter of offer" section.

Has any of you guys received any mail of acceptance ?