What a rejection letter from NUS Scholarship looks like

Office of Admissions

Dear XXXXX,

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AY2010/11

Thank you for applying to the NUS undergraduate scholarships. Each year, we receive applications from highly talented applications, making the selection process extremely difficult for the selection committee. Due to this very keen competition, we regret to inform you that we are not able to offer any scholarships to you. Our decision is not in anyway a statement on your achievements.

After your interview with us, you have been considered to be awarded one of our NUS scholarships. However, the demand for scholarships in AY2010/11 is very high and thus, highly competitive. Please be assured that we have considered your application carefully and thoroughly. In our evaluation, while you are clearly highly talented, we are not able to offer you any scholarships as some candidates have demonstrated exceptional talent. Nonetheless, with continuing efforts, we trust that you can do well in university as well.

Though you may not have been able to secure our scholarships, we will certainly look forward to admitting you to NUS.

We with you all the best in future endeavors.

With best wishes,

YYYYYYY
Director
Office of Admissions
National University of Singapore

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To apply for the NUS Scholarship, you go to this page and find the link. Be careful which scholarship you apply for, since some are specific to Singaporeans OR foreigners. There's a form you need to fill up, and a section for one referee to fill in also. You need to mail in scanned copies of your testimonials and what nots. Everything you mail in must be under 5MB in size, which was very annoying since my files were big.