INFO: Trial SPM Scholarships

I am just going to write a very short note in this post. 

For most you, you might be wondering why some of the students got into college in January in the following year right after SPM. This is because they are the scholarship recipients of some GLC's "special scholarship scheme". What did I say so? Those are selected based on their trial SPM's results and after going some interviews either at their school or at the company's HQ. Well, I did know about BNM and Khazanah Nasional. Therefore, I am just going to write these two entities.

For BNM/Central Bank of Malaysia, they only conduct interviews in selected premier schools such as Fully Residential School and High Performance School. Two examples will be Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah(SAS) and SM Sains Tuanku Munawer (SASER). As it is not an open application, you cannot search it online regarding the application. The sponsor will get into touch with the schools' authorities before conducting the interviews and reviewing those students based on their Trial SPM and co-curricular activities. Simply said, out of all the interviewees that go through the assessment, BNM will only select around 5-15 students as its scholarship recipients. Then, they will proceed with their A-Levels at certain colleges like Taylor's, Kolej Tuanku Jaafar and Epsom College (opened last year). The most important thing you need to know is that you need to constantly ask your councilors at school so that you are prepared even before the start of Trial Spm itself. 

I want to write this in BM. Apa2pun, banyakkan bertanya dengan cikgu kaunseling dan kerjaya di sekolah kerana cikgu-cikgu ada akses maklumat yang agak banyak mengenai biasiswa-biasiswa untuk Percubaan SPM. Tapi, pastikan yang kita buat research dulu as if kita dah search online mengenai apa biasiswa yang ada untuk lepasan SPM ni.

Secondly, it is about Khazanah Nasional "Early Harvest Programme". Again, this scholarship is only given to students of Fully Residential Schools and MRSM's if I am not mistaken. The process is almost the same with BNM, with the exception that they have many stages of interviews (about 4-5 stages) and the interviews take place at their HQ at KLCC or at Mercu UEM,KL Sentral. The sponsorships are only for about 10-20 students. Those selected students will continue A-Levels at certain colleges which are more or less like BNM's. This programme is also a closed application.

Closed application-only certain schools can apply
Open application-all schools can apply, either through email/wesbite portal/manual application

Here are the list of scholarships which can be applied by using Trial SPM Results. (Last updated for SPM 2015)

Yayasan Khazanah-(Closed application)

Bank Negara Malaysia-(Closed application)

Tenaga Nasional/YTN-Open application, but have certain conditions like SBP/MRSM students,Sabah/Sarawak schools

Yayasan Pelajaran Mara/JADYPM-Open application

Malaysia National Reinsurance Berhad/MNRB-Open application

Yayasan Terengganu Tunas Saintis Islam-only for Imtiaz or Terengganu Islamic Stream Students

The link for the open application provided later.

P/S: Do ask your teachers at school and keep searching on the internet regarding the trial SPM scholarship. One of the websites I strongly recommend is AfterSchool.

Previous scholarhips that used Trial SPM, but no longer applicable:
Yayasan Sime Darby/YSD
Exxon Mobil/Special Internship Programme