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Hi, my name is Billy Blackett.

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I graduated Hutchins in 2019.

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I first heard about the Hutchins
scholarship program through my dad,

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who got a phone call from the enrolments

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team asking whether I’d be interested
in applying for a scholarship.

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At first I was quite nervous, mostly
because I didn’t think I was the right

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candidate. Reflecting back,

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I know that Hutchins really isn’t looking
for that model student.

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They’re really just looking for
a young person who will contribute

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positively to the Hutchins community
and someone who is of good character.

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The process and applying
stage of the scholarship

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was a lot less daunting
than I originally anticipated.

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I went into the scholarship process
with the idea that I would

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just apply to see how I went
and not too worried about the result.

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I saw it as a great opportunity
just to develop those skills of applying

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and doing that interview,

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and this took a lot of the stress out of
applying for the scholarship in general.

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So when I first began at Hutchins,
it was an incredibly nerve wracking

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first couple of weeks, and it was a giant
leap out of my comfort zone.

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But it wasn’t long before
I was made to feel very welcome.

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Looking back at my two years at Hutchins,
I can honestly say that they were

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incredibly life changing.

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To have a school that rallied
so deeply behind all of my endeavors

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was fantastic,
and I felt like that scholarship process

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and going out of my comfort
zone was a real springboard for me,

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whether that be in academia
or sport or music or community service.

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It was wonderful to be in an environment
that was so supportive and so genuine.

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What’s truly remarkable
about the Hutchins culture

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and the Hutchins establishment
is the post-graduation period, where

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so many wonderful
opportunities are brought upon you

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just for being an Old Boy and that network
and those career opportunities

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and those people in your life is something
that’s genuinely propelled me forward

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and it’s something I’ll cherish
for the rest of my life.

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All I can say to a young person
thinking about applying for a scholarship

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is just do it.

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I’ll forever
be an ambassador for The Hutchins School.

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Hutchins well and truly changed my life.

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And it could change yours, too.