'I can actually live in my dream': Rare scholarship gives new start for top asylum seeker student

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Asylum seeker Soumi Gopalakrishnan moved a step closer to her dream of becoming a doctor as she started her university scholarship, but only just four months ago, tertiary education felt out of reach.

Walking into her first university lecture this week, Soumi Gopalakrishnan moved a step closer to her dream of becoming a doctor, but just four months ago, tertiary education felt out of reach.The scholarship provides Soumi Gopalakrishnan with free tuition and accommodation while she studies a Bachelor of Health Science

Soumi's younger brother Pirashanth finishes Year 12 at the end of the year and hopes to study international business at university "We hear about how refugees go through everyday stuff, but we don't really focus on how especially students go through school and what happens after graduating," she said.

 

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Some Aussie citizen missed out

davidbewart What about Tony Abbott’s daughter who got a free scholarship?

Wtf hope it’s not payed for by taxpayers

Because I’m paying for it

You DATED DREAM. Your right I seen a bunch of those Pakistanis A.S.collecting and doing Red cross work theyre angling to take my hospital bed . Got to be. Doubtton the Minister for integrity says so.😳

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