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If you dream of studying at one of Britain's most prestigious universities, here's your chance. The Jardine Scholarhsip Award is now open for applications.

Set up in 1982, the award enables outstanding students to take a first degree course at Oxford or Cambridge University.

The scholarship is a dream come true for many. Former Chinese International School student Jonathan Allcock, 20, has been studying at Cambridge University for the past two years.

'I still have that lingering feeling in the back of my mind that maybe it's all just a lucky break,' he said.

After being granted a Jardine Scholarship Award in 2002, Jonathan - who aspires to be a scientist - entered the university's Magdalene College where he majors in natural sciences.

Studying together with elite students from around the world, Jonathan admits that the study environment is competitive. 'People don't tend to talk about their grades and how they are doing. When it comes to exam time, people do say they've studied. But they will always say: 'I'm not working enough. I'm not good enough.' When it comes to the actual result, you can sense it is a bit competitive,' he said.

He and many of his fellow undergraduates have doubts about their capability and try to disprove it with good results.

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