While their fellow students' projects were a little less ambitious, Mr Scott and Mr Horner decided to design, compile, produce and print an entire book - and devise its marketing strategy - in just three weeks.
The result is Tales from Kowhai Drive, an 80-page, full-colour expose of Mr Scott's time living with five other second-year students in a Leith St flat this year.
Mr Scott (20) began the fly-on-the-wall read in February as a weekly diary-style column for the school and community newspaper produced by his old secondary school, Tokomairiro High School in Milton.
But halfway through the year the column was canned after Mr Scott's description of a flatmate getting drunk and behaving badly was deemed to be inappropriate reading material.
Despite the setback, he continued with the diary, hoping to publish it one day. With help from Mr Horner, that day arrived sooner than he expected.
Mr Scott said this week the diary "started out as innocent, but the drama evolved as the year progressed".
The highs and lows of flat life - everything from weekend parties and arguments over the shopping to relationship break-downs and problems with the neighbours - had resulted in a book filled with "priceless information", he said.
"All the flatmates have read it and love it. Their parents like it too. It seems to trigger reminiscences and nostalgia among people of our parents' generation as they remember their own student flatting days."
As Mr Scott and Mr Horner worked on the book's design, a "grunge flat" marketing theme began to take shape. The book has been packaged with a mock cork noticeboard cover and is being sold with real badges adorned with typical student quotes.
Another important lesson the students learned is that publishing requires money. The limited print run of 100 copies cost $3000 and was paid for from Mr Scott's savings.
He is hoping to recover his costs by selling the books himself, as well as through the Hairvision hair salon in Milton, at $39.95 each.
Despite the challenges, the hours of effort required and the uncertainty of recovering costs, the project has at least had a positive educational spin-off for the men - they discovered this week their assignment had earned them an A+.
