A summary of the results from Victorian schools.
Independent/Catholic schools
- Eight Scotch College students achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95. Their median ATAR was 90.38 and 50 percent of the cohort achieved an ATAR of 90 or more.
- One Methodist Ladies’ College student achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95. A total of 110 MLC students achieved a score of more than 90, placing them in the top 10 percent of the state.
- Korowa Anglican Girls’ School. The median ATAR for their year 12 students was 92.05 (that means that half of their students got a score above that figure), and 10 percent of their students achieved 99 or above.
- St Michael’s Grammar. 28 percent of its cohort achieved ATARs of 90 or more this year.
- Three Haileybury students have achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95. Almost half of Haileybury’s students received an ATAR of 90 or above. The median ATAR was 89.2.
- At Presbyterian Ladies College, the median ATAR was 92.55 and 60 percent of students obtained an ATAR of 90 or above.
- At Camberwell Girls Grammar School, the median ATAR was 93 and 62 percent of students obtained an ATAR of 90 or above.
- Mentone Grammar achieved a median ATAR of 84.65 and 35 percent of students got an ATAR of 90 or more. Their dux, Joshua Nung, is one of 28 males who achieved a perfect study score of 99.95.
- Girton Grammar School in Bendigo also is home to one of the students to obtain a 99.95 ATAR, Alexander Nielsen. 35 percent of its students got an ATAR in the 90’s and their median ATAR was 83.
- Mentone Girls Grammar has reported that 42 percent of its students got an ATAR above 90 and the median ATAR was 86.
- Camberwell Grammar School recorded a median ATAR of 90.55. More than half the Year 12 cohort achieved an ATAR over 90.
- Three students from Penleigh and Essendon Grammar have achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95. The median ATAR at the school was 88.75.
- 55 percent of Shelford Girls’ Grammar’s VCE cohort have obtained an ATAR score of 90 and above, and their median ATAR was 91.45.
- Lauriston Girls’ School’s cohort of 36 students achieved a median ATAR of 89.4.
- Heatherton Christian College in Clarinda achieved a median ATAR of 77.55, with 23 percent of students receiving a score of 90 or above.
- Toorak College got a median ATAR of 85.30 and 30 percent of its students received an ATAR over 90.
- One Brighton Grammar student obtained a perfect ATAR of 99.95. 42 percent of its boys received an ATAR over 90 and their median score was 86.90.
- Two Melbourne Girls Grammar achieved the maximum possible ATAR of 99.95. Their median ATAR was 91.15.
Selective government schools
- Mac.Robertson Girls’ School achieved a median ATAR of 96.25. 62 percent of students received an ATAR of 95 or above
- Nossal High School obtained a median ATAR of 92.2, and 57 percent of students achieved an ATAR of 90 or more.
- 52 percent of students at John Monash Science School has obtained an ATAR over 90.
- Suzanne Cory High School had a median ATAR of 87.7
Non-selective government schools
- Balwyn High’s dux received a score of 99.95 and was one of eight female students in the state to obtain a perfect score. 39 percent of its students got more than 90 and the median ATAR was 84.45.
- McKinnon Secondary College is reporting that 30 percent of its students obtained an ATAR of 90 or above.
- More than half the students at Brentwood Secondary College received an ATAR above 70.
- East Doncaster Secondary College reported that 25 percent of students received an ATAR of 90 and above
- Melbourne Girls College’s median score was 33 and 25 percent of its students scored an ATAR above 90.
- Braybrook College’s dux David Trevorrow received an ATAR of 99.50.
- Cheltenham Secondary College’s dux Jack Stephens received an ATAR of 98.9.
Melbourne University has offered at least 46 students a Chancellor’s Scholarship.
The scholarship awards the student a free place in a Melbourne University undergraduate degree, a $5000 yearly allowance, up to $2500 towards a period of overseas study as an exchange student and accommodation close to the main Parkville campus.
The lucky VCE students included:
- Khai Ling Chan (Methodist Ladies College)
- Ziyue Lu (Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School)
- Tianpei Yang (Geelong College)
- Samuel Herz (Mount Scopus Memorial College)
- Dewmi Abeysirigunawardana (Penleigh and Essendon Grammar)
- Matthew Bassat (Mount Scopus Memorial College)
- Nuria Yu (Methodist Ladies College)
- Fiona Yu (Frankston High School)
- Leon Yeung (Penleigh and Essendon Grammar)
- Junyao Zhang (Penleigh and Essendon Grammar)
- Arnand Bharadwaj (Trinity Grammar School)
- Isabelle Zupan (Genazzano FCJ College)
- David Lin (Trinity Grammar School)
- Rachel Niesen (Balwyn High School)
- Gabin Soosaipillai (Melbourne High School)
- Simon Ou (Melbourne High School)
- Clara Charbine (Haileybury Girls College)
- Eishitha Galpayage Don (Haileybury College)
- Anne Pham (Balwyn High School)
- Victor Li (Melbourne High School)
- Timothy Wang (Melbourne High School)
- Zachary Tuttle (Trinity Grammar School)
- Charlotte Holland (Peninsula Grammar)
- Isabelle Stewart (Melbourne Girls Grammar)
- Tien Dung Pham (Peninsula Grammar)
- Dissanayake Premaratne (Scotch College)
- Tony Zhang (Melbourne Grammar School)
- Megan Pyke (Highvale Secondary College)
- Ella Ferris (Victorian College of the Arts Secondary)
- William Sutherland (Scotch College)
- Daniel Crowley (Xavier College)
- Thomas Ebeyan (Melbourne Grammar School)
- Patrick Gigacz (St Kevin’s College Toorak)
- Victoria Phan (Macrobertson Girls High School)
- Matthew Harrison (Camberwell Grammar School)
- Simone Gong (Caulfiend Grammar School)
- Anna Sing (Macrobertson Girls High School)
- Kiran Laurence (Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School)
- Joshua Nung (Mentone Grammar School)
- Michael Culvenor (Xavier College)
- David Lawlor (Brighton Grammar School)
- David Wang (St Kevin’s College Toorak)
- Letian Jiang (Scotch College)
- Zi Xuan Qin (Scotch College)
- Sophie He (Ruyton Girls’ School)
- Roshica Ponnampalam (Ruyton Girls’ School)
At the University of Melbourne, 47 high achieving students were offered fee-free degrees and annual allowances of up to $10,000 as part of the prestigious chancellor’s scholarship. Private school students made up the vast majority of recipients, with just three coming from non-selective entry government schools.
Fiona Yu, 18, believed she might be the first person to get the award from Frankston High School. She scored a 99.90 and said she was screaming and jumping up and down when she found out. Her aim is to study science.
“Mum was super proud, she cried a bit. That was the first endearment I’ve seen but I’m happy I saw it,” she said.
Fiona said she was happiest to score a perfect 50 in methods, as it was taught by her favourite teacher. The staff at Frankston High did the best they could to support her, she said.
“Luckily I had really caring teachers that allowed me to work on other things rather than what they were teaching,” she said.
Source: The Age – by Craig Butt