Mudgee High School invited Year 12 students of the class of 2017 back to celebrate the release of HSC results and ATARs.
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The cohort’s Higher School Certificate achievements included 15 Band 6s and 50 Band 5s.
MHS principal Wayne Eade said the students achieved above the state average with many achieving their personal best (PB) result when it counted.
“Overall the results were really good, the kids are more than happy, and some of the PBs were really good too – they really pulled it out at the end,” he said.
“The average number of Band 6s for the state was 12 per cent, for Mudgee High it was 12.8 per cent, so our students are scoring above the state average.
“[With personal bests] you ask yourself ‘could I have done any better?’ And if the answer is ‘no’, then well done.”
Daniel Reinhard had the school’s highest Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) with 97.2, which helped him achieve his goal of entry into Macquarie University for a dual degree of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies.
“It was higher than I thought it would be, I was thinking somewhere around 95, but it was actually the exact ATAR I need for the course – so I was very chuffed,” he said.
“I was just pleased that all of the hard work paid off.”
Evie Endacott, who exceeded her own expectations with an ATAR of 94.45, is now headed to UNSW to study Computer Science to bridge into combined degree with Law.
“I had early entry to other Unis, but not to where I really wanted to go, so there was a lot riding on it,” she said. “Once I started I was realistically aiming for 92, so to get that is incredible.”
Evie admitted to being spurred on by some sibling rivalry and wanting to top her sister’s score before her.
Almost 39,000 NSW public school students received their HSC results on Thursday, the culmination of 13 years of learning.
This year saw a record number of students sit the HSC; 77,150 NSW students completed at least one HSC course and 68,816 students were awarded a HSC.
This year there were 10,500 more HSC students than there were in 2007.
In NSW public schools, 44,653 students completed at least one HSC course, 38,928 students were awarded a HSC and 30,175 students will be eligible for an ATAR released Friday.
The number of Aboriginal students sitting the HSC has more than doubled in the past decade, from 911 students in 2007 to 2,096.
