It’s a big day for HSC students who will receive their results at 6am and ATARs at 9am. At midday, we’ll reveal how each school ranked and which students made it onto this year’s honour roll. Get in touch with us at education@smh.com.au to share any stories or results.
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Cranbrook’s head congratulates students for navigating ‘this most unusual year’
Cranbrook School’s headmaster Nicholas Sampson has congratulated year 12 students for navigating “the exceptional challenges, changes and cancellations forced by circumstance throughout this most unusual year”.
He thanked students for the way in which they “cared for one another, sustained academic ambition, maintained good humour, adapted to rapidly changing circumstances”.
Nicholas Sampson, Headmaster of Cranbrook School.
Mr Sampson said more than a quarter of the school’s year 12 cohort had already gotten unconditional university offers before HSC results were released.
“It is vital that our graduating students reflect upon all that they have learnt, both within the curriculum and beyond, at this particular point in their individual voyages when so much attention is focussed upon simple scores and statistics,” he wrote in the message.
“I hope today’s examination results are all that you hope they would be and wish you all tremendous success in the next chapter of your lives.”
Bianca ‘weirdly calm’ after getting her HSC results
After predicting that there would be “some ridiculous proof of inequalities” and at least one “really hard question” at the end of the maths extension 2 exam, ahead of the HSC, Mackellar Girls student Bianca Aiello was surprised by her final results on Friday.
“English, which was my worst subject through the entire year, was my best mark,” Bianca said.
Bianca Aiello, photographed studying at home before the Maths extension 2 exam.Credit:Edwina Pickles
She said she was a bit disappointed with her final scores for some subjects but was feeling “weirdly calm” on Friday.
“Overall I’m just weirdly calm, I’m not feeling any strong emotions about it.”
She was, however, nervous about getting her ATAR at 9am.
Bianca Aiello’s HSC results.
“I’ve been looking at ATAR calculators this morning and I’m expecting to get the ATAR I need,” she said.
Bianca is hoping to study maths and chemistry teaching at Sydney University, which requires a score of 85.
Once she gets her ATAR, she’ll head to work and then possibly celebrate with her family.
“I’m on the Northern Beaches and we were supposed to have a morning tea but it got cancelled because of the new COVID-19 outbreaks,” Bianca said.
“We’re all in our own bubble at the moment, trying to process results.”
She said she’d shared her results with her dad that morning.
“I don’t think he really understands how the HSC works, he just said ‘if you’re happy, I’m happy’,” Bianca said.
“My parents just care that I work hard.”
Premier Gladys Berejiklian congratulates HSC students
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has congratulated HSC students this morning.
“This is the start of an exciting journey!” Ms Berejiklian wrote in a Facebook post on Friday morning.
“No matter then outcome, please know that in NSW with hard work and the right attitude you can achieve anything.”
Ms Berejiklian said achieving highly in the HSC this year was an exceptional achievement, in a message to the recipients of first in course awards yesterday.
“Congratulations to the exceptional young people who achieved top marks this year, I am sure your teachers, family and friends are incredibly proud of you,” she said.
Excellent result after sleepless night for Nic
After acing his HSC results with top bands across all subjects, Nic Mayrhofer from Blue Mountains Grammar School is nervously waiting to get his ATAR at 9am.
“I didn’t get any sleep last night but I’m relieved to see some effort and dedication paying off,” he said.
Nic Mayrhofer shared his HSC results on Friday.
“I thought it was a far fetched goal to get all [top bands] but I’ve managed to surprise myself, particularly in some of my best performing subjects, Maths Advanced and E1 English, in which I’d been the least confident.
“None of this would have been possible without my incredibly supportive teachers.”
Nic said he’s already got a scholarship to study politics, philosophy and economics and international relations at the Australian National University next year and has also been shortlisted for the Tuckwell Scholarship, which requires an ATAR of at least 95.
‘So surprised’: a happy end to a hard year for Ava
Ava Clarke, 17, from Tempe High School had her alarm set for 6am but an early text from NESA meant she woke up to her HSC results.
“They sent me my results at 5.30 so I woke up to them on my screen as soon as my alarm went off,” Ava said.
Ava Clarke from Tempe High School said she was surprised by her HSC results after a challenging year.
“I went downstairs and made a coffee, just trying to delay the inevitable, but ended up looking at them while I was making it anyway.”
After a difficult and unusual year, Ava wasn’t ready for what she saw.
“I was so surprised, it’s been a very hectic year, a lot of working from home and my assessment marks slipped from what they usually are, so I wasn’t expecting this,” she said.
Ava got top bands across five subjects, including a 99 in Visual Arts.
Ava’s HSC results.
“The few weeks of studying from home were quite gruelling but luckily all the hard work paid off,” she said.
“It was definitely a learning curve staying focused and on top of everything when it was all in Google Classroom.”
She said she’s going to spend the next few hours “waiting anxiously for the ATAR” before the celebrations begin.
“When that comes out we’ll celebrate and go out to dinner and then party tomorrow.”
‘Incredible achievement’: Sarah Mitchell’s message to year 12 students
Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell has congratulated the 66,000 students who received their HSC results this morning.
“Despite all the hurdles, the Class of 2020 has performed on par with what we would expect in a normal year, which is an incredible achievement,” Ms Mitchell said.
Sarah Mitchell congratulated HSC students this morning.Credit:Rhett Wyman
“The Class of 2020 has displayed a tremendous sense of unity and resilience this year, and all students should be proud of what they have achieved.”
More than 1400 students got the All Round Achievers Award this year for getting the highest possible band in 10 units, 779 students got the Top Achievers award for getting a result in the highest band and more than 17,500 students got the Distinguished Achievers Award for getting at least one band six.
We’ll reveal the full honour roll at midday today.
Ms Mitchell also thanked teachers as school finishes up for the year.
“Today is also the last day for our teachers, thank you to all our school staff for the work they have done this year,” Ms Mitchell said.
“Parents, students, staff and the wider community have all gone above and beyond this year.
“Congratulations to the Class of 2020 and the entire school community of NSW for all that you have achieved this year and all the best for the future.”
‘Pretty good’: Flynn reacts to receiving his HSC results
By Anna Patty
Within seconds of logging in at 6am a range of emotions spread across Flynn Broom’s face.
Flynn Broom with his mother, Katie Broom, gets his HSC results at 6am in Kellyville, Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
The nervousness which kept him awake most of the night before quickly changed to a look of hesitation as he absorbed the six band sixes on his screen.
Then a smile quickly spread across his face.
“Pretty good,” he said, as he read through his results.
His best mark was 98 for Society and Culture, followed by 48 out of 50 for English Extension 1.
Flynn Broom received his HSC results this morning.Credit:Anna Patty
His mother Katie Broom appeared more emotional about the youngest of her three children achieving the educational milestone.
Her son Bailey, 21, now studying commerce at the University of Sydney and daughter Georgia, 24, who works as a primary school teacher looked on, sharing Flynn’s relief.
With a law degree at the University of Sydney his goal, Flynn is now anxiously waiting for his ATAR at 9am.
His HSC results have given him hope of scoring above 95 to secure his dream.
The months of studying at home during the COVID lockdown were tough, but Flynn felt supported by his strong network of friends at Patrician Brothers College where he was the school captain and dux this year.
“Everyone was in the same boat this year,” he said.
“It was hard because I prefer the face-to-face interaction with my teachers.”
Results are in!
Students have received their HSC results and have started sharing them with us this morning.
Ahmad Alameddine from Homebush Boys High School got band fives and sixes across his HSC subjects.
“I’m so happy with my marks,” he said.
He’s expecting to get an ATAR of about 90 later this morning.
If you’d like to share your results, get in touch with me at education@smh.com.au.
Ahmad Alameddine’s HSC results text.
Bianca Aeillo shared her HSC results this morning.
Why physics and chemistry are delivering more band 6 HSC results
By Jordan Baker and Nigel Gladstone
The proportion of NSW HSC students achieving band 6 in chemistry almost doubled and those achieving the top result in physics rose by 30 per cent when new syllabuses were tested for the first time last year.
Education chiefs and science teachers said the increase in top results did not mean the subjects had become easier, but rather the way the results were measured had changed.
Since 2010, the proportion of students achieving 90 or more out of 100 in chemistry had hovered between 10 and 13 per cent, before dropping below 10 per cent in the three years to 2018. Last year, it hit a decade high of 16.2 per cent.
In physics, 12.41 per cent of students achieved band 6, which was also a 10-year high. The only other time that percentage was in double figures was in 2017, when it hit 10.74 per cent. Biology results were consistent with previous years.
The state’s top students
Yesterday, nearly 120 of the state’s brightest students received first-in-course awards for topping one or more subjects this year.
The 126 awards went to 118 students.
We spoke to the first student to top both chemistry and physics in 17 years, Sariena Ye, who described receiving both awards as “a bit surreal”.
Sariena Ye topped the state in physics and chemistry in this year’s HSC.Credit:Louise Kennerley
Read more about this year’s star students – including the girl who topped both English extension 1 and Latin extension 1 and the English whiz who created a 6000-word fictionalised history of lobotomies in the US - here.
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