The southern suburbs graduating class of 2021 accept university offers in SATAC main round

From medicine to anime, the star students of Adelaide’s south are off to university. Find out their plans for the future.

After another gruelling year, the wait is finally over for the class of 2021 as the main round of university offers are released in South Australia.

From aspiring doctors to those chasing their name in lights, these students are taking the next steps towards achieve their dreams.

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CHARLI JAMES

Cardijn College

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For Cardijn College’s Charli James, the elusive title of school dux was always a title as she was determined to claim.

“Dux was something I wanted to achieve, I wanted to push myself and set myself up for the best opportunity when it came to university and the higher the ATAR the better the opportunity,” she said.

After being named dux with a score of 98.9, Charli felt as though the weight of the world had been lifted off her shoulders.

Now she has been accepted into her first preference of a Bachelor of Arts Advanced with hopes to major in classics at the University of Adelaide.

“It was a big relief, the whole of last year I isolated myself and just went between school and home,” she said.

“To get that result, all that hard work finally paid off.”

MIKI KING

Wirreanda Secondary School

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They say if you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life and for Wirreanda Secondary School’s Miki King, she may do exactly that.

After achieving and ATAR of 99.95 and completing a certificate III qualification, Miki has accepted an offer to study a Bachelor of Creative Arts, Visual Effects and Entertainment Design at Flinders University.

“I actual found out I was the dux second hand from my mum because the school rang her, so my first thought was mostly confusion,” Miki said.

“But I was fortunate enough to receive an early university offer so at the end of the day it was really just a number.”

After excelling in her design subjects, Miki hopes turn her passion of anime into a career.

“I play video games, I watch a lot of TV but animation is what I am most drawn to and how it works,” she said.

“I enjoyed all my assignments in my design class and I thought If I can get hired and paid to do this, that’s what I want to do.”

HRIDAY PATEL

Westminster School

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Achieving an ATAR of 99.95 is no accident, it takes commitment and focus which is exactly what Westminster School’s Hriday Patel did.

Now he’s received multiple offers to study medicine.

“It was good to see all the hard work paid off, I am really happy,” he said.

“I hope after being exposed to experiences as well as internships I will then be able to dictate what I will be doing specifically.”

Hriday cites his love for science as one of the reasons he has chosen to explore the competitive field.

“I really loved biology at school, I felt as though the practical application of science and the ability to keep learning throughout your whole career is really what attracted me.”

LUELLA SCHRODER

Tatachilla Lutheran College

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After studying math methods, physics, biology and physical education Tatachilla’s Luella Schroder will head off the University of South Australia to study a Bachelor of Physiotherapy.

“I am a reasonably sporty person but I also enjoyed biology so combination of both of those things lead me to wanting to study physiotherapy,” she said.

“I seem to be spending a fair bit of time at the physio anyway with some injuries which is not ideal.”

Luella finished high school an ATAR of 98.85 and got her first taste of the physio world after completing work experience in Year 10.

“I found it interesting, a lot of people said it probably wasn’t going to be interesting because I would be sitting and watching a lot of the time but it was that experience where I thought that maybe this is the thing that I want to do,” she said.

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