OP results 2019: St Hilda’s dux Caitlin Boyle earns OP1 score

St Hilda’s dux Caitlin Boyle was one of the thousands of Gold Coast students waiting up anxiously for their OP results this weekend. She’s revealed what got her through.

IT was an anxious night of waiting for St Hilda’s dux Caitlin Boyle, who earned top marks with an OP1 this year.

The 17-year-old from Broadbeach Waters stayed up on Friday night for her results to drop at midnight, frantically clicking refresh on her computer.

“I’m in NSW at the moment so I actually had to wait until 1am because of the time difference,” she told the Bulletin.

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St Hilda's 2019 dux Caitlin Boyle, 17, from Broadbeach Waters. Picture: Supplied

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“Mum was waiting up in Queensland for it so I called to tell her the good news, she was very excited.

“I was quite nervous but I knew that if it was a band 2 I’d just have to take it on the chin, I didn’t want to get my hopes up but I was really hoping for a 1.”

Caitlin will use her OP1 to study biomedical science at Bond University on a full scholarship, in the hopes of becoming a doctor.

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It wasn’t easy balancing study, sport and an afterschool job, but the teen said enjoying her subjects – mathematics, English, chemistry and physics – made it fun.

“I maintained the same level of work I’d been doing in Year 11 and 10, so it wasn’t that much of a jump for me,” she said.

“I also did have a good work life balance and did a lot of sport – cross country mostly.”