When year 12 graduate results will be revealed

He might have the gift of the gab, but it has taken more than charm for Gold Coast high school graduate Kalani Ripley to be confident of his end-of-year results.

HE MIGHT have the gift of the gab, but it has taken more than charm for Gold Coast high school graduate Kalani Ripley to be confident of his end-of-year results.

Every Year 12 Queensland graduate will receive their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) from 9am on Saturday. ATAR has this year replaced the Overall Position (OP) scoring system and will be used to indicate a student’s academic position relative to others in the state.

ATARs are expressed as a number on a point scale from 99.95 to 0 in steps of 0.05, with ATARs below 30 reported as “30 or less”.

Results are used by tertiary institutions to determine if a student will be entered into a course.

Mr Ripley, a graduate and school captain of Miami State High School, said he would not be stressing over his result as he secured early entry into university in the middle of this year.

“I know plenty of people will be refreshing their screens on Saturday morning but I am feeling OK,” he said.

“The ATAR will determine if some people take a gap year or head to university straight away.

“It has been a long and hard year but we were all prepared pretty well. I was lucky enough to gain early entry so I did chill a little bit towards the end of the year.

“The only thing I really need to worry about is the wrath of my parents if my result is bad,” he joked.

Kalani Ripley is a recent graduate from Miami State High School, he is waiting for his ATAR online. Picture Glenn Hampson.

Mr Ripley said he preferred the new ATAR testing regimen because it meant his score wasn’t tied to the work of his peers. “Previously OPs took into account the results of the school; ATAR doesn’t which gives everyone a fair chance.”

The 18-year-old, who was awarded a leadership scholarship at Bond University to study Communications, planned to pursue a career in politics and public relations.

He is already working part-time as a marketing consultant at an advertising agency.

“In my leadership role at school I found I really enjoyed the communication aspect of it. I feel like it is a good fit and something I enjoy,” he said.

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QUEENSLAND school leavers have been given a reprieve from a year from hell with the opportunity to gain entry to university courses early — and possibly save up to $20,000 in the process.

To give Year 12 students more certainty following a tumultuous year, Griffith University has introduced two options for students, to ensure they have offers before they graduate, as part of a new early offer pathway program.

The university, which has campuses on the Gold Coast and Brisbane, will allow students to lock in 2020 course prices for a range of humanities/business courses.

To avoid the huge price increases in 2021 under new Job Ready Graduates legislation, students will get the chance to start their degree in late 2020 in order to be considered a continuing student in 2021.

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Griffith University Gold Coast Campus. Photo by Richard Gosling

The second option is an unconditional offer to be made on the day a student completes Year

12 before they receive their official ATAR result.

Prospective students can pick from 60 single-and double-degree programs, 36 of which are based on the Gold Coast, in order to start in February.

The new early offer pathway recognises the semester one achievements of students who meet an academic criteria.

The early offer scheme is also open to students in Northern NSW.

Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Debra Henly said she hoped the pathways would reduce levels of stress for high-school graduates.

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Professor Debra Henly at Griffith University.

“We are really conscious about the dreadful year Year 12 students have had,” she said.

Professor Henly also acknowledged how coronavirus had decimated international student numbers, although domestic student numbers were on the up.

“We are also seeing an increase as students reconsider gap years as they are unable to travel out of the country.”