OP results 2018: Gold Coast student Jackson Armstrong celebrates his OP 1 and future study plans

Gold Coast student Jackson Armstrong is celebrating after receiving an OP 1. He reveals the incredible obstacles he had to overcome to secure his future career path, including several stays in hospital.

IT WAS a few unlucky breaks … literally, that inspired Assisi College graduate student Jackson Armstrong to pursue a future in medical imaging.

Now after years of hard work, and an OP 1 under his belt, he is free to follow his dreams that were sparked by one too many trips to the emergency ward.

“I had been working towards getting into a medical imaging degree for a while,” the 17-year-old Jackson told the Gold Coast Bulletin.

“I have been to the hospital quite a few times because of injuries — just little things like a broken arm, a ruptured spleen or a dislocated finger, it looked like an interesting career so I thought I would work towards that and see what I was offered.

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. Jackson jumped for joy when he checked the result online outside his Oxenford home. Picture Glenn Hampson

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After a final high school year filled with late nights of study and homework, missed parties and family events Jackson was finally able to celebrate when he discovered the sacrifices had all paid off.

“I was pretty excited when I found out I got an OP1, I had an inkling but you never know,” he said.

“I was on a group call with all of my friends and we checked together.”

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Jackson is looking forward to his future. Picture Glenn Hampson

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Jackson is one of three Assisi College students to have received the highest academic ranking, one of the best results yet for the Upper Coomera school.

Despite the achievement Jackson said he won’t be resting on his laurels anytime soon.

“They say OP’s don’t count once you get into uni, so yeah the study isn’t over,” he said.

Jackson was one of thousands celebrating after OP results were revealed on Saturday morning.