VCE results 2017: Girls dominate as D-Day arrives for thousands of students
WHO won the battle between girls and boys, how many students got a perfect score and what is the average ATAR? Find out here as tens of thousands VCE students get their results. ULTIMATE GUIDE: Everything students and their families need to know.
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BRAGGING rights belong to the girls as VCE results are finally released this morning.
The long wait is over for 47,450 students who received their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) from 7am, with an average score of 66.25 for girls and 63.70 for boys.
Two schools are celebrating as three of their students achieved a top score of 99.95.
Haileybury students Lachlan Coman, Eishitha Galpayage Don and Daniel Ong all recorded the highest possible ATAR, putting them in the top 0.05 per cent of Australian students.
Three other students at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School also achieved the maximum ATAR.
Within the first 20 minutes of the release of the ATAR, 14,862 students had successfully logged into the new VCE Results and ATAR app, Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre communications and publishing services director Suzanne Connelly said.
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This made it the most popular method for getting results within the first 20 minutes.
In the first hour, there had been 67,186 log ins to the website, mobile site or app.
Across the state, 36 students achieved the top ATAR of 99.95.
They include Mount Scopus students Samuel Herz and Matthew Bassat.
Nearly a third of students exceeded an ATAR of 95 at the Burwood school, and more than half of the graduating students placed in the top 10 per cent of the state.
Principal Rabbi James Kennard said: “We congratulate our students on this year’s results.
“With more than half of our students with ATARs of 90 or over and nearly one third in the top 5 per cent of the state, we pay tribute to all our students and their teachers.”
Several schools issued public statements about their student results, including Girton Grammar in Bendigo and Toorak College.
Girton headmaster Matthew Maruff said: “This group of students has supported one another and created an environment of optimism and discipline that has served them well.”
“They have become a very close group who have struck a healthy balance between enjoying their final year at school and being accountable for their own academic output.”
Five students at Girton achieved ATAR scores above 99, with one — Alexander Nielsen — a perfect ATAR of 99.95.
Toorak College principal Kristy Kendall said their class of 2017 achieved a median ATAR of 85.30.
“We are so proud of this year’s results,” she said.
“For so many of our students to place in the top 20 per cent of the country is truly exceptional.”
Mentone Grammar’s Joshua Nung also earned the top score.
For eight sets of twins at Lilydale High school, there was added support to get through the year from their sibling.
And for Lachlan and Mikayla Roy, 18, there was not a whisker of competition.
“I studied a lot, cooped up in my room with stacks of books,” Mikayla said, while Lachlan found it a “breeze”, who planned to do a plumbers apprenticeship and didn’t need an ATAR.
“I always wanted her to do better,” Lachlan said.
“Even if I was going to do well, I wanted her to do well.”
While he certainly didn’t hinder her study, Lachlan admits he “could have been nicer” and made her a sandwich or two, rather than the other way around.
“She would work away and then make me a snack — a triple ham toastie,” he laughed.
“I probably could have helped more.”
Premier Dan Andrews shared a tweet with students this morning.
Definitely my first front page story…
— Daniel Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) December 14, 2017
Wangaratta Chronicle. Age 18. The week I got my VCE results.
To the 51,000 Victorian students who are getting their ATAR this morning: I know the feeling.
I certainly didn’t get a perfect score. But I worked hard and I was happy. pic.twitter.com/arbhJDktKH
While thousands of nervous students likely woke up early to get their results, McKinnon Secondary College student Melina Ayres was looking forward to a sleep in.
The Young Matildas star has spent the year juggling soccer and year 12, returning from a tournament in China just three days before the English exam.
“I was Facetiming teachers from the hotel so I was pretty busy,” she said.
“I started the year with Melbourne City and we had training during the day so I’d miss school for training.
“I’m happy it’s over — so happy, I could never imagine doing that again.”
The 18-year-old was confident she would get an ATAR above 60, which is what she needed to get into an environmental science course.
Across the state, 36 students took out the top score of 99.95 — 28 boys and 8 girls.
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Education minister James Merlino congratulated all students who committed determination and hard work to complete the VCE.
“Those getting results today will experience a rollercoaster of emotions but I hope they are proud of everything they’ve achieved over the past 13 years of schooling,” he said.
Students can access their results from 7am on the VTAC app and online, or by mail on Monday.
BY THE NUMBERS
■ 47,450 students completed the VCE
■ 65.10 average ATAR
■ 36 achieved scores of 99.95
■ 14,797 with at least one study score of 40 or above
■ 97.8 completion rate
■ 13,110 students completed VOCAL
■ 3,936 students awarded the VCE (Baccalaureate)
Check out the VCE Results Guide in today’s Herald Sun to help decipher your results
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