The wait is finally over

Chelsie Brandon’s holiday at the beach was pleasantly interrupted when she opened her ATAR result to see a score of 97.15%.

“I am extremely proud of my result; I gave myself a good chance to succeed through my internals, and despite the externals being unknown, I am thrilled with my results. 

It should allow me to achieve my first preference of a Bachelor of Medical Imaging with Honours at QUT,” Chelsie said. 

Meg Davies woke early in anticipation.

“The results weren’t quite out, so I forced myself to go back to sleep, and when I woke up, the results were in; I immediately checked and saw my ATAR score of 96.65%,” she said.

Meg has already been accepted into the Australian National University and will be studying a double degree of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Environmental Sustainability.

“It wasn’t as stressful as it would have been for some girls, but it still felt nice to see how well I did, based on all of the hard work.”

But the nervous wait still isn’t over for Sophie Walker.

“It wasn’t really about the score for me, I was just more proud of the hard work I’d put in to get the result I did, but I still have to wait until University offers in mid-January,” Sophie said.

Sophie intends to study Medicine at either UQ or JCU before undertaking a specialisation in Anaesthesiology.

“Fingers crossed I get in; I want to help people when they are at their most vulnerable.

Medicine has always been a passion, and I can’t wait to hit the ground running in 2022.”

Head of Senior School, Mr Tom McCormick, says there are many individual stories to celebrate.

“What stands out to me is the breadth and depth of these results; students took over 50 different qualifications, including a full range of Arts and Humanities subjects, five sciences, three languages, four maths and over 20 different VET qualifications.

Many have secured a place at the top universities around Australia to pursue an array of courses, including Economics, Medicine, Education, Social Work, Law and Engineering, with 50% of students already heading to their first-choice destination,” Mr McCormick said.

• 21% achieved an ATAR of 95 or above
• 39% achieved an ATAR of 90 or above
• Over 50% received early university offers