Saint Ignatius College Geelong dux Sam Hines hopes to study medicine after getting an ATAR of 99.4.
Sam, from Ocean Grove, was expecting to go well, but was pleasantly surprised with his score when VCE students from all over the state woke on Monday morning to find out their results.
“To an extent I thought I did well but was surprised I went that well,” he said.
“I’ll definitely go to uni next year and try to get into a medicine course. I’ve applied pretty much all around Australia. Monash or Adelaide Uni are my two top preferences.”
Sam said this year’s crop of VCE students were “lucky” that they had a return of face to face learning.
“We were definitely lucky, especially socially,” he said.
“That was probably the biggest thing. We had dances, balls and graduations to go to.
“In terms of learning we did get to see our teachers a lot more. The last two years still had a bit of an effect on us though, we are pretty gassed out.”
Sam said his senior years at St Ignatius College Geelong in Drysdale were “amazing”.
“They’re very rounded in terms of education,” he said.
Sam’s plans for the holidays are to “relax” before starting university next year.
“The year took a lot out of me,” he said.
“There are a couple of music festivals coming up and some camping.”
Anna Hewitt (98.45) and Toby Mew (97.65) also scored highly while Madalyn Waugh was the top VCAL student.
In all, 11.4 per cent of college students scored more than 90 and 24.2 per cent scored more than 80 with 182 students completing Year 12 and 35 completing Senior VCAL.
