Saint Ignatius College’s Archer Stein was “in shock” to find a 98.15 ATAR and perfect study score in chemistry waiting for him last Thursday morning.
Archer was named the school’s proxime accessit after receiving his VCE results on December 12, following closely behind college dux Catherine Anderson, who achieved a 98.95 ATAR.
“I was honestly in shock when I opened up my results and… I let out a bit of a scream as it was exciting,” Archer said.
“My mum was really excited to hear my ATAR. I remember she ran into my room in the morning, asked what I got, and also screamed when I told her.
“It went a lot better than I thought. I was going through it, and my study scores shocked me. I was hoping to get a 50 in chemistry, so I’m very happy I got that.
“I plan on going into science at Melbourne University, and after that I’ll hopefully go into medicine and then psychiatry. My goal is to be a forensic psychiatrist or something to do with psychology.”
Many of Saint Ignatius College’s students received high VCE scores, with 10.1 per cent achieving an ATAR of over 90 and 24.7 per cent achieving an ATAR of over 80.
