RELIEF swept over the shire’s school leavers yesterday with the release of their Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATAR).
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Two of the highest achievers from all four Eurobodalla schools were Rachael Short from Carroll College who achieved an ATAR score of 96.55 and Jack Foster who came out on top with 96.65.
They were closely followed by Isabelle Starmer from St Peter’s Anglican College on 96.3 and Dominic O’Sullivan from Carroll College on 95.7.
Chasing them were Moruya High’s Emily Stephenson on 71.7 and Aleister Burgun who scored 72.9.
Jack said he did a lot better than he thought.
“I killed it,” he said.
“I think I got the highest in my school.”
After receiving his subject scores on Wednesday, Jack hoped be would get over 90.
“When I checked my ATAR my jaw dropped a little bit,” Jack said.
“At first it’s just a number but then it sinks in.
“I was like ‘wow that is a good mark’.”
Jack is reassessing what course he is going to study after smashing the score of 70 needed for a bachelor of arts, which he was considering.
“I still don’t know what I am going to study,” he said.
“I like English and history.
“The world is my oyster at the moment, I have so many options.”
Rachael was disappointed with her ATAR, despite being in the top scorers for the area. She had hoped to study advanced science law at the University of NSW.
“I was a bit disappointed but still happy overall,” she said.
“I just missed the cut off for my course, which was 96.7, but I will get in eventually anyway.”
“I was a little bit let down.”
Her highest scoring subject was chemistry, getting a band six and scoring 93.
“I am stoked with my chemistry mark so nothing could make me unhappy,” she said.
“I really wasn’t expecting it.
“I thought it would be my worst.”
Dominic O’Sullivan went better than he expected and was happy with his results.
“When I saw 95.7 I was shocked,” he said.
“It was pretty exciting.”
Emily Stephenson didn’t go as well as she expected in the ATAR but was happy with her subject marks.
“I thought I would get a higher ATAR then 71.7,” she said.
“I was hoping to get above 75.”
Emily has already been accepted in the Australian National University (ANU) in to study psychology.
Aleister Burgun achieved the ATAR he was expecting.
“I was relieved,” he said.
“I got out what I put in.
“I got band fives for modern history and English but the rest of my subjects got band fours.”
Aleister will study a bachelor of arts at ANU.
