MANY Bendigo students reached their personal goals as Australian Tertiary Admission Rank scores were released.
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Girton Grammar School school captain Thomas Duke achieved a perfect ATAR score of 99.95.
He said he hoped to study commerce or arts at either Melbourne Uni or Australian National University in Canberra.
"I would love to be a lawyer but I just want to get a feel for lots of different things, too," he said.
"It has been a really busy year."
I feel enormously proud of this boy, but not just him...
- Matthew Maruff
Headmaster Matthew Maruff said Thomas remained very humble though he had achieved so much.
"Mr Duke has been dux of his year since he started at Girton in prep," Mr Maruff said.
"He is one of 33 students in the state to get 99.95.
"I feel enormously proud of this boy, but not just him, we know each of them really well.
"I feel a bit like I could cry because of it."
Joanne Grech, who taught Thomas in junior school, said he was an amazing boy that would one day change the world.
"He was not just focused on his education but community work and learning leadership skills. He is just a nice person too," she said.
Maryborough Education Centre dux Ashley Williams scored 83.05.
Principal Barney Healy said Ashley was offered a place at Monash University.
"He is a boy with very clear goals of where he wants to go and what he wants to achieve in life," he said.
Lachlan Twigg from East Loddon College achieved a 96.30.
He hoped to do a double degree of engineering and business commerce.
Noa Schaerf-trauner from Castlemaine Secondary College achieved a 95.3.
Year 12 coordinator Stuart Bird said Noa planned to study film and television at the Victorian College of the Arts.
Tessa Noone from Wycheproof Secondary College scored an ATAR of 94.90.
Jack McDonald, from Kerang Secondary College, was named dux with an ATAR of 99.60.
Lucy Zimmerman from Gisborne Secondary School achieved an ATAR of 96.65.
