UPDATE, 3.45pm: BSSC students Brady Price and Darcie Andrea are celebrating their ATAR scores.
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Brady scored 97.1 while Darcie finished with 93.75.
Their scores come with other impressive ATARs are BSSC from dux Georgia Lewon (98.4), Jackson Godfrey (98.05) and Kelly Phan (97.85).
Darcie will head to the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra next January for military training before her education begins in March.
“Being able to have education as well as military training and being able to develop myself through that is the best of both worlds for me,” she said.
“For me, I needed 75 and anything above that is icing on cake. So to get into the 90s is a testament to the support system I had around me and the constant encouragement has helped me achieve that.
Darcie said her passion for defence has been around for five years.
“I was never a part of cadets and have no military family history. It just hit me one day, I can't pinpoint an experience, it was an accumulation of things.”
Brady is also hoping to head to Canberra and study the world of politics.
“It's still a decision-making process. My score was a bit higher than I anticipated, so I am looking at my preferences again,” he said.
“I would like to study a bachelor of politics, philosophy and economics at Australia National University.
“Eventually I want to get into politics and that's a really well-rounded degree that is well regarded.
“I have been interested in politics for the past five years, ever since could get my head around it.”
UPDATE, 2.15pm: Cadel Watson from Castlemaine Secondary College has scored an impressive 99.85.
Of the 68 Castlemaine Secondary students who received an ATAR, 9 per cent scored 90 or above.
The school also had two students achieve perfects scores in the English and mathematical methods subjects.
Minister for Education James Merlino urged all students to make the most of their hard work, and to strive for excellence in whatever it is they choose to do next.
He said students who may be disappointed with their results should contact their school or the Post Results and ATAR Service on how to change their higher education preferences.
“If you didn’t get the results you wanted, seek advice from your school and remember there are many pathways to success in life,” Mr Merlino said.
UPDATE, 2pm: Three Catholic College Bendigo students have tied for their school’s dux.
Jack Duckett, Emma McGregor and Aram Perez all scored 99.35.
Principal Brian Turner was delighted to announce the three-way tie.
“Congratulations to Jack, Emma and Aram. They have all shown great dedication in their work ethic and thoroughness in their approach to all their subjects,” Mr Turner said.
The three-way tie is even more remarkable given the students studied different subjects.
“It is crazy. I found out Jack had the same score as me and even the odds of that are very small,” Emma said.
“So it’s crazy there are three of us with the same score. I am just so thrilled to get above what I needed.”
Emma is taking a gap year and hoping to study arts in Melbourne with a view to psychology, linguistics or criminology.
Aram said it was a shock to see his score. He hopes to study science at Monash.
“It is absolutely about how hard you work,” he said.
“ATAR doesn’t show how intelligent you are but how hard you work and anyone can work hard.”
Jack said the 99.35 score had yet to sink in. He wants to study health science at the University of Melbourne with a focus on research and genetics.
“When I saw it I was questioning what was happening,” he said.
“My advice to (next year’s year 12 students) is to just take it as it comes.
“When started I was really energised to study every night but there are days where it’s difficult. So when you are in the (study) zone, take advantage of it.”
UPDATE, 12.15pm: Sasha Sciberras is Kyneton Secondary College’s dux with a score of 95.15.
Rochester Secondary College's dux is Patrick Leahy who scored 88.8.
A total of 49,765 students have now completed the final chapter in their school lives and obtained their VCE, which represents a record completion rate of 97.9 per cent of students.
UPDATE, 11.30am: Girton Grammar School’s Sebastian Hawke scored a perfect 99.95.
The year 12 student said it took him an hour to fully realise that his score was real.
“At around 6.45am, I logged on and saw it there. ‘Am I dreaming?’ was first thing that wet through my head,” Sebastian said.
(After the exams) I felt I had gone alright but that there was no way I could get a perfect score.”
Sebastian said the secret to his score was having a good support network around him.
“You can’t get too down on yourself and you need to have a good group of friends to support you and always look to your teachers for help,” he said.
He hopes to study a bachelor of biomedicine at Melbourne University next year.
“I want an immediate start, I’m not sure what I would do on a gap year,” he said.
“I'm interested in helping people out and I'm a very maths and science-orientated person, so I think I could use my skills there.”
Girton Grammar also had three other students with scores above 99 with Alexandra Liacos and Andrew Kallasmae scoring 99.55 and Kyle Jacobsen scoring 99.3.
Headmaster Matthew Maruff said he was immensely proud of his students’ excellent VCE results with 62 per cent of Girton students finishing in the top 20 per cent of the state.
“Beyond these excellent results I know these are well-rounded young adults who will contribute to the world around them,” he said.
EARLIER: The moment year 12 students have been waiting for arrived this morning when VCE and ATAR results were officially released.
Students from around central Victoria faced a nervous wait over the weekend.
With a score of 98.4, Bendigo Senior Secondary College’s dux is Georgia Lewon.
BSSC principal Dale Pearce said staff were not surprised by Georgia’s outstanding score.
“Georgia’s teachers are effusive in their praise for the enthusiastic, but disciplined approach to learning that she has demonstrated throughout the year in order to succeed,” Mr Pearce said.
“She is a very deserving recipient of the honor of dux of our college.”
Other BSSC students who score impressive results were Jackson Godfrey with 98.05 and Kelly Phan with 97.85.
East Loddon P-12 College’s Lisa Mitchell was named dux of her class this morning.
Lisa has already received an early offer through Aspire for her preferred tertiary study.
She will study exercise science and exercise physiology at La Trobe Bendigo next year.
“I was pretty nervous but excited too. I knew I had tried my hardest and whatever happens happens,” Lisa said.
“A few of my teachers inspired me to want to study exercise science. I really enjoyed learning physiology in PE.
“I was planning on waiting for the text but it was delayed and I ended up checking online.”
Oustide of school Lisa enjoys running and playing netball for Calivil United but stress fractures forced her to wear a moon boot on each foot for a period this year.
“With two moon -boots on, I just focused on my studies,” she said.
“My goal was to be dux but I just made I sure did the best I could through the year with each SAC and I made sure I chose classes I enjoyed.”