The Wait Is Finally Over As Thousands Receive Their VCE 2016 Results

Around 80,000 students in Victoria eagerly woke this morning to their VCE results.

While a few thousand got their results a little earlier than expected due to a major technical bungle, the rest of the state received theirs on schedule today.

The Herald Sun reports a group of 35 students – 24 boys and 11 girls – have achieved the ultimate score of 99.95.

A grand total of 49,765 students sat the VCE this year. The Victorian Tertiary and Admissions Centre revealed the average ATAR was 66.45 for girls and 63.76 for boys.

VTAC director Catherine Wills said, “All students should be incredibly proud of their achievement, including the 35 students who have received an ATAR of 99.95.”

“It is important that students remember that the ATAR is simply one of many factors, such as interviews, folios, auditions or tests, and special consideration schemes used for tertiary selection by universities, TAFE institutes and private colleges,” she added.

As the results came out, Haileybury High School released a statement about their results success.

“An extraordinary five Haileybury students have achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95,” school spokeswoman Sarah Bryant said. A big congratulations to: Anant Butala, Cherie Han, James Kerlidis, Jack Li and Manoj Liyana Arachige; their results place them in the top 0.05 per cent of students in Australia.

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS) head of senior school, Kate Dullard, said the school was “thrilled with the VCE results for its Class of 2016”. The median score of PEGS students is 88.00, placing 50 per cent of students in the top 12 per cent of the state.

Five students in total obtained the maximum possible ATAR of 99.95: Rosemary Chen, Sohil Chhabra, Alec Leos, Madhavi-Priya Singh and Mark Yin.

Students across the state have taken to social media to air their thoughts on the big reveal.

It was two years ago that I made the decision to do VCE instead of vcal despite my teachers telling me not too considering all my schooling I have averaged a D+. But it is today that I received my atar and though at this current time I'm not the happiest about it and despite the fact I missed out on what I was aiming for by one point I'm still happy of who I am in the world regardless. I've never been good at school but I put my heart and soul into this and got a score that some people would be through the roof with! In a years time this will all be a memory, I know that though I missed out on the course I wanted life will bring me exactly where I need to be. At the end of the day I'm the same person I was yesterday and I'm not gonna let my number define who I am or what I want to be. Lots of love to everyone ❤️ Also I only slept for two hours last night, but I don't care I still look better than I do most days. #VCE #ATAR #Life #morning #morningmotivation #2016

A photo posted by Dean Snow (@deano_snow) on Dec 11, 2016 at 1:18pm PST

Jono Nicholas, chief executive of ReachOut, has some advice for students receiving their results today. “If you’re feeling disappointed with your mark, that's OK,” he says. “Accept that sometimes you nail stuff and sometimes you bomb out."

"Beating yourself up about it ultimately ends up being unproductive and upsetting."

Students wanting advice or someone to speak to about their score can call the Post Results and ATAR Service on 1800 653 080.

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