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We were in Italy when our eldest daughter received her year 12 results.

She did the IB (International Baccalaureate) diploma program instead of the HSC (Higher School Certificate) for years 11 & 12. Our daughters attend one of the 100 or so schools in Australia which offer the IB as well as HSC. The IB results come out some weeks after the HSC and thus the long wait.

The results ended up being released around 4AM (Sydney time) which was early evening our time – which meant she was one of the first to know her results.

NIKON D750 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 42 mm, 1/60 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

She received an IB score of 44 (out of 45) and an ATAR of 99.85! It was a fantastic and exciting result – beyond even her wildest hopes and expectations – so she and we are all extremely pleased and proud of her result.

Today we attended the Year 12 Class of 2017 Laureate Assembly. A time to congratulate the high achievers and celebrate their fantastic results. Further celebration for Amelia as she was jointly awarded Dux of her year – yay!! 🙂

Joint Dux

NIKON D750 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 58 mm, 1/320 sec at f/4, ISO 100

… and what is this ATAR thing anyway… the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank is apparently a rank, not a mark. It is a number between 0.00 and 99.95 and indicates a student’s position relative to all the students who started high school with them in Year 7. Speaking in rough terms the number scored by an individual is the percentage of students they ‘beat’ from their year group. And why no 100 – it would imply you beat 100% of all students – including yourself.

NIKON D750 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 58 mm, 1/250 sec at f/4, ISO 100

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