Year 12 students across the west have received their long-awaited VCE results.
Braybrook College year 12 student Hanson Ha was named dux of the school with an ATAR score of 99.05.
“It was pretty good” Ha said of seeing his results, which will allow him to fulfil his goal of studying bio-medicine at either Monash or Melbourne university next year.
It’s a long way from six years ago when Ha was among the students starting year 7 as a global pandemic broke out.
“I was doing fair with my grades but not super good, but then I caught back up in year 9.”
Specialising in maths and science, Ha spent hours studying after school at Braybrook College’s VCE Centre Homework Club, while at home he often had to look after his older brother William who has autism.
“I’ve had to take care of him when my parents are not at home, cooking and cleaning and stuff like that,” he said.
Given his results and the amount of work he put into them, Ha would be forgiven for taking a well earned break over summer.
Instead, he’s hoping to pick up work helping other students study like he did.
“I plan to do work and maybe apply to be like a tutor, to give back to Braybrook College and become a tutor there.”
At St Albans Secondary College, college captain Ricardo Vom was awarded dux of the school with an ATAR score of 98.5.
Other students in the higher five performers included Haybel Verma (98.35), Ethan Shaw (98.1) who also received a perfect score of 50 for general mathematics, Muhammad Alvi (96.35), and college captain Minhthu Huynh (96.2).
St Albans Secondary College principal Craig Jennings congratulated all of the school’s VCE students on their results.
“We are proud of all they have achieved across their six years at St Albans Secondary College,” Mr Jennings said.
“These students started high school in 2020 and, for their first two years of secondary school, completed much of their learning online. These results are a testament to their hard work and resilience.”
