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Sunshine Coast students woke up on Saturday to check their ATAR results, and after a year of challenges, it was clear their hard work has paid off.
The 2020 cohort of Year 12s were the first in Queensland to navigate the new ATAR system, which, and several Coast schools recorded impressive individual and group results.
The
Daily asked some of the brightest students across from the Coast how it felt to receive their results and what their plans are for the future, now that high school is behind them.
In no particular order, here are some of students who achieved the highest ATARs in the region.
Education by Shiloh Payne, Antonia O’Flaherty 20th Dec 2020 5:06 AM
Premium Content Use our tool below to see how your school performed. The results listed are a first indication of ATAR results supplied by the schools and is not a complete list of Queensland schools results.
More school results will be added to this interactive table as they come through. Brisbane Grammar School was one of the top schools with four graduates achieving the highest Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of 99.95, and 70.57 per cent achieving a 90 or above. The degree of buy-in and commitment from the Seniors of 2020 has been extraordinary, as these results attest, he said.
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A Sunshine Coast student woke to the news that he was one of only 30 students in Queensland to receive the top ATAR score.
Matthew Flinders Anglican College student Justin Holland, 18, scored an impressive 99.95- the highest score possible.
The high-achiever said it was great to see handwork pay off after a tumultuous year of mixed-learning and being the first cohort of Queensland students to navigate the ATAR system. With a top score of 99.95, Justin Holland hopes to become a surgeon, and has applied to study medicine at USC.
“Obviously this year was a bit different, with all the challenges we had due to COVID, but I think we were very fortunate with the way the school made the transition between normal learning and online learning,” he said.
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Subscriber only A man in his 40s, understood to be a tradesman, has been taken to hospital with burns after a power board exploded at a prominent Coast school campus. Paramedics and firefighters were called to Matthew Flinders Anglican College on Stringybark Rd, Buderim, shortly after 9am on Friday, after reports of a small explosion. It was understood a power board had exploded at a job site where some renovations were being undertaken. Firefighters were called but not required, while paramedics attended and treated a man in his 40s for burns. Energex staff were called to the scene and a Queensland Police Service spokesman said officers were also tasked.