Schools out, and the results are in.
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Narromine High School’s outgoing captains and their fellow year 12 students were among thousands of teenagers who found out their Higher School Certificate (HSC) marks on Thursday, with the tertiary admission ranks (ATAR) to be released on Friday.
Abbey Geyer and Troy Harding both managed mostly band threes and fours, and were overall very happy with their results.
Abbey is already headed to university in January, having gained early entry to the Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, while Troy is eagerly awaiting tomorrow’s ATAR.
He is confident he has done well enough to get into a teaching degree at either Charles Sturt University (CSU) or the University of Newcastle.
“It’s just something that has always appealed to me since I was a kid,” Troy said.
It always sounded rewarding, giving back to others I guess, helping them out in the classroom and to see them when they get that click, they understand stuff.”
He’s not sure what areas he wants to teach, but Band 4s in Biology and PDHPE put those subjects high on the list.
And Troy said he’d “definitely come back to rural”.
Abbey’s aspirations lie a bit further afield; she dreams of managing an international hotel chain.
“I got mostly Band 3s … I got one Band 4 and it, I kind of wish I got a Band 5 because it was quite close!” Abbey said.
“I was just scraping it, but that’s okay … it’s done so we’ll put that behind us and kind of move forward because … it’s just an exciting time I think!”
Having early entry took the pressure off for Abbey, and fellow students who did the same thing.
She urged future students to consider taking the same path.
“Quite a few of us got early entry,” Abbey said.
“We were going to uni already, before we even find out our marks so it definitely takes the pressure off.”
Both of them urged future students to just “do your best”.
“Don’t be like me!” Troy laughed.
“I was really negligent in putting in that extra 10 minutes of time. But that extra 10 minutes a day will make a big difference.”
Abbey said: “I thought to myself ‘could I have done better?’ But I think I tried my best and I did what I could.
“If you’re not sure [what you want to do] try and pick a variety of subject choices and that will help you to know what you like.
“Apply for different things, apply for jobs, apply for uni, you can apply for a few different courses and you can change.
“Even if you get to the end of school and trying to decide where to go to uni or what you want to do,
“If you still don’t know what you want to do when you leave, that’s fine. There’s no pressure. People feel like there’s pressure and I definitely think just try your hardest in the classes that you pick.
“Doing your best is what’s going to get you where you need to be!”