2020 HSC Students Achieve Great Results

After the College Opening Mass held on Friday the 5th of February, the St Andrews College community celebrated the outstanding 2020 HSC results at a special assembly.

The following four students achieved an outstanding ATAR. Our ATAR Dux Parachi Goyal achieved an ATAR of 93.65, ATAR 2nd Place Maheka Karunaratne achieved an ATAR of 92.75, ATAR 3rd Place Michelle Fu achieved an ATAR of 90.75. Rachel Khalil  achieved an ATAR above 90.

Owen Walker was acknowledged on the 2020 HSC Top Achievers list for his fourth place in the State for Mathematics Standard 1. 

Eight students were listed on the 2020 HSC Distinguished Achievers List for achieving Band 6 in a course of study or a Band E4 in an extension course. In 2020 these students collectively achieved ten Band 6 or Band E4 results.

Our 2020 HSC Distinguished Achievers were:

Phoebe Bibon Society and Culture

Jerica Cabanit Design and Technology

Industrial Technology

Mikayla Garland Society and Culture

Joshua Hewitt Legal Studies

Maheka Karunaratne Ancient History

Visual Arts

Rachel Khalil Legal Studies

Hashwitaa Maynoor History Extension

Owen Walker Mathematics Standard 1

Along with these outstanding HSC results there were three students who were recognised for their exceptional major works. 

Nathan Capulong and Oliver Kozak recieved ARTEXPRESS Nominations for their Visual Arts major work. 

Chloe Leibeck received an OnStage Nomination for her Drama major work.

During the assembly Jerica Cabanit and Maheka Karunaratne shared their HSC experiences and gave the student body some words of wisdom to succeed in their HSC. 

Jerica said that her success was found in the enjoyment of her subjects and surrounding herself with positive and ambitious people. She also said that failure does not determine you for long, rather it pushes you to do your best. She reminded students to reach out to their teachers, as they are the best resource and it is never too late to focus on your studies and to let go of any procrastination tendencies that will hinder your success.

Maheka realised that the best way to succeed was to FLAP, that is to go with the Flow; Learn from your shortcomings and transform your weakest attributes into your greatest strengths; ask for Assistance from your teachers, fellow students or a tutor; and finally Plan what is the best way for you to achieve your goals in the HSC. Maheka encouraged the students not to leave things to the last minute and to try new things to improve their understanding of the content in each of their subjects.

The College Leadership Team extends their congratulations to the students and commends the teachers who mentored them along the way.

Therese May

Careers Counsellor