2018 HSC Results

We congratulate the Class of 2018 for their excellent HSC results, which included 78 Band 6 results, with 29 students listed as Distinguished Achievers and the School maintaining its Top 100 ranking.

The comprehensive nature of the achievements of the Class of 2018 can be seen in the fact that Hills Grammar was above the State average in 29 HSC courses this year, with 60% of results in the Bands 5 and 6 range (80% and above). Over the last 5 years, we have seen a steady increase in students taking on extension courses, with 55% of the Class of 2018 completing at least one challenging extension course as part of their pattern of study.

HSC All Rounders and other Notable Achievements

Julia Tan (Dux) – Distinguished achiever (above 90%) in all 8 subjects attempted. Julia completed 14 units, far in excess of minimal requirements. She completed extension courses in English, Mathematics (Extension 2) and Latin and earnt 99% in Mathematics Extension 1, 96% in Latin Continuers and 48/50 in Latin Extension. Julia achieved an ATAR of 99.75 and has received two scholarship offers from Sydney University: the 2019 Sydney Scholars Award and Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies Leadership Scholarship.

Selina Ta – Distinguished achiever (above 90%) in 6 HSC courses. Selina completed 12 units, including Mathematics and Latin Extension courses and earning 96% in Latin Continuers and 48/50 in Latin Extension.  She achieved an ATAR of 99.

Chelsea McVay – Distinguished achiever (above 90%) in 6 HSC courses. Chelsea completed 13 units, including extension courses in English (Extension 2) and French (97%).  Chelsea achieved an ATAR of 98.1 and was the recipient of the 2018 Macquarie University Global Leadership Program.

Charlotte Chan – Charlotte's music performances were shortlisted for Music Encore.  She also completed 13 units of study, including extension courses in Mathematics (Extension 2) and Music. She was a distinguished achiever in 4 courses earning 97% in Extension 1 Mathematics; 96% Music 2 and 49/50 in Music Extension. Charlotte  achieved an ATAR of 98.7 

Talja Coleman – Talja  achieved an ATAR of 92.75 and was the recipient of the 2018 Macquarie University Global Leadership Program.

Outstanding Individual Course Results

• Taylor Dagher – 95% Business Studies
• Conor Knight – 97% in Mathematics Extension 2
• Raj Labade – 97% Drama
• Rebecca Li – 49/50 Music Extension
• Emma Rogers – 97% in Drama
• Gray Tang – 96% Mathematics Extension 1
• Peter Wang – 97% Mathematics Extension 1 and 95% in Mathematics Extension 1

Distinguished Achievers in 22 HSC Courses
More than a third of the Class of 2018 achieved Band 6 in at least one course of study, and many achieved multiple citations by NESA as Distinguished Achievers. Congratulations to the following students:

• Charlotte Chan - Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Music 2, Music Extension
• Olivia Clarke-Bruce - Business Studies, English (Advanced), Visual Arts
• Talja Coleman - Business Studies, Mathematics General 2
• Lucy Coote - Mathematics General 2
• Taylor Dagher - Business Studies, English (Advanced), English Extension 1, Mathematics, Mathematics Extension 1
• Alice Deng - English Extension 1, Modern History,
• Ali Dogramaci - Mathematics General 2
• Shaun Ebrahimi - Business Studies, Mathematics, Modern History
• Jasper Hong - Mathematics Extension 1
• Yafei Huang - Mathematics Extension 1
• Conor Knight - Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
• Raj Labade - Drama
• Jamie Leong - Biology
• Rebecca Li - English (Advanced), Music 2, Music Extension, Visual Arts
• Tony Liao - Mathematics
• Rujing Ma - Business Studies, Mathematics
• Chelsea McVay - English (Advanced), English Extension 1, Legal Studies, Mathematics, Music 2, French Continuers, French Extension
• Brett Murray - English (Advanced), English Extension 1
• Alexander Pribula - Business Studies
• Emma Rogers - Biology, Drama
• Alexander Rosic - Mathematics Extension 1, Physics
• Daniel Shi - English Extension 1
• Sophia Spallek - English (Advanced), English Extension 1, German Continuers, German Extension
• Selina Ta - Chemistry, English (Advanced), Mathematics, Music 2, Latin Continuers, Latin Extension
• Julia Tan - Economics, English (Advanced), English Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Modern History, Latin Continuers, Latin Extension
• Wenhao Tang - Chemistry, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2
• Yangyang Wang - Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2
• Alice Weller - Mathematics General 2
• Ollie Wong - Chemistry, Mathematics, Modern History, History Extension