Top Busselton students soar at ATAR
Busselton students have been through the nerve-wracking ordeal of discovering their ATAR scores in the last fortnight.
Results were posted online last week and hard copies were mailed out to anxious Year 12s late this week.
Cape Naturaliste College students Ben Ridgwell, Brona McGovern-Daly and Josh Hewett and Busselton Senior High School student Elle Sewell all scored above 92.
"I was surprised when I saw it," Ben said.
"You get a bit of reflection on everything you've done in the past two years. I was pretty relieved."
Brona said she "couldn't believe it" when she found out her score online.
"I kept refreshing the page," she said.
"I actually logged in again to make sure it was right."
Josh said he was pleased the pressure of studying was over, for now. "I'm trying to save as much money as I can before I go to uni in Perth," he said.
Elle said she was keen to start the next stage of her life by studying for a degree in fine art. "Painting is my passion and that's what was driving me," she said.
All four students paid tribute to their teachers for supporting them.
The Tertiary Institutions Service Centre will make its main-round offers for 2015 university admission from next Friday.
Second-round offers will be available from February 3.
Cape Naturaliste College principal Mark Gillett congratulated the students.
"We're celebrating the kids themselves and their achievement," he said.
Busselton Senior High School associate principal David Gault said the students worked extremely hard.
"We only had a small number of kids doing ATAR and we're happy with the results they achieved," he said.
