Hume Anglican Grammar Dux Anthony Shu was confident of getting a good ATAR score but it didn’t stop the nerves.
Anthony received an an ATAR of 99.25, which he said he was very happy with.
“Before all of this I wasn’t really afraid or anxious, but come Monday morning I started to get a little bit nervous,” he said,
“I was fairly confident in getting a good score, although not as high as what I got.”
Anthony took English, chemistry, mathematical methods, general mathematics, and music performance this year, having already completed biology last year.
He said he enjoyed music performance as it was more of a chill and relax subject and not as intense as the other subjects.
“It doesn’t matter how you study, as long as you put in the work and hours and work on your mistakes and weaknesses, you can achieve well,” Anthony said to future year 12 students.
After a year of hard work and dedication, he plans to take a gap year before pursuing medicine at Monash University or University of New South Wales.
“For now I might take up tutoring, and learn some life skills like cooking, and I want to try and learn Japanese,” he said.
Overall, it was a good year for Hume Anglican, with five students getting ATAR scores above 95 and a total of 13 above 90.
Gerald Lynch
