Year 12 students across the northern suburbs received their ATARs early on Thursday morning.
Hume Anglican Grammar student Manraj Dhanoa achieved the highest possible score, with an ATAR of 99.95, he was named dux for 2025.
Manraj said he felt a kind of stillness before he opened the score.
“Your nerves are kind of on the edge and you just can’t wait to scroll to the side and see the number,” Manraj said.
This is the first time that a student at the school has achieved a 99.95 ATAR.
“It’s so surreal, that’s the number you’ve been thinking about for a great part of your high school journey,” Manraj said,
“My family were instantly jumping around, laughing … it took me a second … for it to set in.”
Manraj said his advice for future year 12 students is to have a mindset for success and track their mistakes.
“In my mind, there was always someone more talented than me in this state… I knew the only way I could possibly beat them is my mentality.”
Manraj said he hopes to study commerce at the University of Melbourne, but first he will catch up on watching movies.
A school spokesperson said Manraj, who was also school captain this year, has been an active and generous student leader, participating in co-curricular activities and community service.
Hume Anglican Grammar principal Bill Sweeney said the school is immensely proud of the 2025 cohort’s achievements.
“The students have shown incredible commitment, resilience and character,” Mr Sweeney said.
The proxime accessit, Saad Khurram, achieved an ATAR of 99.25.
Mr Sweeney said the cohort achieved the school’s strongest VCE results to date, 20 per cent of the ATARs were over 90.
