NSW Year 12 students celebrate final HSC exam on physics day
About 9000 NSW students finished their final HSC exam on Thursday, physics, after completing 123 tests over 18 days.
Physics was the final exam for NSW Year 12 students on Thursday, November 5. About 9000 students across the state sat the paper, including almost 60 at Merewether High School.
Students described the relief of finishing 13 years of schooling. Merewether dux Amelia Marshall said she felt free and was planning a celebration dinner with her family and a holiday with her friends.
Her classmate Anshul Jadhay was heading to China with friends to mark the end of school. Over 18 test days, about 75,000 students took 123 written exams across 800 exam centres.
Education Minister Prue Car said reaching the end of the schooling journey was a major accomplishment. Students will receive their HSC results and ATARs on December 16.
- 9000
- Final exam students
- 123
- Total exams across state
- almost 60
- Merewether High sitters
- December 16
- Results date
Why it mattersThe HSC results determine university entry offers and shape Australian teenagers' next steps.
AustraliaAbout 75,000 Australian students are now waiting for results that will affect their university pathways.
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