VCE 2015
Outstanding VCE results!
This year Northcote High School celebrates its 90th anniversary. It is fitting therefore that we celebrate our most successful year of VCE results ever. Many excited students received their VCE results in December 2015 and we congratulate all of them on their outstanding efforts.
For our Year 12 class of 2015, the highest ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) achieved was 99.8, achieved by Themba Hodge. Six other students achieved ATARs over 99.
Overall, 61 students or 25% of our students achieved ATARs over 90, that is, in the top 10% of the state!
In addition,
- 40% students achieved an ATAR over 80.
- 54% of students earned an ATAR of 70 or above. (These students were achieving in the top 30% of the state)
- 12.3% of study scores were over 40.
- The median study score has climbed to 31.3.
There were perfect scores of 50 in three subjects: English, Biology(2) and Psychology.
Congratulations to all our students – another great year for the school!
Themba Hodge (99.8) and Kate Bongiovani-Hodges (99.4) will be the Male and Female Duces of 2015.
2015 Tertiary Offers
After the first round of Tertiary offers, this is the breakdown of pathways (although there are several more rounds to come). Continuing the trend of the last ten years, RMIT, Melbourne and La Trobe remain the most popular destinations.
23% University of Melbourne
32% RMIT University
19% La Trobe University
5% Monash University
5% ACU
5% Swinburne University
4% Victoria University
7% Other (including interstate & overseas)
Types of Courses
It is difficult to categorize types of courses across a large Year level cohort but this list of first round offers is an indication of our student tertiary interests:
13% Business
3% Media
3% Events/Comm's/Marketing
13% General Science
10% Art & Design
2% Music
8% Education/Social Wk
9% Engineering /IT
3% Environmental
4% Architecture/Building/Int Des
7% Sport/Out Ed
11% General Arts
4% Law/Justice
5% Politics/Int Studies
4% Other