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THE CLASS OF 2018 • 14 boys (5.4 per cent of the cohort) obtained an ATAR of 99.50 or more (top 0.5 per cent in the population) • 25 boys (9.7 per cent of the cohort) obtained an ATAR of 99.00 or more (top 1 per cent in the population) • 38 boys (14.7 per cent of the cohort) obtained an ATAR of 98 or more (top 2 per cent in the population) • 80 boys (30.9 per cent of the cohort) obtained an ATAR of 95 or more (top 5 per cent in the population) • 120 boys (46.3 per cent of the cohort) obtained an ATAR of 90 or more (top 10 per cent in the population) • 170 boys (65.6 per cent of the cohort) obtained an ATAR of 80 or more (top 20 per cent in the population) • The median ATAR was 88.85 • Measures of ‘value add’, comparing ability testing data from earlier years and ATAR scores, indicate a strong performance from this cohort (Note: the population referred to in the ATAR statistics above is the population of the statewide Year 7 cohort from 2013, including those students who moved or left school before Year 12.) • There were 18 ‘perfect’ scores of 50 across 12 subjects. • Eight Year 12 boys obtained scores of 50: Christopher Chamberlain (Chemistry, German and Physics), Jason Hu (Specialist Mathematics), Andrew Kroger (Further Mathematics), Tom Loveridge (English), Austin Nguyen (English), Christopher Sparks (French and Literature), Joshua Start (English), and Joshua Yong (English) • Seven Year 11 boys obtained scores of 50: Rupert Balfe (Psychology), William Dixon (Legal Studies), Tianqi Feng (Mathematical Methods), Matthew Lee (Biology), Harrison Liu (Biology), William Sutherland (Mathematical Methods) and Yulin (Kevin) Wu (Mathematical Methods). TOM BATTY — PRINCIPAL ABOVE FROM LEFT: STEVE HOLDING, ALICE COOK, ZIAN (TOMMY) WEI, JOSHUA YONG, CHRISTOPHER SPARKS, JASON HU, PINO CUTINELLI, TOM BATTY. ABSENT: NICK MARKS, CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERLAIN www.scotch.vic.edu.au Great Scot 25