The West Australian year 12 graduate was one of many who captured the moment she found out her ATAR score before posting it to popular social media app TikTok.
“It’s all right,you’re going to do good,don’t worry,” her mother reassures her at the start of the video,after Natavia says she’s scared to see the result.
“Will you disown me if I do bad?” she says. Her mother,obviously,replies “no”.
Too nervous to click the link,Natavia gets her mum to open it for her. Her nerves are quickly replaced when she sees the score,the pair hugging each other. “We need to call Dad,” she says.
“That’s brilliant baby. All your hard work paid off,” her mother replies.
When Perth Modern student Archana Saravanaperumal opened her results,it finally hit her that everything was over.
She just missed out on the top rank,finishing with an ATAR of 99.85 – still one of the best marks in the state.
“I was thrilled because it was definitely well and beyond what I was expecting. I was genuinely super excited and relieved especially since year 12 felt never-ending,” she said.
“Even before I found out my score,I told myself that I had given my all and my results would just reflect the effort I had put in.
“It was a difficult journey,but I would say that the results were definitely worth the number of hours I spent studying.”
Another Perth Modern student who received a score of 99.85 was Faith Hoe.
“It was an overwhelming feeling of great satisfaction and sense of achievement when I found out my score. I was incredibly ecstatic because it was definitely beyond my expectations,and it felt as if Christmas came early,” she said.
Both students plan to study medicine next year.
While celebrating those who achieved what they were hoping for,past students also took to social media to say how,in the grand scheme of things,their ATAR results did not matter much.
Many revealed their ATAR was lower than they had aimed for,but they had since created successful careers despite the score.
The Tertiary Institutions Service Centre,which releases the results,also announced ATAR participation rates had dropped to just 28.08 per cent this year.
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Centre chief executive Andrew Crevald said it was disappointing the ATAR overall participation in WA had dropped again.
“A drop of 24 per cent since 2016,WA has become the state with the lowest ATAR participation rate in Australia,” he said.
“TISC looks forward to the minister’s Pathways to Post-School Success Review’s recommendations to be presented in the new year.
“They will hopefully impact on year 12 students’ participation in advanced courses in future years addressing the serious decline continuing to plague WA.”
WA Students with an ATAR of 99.95
Rachel Cheong - Willetton Senior High School
Siena Hamilton - St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School
Murali Nguyen- John XXIII College
Lillie Sartori - Perth Modern
Matthew Vinci - Aquinas College
Max Wu - Perth Modern
Chau Tran - Perth Modern
Sarah Flahive - St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School
Ananya Sanivarapu - Willetton Senior High School
Elena Latchem - Methodist Ladies’ College
Kelly Chen - Rossmoyne Senior High School
Dominique Manasseh - Methodist Ladies’ College
Misree Trivedi - St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School
James Small - Churchlands Senior High School
Binru Yang - St Hilda’s Anglican Girls’ School
Teresa So-Yeon An - Willetton Senior High School
Hanlin Shao - Perth Modern
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