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The Higher School Certificate (HSC) is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete senior high school level studies (Years 10, 11 and 12 or equivalent) in New South Wales and some ACT schools in Australia, as well as some international schools in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, and Papua New Guinea.
May 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Distinction courses were an advanced placement program (not to be confused with the US Advanced Placement program) available to Higher School Certificate (HSC) students in New South Wales , Australia , who have been accelerated in at least one subject by at least one year.
In order to calculate the ATAR for HSC students, UAC adjusts students' HSC marks in a process known as scaling. Given the lack of comparability between subjects of different difficulties, the spread of students' marks in each individual subject is adjusted so the mean, the standard deviation and the maximum mark in each course are equivalent.
Sydney Technical High School consistently ranks amongst the podium in the state for Engineering Studies in the Year 12 Higher School Certificate, frequently coming first with an average HSC mark nearing 90. [15] [16] Dr. Paul L. Copeland the writer of the Preliminary and HSC syllabus and exams is a teacher
The Higher School Certificate (HSC) Economics course is a 2-unit elective course undertaken by students in New South Wales across their final 2 years of schooling. The course includes a preliminary program for study across 3 terms of Year 11, and an HSC course for study over 4 terms of Year 12 .
In 2023, the school renovated the existing Champagnat Court area, installing new outdoor seating and a painting a walkway in place of the existing handball courts. The Creative and Performing Arts rooms located in the A-block precinct was refurbished with new TV equipment and drones to support the college's ongoing MCETV initiative.
The school is renowned for its academic achievement and ranked second in the NSW Higher School Certificate in 2016, 2017 and 2020. It also ranked fifth in 2018, ninth in 2019 and ranked third in 2021, 2022 and 2023. [7] [8] [9] In 2010, the school was ranked the most popular school in NSW for high school applications. [10]
Academically, Hornsby Girls' is regularly ranked first in the Hornsby region in terms of Higher School Certificate (HSC) results and is repeatedly ranked as one of the top ten performing schools in the state. [2] [3] The school has a student exchange program with three of their languages – Japanese, French and German.