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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.
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.
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]
Consistently ranked as one of the nation's top schools academically, it was ranked fourth in the state based on Higher School Certificate (HSC) results in 2024. Established in 1958, the school caters for approximately 730 students from Year 7 to Year 12, who are accepted on an academic basis. [3]
James Ruse is an academically selective high school; admission to James Ruse in Year 7 is only through the Selective High Schools Test, which is open to all Year 6 NSW students. A small number of students from other high schools are accepted in Year 9, 10 and 11, through application made directly to the school.
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
After deciding to create a school in Glebe, the NSW Department of Education was searching for a suitable location. A local lumber yard owned by George Hudson and called Hudson Timber Yard went on the market in 1979 and the Department of Education purchased the waterfront property for $1.86 million (equivalent to $9.9 million in 2023) with the ...
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 .