HSC results

Top HSC student results

2025 results overview

6
State ranks
99.95
ATAR by 14 students
371+
Band 6s
150+
Top 10 school ranks

6 state ranks in 2025

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Richard Rao

3rd in NSW for Physics
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • North Sydney Boys
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Michael Ruff

6th in NSW for Chemistry
  • 99.50 ATAR
  • Chatswood
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Kaitlin Cai

10th in NSW for Physics
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • North Sydney Girls

Daniel Zhang

13th in NSW for Chemistry
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • North Sydney Boys
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Richard Rao

18th in NSW for Chemistry
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • North Sydney Boys
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Zichen Wang

20th in NSW for Chemistry
  • 99.80 ATAR
  • King's

Our students top their schools!

Rank
Name
School
Subject
1
Alisha Luong
Hornsby Girls
Chemistry
1
Aneisha Wanigatunga
Mount St Benedict College
Chemistry
1
Aneisha Wanigatunga
Mount St Benedict College
Maths Ext. 1
1
Aneisha Wanigatunga
Mount St Benedict College
Maths Ext. 2
1
Anson Wong
Killara
Physics
1
Brian Lee
Sydney Grammar
Chemistry
1
Christine Chen
SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Maths Ext. 1
1
Havish Wali
Epping Boys
Physics
1
Ivan Gao
Sydney Science College
Physics
1
Ivan Gao
Sydney Science College
Chemistry
1
Ivy Guo
Brigidine College St Ives
Chemistry
1
Kaitlin Cai
North Sydney Girls
Physics
1
Kaitlin Cai
North Sydney Girls
Chemistry
1
Kaitlyn Wee
Ravenswood
Physics
1
Michael Ruff
Chatswood
Chemistry
1
Olivia Choi
Meriden
Physics
1
Ryan Xie
Crestwood
Maths Ext. 2
1
Ryan Xie
Crestwood
Maths Ext. 1
1
Sean Tran
Ashfield Boys
Maths Ext. 2
1
Sean Tran
Ashfield Boys
Chemistry
1
Sean Tran
Ashfield Boys
Maths Ext. 2
1
Siobhan Chan
Loreto Kirribilli
Physics
1
Sophia Chen
Pymble Ladies
Physics
1
Ziao Zhou
North Sydney Girls
Chemistry
1
Zichen Wang
King's
Chemistry
1
Zichen Wang
King's
Physics
1
Zoe Ng
St John XXIII Catholic College
Maths Ext. 2
1
Zoe Ng
St John XXIII Catholic College
Physics
2
Akshay Krishna Kumar
Normanhurst Boys
Physics
2
Andrew Wang
King's
Chemistry
2
Bobo Lao
Ravenswood
Chemistry
2
Brendan Moon
Normanhurst Boys
Physics
2
Carsten Wong
Epping Boys
Chemistry
2
Chloe Choong
Crestwood
Maths Ext. 1
2
Christine Chen
SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Maths Ext. 2
2
Christine Chen
SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Chemistry
2
David Duan
Killara
Physics
2
David Duan
Killara
Chemistry
2
Harry Yu
King's
Physics
2
Katherine Thong
North Sydney Girls
Physics
2
Linda Ma
Pymble Ladies College
Chemistry
2
Luyi Gao
Killara
Physics
2
Richard Rao
North Sydney Boys
Chemistry
2
Richard Rao
North Sydney Boys
Physics
2
Sara Chen
Hornsby Girls
Chemistry
2
Siobhan Chan
Loreto Kirribilli
Maths Ext. 2
2
Siyuan Qiu
Chatswood
Physics
2
Sophie Choi
Abbotsleigh
Chemistry
2
Vicky Hu
Pymble Ladies
Chemistry
2
Vicky Hu
Pymble Ladies
Physics
3
Adrian Lee
Cumberland High
Chemistry
3
Audrey Heng
North Sydney Girls
Physics
3
Bodhi Ho
Conservatorium High
Chemistry
3
Elizabeth Wu
North Sydney Girls
Chemistry
3
Grace Do
Chatswood
Maths Ext. 2
3
Hayley Wong
North Sydney Girls
Physics
3
Lena Pham
Hornsby Girls
Physics
3
Michael Cen
Killara
Maths Ext. 2
3
Nicholas Chen
King's
Physics
3
Owen Wang
King's
Chemistry
3
Reshwan Amin
Crestwood
Maths Ext. 1
3
Shubhan Banerjee
Epping Boys
Physics
3
Thomas Barnett
North Sydney Boys
Chemistry
3
Vincent Widjaya
North Sydney Boys
Physics
4
Adam Shawara
Chatswood
Chemistry
4
Ahana Chauhan
Hornsby Girls
Physics
4
Anson Wong
Killara
Chemistry
4
Chloe Choong
Crestwood
Chemistry
4
Chloe Choong
Crestwood
Maths Ext. 2
4
Claudia Heuer
Wenona
Physics
4
Cynthia Xie
Pymble Ladies
Physics
4
Emily Yang
Meriden
Physics
4
Harry Yu
King's
Chemistry
4
Helen Bui
Hornsby Girls
Chemistry
4
Jack Huang
King's
Chemistry
4
Jack Huang
King's
Physics
4
Jade Chen
North Sydney Girls
Maths Ext. 1
4
Jay Chen
North Sydney Boys
Chemistry
4
Jay Kim
St George Girls
Physics
4
Kingsley Deng
North Sydney Boys
Physics
4
Leah Yan
North Sydney Girls
Maths Ext. 1
4
Lena Pham
Hornsby Girls
Chemistry
4
Naomi Siu
North Sydney Girls
Chemistry
4
Neel Motwani
Killara
Chemistry
4
Ricky Parvez
Belmore Boys
Physics
4
Sara Chen
Hornsby Girls
Maths Ext. 1
4
Wesley Mitchell
Ashfield Boys
Physics
5
Andrew Wang
King's
Physics
5
Andy Ji
North Sydney Boys
Physics
5
Annie Wang
North Sydney Girls
Chemistry
5
Ariana Bansal
Pymble Ladies
Chemistry
5
Bodhi Ho
Conservatorium High
Maths Ext. 2
5
Brian Lee
Sydney Grammar
Chemistry
5
Catherine Hu
Willoughby Girls
Chemistry
5
Catherine Hu
Willoughby Girls
Maths Ext. 1
5
Claudia Heuer
Wenona
Maths Ext. 2
5
Ethan Huang
North Sydney Boys
Chemistry
5
Jade Chen
North Sydney Girls
Chemistry
5
Joshua Chen
Chatswood
Physics
5
Kaitlyn Wee
Ravenswood
Chemistry

Perfect 99.95 ATARs 2025

ATAR
Name
School
99.95
Daniel Zhang
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Elizabeth Wu
North Sydney Girls
99.95
Emily Phi
North Sydney Girls
99.95
Jaden Gargya
Sydney Grammar
99.95
Jay Chen
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Joshua Zhu
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Justin Tran
Sydney Grammar
99.95
Kaitlin Cai
North Sydney Girls
99.95
Kingsley Deng
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Murphy Xi
King's
99.95
Nehan Reddy
Sydney Grammar
99.95
Nicholas Chen
King's
99.95
Richard Rao
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Sophia Chen
Pymble Ladies

2024 results overview

4
State ranks
99.95
ATAR by 5 students
99+
ATAR by 51+ students
162+
Band 6s

4 state ranks in 2024

Lloyd Yang

6th in NSW for Physics
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • North Sydney Boys

Bowen Wu

7th in NSW for Physics
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • North Sydney Boys
Now a Cognito tutor

Satvik Prasad

10th in NSW for Maths Ext. 2
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • Normanhurst Boys
Now a Cognito tutor

Hongyi Liu

15th in NSW for Chemistry
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • North Sydney Boys
Now a Cognito tutor

Our students top their schools!

Rank
Name
School
Subject
1
Anvitha Vijay
North Sydney Girls
Chemistry
1
Brendan Hill
Hills Adventist College
Physics
1
Brendan Hill
Hills Adventist College
Maths Ext. 1
1
Celine Fu
Chatswood
Physics
1
Erika Zhou
Sydney Girls
Chemistry
1
Juliet Harding
Chatswood
Chemistry
1
Lily Huang
Pymble Ladies
Chemistry
1
Lloyd Yang
North Sydney Boys
Chemistry
1
Min Song
Mercy College
Chemistry
1
Sarah Mosharraf
Marsden High
Chemistry
2
Anthony Campobassi
Normanhurst Boys
Chemistry
2
Brendan Hill
Hills Adventist College
Maths Ext. 2
2
Erika Zhou
Sydney Girls
Physics
2
Hongyi Liu
North Sydney Boys
Physics
2
Melissa Liu
Sydney Girls
Chemistry
2
Rianna De Saram
Sydney Girls
Physics
2
Sarah Mosharraf
Marsden High
Physics
3
Brendan Hill
Hills Adventist College
Chemistry
3
Daniel Bowen Wang
North Sydney Boys
Chemistry
3
Justin Yang
North Sydney Boys
Chemistry
3
Lloyd Yang
North Sydney Boys
Physics
4
Lauren Shinfield
Hornsby Girls
Chemistry
4
Rianna De Saram
Sydney Girls
Chemistry
5
Hongyi Liu
North Sydney Boys
Chemistry
5
Justin Yang
North Sydney Boys
Physics

Top student ATARs 2024

ATAR
Name
School
99.95
Bowen Wu
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Hongyi Liu
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Lloyd Yang
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Satvik Prasad
Normanhurst Boys
99.95
Tharun Bandara
North Sydney Boys
99.90
Ethan Huang
North Sydney Boys
99.90
Justin Yang
North Sydney Boys
99.90
Rachel Enochs
North Sydney Girls
99.90
Sean Van Ummersen
North Sydney Boys
99.85
Alwyn Zhou
North Sydney Boys
99.85
Daniel Wang
North Sydney Boys
99.85
Ko Tohara
North Sydney Boys
99.85
Yunwoo Kim
North Sydney Boys
99.80
Daniel Bowen Wang
North Sydney Boys
99.80
Rianna De Saram
Sydney Girls
99.75
Erika Zhou
Sydney Girls
99.75
Joey Chen
North Sydney Boys
99.75
Rodney Li
North Sydney Boys
99.70
Aarav Pokharna
North Sydney Boys
99.65
Melissa Liu
Sydney Girls
99.65
Sydney Wang
Sydney Girls
99.60
Gwenaelle Le Bail
North Sydney Girls
99.60
Liam Nicholls
Barker College
99.60
Patrick Kim
North Sydney Boys
99.60
Shaan Brar
North Sydney Boys
99.55
Aaron Tian
North Sydney Boys
99.55
Lily Huang
Pymble Ladies
99.55
Siddhant Jain
North Sydney Boys
99.55
Sidharth John
Normanhurst Boys
99.45
Zoe London
Abbotsleigh
99.40
Lauren Shinfield
Hornsby Girls
99.35
Akshit Shrivastava
Epping Boys
99.35
Jackie Wu
Scots College
99.35
Mia Zhang
Sydney Girls
99.30
Timothy Chau
North Sydney Boys
99.20
Aurittri Chowdhury
Sydney Girls
99.20
Derek Liu
North Sydney Boys
99.15
Christen Li
North Sydney Boys
99.15
Ethan Chen
Normanhurst Boys
99.10
Aaron Vuong Ly
North Sydney Boys
99.10
Abishek Kattamanchi
Chatswood
99.05
Andy Lin
North Sydney Boys
99.05
Shray Sinha
North Sydney Boys

2023 results overview

4
State ranks
99.95
ATAR by 5 students
99.05
median student ATAR
B6
82.4% band 6 rate

4 state ranks in 2023

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Judy Chen

6th in NSW for Chemistry
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • James Ruse
Portrait of Danika, a high achieving HSC student at Cognito Tuition

Danika Chan

9th in NSW for Physics
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • Abbotsleigh
Now a Cognito tutor
Portrait of Bill Bao, a high achieving HSC student at Cognito Tuition

Bill Bao

14th in NSW for Chemistry
  • 99.95 ATAR
  • Normanhurst Boys
Now a Cognito tutor

Kayla Jung

17th in NSW for Chemistry
  • James Ruse

Top student ATARs 2023

Rank
Name
School
99.95
Anthony Xie
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Bill Bao
Normanhurst Boys
99.95
Danika Chan
Abbotsleigh
99.95
Jordan Ho
North Sydney Boys
99.95
Judy Chen
James Ruse
99.90
Jayden Shi
North Sydney Boys
99.90
Jiacheng Zheng
Chatswood
99.90
Lina Kim
North Sydney Girls
99.90
Name Withheld
North Sydney Girls
99.85
Anson Pham
North Sydney Boys
99.85
Jack Yang
North Sydney Boys
99.85
Kerry Yang
Baulkham Hills
99.85
Mohit Somanchi
North Sydney Boys
99.85
Name Withheld
North Sydney Girls
99.85
Oscar Yin
North Sydney Boys
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