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Huntingtower shines again at university

23 Jan, 2012 01:00 AM
FOR eight years, every year 12 student at Huntingtower School has been offered a university place and every one has accepted it.

The school shows no signs of slowing down in study score rankings.

Last year, the school had seven perfect study scores and more than 12 per cent of students scored an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank above 99.00.

The media study score was 37 out of 50 and almost 37 per cent of students scored over 40.

Huntingtower principal Sholto Bowen said he was thrilled at the school's results.

"It's great," he said. "It doesn't matter whether they are high-flying brilliant students or whether they are people who just work really hard at what they're doing.

"But seeing them being able to get into what is right for them, get into the course they want to get into, is really exciting.

"It's just so good to see."

Huntingtower students Kieran Hause, Ben Loveland and Cindy Bao all got their first university preference.

Mr Hause, 18, got the school's highest ATAR score of 99.90 and will be studying for a bachelor of science degree under the Chancellor's Scholars Program at the University of Melbourne.

He praised Huntingtower and his peers for their support. "I reckon it's down to the supportive atmosphere, not just from all our friends but also from all the teachers, who are always willing to help. "

Mr Loveland will be undertaking a bachelor of mechatronics engineering and bachelor of arts while Ms Bao has chosen to study medicine, both at Monash University.

The news of Huntingtower's success comes as Monash University announced it had raised the number of its first round offers by almost 8 per cent.

The increase is the result of the federal government's demand-driven funding scheme that allows universities to decide how many places they will offer and in which areas of study, except for medicine.

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Great offers:   Sholto Bowen congratulates Ben Loveland, Cindy Bao and Kieran Hause on receiving their first preference for university. Picture: Ted Kloszynski
Great offers: Sholto Bowen congratulates Ben Loveland, Cindy Bao and Kieran Hause on receiving their first preference for university. Picture: Ted Kloszynski

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