This report shows the 2008 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
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| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | Stewart, Emma Rae | 1 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 2 | Aboriginal Studies | Pryjma, Teegan Michelle | 2 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 3 | Aboriginal Studies | Reveleigh, Bro Charles | 3 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
| 4 | Aboriginal Studies | Matthews, James | 4 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 5 | Aboriginal Studies | Hall, Brooke | 5 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 6 | Accounting | Khor, Amanda Wen Ying | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 7 | Accounting | Poon, Angela Yan | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 8 | Accounting | Tan, Cecilia | 2 | Sydney Institute St George College | Kogarah |
| 9 | Accounting | Treeves, Shane | 2 | OTEN Open Training and Education Network | Strathfield |
| 10 | Accounting | Ward, Shaun Luke | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 11 | Accounting | Yeo, Jie Sheng | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 12 | Accounting | Yeong, Lin-Lee | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 13 | Agriculture | Halder, Aditi | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 14 | Agriculture | Hanamshet, Ameya | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 15 | Agriculture | Cheung, Simone Charmaine | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 16 | Agriculture | Yeo, Lee-Anne | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 17 | Agriculture | Guan, Ting-Ting | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 18 | Agriculture | Jung, Jung Yoon Jessie | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 19 | Agriculture | Berry, David Maxwell | 7 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 20 | Agriculture | Lai, Jacqueline Van | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 21 | Agriculture | Tjondro, Michelle | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 22 | Agriculture | Duong, Lisa Thanh | 10 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 23 | Ancient History | Craven, Timothy Robin | 1 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 24 | Ancient History | Wolfenden, Ellen Marie | 2 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 25 | Ancient History | Zafiropoulos, Constantina | 3 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 26 | Ancient History | Ofner, Dominic Francis | 4 | St Patricks College Strathfield | Strathfield |
| 27 | Ancient History | Lai, Daniela Elise | 5 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 28 | Ancient History | Al-Zaidi, Zahra | 6 | Bankstown Girls High School | Bankstown |
| 29 | Ancient History | Hedemann, Nicole | 7 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 30 | Ancient History | Hall, Madeline | 8 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 31 | Ancient History | Witchard, Alison Monique | 9 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 32 | Ancient History | Grant, Flora Jane Ellen | 10 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 33 | Ancient History | Reed, Anna Jane | 11 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 34 | Ancient History | Guyot, Lucienne | 12 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 35 | Ancient History | Liu, Stephanie Rachel | 13 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 36 | Ancient History | Potter, Anna | 14 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 37 | Ancient History | Franklin, Anneliese Hannah | 15 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 38 | Ancient History | Solomon, Rosie Jean | 16 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 39 | Ancient History | Allen, Keeley | 17 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 40 | Ancient History | Benson, Lauren Michelle | 17 | South Sydney High School | Maroubra |
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| 41 | Ancient History | Mai, Han | 17 | Casimir Catholic College | Marrickville |
| 42 | Ancient History | Smit, Amelia | 20 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
| 43 | Ancient History | Tan, Lucy | 20 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 44 | Arabic Continuers | Kassoua, Heba | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 45 | Arabic Continuers | Bejjani, Lorayne | 2 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 46 | Arabic Continuers | Kastoun, Jessica Adele | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 47 | Arabic Continuers | Thamer, Zoha | 4 | Auburn Girls High School | Auburn |
| 48 | Arabic Continuers | Georges, Ghady | 5 | Our Lady of Lebanon College | Harris Park |
| 49 | Arabic Extension | Kassoua, Heba | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 50 | Arabic Extension | Najjar, Leila | 2 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 51 | Arabic Extension | Fakhouri, Ghiwa | 3 | Wiley Park Girls High School | Punchbowl |
| 52 | Arabic Extension | Georges, Ghady | 4 | Our Lady of Lebanon College | Harris Park |
| 53 | Armenian Continuers | Shahmoradian, Emineh | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 54 | Armenian Continuers | Barlezizian, Anna | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 55 | Armenian Continuers | Kaprielian, Garineh | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 56 | Armenian Continuers | Hanna, Silva | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 57 | Armenian Continuers | Ghougassian, Clare | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 58 | Biology | Chieng, Janet Ling Min | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 59 | Biology | Chan, Victor Wingtak | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 60 | Biology | Wong, Arthur Ka Chun | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 61 | Biology | Huang, Sue | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 62 | Biology | Gillett, Clare | 5 | The Scots School Albury | Albury |
| 63 | Biology | Bui, Anna | 6 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 64 | Biology | Gonzalez, Anna | 7 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 65 | Biology | Kwong, Ruby Tsz In | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 66 | Biology | Kim, Sul Ki | 9 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 67 | Biology | Torii, Emma Hiroko | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 68 | Biology | Wong, Brendon | 11 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 69 | Biology | O'Grady, Rebecca Joan | 12 | Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield |
| 70 | Biology | Ubaldi, Nina Walton | 13 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 71 | Biology | Der Sarkissian, Samuel Antranig | 14 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 72 | Biology | King, Ellen Meredith | 15 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 73 | Biology | Burgess, Lucy Margaret | 16 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 74 | Biology | Wee, Priscilla Jie Zhen | 17 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 75 | Biology | Menon, Mohan Thekkath | 18 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 76 | Biology | Chung, Belinda Shuwei | 19 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 77 | Biology | Clarke, Ireni | 20 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |
| 78 | Business Services Examination | Weber, Trent Ashley | 1 | Merrylands High School | Merrylands |
| 79 | Business Services Examination | Pearson, Melanie | 2 | Illawarra Institute Wollongong Campus | Wollongong |
| 80 | Business Services Examination | Wassef, Miriam Mary | 3 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 81 | Business Services Examination | William, Marina | 4 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 82 | Business Services Examination | Feng, Lisa | 5 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 83 | Business Services Examination | Maccarrone, Stefania | 6 | Bethany College | Hurstville |
| 84 | Business Services Examination | Curran, Chloe Alissa | 7 | Hunter Institute Gosford Campus | Gosford |
| 85 | Business Services Examination | Tarraf, Miriam | 8 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 86 | Business Services Examination | Barraga, Alyssa Gabrielle | 9 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 87 | Business Services Examination | Rhodes, Natasha Louise | 10 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 88 | Business Studies | Phillips, Bogart Edwin Ignatious | 1 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 89 | Business Studies | Dean, Michelle Lillian | 2 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 90 | Business Studies | Cuschieri, Martin | 3 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 91 | Business Studies | Koller-Smith, Louise Isabel Marie | 3 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 92 | Business Studies | Tang, Melissa | 5 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 93 | Business Studies | Monti, David | 6 | St John Bosco College | Engadine |
| 94 | Business Studies | Chen, Wendy Ke Xing | 7 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 95 | Business Studies | Yee-Joy, Natalie | 8 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 96 | Business Studies | Craven, Timothy Robin | 9 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 97 | Business Studies | Garden, Georgina | 10 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
| 98 | Business Studies | Heath, Lauren Elizabeth | 11 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 99 | Business Studies | Ng, Lydia Hooi Ting | 12 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 100 | Business Studies | Edwards, Robert John | 13 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 101 | Business Studies | Voudouris, Natasha | 14 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 102 | Business Studies | Narayan, Joti | 15 | St Andrews College Senior Campus | Marayong |
| 103 | Business Studies | Sharah, Katherine | 16 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 104 | Business Studies | Kingston, Charles Samuel | 17 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 105 | Business Studies | Melouney, James Raymond | 18 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 106 | Business Studies | Govil, Shantanu | 19 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 107 | Business Studies | Yap, Aaron Ian Shing | 20 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 108 | Chemistry | Zhang, Christine Shaoning | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 109 | Chemistry | Wong, Wai Yin Jason | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 110 | Chemistry | Singh, Kamal Parkash | 3 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 111 | Chemistry | Clifton, Benjamin Edward | 4 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 112 | Chemistry | Banh, Caroline | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 113 | Chemistry | Chan, Victor Wingtak | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 114 | Chemistry | Xu, James Shengjie | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 115 | Chemistry | Chan, Jowa Cho Wa | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 116 | Chemistry | Pham, David | 9 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 117 | Chemistry | Chim, Daniel | 10 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 118 | Chemistry | Magdy, Joseph | 10 | St Mary and St Minas Coptic Orthodox College | Rockdale |
| 119 | Chemistry | Mason, Alexander | 12 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 120 | Chemistry | Luk, Jeremy Pak Yan | 13 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 121 | Chemistry | Ng, Jason Chun-Wai | 13 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 122 | Chemistry | Vijayakumar, Daniel Naveen | 13 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 123 | Chemistry | La, Steven | 16 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 124 | Chemistry | Lee, Lydia Sang Eun | 17 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 125 | Chemistry | She, Hoi Shu David | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 126 | Chemistry | Wong, Nathan Kum Pang | 18 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 127 | Chemistry | Gupta, Sunil | 20 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 128 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhao, Zhi Fan | 1 | Meridian College Pty Ltd | Surry Hills |
| 129 | Chinese Background Speakers | He, Yanting | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 130 | Chinese Background Speakers | Huang, Fei Xiao (Nancy) | 3 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 131 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhang, Wen Qing (Manchi) | 4 | St Scholasticas College Glebe Point | Glebe Point |
| 132 | Chinese Background Speakers | Liu, Shu (Shelly) | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 133 | Chinese Background Speakers | Meng, Hai Xin | 6 | Taylors College | Waterloo |
| 134 | Chinese Background Speakers | Xu, Jie (Angela) | 7 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 135 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhao, Jieyu | 8 | Taylors College | Waterloo |
| 136 | Chinese Background Speakers | Zhu, Kai Ying | 8 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 137 | Chinese Background Speakers | Yu, Yue | 10 | Secondary College of Languages Randwick Centre | Randwick |
| 138 | Chinese Beginners | Waks, Shifra | 1 | Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus | Glebe |
| 139 | Chinese Beginners | Tse, Gaspar Haw Tyng | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 140 | Chinese Beginners | Kim, Do A | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 141 | Chinese Beginners | Wen, Gong | 4 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 142 | Chinese Beginners | Yuwono, Edward | 5 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 143 | Chinese Continuers | Hu, Hillary | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 144 | Chinese Continuers | Barry, Matthew Paul | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 145 | Chinese Continuers | Hu, Hannah | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 146 | Chinese Continuers | Cheung, Jessica | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 147 | Chinese Continuers | Ho, Carmen | 5 | Kingsgrove North High School | Kingsgrove |
| 148 | Chinese Extension | Hu, Hillary | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 149 | Chinese Extension | Jiang, Jenny Yi | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 150 | Chinese Extension | Qi, Angela Liuhui | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 151 | Chinese Extension | Ding, Jenny Xu Zhu | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 152 | Chinese Extension | Hu, Hannah | 5 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | Vallance, Thomas | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Continuers | Pope, Benjamin | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Continuers | Marinos, Emmanuel | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 156 | Classical Greek Continuers | Menzies, Matthew | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 157 | Classical Greek Continuers | Kokkinos, Kosmas | 5 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Vallance, Thomas | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 159 | Classical Greek Extension | Pope, Benjamin | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 160 | Classical Greek Extension | Marinos, Emmanuel | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 161 | Classical Greek Extension | Menzies, Matthew | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 162 | Classical Greek Extension | Thompson, Alexander William | 5 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Hayman, Liron | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Fuchs, Talia | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Garber, Joshua | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Klein, Yaacov | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Bernstein, Aaron | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Hayman, Liron | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 169 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Fuchs, Talia | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 170 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Bernstein, Aaron | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 171 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Levy, Rachel | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 172 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Klein, Yaacov | 5 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Simpson, Ellie-Mae | 1 | Dubbo Christian School | Dubbo |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Nguyen, Anh Hoang Thi | 2 | Sefton High School | Sefton |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | Bennett, Sara | 3 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Delaney, Greta Caitlin | 4 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | Looby, Hannah Marie | 5 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Andreou, Yvonne Mary | 6 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 179 | Community and Family Studies | McDonnell, Kelly Maree | 7 | Glendale Technology High School | Glendale |
| 180 | Community and Family Studies | Veling, Karina Anne | 8 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 181 | Community and Family Studies | Phillips, Lauren | 9 | De La Salle Catholic College Cronulla | Cronulla |
| 182 | Community and Family Studies | Clack, Kayla Jane | 10 | Mulwaree High School | Goulburn |
| 183 | Community and Family Studies | Sewell, Katelyn Anne | 10 | Port Hacking High School | Miranda |
| 184 | Comparative Literature - Distinction Course | Swain, Daniel Stephen | 1 | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
| 185 | Comparative Literature - Distinction Course | Mancenido, Zid Niel | 2 | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
| 186 | Comparative Literature - Distinction Course | Chen, Melissa Ann | 3 | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
| 187 | Construction Examination | Brogan, Mark James | 1 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 188 | Construction Examination | Hargreaves-Hising, Elih James | 2 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 189 | Construction Examination | Pallett, Matthew James Wallace | 3 | Corowa High School | Corowa |
| 190 | Construction Examination | Driver, Martin | 4 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
| 191 | Construction Examination | Hoare, Joseph | 5 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 192 | Construction Examination | Kelly, Michael | 6 | OConnor Catholic College | Armidale |
| 193 | Construction Examination | Girle, David William | 7 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
| 194 | Construction Examination | Wozeer, Naheed Ikraam | 7 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 195 | Construction Examination | Schofield, Luke Anthony | 9 | South Western Sydney Institute Miller Campus | Miller |
| 196 | Construction Examination | Baillie, Michael James | 10 | St John The Evangelist Catholic High School | Nowra |
| 197 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Mohan, Nitin | 1 | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
| 198 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Bhasker, Ajey Krishn | 2 | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
| 199 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Cai, Ye Tan Tommy | 3 | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
| 200 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Zhu, Jonathan Julian | 4 | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 5 Dec 2016