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.
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 |
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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 |
201 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | Chan, Joseph Chung Yan | 5 | Charles Sturt University Distance Education | Bathurst |
202 | Dance | Covey, Courtney Anne | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
203 | Dance | Wythes, Rosslyn Alyce | 2 | Orange High School | Orange |
204 | Dance | Everett, Alana Jane | 3 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
205 | Dance | McCartney, Amber | 4 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
206 | Dance | Pyne, Rebecca Jade | 5 | Kirrawee High School | Kirrawee |
207 | Design and Technology | Young, Bethany Grace | 1 | Danebank An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville |
208 | Design and Technology | Doyle, Dakota | 2 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
209 | Design and Technology | Evans, Nellie Blanche | 3 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
210 | Design and Technology | Stevens, Leyna | 4 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |
211 | Design and Technology | Chapman, Caitlin Louise | 5 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
212 | Design and Technology | McIntyre, Laura Rae | 5 | St Pauls High School | Booragul |
213 | Design and Technology | Murphy, Lara Kathryn | 5 | Nowra High School | Nowra |
214 | Design and Technology | Brennan, Lucy Cathryn | 8 | Frensham School | Mittagong |
215 | Design and Technology | Revay, David | 9 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
216 | Design and Technology | Efstratiou, Carla | 10 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
217 | Drama | McKinnon, Amelia Lily Verity | 1 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
218 | Drama | West, Andrew Edward | 2 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
219 | Drama | Matthews, Timothy Philip | 3 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
220 | Drama | Treeves, Shane | 4 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
221 | Drama | Smith, Chelsea Eliza | 5 | Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Vaucluse |
222 | Drama | Mackay, Eleanor Ann | 6 | Oxley College | Burradoo |
223 | Drama | Pizarro, Lonie Frances | 7 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
224 | Drama | Kelly, Madeline | 8 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
225 | Drama | Leith, Jeremy Kendall Christophe | 9 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
226 | Drama | Odlum, Nadia | 10 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |
227 | Dutch Continuers | Vermeulen, Anke | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
228 | Dutch Continuers | Kolstee, Hugo | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
229 | Dutch Continuers | Woerde, Stephanie Ann | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
230 | Dutch Continuers | van Camp, Lizzy | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
231 | Dutch Continuers | Claes, Tine | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
232 | Earth and Environmental Science | McBurney, Christina | 1 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
233 | Earth and Environmental Science | Burrowes, Edward Lawrence Ross | 2 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
234 | Earth and Environmental Science | Childs, Philippa | 2 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |
235 | Earth and Environmental Science | Dewez, Natalie Phillipa | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
236 | Earth and Environmental Science | Burstal, Josephine Grace | 5 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
237 | Earth and Environmental Science | Mortlock, Sally Anne | 6 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
238 | Earth and Environmental Science | Weir, Sara June | 6 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
239 | Earth and Environmental Science | Feldtmann, Anerike | 8 | The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong |
240 | Earth and Environmental Science | Ridgeway, David John | 9 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
241 | Earth and Environmental Science | Hill, Elizabeth Jane | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
242 | Economics | Zuo, Yi Justin | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
243 | Economics | Miller, Edward | 2 | Newington College | Stanmore |
244 | Economics | Brown, Samantha | 3 | Roseville College | Roseville |
245 | Economics | Onie, Nicholas | 4 | St Marys Cathedral College | Sydney |
246 | Economics | Bergmann, Michelle | 5 | Roseville College | Roseville |
247 | Economics | Issa, George | 5 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
248 | Economics | Thai, Michele | 7 | Canley Vale High School | Canley Vale |
249 | Economics | El-Khoury, Rebecca Anne | 8 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
250 | Economics | Balachandran, Ajay Murali | 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
251 | Economics | Chan, Derek | 10 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
252 | Economics | Dean, Michelle Lillian | 10 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
253 | Engineering Studies | Umenberger, Jack | 1 | Winmalee High School | Winmalee |
254 | Engineering Studies | Forster, Kyle James | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
255 | Engineering Studies | Marwick, Jonathan Hugh | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
256 | Engineering Studies | Pepperell, Edward | 3 | Oxley High School | North Tamworth |
257 | Engineering Studies | Lobocki, Tadeusz | 5 | Moorebank High School | Moorebank |
258 | Engineering Studies | Nayyar, Varun | 5 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
259 | Engineering Studies | Corr, Timothy Michael | 7 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus | North Curl Curl |
260 | Engineering Studies | Boey, Nicholas | 8 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
261 | Engineering Studies | Islam, Asiful | 8 | Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo |
262 | Engineering Studies | Kalanj, Milan | 8 | Cabramatta High School | Cabramatta |
263 | Engineering Studies | Walker, Alexander Douglas | 8 | Coffs Harbour Senior College | Coffs Harbour |
264 | Engineering Studies | Wong, Roy Kok Fung | 8 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
265 | English (Advanced) | Tong, Jessica | 1 | MLC School | Burwood |
266 | English (Advanced) | Jarman, Carina | 2 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
267 | English (Advanced) | Wong, Nathan Kum Pang | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
268 | English (Advanced) | Yeap, Isobel Mei-Ying | 4 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
269 | English (Advanced) | Zhang, Christine Shaoning | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
270 | English (Advanced) | Mahajan, Aditi | 6 | MLC School | Burwood |
271 | English (Advanced) | Chen, Kerry Karwai | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
272 | English (Advanced) | Barry, Matthew Paul | 8 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
273 | English (Advanced) | Liu, Simon Dellen | 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
274 | English (Advanced) | Haywood, Rose Deakin | 10 | Kambala | Rose Bay |