The nervous wait for HSC results is finally over for hundreds of Southern Highlands students.
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About 75,000 students received their Higher School Certificate (HSC) results at 6am on Tuesday, and their Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATAR) at 1pm.
Highlands students woke up, checked their marks and welcomed the next chapter of their lives.
Bowral High School high achiever Adelaide Murton comes from a family of teachers but she wants to venture beyond the classroom in her career.
Ms Murton said she would like to pursue a career in commercial aviation or join the Australian Defence Force as an officer.
"It's a sense of adventure, travel and working as a part of a team that appeals to me," she said.
Ms Murton offered some perspective for her fellow students after the HSC.
"It's important to remember your ATAR doesn't define your future career," she said.
Southern Highlands Christian School student Madison Barr could rest easy on Tuesday as she had early entry into her course of choice.
Ms Barr will study at Bachelor of Paramedicine at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst next year.
The decision felt right for the student, who had originally applied to do a Bachelor of Journalism and International Studies.
"I wasn't really feeling settled about it. I was up late with my mum one night watching the first episode of Ambulance Australia," she said.
"I said 'that's what I want to do'. The second I was going to do that I felt settled and rested. I know this is what I'm called to do."
Fellow Southern Highlands Christian School student Doug Chalmers has been selected to perform in the prestigious ENCORE concert in Sydney.
Mr Chalmers said he was excited and felt privileged to be selected especially as he undertook a musicology elective.
"[Musicology] is an undervalued area but I got the opportunity to talk on topics that I love," he said.
The talented student said he couldn't have achieved his success without the help of his teacher Mr Bunyan.
Mr Chalmers is now considering options for the future and while music is a passion of his, he doesn't see it as a career path.
Oxley College students have received nominations in four HSC showcases of excellence.
One particular year 12 student Brianna Feary was nominated for three separate showcases for Shape, Art Express, and Textiles and Design which she completed via distance education.
Brianna Feary was selected for inclusion into Text Style exhibition for Design and Technology.
Nominated for the Design and Technology exhibition 'Shape' were year 12 students Bridget Drewett, Brianna Feary, Jess Malcom, Sarah Pride, Savannah Sandilands and Jess Wade.
Visual Art nominees for Art Express include Brianna Feary, Jade Gillis and Sky Holmwood.
Lucie Drysdale was nominated for the Encore performance in music.
In Drama Ben Canute, Jade Gillis, Sienna Knowles, Lachlan Moore, Oliver Ritchie and Brad Worthington were all nominated for their individual performances.
St Paul's International College head of teaching and learning Andrew Laing said the school had a cohort of 11 students this year.
"We are really proud of the achievements of all our Year 12 students at St Paul's International College," Mr Laing said.
Crystal Liang gained a band six in chemistry and an E4 (top band) for mathematics extension. Meanwhile her fellow student Georgia Maurice received a band six in English Advanced.
Outstanding achievements in foundation studies were Jim Guo who topped the commerce stream of the course and Michelle Wong who achieved the highest results in the design stream.
"Our international students choose either HSC or the UNSW Foundation Studies course," Mr Laing said.
"The Foundation students receive a GPA which is more or less the equivalent of an ATAR."
Jemima Huggett was Moss Vale High School's top achiever for 2019.
She achieved five band six results, the highest a student can get, for Agricultural studies, Biology, Geography and Maths Standard two and a band five for Advanced English.
She also received a band six for Earth and Environmental science, in which she came fourth in the state.
Jemima, who has already been accepted in to the University of Wollongong for Bachelor of Sustainable Communities said she was "very happy" with her results.
More to come.
