By YASEMIN TALAT
caption: Victor Lin is happy with his VCE results and is now enjoying a well-deserved break before starting university next month. 112601 Picture: KRISTIAN SCOTT
HILLSIDE VCE graduate Victor Lin is sitting on top of the world, or at least on top of the ATAR score ladder, after achieving the perfect score of 99.95 per cent.
Victor is one of five students from Melbourne Grammar School to achieve the highest possible ATAR score, putting him in the top one per cent in the nation for achieving a score of 99 or above.
“I forced myself to be really organised throughout the year and to complete my homework a few days in advance so I was on top of things,” Victor said.
The modest 18-year-old said he worked hard and studied consistently throughout the year.
“I didn’t really get bogged down with scores and stuff, I wanted to make the most of the resources I had at Melbourne Grammar and basically do as well as I can,” he said.
Victor finished Year 12 Chinese when he was in Year 10, and finished Math Methods when he was in Year 11.
He then went on to complete English, Literature, Latin, Specialist Maths, Chemistry and his favourite subject of all – Philosophy, last year.
He advised future VCE students to stay organised and to not to do last- minute cramming.
“Take the subjects you are interested in, the more interested you are in the subject, the less arduous the actual study process is,” he said.
“And I think that was the case for me with most of my subjects.”
And it was not all study for Victor, who said he tried to have a good balance between studying and playing sports like table tennis and soccer.
He now looks forward to studying Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne and hopes to one day become a neurosurgeon.
