At midday today the state’s HSC students had checked their HSC results almost 84 000 times in total, with more than 70 per cent of these via the web.

As well as in NSW, students have been accessing their HSC results from countries around the world, including: the United States, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Canada, Japan, the Philippines, Turkey, the UK, Austria, Fiji, Germany, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, New Zealand, Singapore, the Solomon Islands and Thailand.

Of the 71 415 HSC students who completed at least one HSC course this year:

• 66 097 – 92 per cent – are eligible to be awarded the NSW Higher School Certificate; that is they have successfully undertaken at least 10 units of study.
• Most of the remaining 5318 students – 7 per cent – will continue their HSC studies as part of accelerated or other learning programs.
• 54 922 students – approximately 83 per cent – will be eligible for an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank or ATAR
• More than 1 in 3 – 24 144 or 37 per cent of students – are eligible to be awarded a HSC as well as completing a Vocational Education and Training or VET course. This has increased from 23,190 students in 2010. Of these, 9472 students – up from 8178 in 2010 – will receive an HSC and a VET Certificate II or above.