What a year it has been!

A huge congratulations to Catalyst's Class of 2024.

You all worked incredibly hard and you should be extraordinarily proud of how far you've come.

You covered 368 pages of content with us in our classes, refined your exam technique through hundreds more practice questions and crushed whatever your exams could throw at you.

But the question is…

How did you go?

Catalyst's Top Student

A special congratulations to Emily from Mackillop College Port Macquarie who was Catalyst's Top Student, achieving a state-rank equivalent mark of 98/100 in HSC Chemistry (Highest ever mark by a Catalyst student) and 99.90 ATAR.

Top 10 HSC Chemistry Marks

98 | Emily (MacKillop College Port Macquarie - Dux)
96 | Lucas Woo (Sydney Grammar School)
96 | Nidhish Kannan (Merewether High School - Dux)
96 | James Boyle (Sydney Grammar School)
96 | Nirav Keshava (Sydney Grammar School - Captain)
96 | Dylan Evans-Huinink (Sydney Grammar School)
94 | George Walker (Parramatta Marist High School)
94 | Chris Dodd (St Edwards College East Gosford - Dux)
93 | Deron Yip (Barker College)
92 | Anon. (Knox Grammar School)

A Perfect 99.95 ATAR!

An additional congratulations to Lucas Woo from Sydney Grammar School for achieving the maximum ATAR of 99.95, the first perfect ATAR achieved by a Catalyst student!

Top 10 ATARs

99.95 | Lucas Woo (Sydney Grammar School)
99.90 | Emily (MacKillop College Port Macquarie - Dux)
99.90 | Nidhish Kannan (Merewether High School - Dux)
99.85 | James Boyle (Sydney Grammar School)
99.80 | Nirav Keshava (Sydney Grammar School)
99.70 | Dylan Evans-Huinink (Sydney Grammar School - Captain)
99.55 | Deron Yip (Barker College)
99.00 | Joubran Amer (Parramatta Marist High School)
98.70 | George Walker (Parramatta Marist High School)
98.50 | Chris Dodd (St Edwards College East Gosford - Dux)

Medicine Entry

Finally, we'd like to congratulate Catalyst students who were successful at achieving admission into Medicine. Balancing the UCAT with the HSC is an incredibly challenging feat, and we're so proud to have supported you in your journeys!

University of New South Wales | Lucas Woo
University of New South Wales | James Boyle
University of Newcastle | Nidhish Kannan
University of New England | Sorena Nafari
James Cook University | Evan Duffin