University High School student Om Betigeri Santos far exceeded the score he needed to get into science at the University of Melbourne at 99.85, but it wasn’t what he was hoping for.
“Wait… oh no,” he said upon seeing his scores.
The 18-year-old was hoping for a score of 99.9 to receive the university’s chancellor’s scholarship.
“I don’t know what to say, obviously it’s below my goal. Sorry, I’m just trying to process this.”
University High School student Om Betigeri Santos, 18, got a score of 99.85Credit: Nicole Precel
“I thought specialist maths would be higher.”
“But it’s fine. It’s still very high.”
His mum, a single mother, Gouri Betigeri, who moved to Melbourne from Singapore when Om was 10, said she was proud of what he had achieved.
“You should be super, super proud,” said his mum.
Santos spread his Year 12 over two years and studied Latin, specialist maths, English language, methods, geography and physics, as well as a university extension maths.
“It’s a reminder that even though the VCE system has some flaws, you can make it work for you in most instances, you have to find what suits you in terms of subjects, studying and teachers – and the school of course, which is very important.”
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