AFTER finishing Year 12 with near-identical scores, twins Lucy and Rachel Corbett-Jones hope to follow similar paths into the future.
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The All Saints’ College students received great Higher School Certificate (HSC) exam marks on Thursday, resulting in high Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATARs) the following day.
Lucy got an ATAR of 95, while her sister Rachel came out slightly ahead with an ATAR of 95.35.
Both were happily surprised by their ATARs after going into Friday expecting ranks closer to 90.
“I’m really pleased with it,” Lucy said. “I wasn’t expecting a 95, I was a bit pessimistic, like we all are.”
The twins, who admit they are competitive, undertook similar subjects during their HSC.
Both studied advanced English, advanced mathematics, biology and chemistry, so they have gotten used to being pitted against each other and comparing marks.
Their marks were often, quite close, if not the same, and the pattern continued with the HSC exams.
“We pretty much got the same, give one or two marks,” Rachel said.
While Lucy added, “It’s been like that all year.”
However, having a sibling going through the HSC experience was a good thing for the Corbett-Jones sisters, who found it was a comfort and drove them to succeed.
“We’re competitive by nature, so it sort of pushed us. If Lucy got up early to study, that would encourage me to get up early,” Rachel said.
“We were competitive, but never nasty.”
With exams over and results out, they can focus on their next step, which they hope to take together.
“I applied for physio at Newcastle, which is a 95 ATAR, so hopefully that will get me in, and I might transfer into medicine later,” Rachel said.
Lucy has applied for the same course at the University of Newcastle and, like her twin, hopes to transfer into medicine.
She said she was “fairly confident” that they would both get in, given their strong ATARs and other criteria.
