Girls have again dominated the top spots in HSC subjects across NSW.
As thousands of students prepare to get their HSC results on Wednesday, more than 100 NSW high achievers celebrated taking out first place in their subjects at a ceremony at the Australian Technology Park at Eveleigh in Sydney on Tuesday.
Again, girls dominated the top spots with 83 of the 121 recipients young women.
"To claim the first-in-course spot is a great honour for these students, and they, their teachers and their families should be very proud," Education Minister Adrian Piccoli said in a statement.
Of the students claiming the top posts, three received a first-in-course award for more than one course, while there was equal first place in nine courses.
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Twelve of the 121 recipients lived in towns and cities in regional NSW, including Inverell, Grafton, Hermidale, Coonamble, Griffith, Wagga Wagga, and two students were from Cooma.
Last year young women also dominated the results, making up two-thirds of the award recipients.
Association of Independent Schools of NSW's executive director, Dr Geoff Newcombe said his sector had also performed well with 35 per cent of recipients coming from independent schools.
Pupils from Sydney Grammar School took out six First in Course awards while students from Pymble Ladies College achieved three awards, he said.
A further six independent schools had two First in Course recipients while 22 other independent schools each had one student who topped the state in a subject.
It comes as more than 70,000 students will have access to their HSC results from 6am on Wednesday.
