How Christo didn't care about the HSC
By ReachOut Content Team
Updated 08 May 2025
Christo knew that the HSC wasn't really for him, but he still found himself getting stressed out about his future. When he didn't get the ATAR he needed, he found another way.
The most important thing I learned was not to worry about what this number was, at the end of the year, because I knew that there's ways of getting into uni without the number.
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