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What is 'Dux'?? and how does it it work?? (1 Viewer)

krnofdrg

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Hey guys :).

Im wondering what the term 'Dux' means o_O???? i know its something based on coming 1st in all your subjects but is it for your internal ranks or hsc marks???
 

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dux is presented for internal at my skool. but we also have a prize for highest atar presented the next year
 

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the dux at a school is the person who comes first academically.
at my skool it is presented based on internals.
some other schools present it after hsc results come out.

but the general meaning of dux is same at every skool
 

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At my school we have two different type of duxes.
Dux of year 12: Presented at the graduation ceremony before the HSC exams. Based on the student who gets the most 'firsts, seconds and thirds'
Dux of the HSC: Presented to the student with the best HSC marks.
 

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sweet :). Thanks for the help guys once again.

i shall aim for hsc dux if my school has it, (i have a pretty good chance). ALSO i bet matty G will see this post (i will ace maths so gtfo)
 

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Hey guys :).

Im wondering what the term 'Dux' means o_O???? i know its something based on coming 1st in all your subjects but is it for your internal ranks or hsc marks???
The dux in my school is generally the person who gets the highest ATAR.
 

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You're reading Dux of Narara Valley High School right here... (A town with 3 a's and 2 r's is sure to produce some talent)
 

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Dux of the School is usually based on whoever gets the highest ATAR and they get a very small prize at my old school. I's basically just a way to say you did well in school :p
 

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Our school has a predicted dux on graduation and then the actual dux on presentation day which is in the year after.
 

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My school had three "duxes" - though we called them 'Academic Achievement Awards'.
 

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The person who got Dux last year at my school got first in all her subjects, so using my powers of deductive reasoning I'm guessing that they base it on internal ranks.
 

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I think our Dux is based on internal ranks, because if it was based on ATAR that would mean 3 people would all get Dux.
 

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Person with the highest ATAR. Their name is painted on a board of old Duxes, and I think they get a small gift. They also get an entire page dedicated to their dux speech, their results, and photos of them and their family in the yearbook.
 

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