http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/tatts-life-why-tears-are-wasted-on-hsc-results-20111213-1ostk.html
The HSC is really quite insignificant. There are other paths to get where you want to go.
Some good words of advice in the comments section too.So my message to any student who is disappointed with their results today: don't worry. Life always works itself out.There are so many options to get where you want to go and the HSC may seem like the be-all and end-all today and tomorrow, but it's really not.No one - not lecturers or future employers - ever asked me about my HSC results.If I'd gone as well as I'd hoped, I doubt the course of my life would have led me to the great job, friends and family I have eight years on.
The HSC is really quite insignificant. There are other paths to get where you want to go.