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Annabel Thomas
What are you doing this year?
Jayden Fulwood
I am going to study at the Conservatorium of Music.
Sarah Bigg
I'm about to commence a Bachelor of Medical Science.
Annabel Thomas
I'm studying a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Advait Naik
I'm going to UQ to study medicine.
Timothy Debattista
I'm going to do architecture this year.
Grace Gong
A dual degree, a Bachelor of Engineering and Mathematics.
Doris Wei
Mathematics and Computer Science.
Luke Oishi
I'll be travelling to the UK to study engineering at university.
Advait Naik
Wow.
Timothy Debattista
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Doris Wei
Oooh...
Jayden Fulwood
I don't know if I've looked that far in the future.
Advait Naik
Hopefully doing a job that I like. That's probably my main goal.
Grace Gong
I… hope to be working in engineering. I'm not sure which kind of engineering yet.
Luke Oishi
Potentially an aeronautical engineer.
Jayden Fulwood
Maybe being a contract composer or still maybe a gigging musician.
Annabel Thomas
I would love to do an internship for medicine overseas.
Doris Wei
A PhD… maybe travelling overseas.
Timothy Debattista
Hopefully I've now kind of found my footing and I've really kind of found, a place and community for myself.
Sarah Bigg
I'd really love to help those who are disadvantaged in society, being a doctor and providing healthcare access for those who don't have as easy access to it.
Luke Oishi
I see myself with a… with a family. Is that is that too..?
Advait Naik
Fine.
Luke Oishi
With a loving family.
Doris Wei
What do you do to help you study?
Sarah Bigg
I enjoyed a quiet workspace.
Annabel Thomas
I would sit down at the desk. I'd have a hot tea next to me. I'd have a bickie.
Timothy Debattista
I've got, you know, all these different Spotify playlists for like my different moods.
Jayden Fulwood
But when there's music with lyrics, I can't focus.
Grace Gong
Figuring out when to take breaks, and how long to take those breaks for.
Advait Naik
I take a lot of naps. I went on my phone a lot. That's probably not good.
Luke Oishi
My girlfriend actually set me a screen time for a one hour limit every single day, so… I hit that quite early on in my study session.
Jayden Fulwood
Who inspires you?
Timothy Debattista
Definitely my family.
Doris Wei
I have a lot of inspiring teachers who do lots of amazing work.
Sarah Bigg
I think I just take inspiration from lots of the people around me, whether it's my local doctor or, you know, extended family members who are successful in their own lives.
Grace Gong
I'd say my parents, because, I think the two of them are quite curious people themselves and have inspired me to be curious about the world around me.
Annabel Thomas
What personally drives me are the female scientists that came before me.
Advait Naik
My friend Luke Oishi really inspires me. He's so, so kind, he's so hardworking, and he's also such, like, a humble guy, you know.
Luke Oishi
Thank you, Advait.
Grace Gong
What's the best life advice you've been given?
Timothy Debattista
That there is no right way to succeed, or that there is no, like, one way to reach a specific goal.
Annabel Thomas
To take every opportunity you can with both hands.
Jayden Fulwood
You fail 100% of things you don't try.
Doris Wei
Someone once told me that how you live your days is how you live your life. And I think that's really been a big, like, hit, like, whoa.
Luke Oishi
Live today like there is no tomorrow. Is that how it goes?
Annabel Thomas
What advice would you give to future Year 12 students?
Grace Gong
It's okay to make mistakes. I feel like that's a very big piece of advice.
Sarah Bigg
Work towards being your best self, as opposed to comparing yourself to others.
Advait Naik
Learn to enjoy the process, I think. Because obviously it's a long journey.
Timothy Debattista
It is so important to enjoy the little things and take each moment.
Doris Wei
Go to sleep. Sleep is good.
Timothy Debattista
If you could have any superhero power, what would it be?
Sarah Bigg
That's a really tough one. It's quite random as well.
Jayden Fulwood
I've never thought about this.
Grace Gong
Maybe just to fly.
Timothy Debattista
I would love the power of teleportation or like, time travel.
Sarah Bigg
I think I would like to be able to fly.
Jayden Fulwood
I used to be late all the time when I was younger, so, yeah, maybe super speed.
Advait Naik
I've really always wanted to have like a photographic memory. It's like, flick through a book and just remember everything it says. I think that would be really cool.
Annabel Thomas
I would say teleportation. I would be able to see the world very quickly.
Luke Oishi
I think I'd like to predict what happens in the future.
Doris Wei
I think it would be cool to fly, but it would not be cool if I was the only one flying, and everyone thought it was weird that I could fly. But maybe the one thing I would choose is to fly, if other people can also fly and we can fly together.
- Last updated:
- 14 February 2026
