Biology remarking makes DSE student one of Hong Kong’s 25 top scorers

Sunny Sun already secured a place on HKU’s Distinguished MedScholar medicine track before her results were released

A Form Six student has become one of Hong Kong’s top scorers in this year’s university entrance examinations after her biology grade was upgraded following a remarking request, bringing the record-breaking total to 25 students from 16 schools who achieved perfect scores.

Sunny Sun Wat-ching, an 18-year-old student at N.T. Heung Yee Kuk Yuen Long district Secondary School who sat the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), originally attained Level 5** in all subjects except biology, in which she had consistently been one of the top performers in her class.

“I was thinking I might take a chance and request a remark to see if I could bump it up to Level 5,” she said.

Her appeal succeeded. However, she said she had already been surprised when her original results were released last month, as she had not expected to achieve top grades across all her academic subjects.

Sun is also classified as a “super top scorer” because she took the extended mathematics module. She achieved top grades in Chinese language, English language, mathematics, chemistry, biology and history, as well as an “attained” grade in citizenship and social development.

Most DSE subjects are graded on a seven-level scale, ranging from Level 1 to Level 5**.