Student Appealing 99.95 per cent exam score...!

Sarah Hui Xin Wong Photo: FACEBOOK

A student in Australia has been widely mocked after she scored 99.95 per cent for her final high school exams – the second-highest overall mark possible – and then appealed against her result

Sarah Hui Xin Wong, who attended an elite private girls' school in Sydney, said she had a wrist problem, suffered discrimination and her mark should have been 100. Her result, a university entrance score, meant she beat 99.95 per cent of other students – but she believed she would have received the top mark if treated fairly.

Miss Wong was ridiculed for the appeal, as was her mother, who was inevitably labelled a "Tiger Mom" after it emerged she had lodged the initial complaint to the board of studies.

"What's the 0.05 mark going to do?" said a comment on the news.com.au." The mother needs to back down."

Another said: "It's probably a publicity stunt by her parents to get others to acknowledge her talent."

Miss Wong, now 21, lost the appeal to a state tribunal after claiming she would have done better if she had been given extra time or allowed to use a computer. Ms Wong has joint hypermobility of the wrist and hand but claimed the board of studies failed to accommodate her during her English and modern history exams.