Update: Due to an administration error Ararat College wishes to make an amendment to its dux information for 2020.
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"We are excited to announce that our overall Dux for 2020 is Jodan Grant," a spokesperson said.
"We continue to acknowledge and congratulate Jess Low on receiving the highest ATAR of our cohort going onto tertiary education.
"We wish all students in our graduating class of 2020 every success for their future."
Earlier: Jessica Low has been named dux of Ararat College, having thrived amid difficult circumstances throughout 2020.
Ms Low said being the college dux was something she "hadn't expected at all".
However, Ms Low has used working from home to her advantage, creating a work environment that enabled her to prosper.
"I found remote learning was a lot easier compared to other people because I'm an easily distracted person," she said.
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"When you're doing remote learning, you're just doing your classes online and then you go off and do your work, and I found it a lot easier to cope and to stay focused because of that.
"I found it difficult when I had to go from remote learning back into school."
Ms Low said she also sought to be creative to make her studies more engaging.
"If I wasn't focused during classes I would create posters for my classes," she said.
"If I still couldn't focus, I would go away and come back to it. So, I would do something that I love doing like art or going outside with the animals, and then I'd come back and try and get my head around it again."
Ms Low will enjoy a well-earned rest from study in 2021, but is clear on where she wants her career to take her in the long-term.
"I'm taking a gap year first because I just want to take a break from studying," she said.
"I got accepted recently for a new promotion at KFC where I'm being trained as a shift supervisor, so I'll be doing that in my gap year.
"I've already applied for universities. I've applied for an animal zoology course and a veterinary course.
"My passion's always been with animals, so my career will have something to do with that."
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