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Title: How do the GA's in Units 3/4 work? and who determines them? VCAA or my school?
Post by: shadman on April 16, 2022, 12:57:09 pm
Say if hypothetically someone were to get a UG for the their first SAC on Bio 3/4 would that contribute to a UG as their GA1 on their statement of marks or is it decided by VCAA which is the official authoritative body?
Title: Re: How do the GA's in Units 3/4 work? and who determines them? VCAA or my school?
Post by: Charles12324 on April 16, 2022, 08:09:56 pm
Hey,

Graded assessments (GA's) are different to SACs and every subject has 3 GA's. In subjects with 1 exam (e.g. Bio), GA1 is your unit 3 SAC average (there are 2 SACs, so just find the average mark of that), GA2 is your unit 4 SAC average (3 SACs here) and GA3 is the final exam worth 60%.

If you got a UG in your 1st SAC then that doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a UG for GA1 since you've still got the next SAC. Plus, passing a GA shouldn't be dependent on your SACs but rather your coursework like notes, textbook questions etc.

Btw, you need to pass at least 2 GA's to receive a study score.

Note: In subjects with 2 exams (e.g. maths), GA1 is your average SAC mark for both units 3 and 4, GA2 is exam 1 and GA3 is exam 2.

I hope that wasn't too confusing!
Title: Re: How do the GA's in Units 3/4 work? and who determines them? VCAA or my school?
Post by: shadman on April 16, 2022, 08:16:24 pm
Quote from: Charles12324 on April 16, 2022, 08:09:56 pm
Hey,

Graded assessments (GA's) are different to SACs and every subject has 3 GA's. In subjects with 1 exam (e.g. Bio), GA1 is your unit 3 SAC average (there are 2 SACs, so just find the average mark of that), GA2 is your unit 4 SAC average (3 SACs here) and GA3 is the final exam worth 60%.

If you got a UG in your 1st SAC then that doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a UG for GA1 since you've still got the next SAC. Plus, passing a GA shouldn't be dependent on your SACs but rather your coursework like notes, textbook questions etc.

Btw, you need to pass at least 2 GA's to receive a study score.

Note: In subjects with 2 exams (e.g. maths), GA1 is your average SAC mark for both units 3 and 4, GA2 is exam 1 and GA3 is exam 2.

I hope that wasn't too confusing!


Yeah Nah thanks for clearing it up man, I appreciate it cause ngl I was lowkey stressing but like hypothetically stressing cause this isn't about me, its about my friend
Title: Re: How do the GA's in Units 3/4 work? and who determines them? VCAA or my school?
Post by: Charles12324 on April 16, 2022, 08:34:41 pm
Quote from: shadman on April 16, 2022, 08:16:24 pm


Yeah Nah thanks for clearing it up man, I appreciate it cause ngl I was lowkey stressing but like hypothetically stressing cause this isn't about me, its about my friend
Haha, np! It's always that friend isn't it ;)