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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => GAT (General Achievement Test) => Topic started by: Fishyiscool on May 21, 2012, 08:59:57 pm
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There is probably already 12098134098325 threads on this but I don't really have a lot of time to spend searching for one right now ...
Should I study for the gat? last year, as a crazy motivated year 11, I did, but i'm sure it didn't really make much difference.
I'm soooo tempted to wing it since it's the only exam that I may be able to get away with winging.
Are you/ did you study for the gat? I've got more than enough study to do for chem anyhow.
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No clue. I studied in year 11 too, but how do we know what we're studying for? :/
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Don't study for it -_-
Each represents a body of general knowledge and skills that students are likely to have built up through their school years.
Because it is a general test, no special study is required for the GAT.
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I think it matters.
I ended up getting the same score for Math and Bio once they were scaled as the math/science component of the GAT. That is some weird freak of nature.
I'm not going to study for the UMAT (who cares, I'm going to fail it anyway. I'm not medicine material), but the GAT... seems to matter.
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You can't really study for it.. is it called a general achievement which is supposed to test what you have learnt through the years of your schooling..
it does matter, AFAIK it's a good backup to have if an unfortunate accident happens and you are unable to sit the exams - it apparently gives an indication of how you could have gone on the exam.. but I may be wrong but this is what I was told.
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When I studied last year and practiced it, I got progressively better scores... :/ And progressively better timing.
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Don't study for it -_-
Each represents a body of general knowledge and skills that students are likely to have built up through their school years.
Because it is a general test, no special study is required for the GAT.
ACER says that too for the UMAT, go figure haha :P
But seriously, you're better spending your time ripping pages out of a physics textbook and throwing them at people at random imo. Much more productive (and fun).
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For 2011, I did the 2010 GAT the night before the actual GAT. It helped; maybe it didn't do wonders compared to doing say 20 exams for a particular subject but it put my mind in the right place at the right time so it wasn't a complete surprise.
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Don't waste time that can be spent preparing for your mid-years but become familiar with the format of the test (no need since you've done it last year)
We're having a trial GAT at my school tomorrow afternoon... *sigh*
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But hey, if you're super keen about it, I'll share a secret GAT resource with you all :D No questions about how I got my hands on it.
Enjoy and do not study hard for it!
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Ahh, I have all the past past GATs (well, all but 1998). Anyone want me to upload them?
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I think 10 GAT papers on the VCAA site is enough to get a general feel of the test. Unless you think attempting more questions will improve your score.
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You don't need to study for the GAT (I don't think you even can since the Q's are based on stimulus material which you'll only see once you open the GAT question book, it's not like general knowledge questions that you can study beforehand).
My year 12 GAT scores were better than the year 11 ones - ; I didn't study for them but I did check out how the GAT questions were going to be structured/ the layout of the English stimuli for the writing pieces. You can practice or brainstorm different ways of approaching the writing pieces. E.g. you might have a certain form you'd want to write in for writing piece 1 (e.g. creative) so you could practice that form with maybe 1 or 2 of the past GAT papers. Writing well in the GAT (or having a clear knowledge of what form you're going to write in) would probably be more important than randomly "studying" past questions :)
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But hey, if you're super keen about it, I'll share a secret GAT resource with you all :D No questions about how I got my hands on it.
Enjoy and do not study hard for it!
Solutions? :P
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But hey, if you're super keen about it, I'll share a secret GAT resource with you all :D No questions about how I got my hands on it.
Enjoy and do not study hard for it!
Solutions? :P
Thanks for volunteering to write them up :) Much appreciated mate :)
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There are no solutions for PDF files from the past CDs (1997-2002) CDs, sadly.
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Don't worry about the GAT guys. Try to have a laugh while completing it and don't forget to include some random funny stuff in your writing pieces. You'd rather make the examiner chuckle instead of writing some boring ass piece.
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yer don't worry about it too much.. imma try and include something about my beloved republica of wadiya in the writing section
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Everyone here in year 12 should have too many SACs / midyear exams to worry about studying for the GAT :P.
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Seriously ,do u have to study for it? I feel like everyone is trying hard to do well in GAT...(I dowloaded it as well :) )
Anyone got some more to have a look at..
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Well, had trial GAT today... winged it LOL
Seriously ,do u have to study for it? I feel like everyone is trying hard to do well in GAT...(I dowloaded it as well :) )
Anyone got some more to have a look at..
Don't study just become familiar with the format/type of questions
But if you seriously have time doing one past paper as practice may help.... slightly.
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As I shall be spending 12 hours of my life devoted to the GAT (two compulsory practice, two real) , I would rather not give it anymore of my time, as much as it is fun to go all Attenborough on some wolves.
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As I shall be spending 12 hours of my life devoted to the GAT (two compulsory practice, two real) , I would rather not give it anymore of my time, as much as it is fun to go all Attenborough on some wolves.
Enjoy.
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One of my friends skipped the GAT and he got a 99+ ATAR...just saying :P
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As I shall be spending 12 hours of my life devoted to the GAT (two compulsory practice, two real) , I would rather not give it anymore of my time, as much as it is fun to go all Attenborough on some wolves.
Enjoy.
Why thank you. You too?
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As I shall be spending 12 hours of my life devoted to the GAT (two compulsory practice, two real) , I would rather not give it anymore of my time, as much as it is fun to go all Attenborough on some wolves.
Enjoy.
Why thank you. You too?
Yes I also am planning to study very hard for the GAT. I plan on doing all the 2002-2011 GATs.. -.-
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As I shall be spending 12 hours of my life devoted to the GAT (two compulsory practice, two real) , I would rather not give it anymore of my time, as much as it is fun to go all Attenborough on some wolves.
I think that's 12 hours too much study for it tbh.
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http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/gat/aboutgat.html
Because it is a general test, no special study is required for the GAT. Students will already have done preparation for the GAT in past study of subjects like English, Mathematics, Science and History, where they have built up general knowledge and skills in writing, numeracy and reasoning. These are the knowledge and skills that will be tested.
Students can get a good idea of the questions by looking at previous GAT papers. Students are encouraged to familiarise themselves with these questions and note that all the information needed to work out the right answer is provided.
End of discussion, VCAA knows everything :P
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Don't study for it -_-
Each represents a body of general knowledge and skills that students are likely to have built up through their school years.
Because it is a general test, no special study is required for the GAT.
Oh, posted already :(
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Anyone got gats from before 1997? I've finished all the other ones already.
And also on an unrelated matter i signed lionel messi on fifa
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Anyone got gats from before 1997? I've finished all the other ones already.
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As I shall be spending 12 hours of my life devoted to the GAT (two compulsory practice, two real) , I would rather not give it anymore of my time, as much as it is fun to go all Attenborough on some wolves.
I think that's 12 hours too much study for it tbh.
In total agreement. Unfortunately my school does not share the same sentiment haha
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Anyone got gats from before 1997? I've finished all the other ones already.
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What is going on?
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Anyone got gats from before 1997? I've finished all the other ones already.
Why are you wasting time that can be spent on chem and physics?
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Anyone got gats from before 1997? I've finished all the other ones already.
Why are you wasting time that can be spent on chem and physics?
because he has already done all the released chem/physics exams since the start of VCE
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if you have enough time to be wasting time on the GAT, i suggest you sleep more, no joke, resting will do more good for you than doing GAT prep
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If it wasn't clear i was joking... I have done no gat preparation and do not intend to...