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Archived Discussion => 2009 => Mid-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => The GAT => Topic started by: TrueTears on June 11, 2009, 01:15:36 pm

Title: How did you all go?
Post by: TrueTears on June 11, 2009, 01:15:36 pm: I found it pretty boring lols, there wasn't much questions that interested me. What about you guys?
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Post by: invalid on June 11, 2009, 01:16:55 pm: Aw man, you created this as I was posting in the old thread. Reeeeal easy GAT.
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Post by: Winston on June 11, 2009, 01:43:50 pm: Yeah, pretty boring. Found a couple of the English questions to be pretty ambiguous, and only wrote a page on material possessions....
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Post by: Damo17 on June 11, 2009, 01:45:07 pm: Real boring. Thought there would be some more interesting multiple choice questions. The second writing task I liked though. Wrote almost 3 pages on material possessions.
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Post by: Winston on June 11, 2009, 01:48:56 pm: Anyone know when we get our results?
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Post by: polky on June 11, 2009, 01:49:57 pm: Quote from: Winston on June 11, 2009, 01:48:56 pm
Anyone know when we get our results?

At the end of the year, in the mail with all your study scores and what not.
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Post by: dekoyl on June 11, 2009, 01:52:26 pm: It was okay - Last year's exam was more fun.

Anyone want to post some suggested solutions? :D
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Post by: cleo_xo on June 11, 2009, 01:55:13 pm: i found the questions really funny :D
oh well not like it really matters
and i get to do it again next year:)
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Post by: dejan91 on June 11, 2009, 01:58:18 pm: Yeah it was quite boring. Anyone mention George Clooney? Hahaha I did in the second one, something along the lines of never being content "if we only look up to high profile celebrities such as George Clooney....." :D
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Post by: Winston on June 11, 2009, 01:58:56 pm: Yeah, I have to do it again next year too. I just realised I did 2(pi)r^2/12 for the area of the step :(
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Post by: mypurpleundercracka on June 11, 2009, 02:14:26 pm: Quote from: dejan91 on June 11, 2009, 01:58:18 pm
Yeah it was quite boring. Anyone mention George Clooney? Hahaha I did in the second one, something along the lines of never being content "if we only look up to high profile celebrities such as George Clooney....." :D

LOL i directly referenced oceans eleven with clooney
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Post by: TrueTears on June 11, 2009, 02:17:07 pm: Quote from: dejan91 on June 11, 2009, 01:58:18 pm
Yeah it was quite boring. Anyone mention George Clooney? Hahaha I did in the second one, something along the lines of never being content "if we only look up to high profile celebrities such as George Clooney....." :D
/0 wrote a whole paragraph on George Clooney lols.
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Post by: dejan91 on June 11, 2009, 02:18:23 pm: Hahaha niceee.
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Post by: mypurpleundercracka on June 11, 2009, 02:20:46 pm: funny for next years GAT if they put on the cover page:

-Students are prohibited from making any references to George Clooney
Title: Re: How did you all go?
Post by: Winston on June 11, 2009, 02:40:18 pm: Quote from: andrewloppol on June 11, 2009, 02:29:26 pm
Quote from: Winston on June 11, 2009, 01:58:56 pm
Yeah, I have to do it again next year too. I just realised I did 2(pi)r^2/12 for the area of the step :(

You must've shaded 0.50m^2 then :P?

Yep :( I was half asleep.
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Post by: ryley on June 11, 2009, 02:43:26 pm: Got to school forty minutes late, was done by 11:15, yet I still probably did better than last year. What I wrote was so fucked up, the guy marking it won't even bother reading the second writing task. Only read first ten MC questions, guessed the rest. The only good part of having to go to school was that I made my friends even more depressed about chem by showing them Mao's solutions. Fun day
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Post by: d0minicz on June 11, 2009, 02:45:01 pm: i wrote george clooney was as busy as bees or something was half asleep
so boring
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Post by: /0 on June 11, 2009, 02:45:07 pm: Quote from: TrueTears on June 11, 2009, 02:17:07 pm
Quote from: dejan91 on June 11, 2009, 01:58:18 pm
Yeah it was quite boring. Anyone mention George Clooney? Hahaha I did in the second one, something along the lines of never being content "if we only look up to high profile celebrities such as George Clooney....." :D
/0 wrote a whole paragraph on George Clooney lols.

Lol yeah I was like talking about how they were robbing the casino in Ocean's 11 and how that means they valued material possessions more then they valued their own lives, and later in Ocean's 12 etc some of them get caught cuz of their greed, so how can you be content in your material possessions if you can't be around to enjoy them? lol
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Post by: danieltennis on June 11, 2009, 02:55:17 pm: http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/george-clooney-the-answer-for-vce-pranksters-20090611-c496.html
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Post by: Velox on June 11, 2009, 03:15:20 pm: GAT was easy, wrote 2 1/2 pages for each writing task, and answered all the multiple choice and was done by 12. Why the hell do they give you 3 hours for this?
No Clooney though, forgot about it till right at the end :P
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Post by: school_nerd on June 11, 2009, 03:29:37 pm: Hey, has anything like this George Clooney thing happened before? Like does anyone know of any other year levels that have thought about doing this?
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Post by: Toothpaste on June 11, 2009, 03:36:47 pm: Quote from: school_nerd on June 11, 2009, 03:29:37 pm
Hey, has anything like this George Clooney thing happened before? Like does anyone know of any other year levels that have thought about doing this?
Last year's GAT there were LOLs at the "pussy willow" part but I don't know of an organised prank (or pwnage) such as operation Clooney.

IT SHOULD NOW BE A TRADITION!
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Post by: jess3254 on June 11, 2009, 03:54:04 pm: Waste of time as per usual.

Also incorporated George Clooney into my argumentative essay, haha.
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Post by: EvangelionZeta on June 11, 2009, 03:58:18 pm: Thought it was awesome fun. Filled out all ten pages of the written space. :)
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Post by: dior1 on June 11, 2009, 04:01:43 pm: I discussed how everybody enjoys matieral possessions, including George Clooney.

Would love to see the examiners reactions to all of these!
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Post by: simpak on June 11, 2009, 04:04:37 pm: I will lol if they deduct marks for all the people who put it in where it just didn't fit AT ALL.
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Post by: dior1 on June 11, 2009, 04:08:21 pm: vcaa has labelled the prank as 'silly'
ffs! the gat in itself is silly. why not try and make it a little fun!
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Post by: Red on June 11, 2009, 05:00:28 pm: lol the G.A.T was so simple lol did all multiple choice questions, both essays (bout 300 words each) within 1.5 hours, while taking my time doing to fill in time lol slept through the rest of it lol
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Post by: avram_grant on June 11, 2009, 05:25:12 pm: george clooney pwns - the english m.c was extremely ambigious; how can their be a 'right' answer for what knowledge is? stupid gat, clooney pwned it
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Post by: Davoo! on June 11, 2009, 07:10:12 pm: Far out i screwed the essays so bad. And some of the questions in multiple choice were stupid as.
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Post by: /0 on June 12, 2009, 12:15:35 am: Quote from: avram_grant on June 11, 2009, 05:25:12 pm
george clooney pwns - the english m.c was extremely ambigious; how can their be a 'right' answer for what knowledge is? stupid gat, clooney pwned it

From elimination I said it was B
Not A because there is no explicit evidence from the quote that wisdom necessarily leads to knowledge.
Not C or D because I think he is suggesting wisdom cannot be gained through knowledge.
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Post by: Winston on June 12, 2009, 12:47:42 am: I don't think he knew what he meant. Hermann Hesse was retarded.
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Post by: hard on June 12, 2009, 01:01:30 am: Quote from: /0 on June 12, 2009, 12:15:35 am
Quote from: avram_grant on June 11, 2009, 05:25:12 pm
george clooney pwns - the english m.c was extremely ambigious; how can their be a 'right' answer for what knowledge is? stupid gat, clooney pwned it

From elimination I said it was B
Not A because there is no explicit evidence from the quote that wisdom necessarily leads to knowledge.
Not C or D because I think he is suggesting wisdom cannot be gained through knowledge.
i put B also
Title: Re: How did you all go?
Post by: TrueTears on June 12, 2009, 01:17:05 am: Quote from: hard on June 12, 2009, 01:01:30 am
Quote from: /0 on June 12, 2009, 12:15:35 am
Quote from: avram_grant on June 11, 2009, 05:25:12 pm
george clooney pwns - the english m.c was extremely ambigious; how can their be a 'right' answer for what knowledge is? stupid gat, clooney pwned it

From elimination I said it was B
Not A because there is no explicit evidence from the quote that wisdom necessarily leads to knowledge.
Not C or D because I think he is suggesting wisdom cannot be gained through knowledge.
i put B also
Yeap same here.
Title: Re: How did you all go?
Post by: TonyHem on June 12, 2009, 01:26:09 am: Quote from: /0 on June 12, 2009, 12:15:35 am
Quote from: avram_grant on June 11, 2009, 05:25:12 pm
george clooney pwns - the english m.c was extremely ambigious; how can their be a 'right' answer for what knowledge is? stupid gat, clooney pwned it

From elimination I said it was B
Not A because there is no explicit evidence from the quote that wisdom necessarily leads to knowledge.
Not C or D because I think he is suggesting wisdom cannot be gained through knowledge.

Is b the one where it goes "that knowledge is not wisdom"?
Title: Re: How did you all go?
Post by: TrueTears on June 12, 2009, 01:29:22 am: Quote from: TonyHem on June 12, 2009, 01:26:09 am
Quote from: /0 on June 12, 2009, 12:15:35 am
Quote from: avram_grant on June 11, 2009, 05:25:12 pm
george clooney pwns - the english m.c was extremely ambigious; how can their be a 'right' answer for what knowledge is? stupid gat, clooney pwned it

From elimination I said it was B
Not A because there is no explicit evidence from the quote that wisdom necessarily leads to knowledge.
Not C or D because I think he is suggesting wisdom cannot be gained through knowledge.

Is b the one where it goes "that knowledge is not wisdom"?
Yeah it is.
Title: Re: How did you all go?
Post by: hard on June 12, 2009, 01:30:50 am: Quote from: TrueTears on June 12, 2009, 01:29:22 am
Quote from: TonyHem on June 12, 2009, 01:26:09 am
Quote from: /0 on June 12, 2009, 12:15:35 am
Quote from: avram_grant on June 11, 2009, 05:25:12 pm
george clooney pwns - the english m.c was extremely ambigious; how can their be a 'right' answer for what knowledge is? stupid gat, clooney pwned it

From elimination I said it was B
Not A because there is no explicit evidence from the quote that wisdom necessarily leads to knowledge.
Not C or D because I think he is suggesting wisdom cannot be gained through knowledge.

Is b the one where it goes "that knowledge is not wisdom"?
Yeah it is.
i jus noticed ur on 951 karma.. nice
Title: Re: How did you all go?
Post by: TonyHem on June 12, 2009, 01:33:05 am: I wrote my essays with a pencil, forgot to read the front :S.
Hope they don't mind.
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Post by: hard on June 12, 2009, 01:38:05 am: Quote from: TonyHem on June 12, 2009, 01:33:05 am
I wrote my essays with a pencil, forgot to read the front :S.
Hope they don't mind.
you will be kicked out of vce and eventually become a bum.
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Post by: wombifat on June 12, 2009, 10:31:50 am: Quote from: /0 on June 12, 2009, 12:15:35 am
Quote from: avram_grant on June 11, 2009, 05:25:12 pm
george clooney pwns - the english m.c was extremely ambigious; how can their be a 'right' answer for what knowledge is? stupid gat, clooney pwned it

From elimination I said it was B
Not A because there is no explicit evidence from the quote that wisdom necessarily leads to knowledge.
Not C or D because I think he is suggesting wisdom cannot be gained through knowledge.

i thought it was really obvious. It said two contradicting things about wisdom and knowledge so obviously they can't be the same thing.
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Post by: methodsboy on June 12, 2009, 02:20:50 pm: Quote from: TrueTears on June 11, 2009, 01:15:36 pm
I found it pretty boring lols, there wasn't much questions that interested me. What about you guys?
i liked that key and lock question.
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Post by: rhjc.1991 on June 12, 2009, 05:58:59 pm: Apparently I got 53/70. So much worse compared to last year... No way I'm getting DES.
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Post by: Flaming_Arrow on June 12, 2009, 06:08:35 pm: Quote from: MHSazn on June 12, 2009, 05:58:59 pm
Apparently I got 53/70. So much worse compared to last year... No way I'm getting DES.

what's DES?
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Post by: kurrymuncher on June 12, 2009, 06:09:14 pm: derived enter score?? i think
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Post by: jess3254 on June 12, 2009, 06:11:13 pm: Quote from: Flaming_Arrow on June 12, 2009, 06:08:35 pm
Quote from: MHSazn on June 12, 2009, 05:58:59 pm
Apparently I got 53/70. So much worse compared to last year... No way I'm getting DES.

what's DES?

Derived score?
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Post by: rhjc.1991 on June 12, 2009, 06:12:12 pm: derived exam score
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Post by: dejan91 on June 12, 2009, 06:36:41 pm: For which subject?
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Post by: rhjc.1991 on June 12, 2009, 06:42:28 pm: no it isn't. I just meant DES for ANY subject.
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Post by: rhjc.1991 on June 12, 2009, 06:43:17 pm: I'm dead -> already 1-2 mark off in Physics and 2 marks in MC Chem... now my GAT is completely rock bottom. My ENTER will be epic bottom.
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Post by: Over9000 on June 12, 2009, 06:46:08 pm: eh u think thats bad? i lost like 30 marks in chem and 3 marks in physics

mate i admit u did pretty shit but not as bad as u think.
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Post by: jess3254 on June 12, 2009, 06:55:47 pm: Quote from: MHSazn on June 12, 2009, 06:43:17 pm
I'm dead -> already 1-2 mark off in Physics and 2 marks in MC Chem... now my GAT is completely rock bottom. My ENTER will be epic bottom.

Dude, relax! That's ridiculous. GAT barely influences your study score unless you require a derived (I'm under the impression that it can only increase your score, rather than lower it.) You should remember than half the state isn't even conscious for the GAT. And only 1-2 marks off physics! And 2 marks off chem! That is fantastic if those are the only mistakes you've discovered so far! Just don't stress out.

And remember, it contributes only 33% towards your study score. You can easily make up for this on your end of year.
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Post by: rhjc.1991 on June 12, 2009, 07:11:58 pm: Thanks, jessie0, makes me feel a bit better, but I still have lost much confidence in VCE.
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Post by: jess3254 on June 12, 2009, 07:32:01 pm: Quote from: MHSazn on June 12, 2009, 07:11:58 pm
Thanks, jessie0, makes me feel a bit better, but I still have lost much confidence in VCE.

I'm glad it made you feel better.

But, yeah I know exactly how you feel.
I lost heaps of confidence. I feel as if I have to get A+ in everything and barely lose any marks on any assessment tasks. Anything less than a medium A+ is bad. It's just ridiculously stressful and completely nuts.

I'm completely over it now. VCE is not necessarily an indication of how hard you've worked or how intelligent you are. All it measures is your ability to perform exams and memorise and regurgitate a whole lot of stuff (IMO). I've come to the conclusion that I need to ignore the stuff with marks and shit, stop creating aims and just 'do' to the best of my ability. It's not worth the stress and anxiety.

VCE is overrated anyway.

/rant.

But yeah anyway, don't lose sight of the fact that you can counteract any bad performance on a SAC/ exam for chem + physics in the end-of-year. Just try your best to get it out of your mind.
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Post by: physics on June 14, 2009, 11:13:47 am: Quote from: rhjc.1991 on June 12, 2009, 07:11:58 pm
Thanks, jessie0, makes me feel a bit better, but I still have lost much confidence in VCE.

SAMEEEE :(
i'm in year 11 and already EPIC fail my my bio and i'm scared for methods *1000000000.
i know i did shit in bio after the answers wnet up T___T

so saddd
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Post by: Davoo! on June 14, 2009, 11:51:05 am: I have 0 confidence in my Methods. Actually have no confidence in my whole VCE altogether. I'm going to have to work so much harder to raise my SAC average.
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Post by: d0minicz on June 14, 2009, 05:57:57 pm: what the helll are you complaining about
people have worked their asses off and screwed up worse than you
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Post by: physics on June 15, 2009, 08:34:10 pm: Quote from: d0minicz on June 14, 2009, 05:57:57 pm
what the helll are you complaining about
people have worked their asses off and screwed up worse than you

+1
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Post by: Hannah D on June 16, 2009, 06:15:04 pm: I had no idea about the George Clooney thing, I really regret not putting it in!
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Post by: NE2000 on June 20, 2009, 04:31:53 pm: Quote from: rhjc.1991 on June 12, 2009, 06:43:17 pm
I'm dead -> already 1-2 mark off in Physics and 2 marks in MC Chem... now my GAT is completely rock bottom. My ENTER will be epic bottom.

Man if you lost only lost 2 marks in chem you do know that you are well on your way to a 50 don't you? And as far as I know with a 50 in accounting already, scores like that aren't going to make your ENTER epic bottom.
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Post by: kashmuq on June 23, 2009, 12:26:10 am: rhjc.1991 srsly mate chill...u kept going on abt hw u failed accounting last yr 2 and then got a 50 so really u shud be looking at another couple - especially with chem
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Post by: hard on June 23, 2009, 12:39:06 am: Quote from: rhjc.1991 on June 12, 2009, 06:43:17 pm
I'm dead -> already 1-2 mark off in Physics and 2 marks in MC Chem... now my GAT is completely rock bottom. My ENTER will be epic bottom.
fucks up your ass.. you know that's good regardless if you got super super high expectations or not.
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Post by: jag on June 23, 2009, 02:28:42 am: hate gat