Government House Invite

[silverpixeli]

Hey guys I think I may have solved the thing why some people didn't get an invite despite ATAR's of 99.90+, the governor guy mentioned community involvement through activities like army/scouts and stuff. for example I got 99.80 but also got my scout medallion when I was younger and still in scouts, so that might have been why I was invited over someone who hadn't done scouts or something similar but got a higher ATAR. Just a guess though, idk for sure.

Anyway it was a pretty cool evening I thought, government house is epic and we got to do a bit of exploring and seeing all the fancy ornate rooms and stuff, had heaps of fun. Yeah it was awkward standing around at first because the only person I knew was my guest but it was good fun once they did open the doors and let us walk around.

One thing, far out, they had sparkling water. All I wanted was normal water. What's worse, by the end of the governor's address at the start, my sparkling water was flat.

flat water.

[lzxnl]

Well I didn't go, but I didn't participate in any real co-curricular activities aside from the school band, debating team and chess team and was invited.
In contrast, one of my friends was a music prefect and was also involved in one of the school's committees while getting the same ATAR as me...no invite apparently. I doubt co-curriculars is how it worked.

[Mr_Foobutt]

The rooms were nice... Except I wonder where the other end of the butler pantry button goes.

And no, not in any extracurricular activities. I recall hearing the governor talk about 'diversity' in the speech so I figured I just got invited to add 'diversity' in the crowd.

And yes, I didn't like the sparkling water either.

[drake]

in my opinion, i think we were chosen at random... i think the people (governor/premier/whoever) got a list of all the high achievers in the state, then randomly selected students from there... not sure though.