What would happen if...

[Starlight]

I'm scared now. ._.

Just don't do anything stupid haha.

[Stick]

I'm scared now. ._.

How so?

I did it in my trial GAT and my teacher told me the same story. I thought she made it up. :S

[pi]

I'm scared now. ._.

How so?

I did it in my trial GAT and my teacher told me the same story. I thought she made it up. :S

You do realise that the written part of the GAT can effect you in absolutely no way this year, right?

[Stick]

Well that's news to me - I thought they used all of the GAT to derive one's score, even if certain questions were unrelated to the subject (otherwise how would they use it for subjects like Food Technology, for example?).

[ktrah]

If they take your best GAT score to use in year 12 (not sure if they do) it might have an effect?

[pi]

Well that's news to me - I thought they used all of the GAT to derive one's score, even if certain questions were unrelated to the subject (otherwise how would they use it for subjects like Food Technology, for example?).

Yes, it's divided into 3 sections though:
Written (used for english and stuff)
Maths and science (self-evident - effects you)
Humanities (everything else + psych should be in there too imo)


For example, they're not going to use you essay scores when giving you a derived score for Spesh... Nor will they use your maths and science results for Studio Arts

[Stick]

Ah, thanks for that. Time to have some fun in the English sections then, I think.

[paulsterio]

They should give me money for spending 3 hours of my life that I will never get back on a pointless test, not the other way around.

Alright badass!

[nerdgasm]

Reading this thread, I'm wondering if my mini mental rebellion during my English exam last year nearly got me into a whole heap of trouble.

I basically wrote the following at the end of my Context piece last year, (studying Identity and Belonging, topic being "Without others, there is no me", or something like that). It comes after three pages of general waffling on how one can be influenced by others.

"However, I've come to realise that the people around me matter more than any exam result. So give me whatever mark your rubric dictates; I'll just buy a Statement of Marks and view it later. However, I do not care very much, as I am writing this in gratitude of the people I value, and without them, there is no me.

Yours sincerely,

<name and student number>."

As it so happens, I ended up receiving 16/20 for that effort, though how close that was to being 0/20, I'm not sure.

[paulsterio]

Somewhat relevant to the topic I guess

[InsaneMcFries]

Someone at my school in year 11 final exam wrote their entire exam mirrored. Needless to say they got a 0.

[MJRomeo81]

In the GAT if you capture the examiner's attention you will be rewarded. As long as it isn't something stupid or insulting, that is. I mean the examiners have to read pages and pages of complete garbage (and let's face it, the GAT is essentially an invitation to be creative these days) so anything that helps you stand out is beneficial.

But don't mock them during a 3/4 exam. During my legal exam I knew I was stuffed due to no preparation (aside from securing #1-2 sac rank in a strong cohort - I knew that would at least get me over 30) and I was so tempted to troll the examiners with some real witty comments. Luckily I controlled myself and barely finished the paper (thought I was going to get a C - only wrote 5-6 lines on the major questions) yet somehow I scored a B and 36 SS.

 I've heard of other people writing "come at me bro" on every second page along with "y u mad tho?". Let's just say it didn't end too well for them, despite how good they claimed their papers to be.

[Stick]

Also, I was wondering how we find out our result for the GAT.

[Lasercookie]

Also, I was wondering how we find out our result for the GAT.

End of the year in the mail, when you get your statement of results (the fancy piece of paper with your study scores and what subjects you've done etc.)

[BoredSatan]

I'm scared now. ._.

How so?

I did it in my trial GAT and my teacher told me the same story. I thought she made it up. :S

You do realise that the written part of the GAT can effect you in absolutely no way this year, right?

technically it could.. For example with me.. I got 40 on the written section of the GAT. For my exam I scored 0.5 marks less than my friend who got 46 for English (i got 43. Mostly due to epic fail sacs )
SOO if i had of gotten around 45-46 on the GAT for the written section my SS COULD have been marked up a little more