The GAT

[Gloamglozer]

Is there like any practice gats anywhere like on a website or something???

Just wondering to check out some of the gay MC

Oh yeah i think i might try and add george clooney in heheh now that would be funny

VCAA is your best friend for that. 

EDIT:  Just deviating from discussion here, I reckon last year's GAT was pretty decent.  I reckon the 2005 one has some dodgy questions.

[TheJosh]

Thnx Gloamglozer

[BiG DaN]

im gonna write about tasmania jones instead of george clooney

[hard]

im gonna write about tasmania jones instead of george clooney

don't be a party pooper

[Gloamglozer]

Thnx Gloamglozer

No worries.  Right now, like kurrymuncher, I'm wondering whose idea was it to write about George Clooney.

[Sharmaine]

has anyone heard about the "mention george clooney in the gat"?

[Sharmaine]

is anyone doing the "mention george clooney in the gat" thing?

[mypurpleundercracka]

is anyone doing the "mention george clooney in the gat" thing?

yeh

[dejan91]

We're alowed a dictionary, right?

[Voltman]

We're alowed a dictionary, right?

Yes, I think were are...funny though. A teacher at my school said we weren't, you should have seen how horrified the ESL students were!

[classy1112]

Yeah, the GAT is pretty easy and straightforward.

What sort of scores did people get last year?

I think the three sections were Maths/Technology, Written Expression and Humanities.

[Voltman]

Does anyone have the two writing tasks of a practice GAT or possible a non-practice one (I'm not sure if you get to keep your GAT)? I would like to see how a really good one is supposed to be written. Incidentally, does anyone know how we are being marked on the writing tasks? Are grammar and punctuation considered? What should I be worrying about (not that there's much I can do about that)?

[millertheprophet]

is anyone doing the "mention george clooney in the gat" thing?

What? do you get extra marks for that???

[green04]

fk the GAT

agreed! LOL

[BlueYoHo]

Does anyone have the two writing tasks of a practice GAT or possible a non-practice one (I'm not sure if you get to keep your GAT)? I would like to see how a really good one is supposed to be written. Incidentally, does anyone know how we are being marked on the writing tasks? Are grammar and punctuation considered? What should I be worrying about (not that there's much I can do about that)?

It says that its pretty much the structure of your writing and your fluency for those writing tasks. You wont receive extra marks for extra knowledge of something, (e.g. the Antarctica Base Station a couple of years ago, so you wouldn't get extra marks if you knew a little extra about Antarctica or the Base Station Project).

ALSO, A TIP:
On the first writing task, make sure to actually read the criteria!!! I'm not joking, seriously. Some years it says clearly DO NOT PRESENT AN ARGUMENT and as such you would be penalised if you do so. But some of one's I've done I've noticed that it doesn't say anything like that, so you would be able to have a contention and raise arguments.