How much do you think the GAT affects your result?

[EvangelionZeta]

A friend of mine got 41 in the Maths/Science part of the GAT, and got 50 in Spesh, Physics and Chemistry.  Go figure.

[the.watchman]

A friend of mine got 41 in the Maths/Science part of the GAT, and got 50 in Spesh, Physics and Chemistry.  Go figure.

Maybe hard work, rather than natural skill, got the 50s...

[stonecold]

A friend of mine got 41 in the Maths/Science part of the GAT, and got 50 in Spesh, Physics and Chemistry.  Go figure.

woohoo!  i have hope lol!  can i ask how he went on the english part of the GAT?
I'm assuming this is JL, who got 50 in English as well.

[simonhu81292]

i don't think JL did physics 

[darkphoenix]

ONLY if you apply for a derived score, they use your GAT marks together with SACs and other stuff to work out your exam mark and SS.

Otherwise if you sit your exams and everything like normal, the GAT doesn't really affect anything.

Someone correct me if im wrong. 

[andy456]

Umm, I know that this is off the topic, but I thought someone might be able to answer my question.

Does your cohort affect your final score. For example, my legal studies cohort (8 people) are pretty weak.
Will this effect me?

[the.watchman]

Umm, I know that this is off the topic, but I thought someone might be able to answer my question.

Does your cohort affect your final score. For example, my legal studies cohort (8 people) are pretty weak.
Will this effect me?

It may affect your SAC marks, but I'm not too sure

[kenhung123]

Yea, I think it affects only SAC marks and derived examination scores only.

[andy456]

Thanks. So if I kick ass in the exam I will still get a 50 

[the.watchman]

Thanks. So if I kick ass in the exam I will still get a 50 

Yep, if you do well in all your SACs and the exam, you should get a 50
However, you still gotta do pretty damn well

[andy456]

Good thing I love legal then!!!!!
I can't wait for my first SAC (March 7th)

[Visionz]

If everyone else gets poor SAC marks but you ace them all then would your SAC mark be moderated up? Even if their poor SAC marks were the result of limited knowledge rather than hard SACs, afterall theres no way for VCAA to distinguish between those two is there?

[appianway]

If you have rank 1 in SACs and also top the exam for your cohort, then your SAC marks will be the same as your exam mark.

Back on the topic of the GAT - it really doesn't influence your performance unless something terrible happens to you - even so, it's still possible to do well. As some people here know, I scored 50 in physics with only a 44 on the science section of the GAT (I somehow scored 45 in English Language with a 50 for humanities, but the world's a strange place...), even though I was eligible for a derived score - it wasn't used in the calcuation of my final mark.

[EvangelionZeta]

A friend of mine got 41 in the Maths/Science part of the GAT, and got 50 in Spesh, Physics and Chemistry.  Go figure.

woohoo!  i have hope lol!  can i ask how he went on the english part of the GAT?
I'm assuming this is JL, who got 50 in English as well.

Not JL (although from what I've heard all of JL's GAT scores were close to 50...).  This guy got 50 in ESL and got 50 in the English GAT.  xD

[akira88]

I couldn't be bothered to post a thread so here is a question:
If say you were ranked not very high in a cohort, for example rank 12, but got EVERYTHING PERFECT on the exams (remember, hypothetically ) would your sac mark be raised?