Examinations

[Chippiewill]

What examinations do people have coming up? We can form a forum study group or something.

I have Discrete Maths 2 a week today. My other exams are all after half term:

Maths: Core 3, Core 4, Further Pure 2, Further Pure 3
Physics: Newtonian World, Fields Particles and Frontiers of Physics

Both on OCR, all A-Levels.

[Calum0812]

Just finished my Year 9 SATS
Got level 8.1 in Maths - 96/150 ;)
Waiting for English and Science

[Cerys]

Aye..

Product Design: Next wednesday
Law: 17th and 22nd

I have 3 lots of maths, 2 english, 2 citizenship, 1 science and a few more. I think. idk my mum lost my exam timetable ;/


It's weird to think that this time in a month I will have about 9 GCSEs and I'm not even done :l

[wixard]

im finished *******

[Cerys]

tara you lucky little ****** D:

got 1 more year left of GCSEs then onto A levels..

[buttons]

already handed in my project, still got the evaluation to do for next week though. i need an A in this if i wanna do sociology at 3rd year wah
then got one exam on 5th of june which thankfully only need a B in. sat here procrastinating so badly tho :(

[FlyingJesus]

None at all just lots of project work

[Matthew]

maths: C3, C4, S1 (OCR)

economics: Unit 2 (AQA)

[Zelda]

Maths: C2 M1 FP1 D1
Physics: Electrons waves and photons, Mechanics and Dynamics
Chemistry: Hydrocarbons energy and analysis or whatever it is called
Music: listening paper
critical thinking: second part no idea what that is called either

[Jurv]

i've got a film studies exam on wednesday based on american and british film
and i've got an english literature exam on friday too which i'm gonna fail i h8 poemz

[geo]

uh, 10 gcse exams coming up in the next month (well 3 weeks if you don't count half term)

monday: religious education
tuesday: biology
thursday: food tech
friday: spanish listening and reading
monday: english language and chemistry
thursday: physics
half term
monday: english literature (i think it's monday)
thursday: media studies

woo...

[Hollie]

13th: sociology unit 1
14th: history unit 1
15th: film studies
21st: sociology unit 2
22nd: psychology unit 1 & history unit 2
5th june: psychology unit 2

wooo

[Mr-Trainor]

A2 exams & 2 AS retakes

Economics Unit 2 (1 week away)
Maths S2 (2 weeks away)
Economics Unit 4 (4 weeks away)
Maths C3 (4 weeks away)
Maths C4 (5 weeks away)

ICT coursework only finished today, so now I have no ICT at all and I can start revising - I'm very lazy when it comes to revision but now that I'm on study leave I'll have more time, much easier to get motivated in the morning and when you haven't been at college all day :P.

[MKR&*42]

Philosophy AS Resit
Law AS G151 or whatever
Philosophy AS unit 2... idek making up the names now.
Law AS G152 resit
Sociology - Education and methods

Yesss i failed loads so had to resittt.

[Jordan]

Got 8 exams!! Starting on monday.

C1, C2 AND S1 - Maths
2 biology exams
1 chemistry
2 geography

:(!

[dbgtz]

Politics U3
Maths C3
Politics U4
Maths C4
Law 04

In order of when I have them.

[lemons]

GCSES yr11
may 13th - french x2
may 20th - english literature
may 24th - business studies
june 3rd - food technology
june 12th - geography
june 24th - statistics

[Ardemax]

history (italy and russia)
history (britain)
maths c2, s1
physics ph1
english language

[Reality]

Science: Physics Biology Higher
English: literature
Product Design: BTEC
Computer Science: Core Higher (A*) Result
Home Economics: 3 hour written exam Higher
Psychology

[Zak]

Well I don't have any exams but I have exam papers to mark for Database Design.

[Circadia]

GCSE exams:

Monday 13th May - French Unit 1 & 2
Monday 20th May - English Literature Unit 1 resit (Of Mice and Men)
Wednesday 22nd May - Drama Unit 1
Thursday 23rd May - English Literature Unit 2 (Heroes & An Inspector Calls)
Friday 24th May (the day I leave ;l) - Music Unit 1
Tuesday 4th June - English Language Unit 1 & 2 resit
Monday 24th June - Statistics Unit 1

fun fun fun

[HarrySX]

Software requirements module on the 15th. :(

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Well I don't have any exams but I have exam papers to mark for Database Design.

What do you do?

[Teabags]

got 11 as + a2 exams :l
inc a couple resits. why not?

[Kardan]

I have:

Scientific Programming exam on May 16th...

Ordinary Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations exam on May 28th...

Statistical Modelling exam on June 4th...

Complex Variables exam on June 5th...

Numerical Methods 2 exam on June 10th...

And Fourier Analysis and Partial Differential Equations exam on June 19th...

[Roxy]

AS Exams (all with AQA):

Monday - Econ 1, Maths C1 & C2
Tuesday - Geography
Friday - Statistics 1, Econ 2 and English Lit B

Then another Geography exam the following Tuesday

[Ardemax]

got 11 as + a2 exams :l
inc a couple resits. why not?

Bloody hell 11?! What ones?

[Teabags]

Bloody hell 11?! What ones?

got 2 for business
2 for economics
1 history
2 maths
1 General studies (if they even count)

Then I've got an AS resit for economics
One Business resit because it's just much easier to get marks on.
and a resit for AS General Studies - the science one.

So it's not as bad as it sounds, but bit of a recluse for awhile I think.

Have you got many?

[Shar]

Finished all my exams way back, only have a lot of assignments to complete now.

[Ardemax]

got 2 for business
2 for economics
1 history
2 maths
1 General studies (if they even count)

Then I've got an AS resit for economics
One Business resit because it's just much easier to get marks on.
and a resit for AS General Studies - the science one.

So it's not as bad as it sounds, but bit of a recluse for awhile I think.

Have you got many?

Sounds rough. When's your last one/when do they begin?

And I've got 6 (2 history AS, 1 english AS, 2 maths AS and 1 physics AS)

[Teabags]

Sounds rough. When's your last one/when do they begin?

And I've got 6 (2 history AS, 1 english AS, 2 maths AS and 1 physics AS)
Well if they start tomorrow.
My last one is on the 20th of June.

[AgnesIO]

Got six in June, then no more exams for like 15 months minimum :D

[Ardemax]

Well if they start tomorrow.
My last one is on the 20th of June.

Ummmm have a nice summer holiday? Maybe? :S

[Teabags]

Ummmm have a nice summer holiday? Maybe? :S
Should be fine.
get 12-14ish weeks once it's all over.

[Rixion]

Geography Human and Physical Paper
Bio 1 Resit
Geography Skills Paper
Bio 2
Chem 2

[Yawn]

just 1 at end of may :dance:

[Matthew]

AS Exams (all with AQA):

Monday - Econ 1, Maths C1 & C2
Tuesday - Geography
Friday - Statistics 1, Econ 2 and English Lit B

Then another Geography exam the following Tuesday

wew i've got AQA econ 2 as well :D

How have you found unit 2? I mean unit 1 was pretty common-sense but unit 2 just seems even more so :O

[Roxy]

wew i've got AQA econ 2 as well :D

How have you found unit 2? I mean unit 1 was pretty common-sense but unit 2 just seems even more so :O

I find unit 2 sooo much more interesting and a lot easier as well! Took me a while to get exchange rates and balance of payments but other than that it's all pretty straightforward, only problem is I find it harder to write the 25 and 12 mark questions 'cause the topics they're on vary so much :( hoping I'll be okay for the exam though haha. Dreading the multiple choice though, they were so much harder than usual in unit 1 which I sat today so just praying they're not as bad for unit 2

Anyone else sit AQA maths C1 or C2 today?

[lemons]

I did GCSE AQA French today, listening paper was very hard but reading was very easy

[Paige.]

english literature x2
religious studies
english language
media studies
biology
maths x2

[Matthew]

I find unit 2 sooo much more interesting and a lot easier as well! Took me a while to get exchange rates and balance of payments but other than that it's all pretty straightforward, only problem is I find it harder to write the 25 and 12 mark questions 'cause the topics they're on vary so much :( hoping I'll be okay for the exam though haha. Dreading the multiple choice though, they were so much harder than usual in unit 1 which I sat today so just praying they're not as bad for unit 2

Anyone else sit AQA maths C1 or C2 today?

:O Do you think so? I thought they were much more varied on econ 1, on econ 2 its ALWAYS about the use of either demand side/supply side (or both) policies to achieve objectives (i.e get out of a recession, reduce unemployment etc)

I agree on the multi choice though, most of them are easy but there's always a few where there's (seemingly...) 2 or more correct answers ;l

[MKR&*42]

I did my Philosophy resit today, much easierrrr than the first try woo.

Law tomorrow god help my brain.

[Zelda]

did my music today, can't discuss what was in it or anything for like over an hour still tho! Went better than I thought tho ;o

got c2 on friday and that's it for this week

[JACKTARD]

I have my final exams of first year at uni :(

Today I had Modelling with Differential Equations.
Wednesday I have Physics 2 (Solid State Physics, Thermodynamics, Vibrations & Waves).
30th May I have Introductory Linear Algebra

wooooo unay.


cannot wait for this to be over!!

[Roxy]

:O Do you think so? I thought they were much more varied on econ 1, on econ 2 its ALWAYS about the use of either demand side/supply side (or both) policies to achieve objectives (i.e get out of a recession, reduce unemployment etc)

I agree on the multi choice though, most of them are easy but there's always a few where there's (seemingly...) 2 or more correct answers ;l

nope econ 1 is always should / shouldn't the government intervene or what's the best form of intervention so i basically just taught myself a formula of how to answer each :P what the questions actually about always changes though... this year i did the one on mobile phones haha. I guess yeah it's always on policies, macroeconomic objectives / a function of aggregate demand but that's still a lot more to learn than just government intervention unfortunately

multiple choice is my downfall :( stupid really 'cause it should be easy marks, just going to do loads of practice between now and friday so fingers crossed!

[Matthew]

nope econ 1 is always should / shouldn't the government intervene or what's the best form of intervention so i basically just taught myself a formula of how to answer each :P what the questions actually about always changes though... this year i did the one on mobile phones haha. I guess yeah it's always on policies, macroeconomic objectives / a function of aggregate demand but that's still a lot more to learn than just government intervention unfortunately

multiple choice is my downfall :( stupid really 'cause it should be easy marks, just going to do loads of practice between now and friday so fingers crossed!

I really hope the multiple choice is easy :(

[Calum0812]

Just got my Year 9 SATS results back. Not too impressed with English and Science to be honest.

English: Level 6.5 (or 6B) - 51/82
Maths: Level 8.1 (or 8C) - 96/150
Science: Level 6.8 (or 6A) - 62% (can't remember mark)

Only UK people will understand the levels ;)

Hit my target in Maths, just shy in Science and way off a 7.0 in English...
Those targets are calculated like 3 1/2 years ago so how they can be accurate I don't know...

Anyway. Good luck to those sitting them this coming week and beyond!

[MKR&*42]

I've forgotten how the yr 9 sats worked, was the maximum level 9 or something? 'Cause I thought 8 was really good but idk sighs. Oh and I had my 2 hr law exam today and i HATED it - We were 'advised' not to do a full question on sentencing, legal aid (we weren't taught it enough), track system or something idek and bail. All of them came up on that paper so I just went for bail because it's not that difficult compared to the others imo. The other qs i did were ok though.

[Zelda]

I've forgotten how the yr 9 sats worked, was the maximum level 9 or something? 'Cause I thought 8 was really good but idk sighs. Oh and I had my 2 hr law exam today and i HATED it - We were 'advised' not to do a full question on sentencing, legal aid (we weren't taught it enough), track system or something idek and bail. All of them came up on that paper so I just went for bail because it's not that difficult compared to the others imo. The other qs i did were ok though.

i believe it was it goes up to 8A and then you have an EP (Exceptional Performance)

[Mr-Trainor]

Anyone got Edexcel Economics U2 tomorrow? I'm not really ready for it, so I'll be revising all day now :(.

[Zelda]

God c2 maths tomorrow now, not really revising for it though lmao cause it is basically the easiest one :(

not looking forward to monday with physics mechanics though

[Kardan]

God c2 maths tomorrow now, not really revising for it though lmao cause it is basically the easiest one :(

not looking forward to monday with physics mechanics though

C1 is easier :P You should still revise though, I retook C1 to get higher than my 71 (I think?) and didn't bother revising it, ended up with 49 :P (3rd time lucky, got 100, but with revision).

[Zelda]

C1 is easier :P You should still revise though, I retook C1 to get higher than my 71 (I think?) and didn't bother revising it, ended up with 49 :P (3rd time lucky, got 100, but with revision).

i honestly find c2 easier than c1 and also find fp1 easier than c1 tbh. probably cause i don't like co-ordinate geometry very much. Reason i'm not revising is cause basically every single past paper and mock etc has been nearly enough full marks so honestly don't see any point now.

[Kardan]

i honestly find c2 easier than c1 and also find fp1 easier than c1 tbh. probably cause i don't like co-ordinate geometry very much. Reason i'm not revising is cause basically every single past paper and mock etc has been nearly enough full marks so honestly don't see any point now.

I thought I had enough revision for D2 and stopped revising since I was getting 100 on each past paper, but got 96 in the exam in the end :P And I suppose everyone has their different weaknesses and strengths, I was the only one in my further class to like Stats :P

[Zelda]

I thought I had enough revision for D2 and stopped revising since I was getting 100 on each past paper, but got 96 in the exam in the end :P And I suppose everyone has their different weaknesses and strengths, I was the only one in my further class to like Stats :P

yea i was the only one to like stats too LMAO, i think i'm the only one in my class who hates mechanics tbh too.

[Kardan]

yea i was the only one to like stats too LMAO, i think i'm the only one in my class who hates mechanics tbh too.

No, many people in my class hated mechanics, but I enjoyed it since I was doing A-Level physics anyway :P

[Zelda]

No, many people in my class hated mechanics, but I enjoyed it since I was doing A-Level physics anyway :P

yea i should probably enjoy it when i'm doing a level physics but yea i not really interested in that side of the physics anyway mainly the astro & quantum physics i prefer

[Mr-Trainor]

I also found C2 easier than C1 - I got 79 in C1 and then 87 in C2. Although, I did then retake C1 and get 89 :P So maybe it was just that I didn't revise first time round. But I find stats much easier than the core maths, I got 91 in S1 - next Friday I have S2 and hopefully I'll get 80+.

[Zelda]

mm yea i failed c1 first time around got like 83 (this was last year in year 11) but ye when i retook this year got 98 in it, then got 96 in s1 in my jan modules, so just hoping to match those results really with my other 4, though not counting on much with m1

[Matthew]

can't believe people found C2 easier than C1 :O I got 100 on C1 and 88 on C2 :(

Or maybe I just found C1 really easy as I did add maths which is basically just the C1 course anyway (A)

Got C3, C4 and S1 coming up. C3 and S1 are easy but C4 can be a bit confusing.. Did well on my mocks though so hopefully that bodes well!

[Rozi]

I'm doing my psychology A2 unit 3 resit on the 10th

anyone else doing it?

[Mr-Trainor]

can't believe people found C2 easier than C1 :O I got 100 on C1 and 88 on C2 :(

Or maybe I just found C1 really easy as I did add maths which is basically just the C1 course anyway (A)

Got C3, C4 and S1 coming up. C3 and S1 are easy but C4 can be a bit confusing.. Did well on my mocks though so hopefully that bodes well!
I find C3 and C4 hard - I also have both of them :(. I got 67 on C3 in Jan but I've realised if I get 80 in S2 then I only need to get 66 in C4 to get an A, so tbh I don't really know why I retook C3 :P.

[Matthew]

I find C3 and C4 hard - I also have both of them :(. I got 67 on C3 in Jan but I've realised if I get 80 in S2 then I only need to get 66 in C4 to get an A, so tbh I don't really know why I retook C3 :P.

But for an A you need to average 80 on C3 and C4 though, right? Or is that just OCR, I don't know.

I got 94% (raw marks) on both C3 and C4 mocks so that would be an A* for me (meaning I could get like 30% in S1 to still get an A* (A).. although I got 97% anyway lol)

[Mr-Trainor]

But for an A you need to average 80 on C3 and C4 though, right? Or is that just OCR, I don't know.

I got 94% (raw marks) on both C3 and C4 mocks so that would be an A* for me (meaning I could get like 30% in S1 to still get an A* (A).. although I got 97% anyway lol)
Omg I hope not. I've never heard of that though so I doubt it.

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Just checked and as I thought, and I'm glad :P: you need a 270 average accross the 3 A2 modules if you want an A* overall, but any other grade just goes by the overall total of all six.

[Matthew]

Omg I hope not. I've never heard of that though so I doubt it.

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Just checked and as I thought, and I'm glad :P: you need a 270 average accross the 3 A2 modules if you want an A* overall, but any other grade just goes by the overall total of all six.

Oh I thought it applied to all grades :P

From what I understand, for an A* you need to average 90% in C3 and C4 and then 80% overall.

So for an A you just need to average 80% overall? I thought the grade depended on the result in the compulsory A2 papers (C3 and C4?)

[Mr-Trainor]

Oh I thought it applied to all grades :P

From what I understand, for an A* you need to average 90% in C3 and C4 and then 80% overall.

So for an A you just need to average 80% overall? I thought the grade depended on the result in the compulsory A2 papers (C3 and C4?)
Oh I'm on Edexcel btw, not OCR :P. But yeah for Edexcel an A is 80% overall, and A* is 80% overall plus 90% average in C3/C4 (I was reading the wrong A* bit earlier).

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[Matthew]

Oh I'm on Edexcel btw, not OCR :P. But yeah for Edexcel an A is 80% overall, and A* is 80% overall plus 90% average in C3/C4 (I was reading the wrong A* bit earlier).

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oh okay, I see :)

[Kardan]

Oh I'm on Edexcel btw, not OCR :P. But yeah for Edexcel an A is 80% overall, and A* is 80% overall plus 90% average in C3/C4 (I was reading the wrong A* bit earlier).

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You've read that wrong, it's 90% in Core 3 and Core 4 minimum, not an average (So 100% in C3 and 89% in C4 won't get you an A*)

And that's the same for AQA as well...

[Zelda]

You've read that wrong, it's 90% in Core 3 and Core 4 minimum, not an average (So 100% in C3 and 89% in C4 won't get you an A*)

And that's the same for AQA as well...

but that would be 189 UMS in c3 and c4 which it allows according to that? ;o since that's just asking for 180 total over those 2

[Kardan]

but that would be 189 UMS in c3 and c4 which it allows according to that? ;o since that's just asking for 180 total over those 2

Yup, ignore me. I got it wrong :P I got it wrong all throughout Year 13 as well :P To be fair, the teachers did tell us the wrong thing for about half the year :P It didn't matter for me anyway, since my C4 grade was poor :P

[Mr-Trainor]

Lol - no way I'm getting an A* anyway :P. Hoping I'll just about make an A.

[Matthew]

Yup, ignore me. I got it wrong :P I got it wrong all throughout Year 13 as well :P To be fair, the teachers did tell us the wrong thing for about half the year :P It didn't matter for me anyway, since my C4 grade was poor :P

haha i was gonna say!

Relying on it being average in case I mess C4 up :( (but it is anyway so wew)

[Matthew]

Economics was pretty easy IMO :D!

How did you find it Roxy;? :)

[Zelda]

c2 was really easy tbh! Glad it went so well at least

[lawrawrrr]

just got 1 exam for twentieth century british lit next friday! woop woop...

[Mr-Trainor]

Economics was pretty easy IMO :D!

How did you find it @Roxy (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=46824);? :)
Edexcel unit 2?

[Chippiewill]

D2 was amazingly easy today, that said, the matching question was frustratingly cryptic.

[Matthew]

Edexcel unit 2?

Nope, AQA!

[Mr-Trainor]

Nope, AQA!
Ah ok lol. I had Edexcel :P.

[Matthew]

Ah ok lol. I had Edexcel :P.

How was it? :D

[Mr-Trainor]

How was it? :D
Was ok but ran out of time near the end :(. What about you :)?

[Matthew]

Was ok but ran out of time near the end :(. What about you :)?
multi choice was alright, not the hardest but not the easiest (probably 20/25 which is fine)

had loadsssssssssss of time for the essay for some reason so I just wrote loads. I should get loads of marks for evaluation as my conc paragraph was 2 pages long haha :D

[Mr-Trainor]

multi choice was alright, not the hardest but not the easiest (probably 20/25 which is fine)

had loadsssssssssss of time for the essay for some reason so I just wrote loads. I should get loads of marks for evaluation as my conc paragraph was 2 pages long haha :D
Oo in this one I did there was no multiple choice, wish there was though :P.

[geo]

5 exams completed, 5 to go. ^___^

I did my Spanish ones today and I'm almost 100% sure I failed them. The listening was hard because we did it in the gym and there was a slight echo, so when the Spanish speaker was fast and loud it was hard to hear everything she said. I couldn't really complain about it as it wasn't SO bad and there was no way we'd get put in a different room. :Mini-Frown:

[Ardemax]

Anyone got Edexcel Economics U2 tomorrow? I'm not really ready for it, so I'll be revising all day now :(.

My mate had C2, English Lit and Economics today. He left school an hour ago. Lol.


No, many people in my class hated mechanics, but I enjoyed it since I was doing A-Level physics anyway :P

Bit off-topic, but how is A-Level Physics compared to AS Level?

[Roxy]

Economics was pretty easy IMO :D!

How did you find it @Roxy (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=46824);? :)

gahh I don't know :( multiple choice was fairly easy with the exception of the last few so reckon I've done alright on that but I picked the wrong set of questions! I should've done the balance of payments one ughhh. I think I've managed fo do alright anyway just annoyed cause I know I'd be feeling a lot more confident if I picked the other! Was a much nicer paper than Econ 1 either way. Which question did you do?

Although saying that I had 3 exams yesterday so my brain was so crammed with everything I probably couldve written an English essay in economics without even realising -.-

Only have 1 exam left now :). Anyone sit aqa English lit b or stats yesterday?

[Matthew]

gahh I don't know :( multiple choice was fairly easy with the exception of the last few so reckon I've done alright on that but I picked the wrong set of questions! I should've done the balance of payments one ughhh. I think I've managed fo do alright anyway just annoyed cause I know I'd be feeling a lot more confident if I picked the other! Was a much nicer paper than Econ 1 either way. Which question did you do?

Although saying that I had 3 exams yesterday so my brain was so crammed with everything I probably couldve written an English essay in economics without even realising -.-

Only have 1 exam left now :). Anyone sit aqa English lit b or stats yesterday?

I did context 1 :P

I've seen the answers to the multi choice and I think I've got 23 :D

And I'm sure you will have done fine!

[Roxy]

I did context 1 :P

I've seen the answers to the multi choice and I think I've got 23 :D

And I'm sure you will have done fine!

ooh where did you find the answers?

[Mr-Trainor]

ooh where did you find the answers?
Probably on thestudentroom :P.

[Spoltage]

Good luck everyone!! Did my gcse's two years ago and now i just need to worry about completing my course work for college - finish my final (2nd) year 21st june so about 4 college weeks (5 including wit week but im at london for 4 days so cant do any work then)

Sam

[Matthew]

ooh where did you find the answers?


http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2338119&page=11&p=42668383#post42668383 <--- Paper

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=42668784&postcount=233 <--- MC answers

The multi choice answers aren't "official" obviously but I'm 95% sure that they're right!

[Roxy]

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2338119&page=11&p=42668383#post42668383 <--- Paper

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=42668784&postcount=233 <--- MC answers

The multi choice answers aren't "official" obviously but I'm 95% sure that they're right!

Ahh thank you! Assuming I answered exactly the same in the exam as I did just now I'm looking about 19/20 out of 25 which I'd be happy with :) it's enough to get an a providing I've done alright on the written section so!

[Matt]

Seeing as I'm in Australia i dont have the GCSE's but i've got my exam period starting tomorrow for the next two weeks but i only have 5 exams, compared to some people in my year who have 14+. I'm kinda panicingggggg but once the first one is out the way (english tomorrow) i'll be a hell of a lot happier!

[Ekelektra]

This time of the year we would normally have mid-year exams coming up but the design of things has changed so no year 12 classes have mid-years. We just have the GAT on June 12th which is more of an intelligence type thing that people tend to not take too seriously.

[Cerys]

Got my final law exam on wednesday then thats it till after the holidays! Then I have like, an exam a day ;/

the unit 1 law was realllyyyy easy!!! ;o

[MKR&*42]

2 to go sigh. Sociology tomorrow which is going to be death and Law resit wednesday

[Zelda]

2 to go sigh. Sociology tomorrow which is going to be death and Law resit wednesday

Ur so lucky doing subjects with less exams Hayden :( I still got 7 to go LMFAO

[MKR&*42]

Ur so lucky doing subjects with less exams Hayden :( I still got 7 to go LMFAO

I would only be doing 3 if I hadn't resit ;) My friend has 10 or so though mm.

[Zelda]

I would only be doing 3 if I hadn't resit ;) My friend has 10 or so though mm.

Ye I have 9 in total lmfao ;l blame it on the further maths tbh

[Jurv]

finished both of mine after my english lit on friday.. don't really know what to expect with resuts haha

[Cerys]

2 to go sigh. Sociology tomorrow which is going to be death and Law resit wednesday

are you doing the unit 2 AM law exam on wednesday? ;o

[Amberr]

two psychology exams (AS) coming up, first one is Wednesday... can't wait. english language (A2) and I decided to redo my gcse maths so I've got those coming up as well.

[MKR&*42]

are you doing the unit 2 AM law exam on wednesday? ;o

I do AS Law so I'm doing G152 sources of law. OH I see what you mean (i thought you meant 2am lmfao)- it might be the same but you're doing GCSE arent you?
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Omg mine's on thursday not wednesday oops xD

[Cerys]

I do AS Law so I'm doing G152 sources of law. OH I see what you mean (i thought you meant 2am lmfao)- it might be the same but you're doing GCSE arent you?
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Omg mine's on thursday not wednesday oops xD


Oooh right, forgot you weren't doing GCSE anymore xD Goodluck :)

[MKR&*42]

Oooh right, forgot you weren't doing GCSE anymore xD Goodluck :)

Thanksss, and you :P

[lemons]

Business, Food Tech, Geography and Statistics exams to go! English Lit today was terrible

[Reality]

Got some Geography to do now :o
Wish all you guys good luck x

[Zelda]

Had physics G481 today went actually really well tbh, how did anyone else doing it find it? ;o was worried about it but ended up going fine tbh.

Critical thinking on thursday then D1 on friday then it's half term woo! Not going to revise for critical thinking though really can't be bothered lmfao

[Cerys]

Next exams are on the 4th ..

The unit 2 law exam today was AMAZING. Honestly I couldn't have asked for a better paper, it was so easy!!

[AgnesIO]

Next exams are on the 4th ..

The unit 2 law exam today was AMAZING. Honestly I couldn't have asked for a better paper, it was so easy!!

What topics did you get? Wasn't a fan of the paper I sat last year.

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[MKR&*42]

Next exams are on the 4th ..

The unit 2 law exam today was AMAZING. Honestly I couldn't have asked for a better paper, it was so easy!!

Helloo I too would like to know even though I do AS.

[Mr-Trainor]

What topics did you get? Wasn't a fan of the paper I sat last year.

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Helloo I too would like to know even though I do AS.
You may not be allowed to discuss it yet, particularly if it's Edexcel :P. Good to know it went well though :). Need to get back to my maths revision :(.

[Zelda]

I should probably be doing maths revision as well for d1 on friday but oh well LMFAO know all the algorithms anyway so should be ok.

critical thinking tomorrow is gonna be so boring and i know nothing about it anyway LMFAO dont really care about it either tbh considering it means nothing

[Cerys]

We were only taught Criminal law and Family law out of all for *the other 2 being Tort and Rights + responsibilities* so that's what I did

Criminal law gave a mentally ill guy breaking into a house, ending up killing 2 people (one had a heart attack due to a weak heart *thin skull rule* and the other was hit over the head, and suffered an allergic reaction to anaesthetic *causation*. He was told to do this or his mum would be 'beaten up'.
Questions included stuff like 'can duress be used as a defence', what will he be charged with in regards to death 1, death 2 and the entry into the house and more
So that was pretttty easy!

The Family Law was: a man had an affair 5 years ago, wife stayed with him anyway, have 3 kids, one of which is 17, wife had an affair and husband left.
Questions were like; what is the law on marriage around age *17 y/o* more marriage stuff, what does irretrievable breakdown of marriage mean and how to prove it, and more stuff on divorce

So basically just marriage and divorce!!

We were expecting all stuff like wills and stuff like that which we're not confident with


edit; if we're not allowed to discuss it yet, pls shoot me >.>

[MKR&*42]

You may not be allowed to discuss it yet, particularly if it's Edexcel :P. Good to know it went well though :). Need to get back to my maths revision :(.

Oh yeah that's a fair point. I know that 3 exam boards you have to wait 24 hours but they're not OCR/AQA - but ye EdExcel is one.

[Mr-Trainor]

I should probably be doing maths revision as well for d1 on friday but oh well LMFAO know all the algorithms anyway so should be ok.

critical thinking tomorrow is gonna be so boring and i know nothing about it anyway LMFAO dont really care about it either tbh considering it means nothing
LOL oh I have stats which I find much easier than core maths anyway, but I've done hardly any revision for it since last week so need to do loads now :(. Need to try do really well in this seeing as core is gonna go so badly lol.

[Aaron]

Have 3 at the end of May, but not all that important. :P

[wiktoria]

already had french, pe and citizenship

english lit today
english lang - 4th
additional science - 5th
history - 10th
maths - 17th

[Zelda]

Just had my d1 exam, went quite well actually and actually managed to finish it lmfao. Their algorithm you haven't seen before was really odd though lmao and I missed a bit on the simplex question asking for values after first iteration but remembered second at least. Everyone else in my year was literally crying after tho lmao

[Matthew]

Just had OCR S1 and it was fine.. Anyone else have it? :D

[lawrawrrr]

2 hours till my exam and I still can't be bothered to revise properly!! Last ever exam though, a bit of a sad moment...

[MKR&*42]

Did my last exam yday, law resit. Was dreadful because I was late to it and I forgot everything to do with ultra vires so I lost at least 10 marks on section B :(

[Mr-Trainor]

Had my S2 exam this morning.. went alright, but the first question was horrible and put me off for the rest of the paper LOL :'(.

[Ardemax]

Had physics G481 today went actually really well tbh, how did anyone else doing it find it? ;o was worried about it but ended up going fine tbh.

Critical thinking on thursday then D1 on friday then it's half term woo! Not going to revise for critical thinking though really can't be bothered lmfao

My WJEC PH1 was horrific haha :(

IT'S BLOODY WORK/ENERGY I TELL YOU

[Kardan]

Got my Ordinary Differential Equations and Calculations of Variations exam today, very nervous, as I always am for the first exam :P I just hope I get nice usual questions, nothing out of the blue, and no silly mistakes :)

[Matthew]

Got my Ordinary Differential Equations and Calculations of Variations exam today, very nervous, as I always am for the first exam :P I just hope I get nice usual questions, nothing out of the blue, and no silly mistakes :)

Good luck :)

I'm always super nervous for my first exam too! :(

[Kardan]

Good luck :)

I'm always super nervous for my first exam too! :(

Thanks :) Went pretty well, probably around 70-80% depending on how many marks I get for working, found the easiest question the hardest though :P Only 4 more to go...

[lemons]

I only have food tech, geography and statistics exams left!

[Chug!]

Music Technology ALevel exam Tuesday D:

Then Music ALevel on 19th June D:

[Zelda]

Had my chemistry AS today, was a lot better than I thought it would be actually.

an awful lot of 7 mark questions though LMFAO and I had no idea what to do with the ozone/NO equations :(

[JACKTARD]

my exams are over until January (or August if I failed anything) wooo

[Cerys]

Got my English exams done and finished!

WOO no more proper English EVER!! unless i dont get an A then it's resit teim for yr 11. pft ;/

I think my next one is chemistry. Got my last 3 *chem maths1 and maths2* next weeeek

[Ardemax]

Anyone got Stats next Monday?

[Munex]

Did AQA English Language B A2 exam yesterday -- I was up all night and have no sleep whatsoever, and the exam was at 1pm. I was so tired. I was predicted A* but I know I've only got a C/D on that exam. *sigh*

I'm still expecting an A overall as all my other stuff was top A. Sure would have liked that A*, though.

[Kardan]

Did Statistical Modelling earlier today, and was great. 80-90% hopefully. Next up is Complex Variables which is tomorrow :( 2 done, 3 to go!

[Amberr]

Did AQA English Language B A2 exam yesterday -- I was up all night and have no sleep whatsoever, and the exam was at 1pm. I was so tired. I was predicted A* but I know I've only got a C/D on that exam. *sigh*

I'm still expecting an A overall as all my other stuff was top A. Sure would have liked that A*, though.
I did the same exam, how did you find it and which ones did you answer? Mine didn't go too great, I'm expecting only a D/C as well. My teacher this year was absolute bollocks, I practically had to teach myself everything this year out of a textbook. I've never *********** so much in an exam. I'm hoping my coursework can bring it up.

I have psychology unit 2 tomorrow (AS). I can see me doing awful in that as well. Hating on life right now.

[buttons]

had my exam today, 1-4pm without eating because i was nervous and also messed up sleeping pattern ugh. 40 mark question and 2 30 mark questions. i actually freaked out at the beginning because i was too tired to understand the questions and twist it to fit me. completely messed up my timing and left my best essay to last so only end up writing half of what i could have :( wasnt sure whether to do the 40 mark or my best first so ended up doinb the 40,my worst then my best... silly decision. so unfair how everyone else gets many exams and not 3 questions in 3 hours :/

so mad at myself but ill never be happy with what i achieve anyway lol. need a B if i wanna do 3rd year sociology but it also rests on me getting an A on my project. they're pretty harsh with what they want. anyway part of the reason i was stressing was because everyone was asking me about my exam and saying id be fine whereas generally no-one asks so i wanna prove i can do it, now feel like im letting everyone down other than myself.

AH WELL IM FREE. gl to everyone else, work hard, remember a quick plan at the beginning if its all theory like mine and relax afterwards!!

[Munex]

I did the same exam, how did you find it and which ones did you answer? Mine didn't go too great, I'm expecting only a D/C as well. My teacher this year was absolute bollocks, I practically had to teach myself everything this year out of a textbook. I've never *********** so much in an exam. I'm hoping my coursework can bring it up.

I did the transcripts for acquisition and the diachronic texts for change. I think I did better in acquisition, but far from great. In change, I really sucked; wrote about basic things like graphology and in a really simple way as well. Really let myself down!

I had two different teachers; one for acquisition, one for change. The acquisition teacher was really enjoyable and I felt safe with her, but the change teacher was teaching the course for the first time and I often found her blatantly teaching flat-out wrong information, which I had to correct -- but how much did she teach that I couldn't correct? I took everything she said with a pinch of salt, but I feel for the other students that would absorb everything she says as fact. Ahh... it doesn't matter now, at least it's over!

[Amberr]

I did the transcripts for acquisition and the diachronic texts for change. I think I did better in acquisition, but far from great. In change, I really sucked; wrote about basic things like graphology and in a really simple way as well. Really let myself down!

I had two different teachers; one for acquisition, one for change. The acquisition teacher was really enjoyable and I felt safe with her, but the change teacher was teaching the course for the first time and I often found her blatantly teaching flat-out wrong information, which I had to correct -- but how much did she teach that I couldn't correct? I took everything she said with a pinch of salt, but I feel for the other students that would absorb everything she says as fact. Ahh... it doesn't matter now, at least it's over!

I did the transcripts as well. Everyone I have spoken to has said that they found the acquisition easier than change. Oh well, I'm not going to stress about it now. It's done. Never have to do English again! I'm sure you did fine.

[Zelda]

had physics g482 today. went quite well I suppose but I did change away from what a correct answer at one point right at the end which was rly annoying LMFAO. hopefully did ok though

[Kardan]

Had Complex Variables today, was pretty poor. Hopefully I've not failed the module though :P

Next up is Numerical Methods 2, only need 4% in the exam to pass the module, hoping for as much as possible though :)

[Ardemax]

Had Complex Variables today, was pretty poor. Hopefully I've not failed the module though :P

Next up is Numerical Methods 2, only need 4% in the exam to pass the module, hoping for as much as possible though :)

Why's the pass rate so low? :P

[Kardan]

Why's the pass rate so low? :P

50% coursework, 50% test. Got 76% in my coursework, which means I have 38% for the module, so to reach 40% I just need 4% in the exam :P

[Chippiewill]

Possibly not the best attitude to hold in regard to your exam, surely it's still better if you get a higher mark?

[Ardemax]

50% coursework, 50% test. Got 76% in my coursework, which means I have 38% for the module, so to reach 40% I just need 4% in the exam :P

That's good going haha!

[Kardan]

Possibly not the best attitude to hold in regard to your exam, surely it's still better if you get a higher mark?

Did you not read what I said after? Still hoping for the best I can get :P

[noddy]

Psychology on Monday, Then C3 on the 13th and C4 on the 18th. 12 days until sweet freedom...!

[Mr-Trainor]

Anyone else got edexcel economics unit 4 on Tuesday? I'm not looking forward to it at all :'(.

Psychology on Monday, Then C3 on the 13th and C4 on the 18th. 12 days until sweet freedom...!
I have C3 and C4 as well, but have realised that I would have been better off not retaking C3 and just having that extra 2 days to prepare for C4. I'm not revising for them until after my exam on Tuesday though.

[Zelda]

Just had m1 today, was a bit better than I expected so that is good. Last question was a nightmare though and I pretty sure I mucked it up, though everyone literally had different answers so at least I'm not the only one lmao

[noddy]

Anyone else got edexcel economics unit 4 on Tuesday? I'm not looking forward to it at all :'(.

I have C3 and C4 as well, but have realised that I would have been better off not retaking C3 and just having that extra 2 days to prepare for C4. I'm not revising for them until after my exam on Tuesday though.


I'm going to a bit of c3 between my Psych and c3 exams, but then for the 5 days until c4 Just go hardcore on the past papers :P Good luck!

[dbgtz]

Did c3 today and I feel sorry for whoever has to mark it with all my awful scribbling outs. I had crossing things out in exams, it looks so damn messy.

[Ardemax]

Did c3 today and I feel sorry for whoever has to mark it with all my awful scribbling outs. I had crossing things out in exams, it looks so damn messy.

If I cross out too much I end up drawing arrows from answer to answer and across pages. Just to keep the examiner in check, you know.

[noddy]

I have psychology tomorrow and I'm positively ******** myself

[Shar]

I do not envy you guys. Good luck everyone :)

[Zelda]

got my last exam today finally, fp1 lmao. not that worried for it unlike the rest of my exams at least cause it is basically my easiest

[Mr-Trainor]

^good luck those who have an exam today. I have economics tomorrow, really not looking forward to it :(.


Picture Puzzles ~ To celebrate the end of the exam period, the News Department has opened a new quiz! Check out this thread for more information!
My exams aren't even half over lol.

[Zelda]

O that's a bit awks luke LMFAO

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fp1 went great today actually, found it really fun to do as well LMFAO

[Chippiewill]

Had FP3, bit of a doddle except for an awkwardly worded groups question. Probably means Fp2 is going to be murder though...

[dbgtz]

Did C4, did terribly. Questions seemed dodgy and I'm sure my teacher didn't teach me a part of one question.

[Kardan]

Got Numerical Methods 2 in a couple of hours, here's hoping it goes okay :) Hoping the format of the paper hasn't changed majorly since a new lecturer is teaching it this year :/

[lemons]

I have GCSE Geography on Wednesday and Statistics on 24th :)

[Cerys]

Did Chemistry today (::

It's like, 33/60 to get an A* apparently. LOL

I'm expecting I got about 30/60. Yes, sounds bad, but it was hard ;;

Had fractional distillation on it though for the 6 marker. oo im happy about that. best question pls \o/

[noddy]

Psychology was fine today, a load off of my mind

[Cerys]

Had maths todayy

awful ;/

first half was okay-ish but the 2nd half i may have cried a little

friday is the calc maths, last exam of this year \o/

[Mr-Trainor]

Had economics today, at least I finished in time + economics is over now :D. Didn't go as bad as I was expected but still wasn't great. I guess I'll find out in August! Now I just have maths C3 thursday and C4 next tuesday - haven't revised for any of them yet :(.

[Shockwave.2CC]

I finished school like 5 years ago

But I just took my level 2 Maths today

As I didn't get it when I was a school

[lemons]

I did my GCSE Geography exam today it went very well

but I'm scared because it's worth 50% :(

[Empired]

I had history two days ago and maths yesterday. I think my history went well and maths will never go well for me but I think it went as well as I can manage (A)

[noddy]

C3 Tomorrow I havent really learnt it
but I will do well since I'm a maths genius

[Matthew]

Got my maths C3 tomorrow (OCR)

I know that I know everything inside out.. I just hope that I don't make any stupid mistakes :(

[Mr-Trainor]

C3 Tomorrow I havent really learnt it
but I will do well since I'm a maths genius
First line applies to me, second line does not LOL. But didn't really need to retake anyway.

[lemons]

statistics exam next :)

[noddy]

First line applies to me, second line does not LOL. But didn't really need to retake anyway.

i did a past paper this morning half asleep and got 92% lol

[Mr-Trainor]

i did a past paper this morning half asleep and got 92% lol
Well done :P. Is that without revision ;o? I had Economics yesterday which was a lot more important than this, which is why I was only revising for that :P.

[noddy]

Well done :P. Is that without revision ;o? I had Economics yesterday which was a lot more important than this, which is why I was only revising for that :P.


i did a bit of c3 a few weeks ago haha i dropped marks on trig mainly.
What exam board are you on? im on edexcel

[Mr-Trainor]

i did a bit of c3 a few weeks ago haha i dropped marks on trig mainly.
What exam board are you on? im on edexcel
Edexcel as well. I've just finished recapping everything other than trig, but gonna do past papers now. Good luck for tomorrow :).

[noddy]

Edexcel as well. I've just finished recapping everything other than trig, but gonna do past papers now. Good luck for tomorrow :).


you too!

[Ardemax]

C3 Tomorrow I havent really learnt it
but I will do well since I'm a maths genius

I'm surprised you're head fit through the door... :P


statistics exam next :)

Lemme know how it goes! Mine was surprisingly nice (WJEC). All the best! :)

[lemons]

I'm surprised you're head fit through the door... :P



Lemme know how it goes! Mine was surprisingly nice (WJEC). All the best! :)

GCSE Statistics :P

[Ardemax]

GCSE Statistics :P

That's a thing?! I feel your pain.

[lemons]

That's a thing?! I feel your pain.

It's not even hard lol The hardest it gets is standard deviation

[Ardemax]

It's not even hard lol The hardest it gets is standard deviation

Ohhhhh really? That's not too bad then :P

[Chippiewill]

Core 3, Further Pure 2 and "Fields Particles and Frontiers of Physics" all today. So stressful having this many exams.

[Mr-Trainor]

C3 was by far the worst exam I've ever done, and seems to be what everyone was saying at my college/sixthform.

[noddy]

C3 was by far the worst exam I've ever done, and seems to be what everyone was saying at my college/sixthform.

I have to agree, the second *REMOVED* or whatever, I just had no idea. Hopefully c4 will be a bit better haha.

[Mr-Trainor]

I have to agree, *REMOVED* or whatever, I just had no idea. Hopefully c4 will be a bit better haha.
Probably best to remove that from your post as you can't discuss what was on Edexcel exams until like 12 hours after :P. But yeah, I really hope C4 isn't as hard. I need at least 65-70, and that's if I got 75-80 on S2, for an A overall.

[noddy]

Probably best to remove that from your post as you can't discuss what was on Edexcel exams until like 12 hours after :P. But yeah, I really hope C4 isn't as hard. I need at least 65-70, and that's if I got 75-80 on S2, for an A overall.


oh oops i cant edit it out now haha

[Matthew]

My C3 went so well today :D!

Thank you OCR for the nice exam, think I've dropped no more than 5 marks which puts me in a nice position to get an A* (I find C4 easier than C3 too so I hope I can average over 90 in C3/4 :O)

[noddy]

My C3 went so well today :D!

Thank you OCR for the nice exam, think I've dropped no more than 5 marks which puts me in a nice position to get an A* (I find C4 easier than C3 too so I hope I can average over 90 in C3/4 :O)

Lucky you, edexcel screwed over everyone in the country haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EW8N60kHkU

[Mr-Trainor]

My C3 went so well today :D!

Thank you OCR for the nice exam, think I've dropped no more than 5 marks which puts me in a nice position to get an A* (I find C4 easier than C3 too so I hope I can average over 90 in C3/4 :O)
For a second then I thought you were the only person to have enjoyed the C3 exam today, but then I realised you're OCR not Edexcel :L. Lucky :(.

At least I got a C in C3 in Jan anyway, if I didn't then idk what I would have done :'(.

[Matthew]

For a second then I thought you were the only person to have enjoyed the C3 exam today, but then I realised you're OCR not Edexcel :L. Lucky :(.

At least I got a C in C3 in Jan anyway, if I didn't then idk what I would have done :'(.

what, do you think you've got less than a C in this one :O

[Chippiewill]

My C3 went so well today :D!

Thank you OCR for the nice exam, think I've dropped no more than 5 marks which puts me in a nice position to get an A* (I find C4 easier than C3 too so I hope I can average over 90 in C3/4 :O)

OCR C3 was awesome today, fairly certain I aced it (Famous last words..).

[Matthew]

OCR C3 was awesome today, fairly certain I aced it (Famous last words..).

yeah :D!

the answers are up on the studentroom, I think I've dropped 6 marks (max) which will certainly be over 90UMS so its looking good :D

[Mr-Trainor]

what, do you think you've got less than a C in this one :O
Yeah definitely not above an E, worst a level exam I've had (never got below a C before) :(.

[Matthew]

Yeah definitely not above an E, worst a level exam I've had (never got below a C before) :(.

oh that sucks :(

was it really that hard? :O

glad i didn't take it :P

[Mr-Trainor]

oh that sucks :(

was it really that hard? :O

glad i didn't take it :P
A combination of that plus not revising for it much, because I had eco 2 days before which was a lot more important so only revised C3 the day before as I didn't really have to retake it :P. But yeah, everyone I've spoken to has said it was really hard (10+ people irl) and once thread on TSR opens and it can be discussed, I'll see what everyone on there is saying :P.

[Matthew]

A combination of that plus not revising for it much, because I had eco 2 days before which was a lot more important so only revised C3 the day before as I didn't really have to retake it :P. But yeah, everyone I've spoken to has said it was really hard (10+ people irl) and once thread on TSR opens and it can be discussed, I'll see what everyone on there is saying :P.


the general consensus on TSR is that the OCR paper was average, by no means easy but definitely not hard either.

I'd guess it'll probably be ~53/54 for 80UMS as the last question (8 marks) will have thrown a LOT of people (it was pretty hard)

[Mr-Trainor]

Posted by Arsey on TSR:


This was a very tricky paper. I appreciate there are a lot of upset and angry feelings floating around. However, I have read an awful lot of misinformed and inaccurate comments on social media sites. You can take or leave the following comments but they are my opinions.

There was nothing on this paper that isn't on current specification. Some questions required skills that are considered pre-requisite knowledge from Core 1/2 and GCSE Mathematics. Knowledge of GCSE topics such as Ratio, Similar triangles, bounds, basic trigonometry facts is expected knowledge and does not need to be listed on the specification for Core 3.


The final question isn't a Mechanics question. I would agree that the context of the question was in a Mechanics style but it was irrelevant as to what needed to be done to answer the question. The whole context was completely pointless.


The fact that it appears that a few centres have taken the original paper is really irrelevant to those who took the replaced paper. Their results will have no impact what-so-ever on the grade boundaries for the replaced paper. Also, it really isn't Edexcel's fault that some centres made this error. I personally read the instructions that they sent out weeks ago, so really some examination officers need to be made accountable for their error.


I have read comments saying that their teachers couldn't even do the paper, or that teachers took 3 hours to do it. I am sorry but a teacher should not be teaching students A-Level Mathematics if they could not answer every question correctly (barring silly errors) within the time. I completed the paper within 40min. That said, I did originally miss the second solution to the final functions question, but that was rather sneaky.


This paper was not written at the last minute, it is very likely it was written at the same time as the original paper by the same examiner and would have probably been used next year. That said, Edexcel state that they aim for their papers to be of comparable difficulty and alter the grade boundaries accounts for slight differences. I am very interested to see the original paper, I would be staggered if it is anywhere near as hard. I do think Edexcel need to work much harder to ensure that their papers are of comparable difficulty. There has been quite a significant difference in the difficulty of some of the UK and non-UK papers. Had UK candidates took the international M2 paper, I do think there would have been a huge number of complaints.


The best piece of advice I can give is to try to put it out of your mind; the grade boundaries will be really low and hopefully this means that the Core 4 paper will be a lot nicer. Put your energy into smashing Core 4.
I hope he's right about that last paragraph, although I've heard all the replacement papers have been very hard (M1/M2 and of course C3) so I'm thinking C4 is likely to be hard as well.. in which case I'm highly unlikely to even meet my uni offer :/.

[Paige.]

done my last exam today
finished everything now woooooooooooo bye school

[Cerys]

Done my last exam today.
It was maths ;/

ew

I guess it went OKAY-ISH. I made the most stupid mistake ever though - I thought a right angle was 95 *its 90 ye*. Luckily I noticed and had to redo the entire question in the last 5 mins xD

No more exams for a year!! + NO MORE MATHS. EVER. SFJKHVNB

[Empired]

Finished my final GCSE yesterday! Wow, I'm relieved :'(

[Mr-Trainor]

Not ready for Maths C4 tomorrow :(. Got another past paper printing atm.

[noddy]

Not ready for Maths C4 tomorrow :(. Got another past paper printing atm.

if c3 is anything to go by it will be disgusting

[Ardemax]

if c3 is anything to go by it will be disgusting

Was C3 really that bad?!

[noddy]

Was C3 really that bad?!


comparable to past papers yea, there was a question i just couldnt do at all

[Rixion]

Hate A level exams so much that I'm moving onto BTEC next year, way less stress. AS sucked.

[Ardemax]

comparable to past papers yea, there was a question i just couldnt do at all

Sounds rough.

[Matthew]

Please OCR, be nice with C4 tomorrow.

C3 was pretty easy but it would be just like an exam board to make one easy and the other hard :Sick:

[noddy]

Please OCR, be nice with C4 tomorrow.

C3 was pretty easy but it would be just like an exam board to make one easy and the other hard :Sick:

well hopefully edexcel will adhere to that logic and make c4 easy tomorrow :)

[Chippiewill]

Please OCR, be nice with C4 tomorrow.

C3 was pretty easy but it would be just like an exam board to make one easy and the other hard :Sick:

If the Further papers are anything to go by then they're making them all easy/standard this year so fingers crossed..

[Chippiewill]

If the Further papers are anything to go by then they're making them all easy/standard this year so fingers crossed..

I thought wrong.

[Mr-Trainor]

Was C3 really that bad?!
Yep, it was ridiculously hard.

C4 today was quite easy overall.. but I didn't do well in it. The kind of questions I'd done in past papers were different from the ones in this paper, but obv can't say what. Don't even know if it's enough to meet my conditional offer for uni :/.

[Kardan]

Don't worry guys, I got a D at C4 and still got an A overall :P

[Mr-Trainor]

Don't worry guys, I got a D at C4 and still got an A overall :P
I needed a D, but I only counted around 30-35 marks lol which is usually an E. I'll wait until later/tomorrow when it can be discussed on TSR and I'll check the answers :P.

[Kardan]

I needed a D, but I only counted around 30-35 marks lol which is usually an E. I'll wait until later/tomorrow when it can be discussed on TSR and I'll check the answers :P.

Hopefully the UMS needed is lower than usual :)

[Circadia]

Statistics on Monday aw ye! Gonna be a walk in a park :') Lot of common sense questions tbqh

[lemons]

Statistics on Monday aw ye! Gonna be a walk in a park :') Lot of common sense questions tbqh

me to I haven't even revised for it it's so boring and easy

[Circadia]

me to I haven't even revised for it it's so boring and easy

I've never revised for an exam in my life! Not gonna start now with stats since its so easy. I'm not looking forward to the 2 hours I have to sit in the exam hall for though, I'll probably end up sleeping for like half an hour

[lemons]

I've never revised for an exam in my life! Not gonna start now with stats since its so easy. I'm not looking forward to the 2 hours I have to sit in the exam hall for though, I'll probably end up sleeping for like half an hour

i managed to get a B on a mock we was told about on the day we did it so tbh I'm feeling quite confident

[Circadia]

i managed to get a B on a mock we was told about on the day we did it so tbh I'm feeling quite confident

I got an A in my mock and I think I have A overall on coursework because I got 30/40 but I won't know for sure until the grade boundaries are out

[noddy]

I needed a D, but I only counted around 30-35 marks lol which is usually an E. I'll wait until later/tomorrow when it can be discussed on TSR and I'll check the answers :P.

I did not like that paper at all. I will probably retake next June, taking a gap year anyway woo

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Hopefully the UMS needed is lower than usual :)

I really hope so, c3 and c4 were both much harder than any past papers I did

[Mr-Trainor]

I did not like that paper at all. I will probably retake next June, taking a gap year anyway woo

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I really hope so, c3 and c4 were both much harder than any past papers I did
Same, but other people seemed to find it ok. But yeah, I'll look on TSR later and see what the answers were and try work out what I would get :P. If I got high in S2 (forgot to check TSR so idk what I got :/) then I might just about get an A. I don't wanna take a gap year lol.

[Matthew]

I thought wrong.

Urgh that was the hardest C4 paper I've seen :l

I could do most of it but the bits that I couldn't do I really messed up...

I'm pretty sure I'll get over 90 UMS in C3 but I doubt I'll get over 90 UMS in C4.. I've got a really nasty feeling that I'll miss out on the A* by a couple of UMS :/

[Chippiewill]

The UMS is going to be pretty generous on that paper. **** that last question though, could not make it work. Spent like 40 minutes on just that question.

[Matthew]

The UMS is going to be pretty generous on that paper. **** that last question though, could not make it work. Spent like 40 minutes on just that question.

I spent 20 minutes trying random values of x to get it to work... eventually I found it, it was x=0.1

I messed up the differential equation one and the parametric eqs one (don't know how as parametric eq questions are easy ;l) so hopefully there's some error carried forward there :/

I'm sure thats my A* gone, oh well :l

[Kardan]

I spent 20 minutes trying random values of x to get it to work... eventually I found it, it was x=0.1

I messed up the differential equation one and the parametric eqs one (don't know how as parametric eq questions are easy ;l) so hopefully there's some error carried forward there :/

I'm sure thats my A* gone, oh well :l

What type of question was this beast that everyone is talking about? And is it posted anywhere online yet, I want to take a look :P

[Matthew]

What type of question was this beast that everyone is talking about? And is it posted anywhere online yet, I want to take a look :P


http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=227913&d=1371549190
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=227914&d=1371549203

[Kardan]

My exams are finally done :)

No rest though, starting from tomorrow I'm working in the Maths department at my local secondary school for 2 weeks :) Hopefully by the end I'll be teaching some classes :D

[Chippiewill]

Physics tomorrow and then all that's left is to wait till august :(

[Matthew]

Physics tomorrow and then all that's left is to wait till august :(

I hope you get what you want/need :O

[Chippiewill]

Physics was actually pretty easy thankfully, especially after the curveball of the Physics FPFP paper. The questions were weird, but it didn't take much thought to work through them. I'm silently confident for it.


I hope you get what you want/need :O
Thanks, you too!

[-:Undertaker:-]

My last exam was on like the 30th May and i'm still waiting for results to come in.

Economics and Philosophy, bored of waiting now.