What is the longest exam you've taken?

[Eoin247]

5 hour english exam.

I just kept writing, stretched my fingers/arms when I needed to. You gotta keep going.

Plus I got a 25 hour Music exam next year :/

A 25 hour music exam? What does it involve?

[Oasis]

20 hour art.

[wixard]

consider yourself lucky

our english exam is 3 hours twenty minutes, expected to write 3 essays at least 5+ pages each and then write on an unseen poem which should be about 2 and a half pages of ********

my classical studies was 7 essays... yes 7 essaays about 3-4 pages each and had to do it in 2 hours 30 minutes

[Conservative,]

A 25 hour music exam? What does it involve?

20 hours of composition, but cos I get 25% extra time it makes it' 25 hours. Basically you've got to write a full length music piece in a specified style with other specifications (eg; only allowed certain instruments, time signature, tempo, key etc.) and you can't just churn those out in 1 hour unfortunately.

[AgnesIO]

It was today actually, my Statistics controlled assessment, but I spent the whole 2 hours writing so it didn't really feel like a long exam.

Is it only two hours now for stats coursework? Did you do the full course?

My coursework for stats was 24 ******* pages.

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20 hours of composition, but cos I get 25% extra time it makes it' 25 hours. Basically you've got to write a full length music piece in a specified style with other specifications (eg; only allowed certain instruments, time signature, tempo, key etc.) and you can't just churn those out in 1 hour unfortunately.

You make it sound far worse than it is lol You can do it in fifteen minute blocks if you like, and the specifications are dependant on the style. For example, I did a Salsa piece which had: Guiro, Egg Shaker, Congas, Bongos, Wood block, Alto and Tenor sax, bass, guitar, piano and double agogo bells.

Was awesome, A* thanks x

Time Signature - takes what, 5 seconds to decide?
Key Signature - 15 seconds?
Tempo - 10 seconds?
Then use Sibelius to put all the music on a score

[jackass]

24 pages is nothing! I did 25 pages for my Physics coursework and 108 pages for my Computing coursework.

I wouldn't be surprised if this years Computing coursework is in excess of 150 pages, there's so much to do, and so little time to do it in!

[Conservative,]

Is it only two hours now for stats coursework? Did you do the full course?

My coursework for stats was 24 ******* pages.

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You make it sound far worse than it is lol You can do it in fifteen minute blocks if you like, and the specifications are dependant on the style. For example, I did a Salsa piece which had: Guiro, Egg Shaker, Congas, Bongos, Wood block, Alto and Tenor sax, bass, guitar, piano and double agogo bells.

Was awesome, A* thanks x

Time Signature - takes what, 5 seconds to decide?
Key Signature - 15 seconds?
Tempo - 10 seconds?
Then use Sibelius to put all the music on a score

True. I just hope I don't have to do something like that I just want to do an alternative/rock piece without vocals

[AgnesIO]

True. I just hope I don't have to do something like that I just want to do an alternative/rock piece without vocals

Vocals are the worst parts.

You can pick out of the syllabus can't you?

Our teacher recommended certain topics to us, salsa and irish jig and reel are supposed to be the hardest ones at GCSE level

[Conservative,]

Vocals are the worst parts.

You can pick out of the syllabus can't you?

Our teacher recommended certain topics to us, salsa and irish jig and reel are supposed to be the hardest ones at GCSE level

I think so. I have 1 to 1 lessons cos am epic like that, but my teacher got a recording contract so it's all gone a bit pear-shaped now so I'm going to fail my GCSE, but yeah. I have NO idea how to do any of those though LOL. Basic rock instrumental ftw (H)

[Jordan]

1 hour 15 minutes