mirandaandhector (Offline)

Hi Miranda,
Thanks for taking the time to look at my statement. Especially considering the fact that you probably have exams and assignments on.
I finished Access last year, so find myself applying independently of any college/school. Although I am academically sound. It is still difficult to know how to approach these institutions.
So advice from someone who has had success in the application process is invaluable.
The rhetorical/waffley parts will go. The advice about tying in Mills and Plato is of course spot on, as is the stuff concerning what i will bring to academic life. I shall extend the Foucault part too and finish the sentence about Life experience/frame reference etcetera..

Thanks again,

Peter Bailey

Hi, I did do tectonics at A2.
In terms of revision, I made sure I had as wide a range of case studies as possible which I had a broad outline of in order to drop in.
I then learnt quite a few in more detail - ensure range covers LEDCs/MEDCs, different types of plate boundary/volcano structure etc.
For these more detailed examples, I created fact file type revision notes, which included an annotated diagram of plate situation as a starting point. I then learnt some key facts - date, death toll, magnitude etc. Effects categorised in terms of social, economic, environmental etc/ primary/secondary. I then focused on management, dividing in to short term/ emergency responses and long term/preventative measures.

In order to write good essays, this sort fof detail, which enablesyou to draw comparisons is really useful and then extra less detailed case studies to drop in give extra support to your argument.

In terms of precisie level of detail, the only way to find out how much you need/can use in an exam is to do as many practise questions as possible. I would also definitely recommend using diagrams in your answers.

Also make sure you revise the smaller topics e.g. minor volcanic landforms, as this could form part of a question/ one of the shorter questions

For the long essay question, ensure you consider any areas where cross-over with other topics occurs, as this addresses requirement of synopticity

Hope this helps

Hello! When you did your A2 Geography last year, did you do Tectonics? If so, during your revision for those exams, how did you tailor your case study notes so that it would help you cover many points in the essays?