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OCR AS Philosophy and Ethics Exam 16th May 2012

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Hello, I sat this exam back in january this year and am due to resit it in 2 weeks. I only have one problem.. And that is structure! I also study history language and literature and in those exams its essential to get the structure right, but no matter how many times I aske my teacher about the structure she only replies 'don't worry' !? Does anyone know anything specific about the structure of the answers?

Thanks :smile:

Reply 21

jaya44

Original post by ManPowa

Here You go :smile:

Have you got the papers for ethics-AS please :smile:

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 22

okonomiyaki

Same here, I'm not a big fan of the applied stuff :frown:

But others in my class seem to like it.

Reply 23

okonomiyaki

I know how to do them, I just don't like doing them :colondollar:

The issues are depressing! But I know I can't escape them.
Plus I never did Ethics at GCSE- we did Buddhism and Christianity. *pouts* I wanted to do Islam as well! :rolleyes:

Reply 24

oconnell95

Is everyone more worried for Philosophy? I sure am

Reply 25

ManPowa

Original post by okonomiyaki

I know how to do them, I just don't like doing them :colondollar:

The issues are depressing! But I know I can't escape them.
Plus I never did Ethics at GCSE- we did Buddhism and Christianity. *pouts* I wanted to do Islam as well! :rolleyes:

I do Islam AS and A2 plus ethics.

Islam Is really goood in terms of specification.

Reply 26

oconnell95

Is there any predictions for Philosophy?

Reply 27

anniema

What are the grade boundries in terms of raw marks? in general? :smile:

thanks

Reply 28

anniema

Or what, in general, are the UMS to raw marks conversion boundries for a particular grade if any one knows? xx

Reply 29

lornarose

Original post by liam1994

For philosophy, I'm hoping the moral argument comes up.
Or Plato's cave. If not, I may as well give up now!

And problem of evil - I would cry with happiness. I genuinely would PERFECT EXAM.

Reply 30

OohNana

Original post by anniema

Or what, in general, are the UMS to raw marks conversion boundries for a particular grade if any one knows? xx

I'm not certain but I know that
80/100 UMS is an A
70/100 UMS is a B
60/100 UMS is a C etc

so to get an A you'd probably have to get around 56/70 raw marks
for a B about 49/70 raw marks
for a C about 42/70 raw marks
I hope this helps :smile:

Reply 31

lornarose

I asked my exams lady person (technical term) if I could bring in a stop watch to the exam, and she said yes, as long as it doesn't bleep - so if you remember 25 mins on A, then WHEN IT TURNS TO 25 STOP and do B for twenty mins. I find that's a really good way to sort the times! Hope that helps.

Reply 32

JenniGold

My teacher also mentioned the teleological argument as a prediction. Can anyone help, I got a B 74 UMS for ethics which is 1/2, so what raw mark would I need to get A overall? I cannot stand suggested timing for individual questions, I don't even spend the recommended time on each question, do people stick to them I find this extremely difficult lol.....

Reply 33

Zakerie

Hello

Has anyone got the jan 2012 ocr AS ethics and islam paper

Reply 34

anniema

Original post by JenniGold

You'd need 86 UMS, which, depending on the exam paper, is likely to be around 60 raw marks out of 70 (though this is a percentage- as far as I know, OCR do not release the UMS conversion). Hope that helps.