Why is the new chemistry exam so hard? (AQA)

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Reply 1

DaVinciGirl

I go to a grammar school and everyone found it so difficult!

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Reply 2

BoxBootley

We were told that specimen papers are usually way more difficult than what we get in the actual exam. It will probably be a mixed difficulty of the first specimen we were given ad the really hard one to distinguish typical D-B students from the A's :smile:

Original post by NeverGrowUp

So i looked at previous papers and the questions seemed quite easy, but then when I tried the specimen paper, it was extremely difficult! Are specimens usually much harder than the actual exam or will it be just as difficult? :frown:

Reply 3

BoxBootley

Original post by NeverGrowUp

oh, okay. I hope that's the case or else I have no chance of doing well. :frown:

to be honest the whole country is in the same boat, so I'd imagine the boundaries would greatly decrease for this year, and if not the government is just pure cruel

Reply 4

Rtdsv

Can you show me which question was specifically hard?

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Reply 5

username1924691

Everyone in my chemistry class feels the same! I was doing old spec papers and getting like 90% of the marks and then I did the new spec paper 1 and barely got a C!

At least they'll make the grade boundaries a bit lower if the real exam is as hard as the specimen lol