OCR AS New Spec Essays?

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Reply 20

username1696923

Good luck today :frown:

Reply 21

username2065905

Good luck everyone, I'm terrified :frown:

Reply 22

username1696923

How did you guys find it? I feel it would have been better if I knew more but I found the sources hard, just wish I'd known more but it doesn't count which is the main thing.

Reply 23

Helloitsme!

Hey guys, how did you find it? :smile:

Reply 24

Helloitsme!

Original post by 10studentlife

How did you guys find it? I feel it would have been better if I knew more but I found the sources hard, just wish I'd known more but it doesn't count which is the main thing.

Which essay did you do? I did the James one and my structure sucked a bit...

It definitely wasn't as bad as I thought!

I was happy it was failure to achieve a settlement, but thought the source Qs were a bit iffy.

I wrote 13 pages so hopefully i've got some marks in there somewhere :wink:

How about you? :smile:

Reply 25

username1696923

Original post by Helloitsme!

How about you? :smile:

I did the one on parliament but had to rush so barely got anything in... I also got really confused by the sources and think i got loads of dates wrong... I really dont know how I've done, i just need to feel prepared for next week. Well done on it going well though.. Fancy helping one another out for the next one??

Reply 26

Helloitsme!

Original post by 10studentlife

Don't worry, a girl in my class just messaged me and told me she didn't even attempt the last Q, so!!

The sources were harder than the mock, but hopefully low grade boundaries!!

Are you getting ready for the Cold War now? I suck so bad at that...

Reply 27

username1696923

Original post by Helloitsme!

I think I should.. I'm really bad at it and want to try and atleast get a C overall:/

Reply 28

Khronus

What topics are you guys doing for OCR?
I'm doing OCR too but I'm doing the Angevin Kings, 1199 - 1272 and Russia, 1894 - 1941 - Cant find anyone else doing the same topics as me :s-smilie:

Reply 29

Helloitsme!

Original post by 10studentlife

I think I should.. I'm really bad at it and want to try and atleast get a C overall:/

Don't worry about it, I'm just going to plan the list of essays on sharepoint and practice the interpretation Q to death!!

I'm sure you'll be fine!! When is your next exam? :smile:

Reply 30

Helloitsme!

Original post by Khronus

What topics are you guys doing for OCR?
I'm doing OCR too but I'm doing the Angevin Kings, 1199 - 1272 and Russia, 1894 - 1941 - Cant find anyone else doing the same topics as me :s-smilie:

I'm doing The Early Stuarts (1603-1660) and The Cold War in Europe.

I know what you mean, other than my college I can't find anyone who does the same sub topics!

How did your exam go anyways? :smile:

Reply 31

username1696923

Original post by Helloitsme!

Don't worry about it, I'm just going to plan the list of essays on sharepoint and practice the interpretation Q to death!!

I'm sure you'll be fine!! When is your next exam? :smile:

Friday English lit. What about you? Perhaps we could help each other out, I feel like those are quite specific though, as were the ones from England but the questions in the exam were quite broad...

Reply 32

Helloitsme!

Original post by 10studentlife

Friday English lit. What about you? Perhaps we could help each other out, I feel like those are quite specific though, as were the ones from England but the questions in the exam were quite broad...

Monday, Psychology, so I have a few days.

Good luck for lit!!

Yeah, sure! How can I help you? :smile:

I'm going to try and do one for each section and hope for the best. Thats what I did with James and Civil war and they were the ones that came up :smile:

Reply 33

Khronus

Original post by Helloitsme!

Not too well to be honest.
I had a maths exam earlier in the day so wasn't as fresh as i would've liked to be. Also had a mind blank at the beginning of the exam so spent way too long on Question One - ended up rushing the rest and came out feeling that I could've done a lot better.

How about yourself?

Reply 34

Helloitsme!

Original post by Khronus

I'm sorry to hear that, but I'm sure you did better than you give yourself credit for! Don't beat your self up, we all have mind blanks.

I had the same thing with the maths, and I couldn't stop mentally hitting myself for making stupid mistakes which must have impacted this exam, but never mind! On to the next I guess :smile:

Timings wise, (for the first time ever), I finished just in time, but its the first year so they should be lenient!

Hope your second maths and history goes well :smile:

Reply 35

NomadPrincess

Heyy, I'm doing the italian unification paper as well on Wednesday, the early stuarts paper was good I think. I quite liked the sources, but the essay questions threw me off. I did the religion one on James and I feel like I was repeating my self