Who is resitting Edexcel Maths C1 next year due to the difficult paper set in May 16'

I think me retaking will greatly depend on how I find the workload in all my subjects next year, I heard C3 and C4 help to solidify your knowledge in C1 so I'm considering it. My UMS was 88.

I think you should resit it. I got 100 this year on the resit after getting 79 in 2015; it is much easier once you've done C3 and C4. The workload won't really be a problem as you can revise like 1 or 2 days before the exam, as it pales in comparison to the A2 units.

Oh c'mon guys.. the C1 paper really wasn't bad.. if you UNDERSTOOD the content thoroughly you would have got 100 UMS

Oh c'mon guys.. the C1 paper really wasn't bad.. if you UNDERSTOOD the content thoroughly you would have got 100 UMS

I think you should resit it. I got 100 this year on the resit after getting 79 in 2015; it is much easier once you've done C3 and C4. The workload won't really be a problem as you can revise like 1 or 2 days before the exam, as it pales in comparison to the A2 units.

Tbh I didn't think it was as horrible as people made it out to be but it just caught me off guard seeing as I thought it would've been my easiest exam

I understand that you achieved really high marks for C1 (at for the whole AS for that matter) but that doesn't mean you have the right to belittle people and make us feel dumb for not achieving the same marks as you. I picked Maths up as a self-taught student around a full time job after not having studied Maths for 7 years. So obviously my knowledge of the subject would no where near have been on the same par as you. Instead of gloating why don't you give advice and the motivation to do better next time?

I'm not gloating, I am humble with my results - I don't consider myself anything special at all, I just believe that if a student took the time to understand the module rather than be good at past paper questions, then 100 UMS isn't hard to attain, especially in a module like C1! I obviously wouldn't intentionally belittle someone, I am not a malicious person at all, if someone wants help or advice I'm always here and that's the way it should be, we're a community - I just don't think people can be annoyed that the exams got harder

I got an A in the C1 paper and Bs in C2 and S1 strangely.
I think I could work harder in Maths, therefore I will be retaking all three.

I guess that's definitely what set you apart from the pack! You understood the modules you were learning. What would you consider your most efficient way of understanding/learning a module? Also how many past papers did you do across the year?

They are all still fantastic grades! Well done. What other exams will you be sitting alongside your C1, C2 and S1 next year?

Nah cos i got 95 UMS... it wasn't that hard, you're just bad at mental maths and rely too much on a calculator.

Understand your modules by questioning things, why is it that you cannot divide a number by 0? Why is it that the quadratic formula and completing the square can both be used to find roots? Things like this help you understand your modules, also watching videos and just taking in information, learning the little tricks (for example, if the discriminant of an equation is a square number, then it can be factorised!), little subtle things like that will set you apart from the rest

How many papers did I do?? Too many! I did all of the Edexcel papers for all of my modules (apart from D1, I hated that module too much) & for C1/C2 I then went onto the Madasmaths IYGB papers (I think it was those that helped me get 100 in C1 and C2)

Thank you! I'm a bit of a perfectionist at times though so I always want to do better heh (*^^*)
I'm also taking A2 Computer Science (new spec), A2 Music Tech, and the C3, C4 and M1 modules.

I think it was wrong to put all those fractions in there, there obviously needed to be some but it was very off putting. I did every C1 paper and don't recall it being as bad as 2016.