GCSE history hard?

I did EDEXCEL. It's not that bad. Having a good writing style is imperative, so you can express yourself clearly. I'd recommend it.

Ditto RE Edexcel - Basically get your head around source analysis, write lucidly and its a walk in the park

I did ccea gcse 2 years ago. I thought it was okay-I did the Germany, Ireland/ Britain in ww2 and the Cold War courses with my coursework on the Holocaust, though Ireland was very dull reading. Once you get the hang of timing in your papers most of the questions are very repetitive and so it becomes easy enough to revise for. Though my sister nearly had a nervous breakdown before her gcse this year due to the sheer amount of work she had to do.
If you really love history do it. If not take geography which is, to quote my friend's teacher, a "passable subject" even at a-level. (BTW I found my A2 history course easier than GCSE- but then AS nearly killed me!)

Micky, I take it you just finished Year 9?

Says the boy who's going to Oxford

was/ it hard? any exam board, im doing CCEEA but i wanna no just in general

was/ it hard? any exam board, im doing CCEEA but i wanna no just in general

I found the subject to be somewhat of a synch; but then, it harnessed (for the most part) logical and analytical faculties that were in me inculcated beforehand. Assuming that one is yet to have honed such skills to knife-like acuity, however, then one shall be liable to encounter at least a modicum of difficulty; assessment criteria for GCSE History marry the analytical and argumentative pre-requisites demanded of like-prospected English Literature students, with a rote-learning constituent exceeded only (in my experience) by the AQA Biology syllabus. Indeed, latter aside, it was the one subject respecting which some degree of studied memorisation and recollection [inasmuch as to constitute revision] seemed unavoidable; that is, at least, were I to entertain hopes of reconcilng my prediction with reality.

Is History GCSE "hard"? Within the skills remit of the arts/humanities spectrum, my verdict: indubitably; in respect of its academic particulars (both qualitatively and quantitively), it is arguably the most demanding. Unless one's verbal reasoning is up to scratch, one might sooner find favour with Geography (or any one of a number of less rigorous alternatives).

I found the subject to be somewhat of a synch; but then, it harnessed (for the most part) logical and analytical faculties that were in me inculcated beforehand. Assuming that one is yet to have honed such skills to knife-like acuity, however, then one shall be liable to encounter at least a modicum of difficulty; assessment criteria for GCSE History marry the analytical and argumentative pre-requisites demanded of like-prospected English Literature students, with a rote-learning constituent exceeded only (in my experience) by the AQA Biology syllabus. Indeed, latter aside, it was the one subject respecting which some degree of studied memorisation and recollection [inasmuch as to constitute revision] seemed unavoidable; that is, at least, were I to entertain hopes of reconcilng my prediction with reality.

Is History GCSE "hard"? Within the skills remit of the arts/humanities spectrum, my verdict: indubitably; in respect of its academic particulars (both qualitatively and quantitively), it is arguably the most demanding. Unless one's verbal reasoning is up to scratch, one might sooner find favour with Geography (or any one of a number of less rigorous alternatives).