A2 AQA Geography 3A Summer 2012

Looks that way to me unfortunately No need to dwell on it though Just do your best in the upcoming one and try not to expect amazingly high UMS. I know it sounds weird but In the stuff I'm not confident with I usually do the best in So maybe it may work for you

Oh yes, I know how that is! I thought I'd done quite well on the Psychology papers, but ended up with B's and C's (papers 3 and 2 respectively) and felt average-ish for the Geog paper. Just goes to show confidence levels after an exam can be very misleading!

Oh, and I did a scholarship exam for Aberystwyth. Got 12% higher on Human than Physical, despite me preferring Physical!!

Now, let's gang up on paper 3 and knock it out!

You must be joking I never want to see another GEOG3 paper again. Once Is more than enough.

60% ish raw, a difference of 30% from the teacher's 90% marking.

I wish I was doing Weather and Conflict actually! Globalisation's very boring (for me) and Conflict seems fun and comparitively easy compared to Glob. I've wabted the Weather topic because I'm more of a physical than human geographer. World Cities just expands more on Globalisation, but there's less stuff about companies and more about population (from AS) so I guess it's better.

IMO I wouldn't split it into 45/45/1hr. The first two sections are 25 marks each and are pretty straight forward tbh. I would say spend at least 1hr on these sections and 1hr 30 for the 40 mark

I can never do a 40 mark in an hour

We've done tectonics, finishing globalisation and just starting conflict..so not too much to go.

How are you splitting the 30 minutes for your 7,8,10 markers tho?
I'm just curious; would you say 3,10 and 17minutes for each?
I'm still clueless about how long the 10 marker question looks like realistically on paper...i'm assuming maximum 2 pages no?

I do Mt St Helens and Montserrat for my volcanoes, but thanks anyway!

Ooh, threats to global biodiversity :3

In synoptic-requiring essays, they usually like you to refer to the location within the first few sentences and to then talk about them in reference to the question throughout the whole thing, I believe.

Yeah I know, obviously you really should go into detail on at least one or two case studies for a good essay, but namedropping is good too just for a bit of extra flair. For example you might say "The eruption of Mt St. Helens in 1980 changed the way volcanic eruptions are managed in MEDCs..." even if Mt St. Helens isn't your major case study. Probably not the best example, but sometimes it just feels appropriate to mention an event without going into massive amounts of detail

Hey guys! I don't know why I hadn't discovered this thread before now, but yeah, I'm doing this exam in summer. I need a mid C in this one to get an A overall which is pretty nice

Our class has been taught Tectonics & Hazards (can't remember what the actual name for this module is), Weather & Climate, Ecosystems and World Cities. So section B is definitely going to be World Cities, leaving the choice of three physical units for sections A and C, which is ideal really because World Cities is easy and I'm definitely a physical geographer. I'll probably do Tectonics & Hazards for the essay, I have some really nice hazards case studies, and if it's a question on tectonic theory I'm pretty solid with that.

How much time are people planning to spend on each question? People in this thread are saying 30 mins for sections A and B - surely you don't need 90 mins for the essay? I'm thinking 40, 40, 70...

Also I think 2 pages is way too much for 10 marks, I didn't even write 2 pages for the 15 mark questions in GEOG1