AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology

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  1. thescientist17's Avatar
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    C-E. Probably at the lower end of that estimation. What did you get?
    At the lower end? How insulting. :eek:

    I got a B, two marks off of an A. My excuse is that I was stupid and ended up cramming the night before and got two hours sleep. I got a 57/60 in a Unit 1 mock I did recently. Happy?
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    Sneaky little edit there.
    My apologies. I just didn't notice the gender sign was all.
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    I know what you were implying, hence my post.

    And there isn't too much of a crossover in terms of content, and especially not with this particular topic.

    Not that I would know though, as I only got 100 UMS in BIOL1, and so I'm obviously challenged.
    congratulations, that is a very good score. You should be pleased.
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
    (Original post by Tullia)
    I know what you were implying, hence my post.

    And there isn't too much of a crossover in terms of content, and especially not with this particular topic.

    Not that I would know though, as I only got 100 UMS in BIOL1, and so I'm obviously challenged.
    You're special
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    At the lower end? How insulting. :eek:

    I got a B, two marks off of an A. My excuse is that I was stupid and ended up cramming the night before and got two hours sleep. I got a 57/60 in a Unit 1 mock I did recently. Happy?
    57/60 is a very respectable score.
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    :shot:
    :no:
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    I know what you were implying, hence my post.

    And there isn't too much of a crossover in terms of content, and especially not with this particular topic.

    Not that I would know though, as I only got 100 UMS in BIOL1, and so I'm obviously challenged.
    Clever clogs! I got full UMS in my GCSEs and hoping to get near it in my Unit 1 re-take seeing as I have actually revised properly this time. Unit 2, unlikely, but I'm fairly confident I should be able to get an A.
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    57/60 is a very respectable score.
    Yes, for someone as dim witted as myself.
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    You're special
    Erm, and how exactly is osmosis passing into a cell not making you a special case?
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    Clever clogs! I got full UMS in my GCSEs and hoping to get near it in my Unit 1 re-take seeing as I have actually revised properly this time. Unit 2, unlikely, but I'm fairly confident I should be able to get an A.
    It's easier to get full ums in unit 2 (as in you can drop a fair amount of marks or so) so don't cross it off yet!
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    Yes, for someone as dim witted as myself.
    Please dont hold a grudge against me because you couldn't understand a simple concept that i was trying to explain to you.
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    It's easier to get full ums in unit 2 (as in you can drop a fair amount of marks or so) so don't cross it off yet!
    Yes, I did look up the grade boundaries for Unit 2 for 100 UMS and it was suprisingly low, but I still don't think I'll get it. Well I've just got to keep positive I guess. Unit 1 I think it was 58/60 for the paper I looked at. Won't get as high as that unless I'm having a very lucky day, but as long as I know I've done my best.
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    It's easier to get full ums in unit 2 (as in you can drop a fair amount of marks or so) so don't cross it off yet!
    we need to continue doing the 4 questions with each other, answer and then post another 4 questions that can help a lot.
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    Erm, and how exactly is osmosis passing into a cell not making you a special case?
    :ahee: & proud!
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    Please dont hold a grudge against me because you couldn't understand a simple concept that i was trying to explain to you.
    Well could you explain it to me in full then? And maybe if I read it all together I might understand it. Because you explain it but there's always something I could say against it, for example the humans having the same level of activity.
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    It's easier to get full ums in unit 2 (as in you can drop a fair amount of marks or so) so don't cross it off yet!
    It's like that because people generally drop more marks though. You've got to look at it both ways.

    Although, I do hope you all do really well and at least secure A grades overall (unless you're wishing to apply to the same Uni and course as me, in which case I hope you fail miserably!).
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    Or would anyone else like to explain it to me?:rolleyes:
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    It's like that because people generally drop more marks though. You've got to look at it both ways.

    Although, I do hope you all do really well and at least secure A grades overall (unless you're wishing to apply to the same Uni and course as me, in which case I hope you fail miserably!).
    Haha, I hope you fail too not that I even know where I'm applying or what I'm applying for..
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
    (Original post by Tullia)
    It's like that because people generally drop more marks though. You've got to look at it both ways.

    Although, I do hope you all do really well and at least secure A grades overall (unless you're wishing to apply to the same Uni and course as me, in which case I hope you fail miserably!).
    I guess so but, usually if you do well in unit 1 you will do well in unit 2 so will find it a bit easier to get that higher ums (I think of it like that anyway).
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    Re: AQA BIOL2 ~ 21 May 2012 ~ AS Biology
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    :ahee: & proud!
    :bubbles:

    They have an emoticon for what we were talking about earlier. :ahee:
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