OCR Biology AS F211 May 2012

No...., I am starting tomorrow. I did do 2 papers for f211 a while back, and am just looking through them now - the mark schemes are really harsh.

Reply 82

ABCstudent

I AM SO SCARED I HAVE SO MUCH LEFT TO LEARN and i need to start practice papers!!!

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ABCstudent - just checked, the january 2011 f211 a boundary was ONLY 70%!

Reply 84

ABCstudent

Original post by Axion

ABCstudent - just checked, the january 2011 f211 a boundary was ONLY 70%!

omg yay thats a relief! are you sure?? :biggrin:

Reply 85

june 2009 was also 70%
Jan 2009 was 77%
jan 2010 was 67%

Reply 86

Original post by ABCstudent

omg yay thats a relief! are you sure?? :biggrin:

yep - not sure how to check for the more recent papers. I can't find the grade boundaries.

Reply 87

ABCstudent

Original post by PrettyLittleLiars

I bet you're one of those people that say they havn't revised and done loads. I have 'friends' that do the same thing and end up with A's and say that it was down to luck. Luck my ass! It really annoys the hell out of me.

well its the student room so i don't think anyone would have a motive to lie :smile:

EXAM STREEEESSS

Jan 2012 was 72%

for an A? wow thats quite surprisingly low :smile:

thanks for checking that out

Reply 90

june 2011 was 75%. I suppose if you know your stuff thats not too high :smile:

Reply 91

last one: jan 2011 also 70% for an A

To be honest, f211 is 2% of the difficulty of f212

Reply 92

unfortunately, having had a quick look at comparing jan 2012 & jan 2011. Jan 2012 is so so so much harder. :frown:

Reply 93

itsmehello

:/ It's so easy to lose 15 marks though, the mark scheme is so specific

Reply 94

PrettyLittleLiars

Anyone actually doing some revision up here? Just did the specimen paper and it actually went well :O. The Jan 2012 paper was well hard though...Hope it will be better this time round.

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Original post by PrettyLittleLiars

Anyone actually doing some revision up here? Just did the specimen paper and it actually went well :O. The Jan 2012 paper was well hard though...Hope it will be better this time round.

The jan 2012 paper has seem to have shifted from other past papers. The older papers were write down the knowledge, whereas the jan 2012 is more application of knowledge :frown:

Reply 96

LOLOLOLOL

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1889595

i hate cells so hopefully lots on transport this time :biggrin:

Reply 97

itsmehello

Lol I hope that isn't us in a few days creating protest groups, the worst bit is that it was a really hard paper and the grade boundary was only a few marks lower than usual -.-

Praying we get a good paper

Reply 98

EyesSetToKill

Original post by TaraBelle

what would you say is the most essential thing to do? other than the usual past papers etc? :smile:

Hard to say really, just the usual revision tips.
-Make sure you know all definitions/key words! You'll pick up easy marks. I had a 6 mark question which was a 'fill in the gaps', basically just 6 definitions!
-Look at the specification, make sure you can do everything on there.
-Make sure you understand the principles of water potential, phloem/xylem, gaseous exchange etc. If you know the principle of it, it will be easier to work out/answer questions you may not know the exact answer to...if that makes sense? S:
-Time keeping is essential in the exam! Make sure you use the most of it.

Hope this helps! xxx

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EyesSetToKill