WJEC BY1 and BY2 Summer 2012

I was just looking for this thread! Its very quiet indeed. Revision is not going so very good atm, I just know I'm not doing enough, I have only done 1 past paper so far, and didn't even get a C :/

Not finished spec yet? What have you still got left? If its only a week's worth of learning more then maybe its not too bad, just make sure you know previous topics properly. We only finished the whole thing just last week too. I got worried though and so read about the tapeworms and a few other bits beforehand
Anyways, gonna go make some flashcards now!

I'm stressing out over these two! Both are resits for me but I haven't done BY1 since Jan 11 so I feel as though the past couple of weeks I've spent re-teaching myself all that! But I'm pretty confident on most of it now, just a few bits that need a good going over to get them to stick in my mind.

As for BY2 - there's just so much I'm okay at the basics but all the details just get me. The AS class I attend haven't finished the spec either so it's a bit of a panic there too but hopefully will be done mid-next week. Stupid bank holiday taking up time!

Ahhh do you have loads of exams then?

There is so much to BY2!! BY1 seems so much easier though. I'm okay on the heart and digestion (I think, i'm only just learning about that now) It's the oxygen dissociation curves that get me!

I did BY1 in January but yeh, because WJEC isn't the most popular exam board, I thought I'd put BY1 and BY2 together.

Yeh it's a weeks worth now, gonna be learning about the tapeworm and that next week. So I think I'll do some skimming through it this weekend.

Do loads of past papers!!! It really works for biology because it's like you know the content but you have to know how to word it correctly to get the marks. I've done a few (even though haven't done digestion yet) and get around a C. But I really want an A because I want to be a vet!

Haha, yeah it isn't. Wonder why our school still does WJEC, oh well.
For BY1 I did so so many past papers, and they do help a lot. I just dont get why I'm not doing them now. Im being so lazy!
Ah, well don't worry and hopefully you'll get amazing marks!

I think my college just do WJEC because it's a welsh collage.
Yeh I did loads of past papers for BY1 and I did quite well. But this time I haven't, I think it's because in January I only had 1 exam and now i have 8.

Ahh, that makes sense - mine isn't at all Welsh.
1 exam in Jan, lucky you. I had 3 then, and now I have 8 too!

I'm kinda confused though. I did this past paper from WJEC's website, the summer 2009 one, and I have tried finding the mark scheme to it but the only mark scheme for that is a totally different paper :s
And I really wanna see the mark scheme for this one!
Any ideas? Or has anybody got the mark scheme for this? Will be grateful!

Is it BY2 (new spec) or BI2 (old spec)? What was the first question?
I have mark schemes for both but not a clue how to attach them on here so I'll puzzle that out and hopefully get the right one to you! (or pm an email address and I'll send it that way)

You have made my day! :P It's BI2, old spec one. I'll pm an email address if thats easier. Thanks a bunch!

sent it!

Yeah, 11 exams in total! - BY1, BY2 and BY5 for biology (also got Chem2, 4 and 5 and Core 2, 3 and 4, Stats and Decision though - it's because I was really ill last year so didn't perform well at all)

BY2 is huge and even after doing all the A2 spec it seems really daunting. I'm okay with digestion and the heart too but gas exchange is where I'm falling down massively.
Past papers all the way at the moment I think!

So how did everyone find BY1?

I thought the question on water potential was quite hard (Q6 i think) as did many people in my college. Definitely lost marks there. Also, is it acceptable to say phagocytosis?