What did you think of your exam?

Remember the rules about discussion of Edexcel exams :smile:

I don't see a thread on any of the exams I took yesterday yet, but as far as I can tell it's past 12AM and 4AM and I can talk bout them.

Edexcel Biology B3 - Pretty good really, an entire set of questions was just data handling and some questions were phrased in a difficult way but I knew most of the knowledge.
Edexcel Religious Studies - Pretty horrible sets of questions especially the 8 markers, but I did what I could. Felt like I didn't write enough for the big markers though. There were no philosophical questions in there, something I was looking forward to expanding my answers on.

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Biology b3- what the hell was up with that hunter gatherer question. Eugh.

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Original post by IsabelAmy

Biology b3- what the hell was up with that hunter gatherer question. Eugh.

Ah, exactly what I meant when I said the phrasing was vague. I focused my answer on domestication, but then spun off into how they made civilisations because less farmers were needed. I didn't think that answered the actual question they asked, so at the last minute of the exam I added a cheap sentence about how their habitats have been destroyed. Just for the sake of it. But yeah, it should have been "how" not "why".

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Original post by AboveTheLine

Ah, exactly what I meant when I said the phrasing was vague. I focused my answer on domestication, but then spun off into how they made civilisations because less farmers were needed. I didn't think that answered the actual question they asked, so at the last minute of the exam I added a cheap sentence about how their habitats have been destroyed. Just for the sake of it. But yeah, it should have been "how" not "why".

I said basically the same thing as you :smile:

i was so annoyed no microbal food products/drug sources came up, i learn how to spell them all and they were easy marks if you knew them :frown:

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Original post by IsabelAmy

I said basically the same thing as you :smile:

i was so annoyed no microbal food products/drug sources came up, i learn how to spell them all and they were easy marks if you knew them :frown:

Argh yes! I was worried because I only knew the names of the microbial products, not where they came from or what happens with them, so I spent ages revising the list in my mind.

Enzymes such as Invertase which are used as a sweeter in sweets. They convert sucrose into glucose and fructose.... all my knowledge went to waste haha xD

One of the questions I only knew how to answer because my teacher quizzed me by chance on it in the booster session!

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Original post by AboveTheLine

Argh yes! I was worried because I only knew the names of the microbial products, not where they came from or what happens with them, so I spent ages revising the list in my mind.

Enzymes such as Invertase which are used as a sweeter in sweets. They convert sucrose into glucose and fructose.... all my knowledge went to waste haha xD

One of the questions I only knew how to answer because my teacher quizzed me by chance on it in the booster session!

Cant wait to see the mark scheme!

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non

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Yesterday I did OCR RS and it was easy

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paperclip345

Original post by IsabelAmy

I said basically the same thing as you :smile:

i was so annoyed no microbal food products/drug sources came up, i learn how to spell them all and they were easy marks if you knew them :frown:

I know! It was so annoying :angry:

But I'm glad that the Agrobacterium tumefaciens stuff came up :biggrin:

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paperclip345

Original post by AboveTheLine

One of the questions I only knew how to answer because my teacher quizzed me by chance on it in the booster session!

Which one was that?

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Original post by paperclip345

I know! It was so annoying :angry:

But I'm glad that the Agrobacterium tumefaciens stuff came up :biggrin:

Yeah

i found the last question the easiest :/

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