AS Level Results Day Thread - 14/08/14

Original post by L'Evil Fish

Well G482 was hard, but I still want full UMS from it...

Unfortunately wanting and achieving are very different things in the world of exams not saying you won't achieve it but that is how the world works. :frown:

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L'Evil Fish

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Original post by kingdoo

Unfortunately wanting and achieving are very different things in the world of exams not saying you won't achieve it but that is how the world works. :frown:

okay

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reindeer333

Am I the only one who has failed misreably...

Seemed to do every exam that there was a petition about... almost certainly failed Maths, Chemistry and Biology were't great and Geography was okayish.

Think I picked the wrong a-levels, oh well time will tell :smile:

Maths & Chemistry - Edexcel
Biology & Geography - AQA

A bit off topic, but why are there different exam boards?

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randlemcmurphy

Original post by reindeer333

Am I the only one who has failed misreably...

Seemed to do every exam that there was a petition about... almost certainly failed Maths, Chemistry and Biology were't great and Geography was okayish.

Think I picked the wrong a-levels, oh well time will tell :smile:

Maths & Chemistry - Edexcel
Biology & Geography - AQA

A bit off topic, but why are there different exam boards?

I do maths with edexcel as well! I found C1 alright, C2 harder but I hope I did better on it than C1 and then M1, which I though was very difficult. What optional module did you choose?

I think there are difference exam boards so that centres have a greater variety of choice on which course will suit their teaching style and resources the best, because for example in science the "coursework" part of such can differ considerably between exam boards i.e. AQA-ISA/EMPA, OCR-Practical Skills etc. I think that is why.

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reindeer333

Original post by randlemcmurphy

I do maths with edexcel as well! I found C1 alright, C2 harder but I hope I did better on it than C1 and then M1, which I though was very difficult. What optional module did you choose?

I think there are difference exam boards so that centres have a greater variety of choice on which course will suit their teaching style and resources the best, because for example in science the "coursework" part of such can differ considerably between exam boards i.e. AQA-ISA/EMPA, OCR-Practical Skills etc. I think that is why.

Ah thanks makes more sense now :smile:

Somehow I screwed up C1 majorly (my mind went blank), C2 was bad, but I think I got a lot more of the method marks, S1 Seemed ok.

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Katie97

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Original post by kingdoo

Haha thanks yeah I was from the AQA geography thread. Unit 1 is the exam that I doubt I will be getting an A out of all my exams. Despite revising a lot I did feel that the 15 markers were quite hard. I did however receive a B in it last year and I do feel it went better then last year so who knows. :smile:

Although a lot of people said it was a disaster which I never really felt at all.

But thanks I am sure you will be fine as well :biggrin:

As for the populations question I cannot remember exactly it was about population change in rural/urban areas (I think it may have included migration). I remember my teacher telling me I had done it right, but I am not sure. I included the right case studies but I am not sure I answered the question.

Everyone hated unit 1 in my school too but loved unit 2. I ran out of time on both papers though which sucked so I couldn't go back and write anything on the questions I missed out. God I can't even remember a question like that! :frown:

I hated the coasts section. Think I skipped loads and the questions I did do were guesses

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randlemcmurphy

Original post by reindeer333

Ah thanks makes more sense now :smile:

Somehow I screwed up C1 majorly (my mind went blank), C2 was bad, but I think I got a lot more of the method marks, S1 Seemed ok.

Well I hope you do better than you think, for all of your exams!

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rachelc142

Original post by randlemcmurphy

I do maths with edexcel as well! I found C1 alright, C2 harder but I hope I did better on it than C1 and then M1, which I though was very difficult. What optional module did you choose?

I think there are difference exam boards so that centres have a greater variety of choice on which course will suit their teaching style and resources the best, because for example in science the "coursework" part of such can differ considerably between exam boards i.e. AQA-ISA/EMPA, OCR-Practical Skills etc. I think that is why.

I thought M1 was reasonable, but there was just one question I thought was very very tricky (I think it was 6 or 7 can't remember)

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randlemcmurphy

Original post by rachelc142

I thought M1 was reasonable, but there was just one question I thought was very very tricky (I think it was 6 or 7 can't remember)

Was it the one were you had the part were you had to work out the magnitude of P-Q? If so I agree.

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Original post by Katie97

Everyone hated unit 1 in my school too but loved unit 2. I ran out of time on both papers though which sucked so I couldn't go back and write anything on the questions I missed out. God I can't even remember a question like that! :frown:

I hated the coasts section. Think I skipped loads and the questions I did do were guesses

Ah everyone in my school said it was really nice and I was like really you thought it was piss. I didn't think it was horrible though and didn't hate it but I did think the 15 markers were quite tricky bar the rivers soft engineering one which was nice.

Yeah I am not sure what the question actually was I just remember it being about the stuff at the end of the specification and you start doing rural/urban areas.

As for coasts and I heard food were really hard which is good for me as I didn't do them :cool:

but sorry for everyone else because averagely it is the same grade boundaries for everyone which means you will have done better if you didn't do these 2 topics. Unless of cause you loved them. :tongue:

I am sure you have done better then you think. :colondollar:

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Is anyone nervous about hand writing and the amount of extra sheets they used?

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xcartoonheart

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Original post by kingdoo

Is anyone nervous about hand writing and the amount of extra sheets they used?

Yes!! My handwriting in my History Unit 2 exam was horrendous...I had cramp at the end and my words were literally scrawled across the page :s-smilie:

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rachelc142

Original post by randlemcmurphy

Was it the one were you had the part were you had to work out the magnitude of P-Q? If so I agree.

Yesss that sounds familiar. It was a big angle too, like 120degrees or something.

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Original post by xcartoonheart

Yes!! My handwriting in my History Unit 2 exam was horrendous...I had cramp at the end and my words were literally scrawled across the page :s-smilie:

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I know right in my geography I bet you just couldn't read half of what I wrote

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rachelc142