55/90 is a perfectly good mark, considering 2019 was a year with papers generally regarded to be very difficult.

A B is a B, irrespective of how far past the grade boundary the mark is.

Reply 64

username5843686

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ik they can throw anything at us but what paper do you guys think will maybe reflect this year or be similar somehow ty

Reply 65

Marxz9

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I’d like to ask which topics apart from amino acids, dna and chromatography did not come up in paper 2?

Reply 66

Chjtb

in the practicals is it required to know spectrophotometry

Reply 67

username11118453

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does anyone know if we get marks for doing the correct method for a calculation but getting the final answer incorrect because we misread one of the numbers in the data given to us?

Reply 68

TypicalNerd

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Original post by username11118453

does anyone know if we get marks for doing the correct method for a calculation but getting the final answer incorrect because we misread one of the numbers in the data given to us?

You’d definitely get marks if there is more than 2 marks available for said calculation.

You’d defo lose the last mark though.

Reply 69

EM01234

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What mark will be an A and an A star? Out of 300?

Reply 70

mhm.0987

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Original post by EM01234

What mark will be an A and an A star? Out of 300?

A* for 2019 was 246/300 and an A was 206/300

Reply 71

EM01234

6

Original post by mhm.0987

A* for 2019 was 246/300 and an A was 206/300

Do you think it will be the same this year?

Reply 72

mhm.0987

5

Original post by EM01234

Do you think it will be the same this year?

hard to predict but maybe 10% lower? well i hope so

Reply 73

Zerinmhh

Original post by EM01234

Do you think it will be the same this year?

apparently grade boundaries are going to be similar to 2019 but i feel like exams were hard so they Better lower the boundaries

Reply 74

anon25x

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Does anyone have any tips for the MCQ's?

Reply 75

d3str0y

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Original post by anon25x

Does anyone have any tips for the MCQ's?

For MCQs, I feel like they like to make the answers quite similar, but there’s always one right answer so for like e.g. mechanism questions, maybe try drawing out the products that are produced and see what matches. They like asking about trends a lot like atomic radius or ionisation energy so make sure you go over that. They like to also ask calculations so make sure you’re strong on that and go over content that you just memorise e.g. metal aqua ions and they’re colours and stuff cuz like that topic hasn’t come up so it could come up as an MCQ.

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ifif4

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Can someone please help me with Q 4.3
This is the answer:
Amount NaOH = (24.0 x 0.100)/1000 = 2.40 x 10–3 mol
(= amount HX)
Conc HX = 2.40 x 10–3
/0.025 = 0.0960 mol dm–3

I don't get where the 24.0 came from

https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/sample-papers-and-mark-schemes/2017/june/AQA-74053-QP-JUN17.PDF

Reply 77

louisa.

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Original post by TypicalNerd

I wouldn’t say you are doomed yet, considering you have one last paper to go (and for all you know, it could go really well for you) and this is TSR which is disproportionately made up of nerds who know their subjects very well and so does not accurately reflect how well the entire cohort will perform.

The practicals aren’t a lot of help imo. Sure they are fun and all, but it’s rare they ask you to recite a full method and even then you can find good summary notes of why certain things are done in each practical which essentially cover every possible question they could throw at you.

See here: https://chemrevise.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/practical-guide-aqa1.pdf

Also, well done on choosing to take A level chemistry privately. As the age old saying goes, “fortune favours the brave”.

is it risky to rely on a broad list of predictions?

Reply 78

TypicalNerd

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Original post by ifif4

Can someone please help me with Q 4.3
This is the answer:
Amount NaOH = (24.0 x 0.100)/1000 = 2.40 x 10–3 mol
(= amount HX)
Conc HX = 2.40 x 10–3
/0.025 = 0.0960 mol dm–3

I don't get where the 24.0 came from

https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/sample-papers-and-mark-schemes/2017/june/AQA-74053-QP-JUN17.PDF

That’s because the vertical section occurs when 24.0 cm^3 of NaOH is added