EPQ

Hello! Me and my friend are stressed about our EPQ and are having to lie/waffle through our diary and time line to make it seem like we aren't doing everything last minute. Is this normal? Did anyone else do this?

Hello! Me and my friend are stressed about our EPQ and are having to lie/waffle through our diary and time line to make it seem like we aren't doing everything last minute. Is this normal? Did anyone else do this?

As someone who has completed the EPQ, doing everything the last minute is actually something you can comment about later in your reflection. Showing that you have learnt to tackle the issue and avoid this over the course of your project would be even better. In the initial progress sections of my production log I lied quite a bit in terms of saying that I have done research on the many subtopics of my essay (only done to please my supervisor and to receive good comments from him) and it worked out okay as I got 50/50 post-moderation.

The problem with the EPQ (in my view) is precisely this requirement to keep a diary and do constant reflections. Like, surely the demonstration of your progress, adaptability, etc is the essay you turn in, not whatever blather you write down in your diary. I, and everyone I know, left it all until the end and wrote some really generic kind of points, and we all did pretty well.

Don't get me started... everyone I've spoken to feels very similar about it. The actual EPQ itself isn't even that bad and it's actually quite enjoyable but all the admin aspects to it just ruins the whole project. Our supervisor is pretty useless too, she expects us to know everything before she's even explained it properly and then gets annoyed when you ask questions. AS IF ITS ALL SO EASY😂🤣.

Totally agree. I did mine back in 2012, and I really enjoyed the actual research and the writing of it. But the diary and admin just destroyed my enthusiasm for the process. I have since done a degree, then got a job and written lengthy project reports, now doing a masters with a long dissertation... and I have never once had to "demonstrate my progress" or "reflect on the challenges I faced", or keep a diary to be marked. Absolute waste of time!!

Hello! Me and my friend are stressed about our EPQ and are having to lie/waffle through our diary and time line to make it seem like we aren't doing everything last minute. Is this normal? Did anyone else do this?