Failed NAB twice: am I screwed? (Higher Human)

Should have picked biology instead you plonker :wink:

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pamelaa

Should have picked biology instead you plonker :wink:

Our school only offers Human though. :p:

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Unit 1? I can't recall what's in that exactly. Cell structure is.... Jog my memory and I might be able to help...?

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OriginofSymmetry

Unit 1? I can't recall what's in that exactly. Cell structure is.... Jog my memory and I might be able to help...?

It's like Protein Synthesis, Cell Structure, Meiosis, that sort of stuff. :confused:

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Oh yeah. For the protein synthesis, diagrams are really helpful for memorising the steps in which the DNA codes, leaves the cell and enters the ribosome. So a couple of labeled diagrams stuck above your desk or whatever at home really helps. For the cell structure, I just wrote out the definitions of each out and what they do. This was just really rote learning for me, through the use of colours (that works for me but doesn't work for others, try it out). Meiosis is just so poorly covered at Higher - that was the hardest bit out of the whole course for me, it was put across in a way that was so confusing. Again, learn the steps through diagrams, with numbered stages.

Trying to think of what else there was. DNA is pretty straightforward if I remember right. Kreb's Cycle was a bit of a bitch, but it's just drilling it into your head, really.

Flashcards are good. Stick them up around your room or all over the house for the week. You'll get used to seeing them and they'll stay in your mind. For my Highers, my room was covered with stuff. Essay quotes, maths equations, bio. facts (mainly the Kreb cycle), chemistry stuff.

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xo-Heva

ArcadiaHouse

It's like Protein Synthesis, Cell Structure, Meiosis, that sort of stuff. :confused:

That sounds remarkably similar to the normal biology course.
I haven't took the human biology course so I can't help you there.
Good luck anyway, and if you haven't already, I would recomend you buy a good text book.

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TheUnbeliever

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xo-Heva

That sounds remarkably similar to the normal biology course.
I haven't took the human biology course so I can't help you there.
Good luck anyway, and if you haven't already, I would recomend you buy a good text book.

I think they share 2 units, but I might be wrong (I probably am - I dropped biology after 2nd year but was mentally absent from that class from 1st year :tongue:

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TheUnbeliever

I think they share 2 units, but I might be wrong (I probably am - I dropped biology after 2nd year but was mentally absent from that class from 1st year :tongue:

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Yeah, you are wrong. :p:

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TheUnbeliever

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OriginofSymmetry

Yeah, you are wrong. :p:

Silly subject anyway.

(I kid!)

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LuhLah

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They have different units, but because so much of it overlaps in biology they seem the same.

EDIT: The first Unit is near-identical to much of the biology course, but the 2nd and 3rd are quite different. With only some of it overlapping.

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OP

Nevermind, I re-sat the re-sit yesterday and got 70%!! :biggrin:

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Well done

Make sure you keep it up!

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Meteorshower

Well done

Make sure you keep it up!

Thanks! I have no intention of screwing up the final exam. But I can't promise anything. :wink:

The guy who sits behind me in English isn't allowed to take five Advanced Highers, but he's allowed to take four. :p:

Did you have to fight to take the five, or did they just let you?

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ArcadiaHouse

Thanks! I have no intention of screwing up the final exam. But I can't promise anything. :wink:

The guy who sits behind me in English isn't allowed to take five Advanced Highers, but he's allowed to take four. :p:

Did you have to fight to take the five, or did they just let you?

Well I'm doing music without going to class so timetable wise i'm only doing 4. My pupil support teacher was kinda skeptical that i'd be able to manage but I just pointed to my prelim marks and said I hadn't felt challenged and it would be impressive for Cambridge. I did do them for the challenge though, not my Cambridge application (just as well :p:

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Meteorshower

Well I'm doing music without going to class so timetable wise i'm only doing 4. My pupil support teacher was kinda skeptical that i'd be able to manage but I just pointed to my prelim marks and said I hadn't felt challenged and it would be impressive for Cambridge. I did do them for the challenge though, not my Cambridge application (just as well :p:

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Ah cool! The guy wants to do five because he wants to do law at King's College, Cambridge. :lolwut:

I've told him it can be done!

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ArcadiaHouse

Ah cool! The guy wants to do five because he wants to do law at King's College, Cambridge. :lolwut:

I've told him it can be done!

Which five does he want to do? I'm not sure it will be as easy doing less science based subjects than me...

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Meteorshower

Which five does he want to do? I'm not sure it will be as easy doing less science based subjects than me...

English, Maths, Modern Studies, Physics, and Spanish. He's absolutely insane, but it will be interesting to see what happens ...

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