Students react after GCSE Computer Science Paper 1 on 19 May 2023

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Computer says... not bad?

Students have just logged out of GCSE Computer Science Paper 1. But could they crack the code? 

A lot of people are feeling pretty confident after that exam, although you probably shouldn’t bring up the words ‘client’ or ‘server’ for a while.

Here’s the full lowdown. And don’t forget, on The Student Room you can talk about the exact paper you took – just click these links:

Exam discussion on The Student Room 


Thankfully, it's mostly good vibes...

...just don't mention clients and servers

Some prayers have been answered...

...but not everyone's

What people are saying about GCSE Computer Science Paper 1 on The Student Room

I thought it was hard lol. Manageable but definitely harder and longer than the past papers. There weren’t many easy questions except for question 1

CatalinaIK

Guys that paper was so bad literally crying rn

sara572729

loved that paper !! everything i revised last minute came up i couldn't believe it haha, although I didn't know what units to use for amplitude on the last question so I put decibels - would that be right ?

throwaway789
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