A* and A grade students in A level physics, how did you do it?

I'm doing OCR, and I only manage to do well because of Maths.

I generally lose all of the marks on any question where I have to explain anything, and I'm only getting an A because of low grade boundaries and Maths! So I guess you could say that I'm watching this thread with interest!

I'm doing OCR, and I only manage to do well because of Maths.

I generally lose all of the marks on any question where I have to explain anything, and I'm only getting an A because of low grade boundaries and Maths! So I guess you could say that I'm watching this thread with interest!

Sorry, I'm doing Edexcel, same as OP.

Struggling this year really, but need an A for Durham :/

Personally I found the course I was doing to be a pain, think it was OCR B. It didn't have a real text book, and our teachers were shocking, I got an A but was less than 1% from an A*. Got 100% in my AS modules. So all I had to revise with were past exam papers but they changed the syllabus so much they weren't much help. Old syllabus had much more maths. Now a days being good at maths just ain't enough.

I would have needed an A in Physics for Durham but they rejected me for geography BA. Just a B needed for me (JUST!) lol

I always had a thorough understanding of all the topics. Being good at maths also helps. Not trying to sound arrogant but getting an A* with 100% in some modules is easy if you understand physics.

Also did edexcel, got 72/120 on my 1st one, worked at it and got 98/120 on my 3rd, and 90% on the prac, this gave me a B at the end of AS, worked my ass for A2, had this software that gets past paper questions on specific topic and i printed of about 300pages off past papers, 4 to a page, with the markscheme, important to understand wording's in markscheme. Most questions, just writing the relevant formula gets you 40%, writing the wrong one doesn't get penalised, so don't be too worried, just try not to write every known formula on every question, get good at re-arranging formula's, i basically stuck to this and got 100% on my first A2 exam, so i need like 84% or something to get an A* on my last exam and a low E to get an A, but i kinda did give a crap cos i had to get A in chem and i think i got a B on my last exam but still 6 UMS off an A*

um its hard to say how you can get good grades, but ive never had to work that hard to do a level physics because i read more than the syllabus just because im interested in physics. i think that you can get an a/a* in physics if you just practice a lot, as there are only so many types of question they can ask (and the exam boards deliberately repeat some questions from previous years)...

make sure you can rearrange equations, learn all the laws and practice... pretty much all there is to sugges.

Thanks, I very much appreciate it. I know its difficult to say how to get good grades I just wanted to know what would others do that perhaps I am not doing.