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Hi,
Just wondering how many sources you guys are using in your EPQ? I've used about ten and I've barely started
(so far just newspaper articles mainly though!)

Trying to narrow down my question - I am interested in East Asia (Japan, Korea, China) and possibly incorporating geography, as these are what I would be interested in studying at university.

I'm trying to think of a title now, at the moment I have something like: "Is the expansion of Korean pop culture a credible example of East Asian expansion, or just another case of Westernisation?"
Is this too narrow/broad? Does it sound convincing, haha...

For geography, I was thinking of doing something on ENSO (El Nino) - can't think of a succint yet researchable question though!?

Any other ideas gratefully received!

Gangnam Style!
Had to mention that...

It's a very focused question (), I don't know much about it so I won't be able to tell you anything. I just thought I might as well say something seeing as I made that joke about Gangnam Style.

I am sure that this question has been asked already a million times but I'm currently finishing my EPQ essay (literally the night before its due ), and it seems likely that the word count will reach around 7,000 words, could I be penalised for this? My teacher said the 5000 words is technically only a guideline and that anything under 10,000 words is fine lol :P But I guess they night just think I haven't been concise enough

Has anyone known someone whose report was significantly over 5000 words but got a good grade? I'm not aiming for an A* or anything but I'm just paranoid I'll get capped at a C or something!

Mine was 7000 and it wasn't penalised. I think you'll be alright. The main reason for there being a 5000 word limit is because a very long essay is either indicative of an extremely detailed essay or, in most cases, a rambling one. I'm not saying that is you but it is quite often the case with people who write way over the word limit so read through your essay and double check that you haven't written anything twice or strayed off the subject. The best way to check is to ensure that every single sentence is relevant to the question you're asking in your essay title.

Oh okay, phew Thanks for your reply you had no idea I was freaking out so much! Don't worry I'm not offended as I'm sure mine is quite rambly :P But as long as 5,000 isn't a maximum then I'm fine! Will I get penalised if it's too long winded then?

I expect so. It's down to the discretion of the person marking it but if they feel you could have written in 5000 words what you wrote in 7000, they're not going to be too impressed. And that's not a good habit to get into anyway - at university, for example, word limits are very strict. If you use up your 2000 words writing something that could be shortened to 500, you are going to lose a lot of marks. It's best to get used to being succinct - that way you get more said, more effectively.

Okay. Well thanks for your honesty and advice. The thing is I think I could have written what I did in maybe a few hundred less words but not in 5000 words. To be honest I mainly just did it for the experience of doing independent research and to explore a topic I'm interested in, universities won't even see my grade when I apply as I have already sent my UCAS form off and won't receive my EPQ grade till later this year-I just handed it phew it's such a relief to have it all behind me

What topic was your EPQ on?

It was on youth justice, using the murder of James Bulger as an example.

I am sure that this question has been asked already a million times but I'm currently finishing my EPQ essay (literally the night before its due ), and it seems likely that the word count will reach around 7,000 words, could I be penalised for this? My teacher said the 5000 words is technically only a guideline and that anything under 10,000 words is fine lol :P But I guess they night just think I haven't been concise enough

Has anyone known someone whose report was significantly over 5000 words but got a good grade? I'm not aiming for an A* or anything but I'm just paranoid I'll get capped at a C or something!

Yeah don't worry at all mine was 11000 words excluding the appendix and I got an A*




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That's crazy. We have a word limit of 2,700 on our dissertation!

(although it's a 6000 word total including lit review, intro and conclusion)

Yeah don't worry at all mine was 11000 words excluding the appendix and I got an A*



Jesus you were committed haha! Woo well done that's amazing
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Any tips for the presentation? Also, do we get marked on the content of the presentation? (AQA)