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The OFFICIAL OCR June 2013 AS Biology F212 Exam Thread.

Hi everyone sitting the OCR biology F212 exam on the 3^rd of June.

Please use this thread for exam preparation, revision help & support, as well as any chat that refers to the OCR biology AS exams.

Personally, I am quite nervous about this exam considering the exam length & the amount of information that we need to know for it, in comparison with the first F211 exam.

What is everyone else doing for revision?
Does anyone have any ideas of what some of the questions will be?

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Reply 1

LucyQ

I've started revision this week and realised that there's still loads of content my teachers haven't covered yet, so glad it's one of my last exams.

Reply 2

HeyMickey6

Original post by LucyQ

I've started revision this week and realised that there's still loads of content my teachers haven't covered yet, so glad it's one of my last exams.

same

Reply 3

Ceg260

I'm taking this exam and really struggling to find the best way to revise it as using the textbook to make mindmaps isn't proving very effective... D:

Reply 4

MujtabaBajwa

Is this exam much more fact based than F211?

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Reply 5

LucyQ

Original post by Ceg260

I'm taking this exam and really struggling to find the best way to revise it as using the textbook to make mindmaps isn't proving very effective... D:

work with the specification, seems to work best for me.

Reply 6

GCSE-help

Have any of you guys down the evaluative task for random sampling yet? I'm doing it next week, tips would be appreciated. Thanks :smile:

Reply 7

Geassuser

I am dying of stress. Apparently my genius school decided its best to do all exams at once, both unit 1 and unit 2. So I have like Unit 1 and Unit 2 to do. Any tips on how I can practise Unit 2 effectively?

Reply 8

helpmeplease101

Any idea on what will come up in unit one?

Reply 9

ladybug.hugsxoxo

Guys as stupid as this is I haven't started revising for f211 yet (too many exams!) I'm resitting a d(2 marks of a c) .. Any predictions or tips ? What should I focus on more

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Reply 10

MSamuel

Original post by ladybug.hugsxoxo

Guys as stupid as this is I haven't started revising for f211 yet (too many exams!) I'm resitting a d(2 marks of a c) .. Any predictions or tips ? What should I focus on more

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You MUST do several past papers, this way you'll get to grips with just how specific examiners can be! I'd advise you to start F211 revision today as the exam is in 2 days!

Reply 11

AGKhan

Came across this a few days back, looks hlepful :smile:

(Jan 2013 exam papers + Mark schemes)
http://ifitsgreenitsbiology.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/january-exams-2013/

Reply 12

zoep23

is anyone else finding the biodiversity evolution classification subjects really wordy in the book and pretty confusing about what we need to know?

Reply 13

AGKhan

How did everyone find it?

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Reply 14

MujtabaBajwa

Honestly, this was an easy paper but I think i lost marks in a few places and i wrote about membranes and stuff for the Cube of liver question :biggrin:

Reply 15

TheSnail

Hopefully this paper should be okay...

Provided there is minimal biodiversity.

I swear if I see a flippin' bird i'll scream.

Reply 16

niceguy95

Don't know jack shít for this

Reply 17

Ceg260

Original post by g.k.galloway

Hopefully this paper should be okay...

Provided there is minimal biodiversity.

I swear if I see a flippin' bird i'll scream.

Oh god same I will honestly flip a lid if there's biodiversity! My teacher set it as "private study" meaning he didn't have time to teach the whole course, so I haven't a hope in hell for this exam

Reply 18

TheSnail

Original post by Ceg260

Oh god same I will honestly flip a lid if there's biodiversity! My teacher set it as "private study" meaning he didn't have time to teach the whole course, so I haven't a hope in hell for this exam

We had it as private study too...so lets just say it's not my strongest area! :redface:

Reply 19

kited4

our teacher just decided to skip alot of food/health/biodiversity out! i read through the text book and it was like every other page we hadnt done haha hopeless!! i think biodiversity has some easy bits though and i think i prefer that to food and health :/
biological molecules is the best :biggrin:

although if the f211 exam yesterday is a reflection of how hard this exam is going to be... we are all doomed