71% in a pastpaper..enough time to get an A

about 75% in F211, 90%+ in F212 and I got around a 90% avg. for my AS. It's really nice not to worry at A2 because now I'm in the position where I can get a C in my final exam and still get an A overall.

What were you getting in practice papers around this time? (1.5months to exam)

75% F211, 90% F212

ended up with 82% F211 and 90% F212

How did you do that? I worked my ass off all year and struggle to get above 70% in Biology

Tips?

Don't bother just reading a textbook without doing every end of topic and end of unit questions, use all of the appropriate questions from the legacy papers as well as the current specification and dont let all of the suggest questions they put in worry you, half of them are taught within the specification.

I actually have all the legacy papers printed but quite a lot is unnecessary

Thanks for the advice buddy

Yeah, they changed the content loads but at least there is still some good questions in there.

Thats okay, anytime

Don't worry about it, I used to get B's in practice papers and mocks last year too, but I ended up getting high As in my exams (89% in F211 and 93% in F212). Just make sure you understand the whole book before attempting any questions, also after you've finished past papers make a list of topics you're weak at and revise/ try to understand them again. Then attempt another past paper and see where your weak areas are this time and etc.

Good luck!

i got 71% in an OCR F211 biology paper tonight

Those of you who got A at the end of ASlevel, what were you getting around this time? My exam is on the 21st May.

I would like a high A (90UMS+) to make A2 easier for me

Thanks

Easily, slog it out: a friend of mine got an E the day before a physics exam and he worked really hard that day and got an A. Obviously Biology is a different cup of tea, however its not impossible.

One thing which I have to say is, it may be more useful revising harder for f212. Its 50% and if you play your cards right full UMS is easily attainable

Do not believe this. However your in a position to be able to get 93.6925% exactly no more or less


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Easily, slog it out: a friend of mine got an E the day before a physics exam and he worked really hard that day and got an A. Obviously Biology is a different cup of tea, however its not impossible.

One thing which I have to say is, it may be more useful revising harder for f212. Its 50% and if you play your cards right full UMS is easily attainable

thanks It's not as if I have slacked all year.. I have worked my butt off from september but yet I still can't get good marks in OCR Biology papers. I Know most of the content, I just can't apply it for ****

A tip for when it comes to applying it is literally just do past papers (old spec in particular). A lot of the old questions as relatively useful things. They really get you to think about what the examiner wants you to say. Another thing about the old spec papers is that they recycle questions. In F214 which I took in Jan, there was a question I recognised from the old spec and to be honest I wouldn't have been completly sure how to answer it. Having done the old spec question it helped me answer it.

All the best!