OCR Gateway Biology B4B5B6 - 10/06/13

Original post by ryanb97

the secret is to revise!!

nah but i used the CGP books and literally remembered every line (pragmatically) !

i ended up with 140,140,137... in bio,chem,physics respectivley

ryan

How early did you start? And have you started for B4, B5, B6 yet?

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ryanb97

Original post by IHTWFR

How early did you start? And have you started for B4, B5, B6 yet?

i knew my school wouldnt finish all the modules... so i self taught the majority...

this year i revised my ass off... i had finished going through all the sciences by january ... that was the only thing i was concentrating on
now i have been revising for other subjects
its been nearly 2 months since ive gone back to the sciences... so i need a good recap in the holidays :biggrin:

ryan

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Original post by ryanb97

ryan

Inspiration.

Biology Exams on the 10th of June, not long away. You still revising from the CGP books? I just have a feeling I'm not going to get 128/160 and be stuck with a B overall because my teacher can't mark coursework for ****.

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ryanb97

Original post by IHTWFR

128.. its fairly low that is only a A...i think you will needonly 60/85 raw arks for that..so thats like 100% on the 1st 2 questions and part D... you could miss out all of Section C (although i dont recommend)

what did you get in your C/A

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Original post by ryanb97

Fairly low for you but to me it's a big thing for me :biggrin:

I can do it but it's the fact I have other exams I need to focus on.

Biology : 34/48
Chemistry : 40/48
Physics : 37/48

How many questions are there in total and how many marks is Section D?

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Original post by IHTWFR

Fairly low for you but to me it's a big thing for me :biggrin:

I can do it but it's the fact I have other exams I need to focus on.

Biology : 34/48
Chemistry : 40/48
Physics : 37/48

How many questions are there in total and how many marks is Section D?

I think section d is 10 marks whilst the other 3 sections constitute 75 marks in total :smile:

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Original post by BP_Tranquility

I think section d is 10 marks whilst the other 3 sections constitute 75 marks in total :smile:

I heard from my teacher that B6,C6,P6 Section will be the section with the least amount of questions in comparison to the other 2 sections?

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Original post by IHTWFR

I heard from my teacher that B6,C6,P6 Section will be the section with the least amount of questions in comparison to the other 2 sections?

Hmm...Not sure about that and I don't think are any past papers so we can check :redface:

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I've found some cool science music videos which can be used for inspiration: Enjoy :smile:

Physics:
Big Beginning- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HBkZPyfpdE
Quantum World- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZGINaRUEkU

Chemistry:
Atomic Bonding Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljvX-RMv_lw
Our Biggest Challenge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHP9Rh-ooh0

Biology:
Evolution- Greatest Show on Earth- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxDOpAM2FrQ
Our Story in 1 Minute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSt9tm3RoUU

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Red Fox

Gonna revise all this in the holidays need around 150 in Biology and 155+ in Physics and Chemistry. Talk about the pressure being on but I love exams :colone:

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Zippyzazu

Hi,
Can someone please help me and tell me how many marks i need on each exam to get A/A*?

At the moment my CAs are:
bio 37/48
chem 42/48
phy 42/48

My 123 results are (ums):
bio 124
chem 126
phy 117

Thanks! :smile:

I'm really worried I won't get my A/A* which I really need :frown:

Also, if someone could pass me on a link to the specimen papers for 456, it would be very much appreciated :tongue:

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Original post by Zippyzazu

I'm really worried I won't get my A/A* which I really need :frown:

Also, if someone could pass me on a link to the specimen papers for 456, it would be very much appreciated :tongue:

Well for an A*, you need 360/400 UMS points. I'm not sure how many UMS marks your controlled assessment marks are but I think biology is 80 UMS (an A) whilst physics and chemistry are 90 UMS (A*).

For biology, you need 156/160 UMS for an A*. For chemistry, you need 144/160 UMS marks and for physics, you would need 153/160 UMS marks for an A*. To find out how many UMS you need for an A, subtract 40 from the marks I've given you. However I would wait until someone can confirm what I've said is accurate :wink:

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Zippyzazu

Original post by BP_Tranquility

Thank you! :smile:

Just checking how many marks is that? I think I might have to aim for As haha :P

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Original post by Zippyzazu

Thank you! :smile:

Just checking how many marks is that? I think I might have to aim for As haha :P

Unfortunately, since no one has sat the modules 4/5/6 exams before, it's hard to tell. :redface:

However, for chemistry, you would need to touch the grade boundary for an A* and for physics/ biology you need very high A*s. For chemistry, you need a mark which was a mid/high C for an A overall. For physics, you need to hit the grade boundary for a B for an A overall and for biology, you need to have a mid-B for an A overall. That is, if my maths is correct (I've calculated this using UMS boundaries) but I would try and aim higher :tongue:

EDIT: I've attached the specimen papers you requested (for biology, chemistry, physics)- apologies for the poor naming of the files :wink:

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Original post by BP_Tranquility

Unfortunately, since no one has sat the modules 4/5/6 exams before, it's hard to tell. :redface:

EDIT: I've attached the specimen papers you requested (for biology, chemistry, physics)- apologies for the poor naming of the files :wink:

hehe, ok thank you! i'm just going to aim for A*s all around, then see what happens! :P thanks also for the specimen papers- you're a lifesaver :biggrin:

how's your revision going?? what grades are you hoping for? also, how many exams do you have left?

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