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I'm in year 12 as EPQ will be started once my exams are over, I was under the impression that it was just research and an essay, do I have to do a presentation? I have really bad stage fright and practically fall to pieces if I have to answer a question in front of a class let alone deliver a presentation, will it badly affect my overall mark if I do an awful presentation? I'd like a high grade as all my other grades will hopefully be As (waiting for results day!) but I don't know if I'll be able to do a good presentation


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You do need to do a presentation (on AQA, not sure about Edexcel) and it's 20% of your mark. But it's really really really relaxed. In mine, I was sat on a swingy chair and was just rolling around the room. Also, it's only to 2 people, one being your supervisor and another to who ever you want. The questions are also casual, one of my questions were 'what do you want to do after university?'. Obviously I don't know how bad your stage fright is, but I can honestly say that you are the person giving the presentation so you can do it however you want. You can ever write everything you want to say on note cards if you find it hard to speak off the top of your head. As for the content, you just need to refer to how your research went, how you went about doing it, went went well and even better if. I really wouldn't worry if I was you. The EPQ is fantastic and if you do a topic you really enjoy it's quite easy to get a good mark and can hugely benefit your uni application and on some courses reduce your entry requirements! I really hope this helped. Good luck no matter what you choose to do.


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I'm thinking of doing the EPQ

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My advice - think again and then come to the conclusion that it's a bad idea.

Do the results come out on results day alongside our A level results?

Hi guys, for my project I am particularly interested in doing Nazi Germany, and to what extent Hitler was an 'evil' man, so the majority of my project will surround the Holocaust. Is my topic area a bit too general? Other suggestions welcomed.

My second option for my project would be the USA's involvement in WWII, but I am not sure what my title could be?

Personally I think it would be too difficult to investigate the Hitler project as the word 'evil' is slightly ambiguous. What I'd try and do is investigate a really specific title in which you can easily research. For example, 'To what extent was the holocaust centrally planned?'

I thought the same, I got halfway through my planning and found it was very far-fetched and would be extremely difficult to research everything. What do you mean 'centrally planned'? Could you elaborate please? Also, I already have good knowledge of the USA in WWII, what topics could I research into that?

Hi guys, for my project I am particularly interested in doing Nazi Germany, and to what extent Hitler was an 'evil' man, so the majority of my project will surround the Holocaust. Is my topic area a bit too general? Other suggestions welcomed.

My second option for my project would be the USA's involvement in WWII, but I am not sure what my title could be?

Hello guys, haven't posted on here since I began my EPQ but it was such a great experience!!

I started last July, and my finished title was: "To what extent did John and Jackie Kennedy use the media to gain and reinforce presidential power?".

My advice would be to make sure you choose a topic you are really interested in. My interest in the Kennedy's practically kept me going all year, and so many of my friends dropped out because they lost interest. I used a variety of sources, going up to my local university (Lancaster) library to use their academic works, and ultimately finished my 6700 word essay in about February. I did my presentation in April and I've found out I got 50/50 in the moderation, so I'm really really thrilled!! Of course this could change before results day, but if anybody needs any advice or anything - then ask, I really enjoyed doing the EPQ and I wouldn't say I'm an uber-intelligent person, it just needs a lot of dedication and your own interest!