I did all the past papers and revised my alevel spec entirely (AS and A2). I also did the RSc 'Advanced starters for ten' which were helpful.
However, the 2015 olympiad was just on a whole new level from past papers and everyone I know struggled with it. It was completely unfair as they changed the style of the synthesis question. There was really no need for them to make the Olympiad this year as hard as it was
I did all the past papers and revised my alevel spec entirely (AS and A2). I also did the RSc 'Advanced starters for ten' which were helpful.
However, the 2015 olympiad was just on a whole new level from past papers and everyone I know struggled with it. It was completely unfair as they changed the style of the synthesis question. There was really no need for them to make the Olympiad this year as hard as it was
Oh dear. I have it next Friday (I'll still get PM's asking me what questions came up though -.- ).
I'm hoping the organic (synthetic routes) really isn't as difficult as what I'm hearing; I'm not that strong with physical and I genuinely despise inorganic...
Oh dear. I have it next Friday (I'll still get PM's asking me what questions came up though -.- ).
I'm hoping the organic (synthetic routes) really isn't as difficult as what I'm hearing; I'm not that strong with physical and I genuinely despise inorganic...
I did all the past papers and revised my alevel spec entirely (AS and A2). I also did the RSc 'Advanced starters for ten' which were helpful.
However, the 2015 olympiad was just on a whole new level from past papers and everyone I know struggled with it. It was completely unfair as they changed the style of the synthesis question. There was really no need for them to make the Olympiad this year as hard as it was
Quite mathsy I guess. Some hefty equations and stoichiometry and algebra etc. Really quite hard to access those questions.
The biggest killer I think isn't the difficulty, but rather the confidence your students will lose during the first question. I started question 3 without really doing 1 or 2 and it just put me down for the others. It's a shame because I can do A2 papers with ease and I understand alevel content very well, but they introduce a lot of concepts which are unfamiliar. I wasn't prepared for that.
Hmm that's odd. It's possible the may have made an exception for our school because they didn't reply to my teacher when she asked for the papers, she had to email them again.
Can people who haven't done the paper yet please stop sending me messages asking for what questions come up
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