The hitchhiker's guide to A-Levels

Hey! I havent attempted a single past paper ever since we started not good!

Thanks!! I really i hope i get 4 As by the end of this I am struggling so much in chemistry... Maybe because i havent attempted any past papers

Il be sure not to make the same mistakes in A2

Oh cool, I do same as the thread starter but also biology on top (ugh). I wish I had taken English lit, because I love literature.

The best advice I can give for physics is bombard yourself with mark schemes. I don't know if you're doing mechanics 2 but that is difficult as hell even for the smartest people in my school. If you need any help, I'd be glad to give you a hand because I'm pretty confident with my knowledge of the syllabus, and they say you retain 90% of what you teach.

Which university were you planning to go to? Oxford isn't as hard to get into as it sounds, from the research I've done on the application process... but hell what do I know?

hi,

oh that's good I'm pleased your enjoying them. And I'm sure you'll do well with psychology and biology!

I'm really enjoying maths and physics.. Definitely the ones I hope to carry on in A2. I'm starting to get there with chemistry, it's still taking a while but I'm heading in the right direction

So do you know what your wanting to do at uni? It sounds like you could do a lot with those subjects!

Thanks, I hope so too!
Cool, yes I intend to carry maths and chem and bio to A2 if all goes to plan
hmmm ... at Uni im stuck between dentistry or maths
What about you?

What exam board are you for Maths?

Hi, I'm doing OCR MEI maths and further maths. You?
Also respect for the username and picture Love the big bang theory

Edexcel I love yours too!

Ooooh! sounds like an interesting plan, do you really like physics? Personally im not a fan, but its kind of awesome to know someone who is passionate about physics

Does anyone do OCR Physics? How much of it is calculations & how much is theory?

Who does Edexcel maths/further maths? How much of it is coursework?

Thank you

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Wow! That's alot of tests

Oh I really like decisions. We only did D1 this year but I find it really easy. Mechanics is really good but mind numbingly boring, as you have to go through things so slowly for the non physicists. Like what would take a lesson in physics will take a few week in maths. It took us three weeks to go through f=ma

D1 is quite easy but i just find decision boring as all you do is follow a load of steps (algorithms) like a computer and it doesn't seem to have any use in the real world. What's more, our college makes us do D2 which is an A2 module and is really difficult
That does sound rubbish about mechanics but fortunately, in our class nearly everyone takes physics as well.
What other maths modules so you do?

hi, I do OCR physics. I would say that it is 50/50 when your learning the topics. When you go on to do the papers it feels like your doing less calculations, they're also worth only one or two marks and you really need to understand the theory to understand it. I really like theory based questions so I might notice the calculation questions a but less. But I'd say its pretty equal.

Thannk you