AQA Physics PHYA4 - Thursday 11th June 2015 [Exam Discussion Thread]

You think? I'm hoping it's around 60 for a A* but who knows.


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There were way too many written questions and very little calculations to do. And the calculations given weren't even easy to do, for example the last question on horizontal motion wasn't straightforward at all unless you do M2.

I personally think A* should be in the late 50s but its really difficult to say. Also the fact that there was an error in the question paper might lower the grade boundaries.

There were way too many written questions and very little calculations to do. And the calculations given weren't even easy to do, for example the last question on horizontal motion wasn't straightforward at all unless you do M2.

I personally think A* should be in the late 50s but its really difficult to say. Also the fact that there was an error in the question paper might lower the grade boundaries.

By last question do mean the six marker one or the one before that?


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Yeah, doing M2 helped a lot, although even with that I struggled to explain why it couldn't be horizontal and just said as the speed increases, the force required to keep it in a circle increases. Lol, I'm such a bad M2 student.


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That's surely not worse than not knowing which law is which.

Anyone got the paper yet

I have a copy of the PHYA4 paper but unfortunately not PHYA5. PM me your email address and I'll happily send it


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Hi,

I sent you a PM


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Predicted grade boundary?

my feeling is that the grade boundaries won't shift by more than 2 marks and i'm not being hopeful

Up or down
And what do u reckon unit 5a boundaries will be


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Either way. I would say the same for unit 5 though


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Did u do astro
And do u reckon unit 5 will be as low as last yr?


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no, i did turning points. i would say unit 5 will be the same as last year if not lower

For all options?


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