PAT: 4th November 2015

theonetruequeen

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Hey!

I'm pretty nervous though it's still 15 days away x_x What about you guys?

Reply 1

SamLLLLiu

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Hell yeah......how's your prep?

Reply 2

theonetruequeen

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Original post by SamLLLLiu

Hell yeah......how's your prep?

Not much so far! I have CIE boards going on right now so I know the content of AS and A2 Physics/Maths but that's it. How about you?

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hermionegrangcr

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Original post by theonetruequeen

Hey!

I'm pretty nervous though it's still 15 days away x_x What about you guys?

Same here, but I've been preparing since a couple of months ago so I'm pretty chill about Section A rn :smile:

Reply 4

雷尼克

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It'll be fine... pass mark is pretty low and we've finished all of C3/C4

im just gonna do all the past papers to become familiar with the exam style and revise some general maths / physics

Reply 5

SamLLLLiu

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Original post by theonetruequeen

Not much so far! I have CIE boards going on right now so I know the content of AS and A2 Physics/Maths but that's it. How about you?

Same here.....went through the physics textbook a few times now......

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theonetruequeen

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Original post by 雷尼克

It'll be fine... pass mark is pretty low and we've finished all of C3/C4

im just gonna do all the past papers to become familiar with the exam style and revise some general maths / physics

Same, that's what I'll probably do as well.

Since I do CIE, I'm not really familiar with C3/C4. Could you tell me what topics are in it so I can see if there's something extra I need to do?

Also, what's the passing mark/average mark of the PAT?

Reply 7

theonetruequeen

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Original post by SamLLLLiu

Same here.....went through the physics textbook a few times now......

What board are you on for Physics?

Reply 8

SamLLLLiu

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Original post by theonetruequeen

What board are you on for Physics?

AQA

Reply 9

hermionegrangcr

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Original post by theonetruequeen

Same, that's what I'll probably do as well.

Since I do CIE, I'm not really familiar with C3/C4. Could you tell me what topics are in it so I can see if there's something extra I need to do?

Also, what's the passing mark/average mark of the PAT?

From the past papers, the passing mark generally ranges between mid 50s to mid 60s and the average mark around 6~7 marks lower than this. To be completely safe, you should do 70 something / 100 in the past papers c:

Also the PAT test is more similar to A Level Math & Physics than the IB counterpart, so you should be fine.

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雷尼克

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Original post by theonetruequeen

Same, that's what I'll probably do as well.

Since I do CIE, I'm not really familiar with C3/C4. Could you tell me what topics are in it so I can see if there's something extra I need to do?

Also, what's the passing mark/average mark of the PAT?

I went to the open day they say that you need around 60% for a decent chance, but people got in with as low as 45%.

And C3/C4 involving slightly more advanced trigonometry, harder integration and binomial expansion

Reply 11

theonetruequeen

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Original post by 雷尼克

I went to the open day they say that you need around 60% for a decent chance, but people got in with as low as 45%.

And C3/C4 involving slightly more advanced trigonometry, harder integration and binomial expansion

Okay wow. I didn't know it was that hard.

Thanks! Can I look at exact topics somewhere online to compare with CIE P3 syllabus?

Reply 12

theonetruequeen

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Original post by hermionegrangcr

From the past papers, the passing mark generally ranges between mid 50s to mid 60s and the average mark around 6~7 marks lower than this. To be completely safe, you should do 70 something / 100 in the past papers c:

Also the PAT test is more similar to A Level Math & Physics than the IB counterpart, so you should be fine.

Thanks!!

I did read about a guy who applied to St Catz engineering with 40-ish in the maths section and like 25 in the Physics one - he didn't get in.

Reply 13

ChronicBoredom

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I don't even know what to do. I know the content but I don't understand the questions!! I read the mark scheme and I'm like... Oh, I could've gotten that easily! But I'm struggling so much!

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theonetruequeen

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Original post by ChronicBoredom

I don't even know what to do. I know the content but I don't understand the questions!! I read the mark scheme and I'm like... Oh, I could've gotten that easily! But I'm struggling so much!

I just did the sample paper and I found the first section pretty easy, but the physics part :frown:

I never did GCSEs so there's a lot of stuff I don't really know such as optical fibres and stuff like that. I probably have something like 2 days before the exam to study though, what with my ongoing board exams!

Reply 15

ombtom

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Original post by theonetruequeen

Hey!

I'm pretty nervous though it's still 15 days away x_x What about you guys?

FINALLY AN ACTIVE THREAD :biggrin:

PAT 2010 made me feel more confident but then I looked at the pass mark. :burnout:

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theonetruequeen

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Original post by ombtom

FINALLY AN ACTIVE THREAD :biggrin:

PAT 2010 made me feel more confident but then I looked at the pass mark. :burnout:

Yeah, I thought it was high time we physics/engineering applicants had one :tongue:

I feel quite unsure doing the older PAT papers since they're so different in their pattern. Not to mention my brain automatically switches off when it comes to MCQs :frown:

Why is it that our year is the one they changed the paper pattern?! Why not last year or the year before that?!

Reply 17

ombtom

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Original post by theonetruequeen

Yeah, I thought it was high time we physics/engineering applicants had one :tongue:

I feel quite unsure doing the older PAT papers since they're so different in their pattern. Not to mention my brain automatically switches off when it comes to MCQs :frown:

Why is it that our year is the one they changed the paper pattern?! Why not last year or the year before that?!