12 mark essay nightmare

Ok, so here it is. Really just like some advice, as I am a little lost with all of this. In my psychology classes I have been struggling, so I search the web and found what seems a legit site that sells psychology essays. Cheap enough, bought it. So the story unravels, copied a few of these essays which are said to be A grade full mark essays. This morning I get three of my essays back after nearly four weeks of waiting, half term aswell, and two are grade B and one has just scrapped an A grade! I feel ripped off. To make things worse, I questioned my teachers and both are examiners for AQA A, and they said they are good essays but i have quite a few areas to improve!! I feel like I should get a refund! Isn't it false advertising??

Ok, so here it is. Really just like some advice, as I am a little lost with all of this. In my psychology classes I have been struggling, so I search the web and found what seems a legit site that sells psychology essays. Cheap enough, bought it. So the story unravels, copied a few of these essays which are said to be A grade full mark essays. This morning I get three of my essays back after nearly four weeks of waiting, half term aswell, and two are grade B and one has just scrapped an A grade! I feel ripped off. To make things worse, I questioned my teachers and both are examiners for AQA A, and they said they are good essays but i have quite a few areas to improve!! I feel like I should get a refund! Isn't it false advertising??

well first, essay marks can vary depending on the examiner. maybe you should take a look at the aqa psych essay mark schemes - they're basically a checklist for what you need to include to get full marks! a lot more useful than revising off pre-written essays, and they're free

I understand where you guys are coming from, but I AM REVISING from these so called 12 mark essays and yes is was bad to hand them in as my own but it was the onnly way to see what grade they really were. I struggle alot of psychology and need extra help but i just don't know whats best. Do annny of you do Psychology?

Thanks. Wise words. This site is really helpful. I spent this evening writinf out teo essays and feel a lot better for doing it myself. Stull dont know gow good it is. Ocr! Whsts it like. Both my teachers say that ocr is a lot more challening that aqa a and thsts why they dont choose it for their students. Thoughts?

Hello guys, as the Psychology is a new spec this year there is bound to be disagreement between different people (teachers, even examiners!) about the marks that an essay is worth, especially the longer essays. 12 mark answers from previous years just won't cut it anymore for full marks. If you are focusing on evaluation, then make sure not only that you are following the PEEL structure (we use PEEE in my class) but also that your evaluation point is exclusive to what you the question asks you to evaluate, no more "Ecological Validity" or "Unethical" unless you link it clearly to the study, concept or theory. You could technically get full marks with two detailed paragraphs, but I would always play it safe and go for three. Also, don't describe other studies in detail in your evaluation, you should only ever mention the name of the experimenter (or a very very brief description of the procedure) and say the findings and conclusions, virtually all of the marks come from explaining how the evidence supports or contradicts what you are evaluating... or at least that's my perception of Evaluating in psychology - good luck!

You shouldn't have been cheating in the first place, which is what plagiarism is (you can get kicked out of uni for this one and lose all fee money). If you are foolish enough to spend time trying to get someone else's work, instead of spending that time actually studying, then really shows how silly you are and no you don't deserve a refund at all, as it serves you right.

I am also an examiner for AQA and can very easily tell if a student's work is theirs or not. I suspect your teachers were able to do the same and are pretty annoyed you wasted their precious marking time with work that was not your own. I should think they suspected it was not your, but were unable to accuse without evidence, therefore they did what they could do and gave you the benefit of the doubt, but also giving you some advice on how you could improve your own performance in a very diplomatic way.