Got an A* in EPQ today, ask me any questions you want about EPQ.

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Original post by TheHungryStudent

I want to do EPQ preferably on something to do with either the rapid development of South Korea or relations between the two Koreas, however i'm seriously doubting myself about how much outside knowledge i have on it. Is it something you need to have 100% confidence on, and know everything about or is it something that you learn from as you write it. One reason i want to do an EPQ is to expand my knowledge, obviously you need to know about the subject though.

I did mine on embryo development and the ethical controversy around it and I had little to no knowledge about it before undertaking it as I did a lot about the biochemical processes that occur which I had no clue whatsoever and considering I got an A* I would say you definitely do not need to know about it already as it was also quite interesting to research.

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TheHungryStudent

Original post by Jehaan

Thanks for the quick reply! I feel so much more relieved now. Just reading the EPQ threads it seems like people have done so much more preparation so early on and my sixth form hasn't mentioned anything.

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Jehaan

Original post by TheHungryStudent

No problem! If it makes you feel any better I pretty much left all my work until 2 weeks before the deadlines. I actually was working on it until 5 minutes before we had to hand in our production logs! Whereas I have another friend who worked on it every week on a Sunday and she also got an A* so maybe a compromise would be best? Where you do a bit every week but do not feel guilty fi you do not manage to fit it in

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Mlb37

Hello!I start sixth form on Monday and I have decided to do the EPQ. I didn't know I would be doing it before the summer or I would have thought about my topic during the holidays but I had a meeting today with sixth form tutors to choose my a levels and it was suggested that I do it. I was originally thinking about basing it on child behaviour as I want to be a primary school teacher. However I am now considering something to do with education in poor/underdeveloped countries. I'm not totally sure what to do though as I know this is a very broad subject. I would prefer to do a written report but I am not sure what else I could do. Any ideas would be appreciated :smile:

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aonghus99

Original post by Alex347_

Hi, I got my EPQ result today and I got an A*. I'm not here to boast; I thought many of you might like to ask some questions about the qualifications.

I can offer you the best help at [email protected]

How did you start to organise all your research and begin the actual essay?

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Maria24365

Hey, i'm also planning to do my epq on economics as well, but i'm struggling to find a specific part of economics to delve into.

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3121

Hey how long does it take to receive your results from submission?

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08hussainf

Original post by bparris2

Hello. How did you set out the essay. And do u have any tips for the log book. Or anything extra to get that a*. Thanks

I did an abstract (summarizing your report in a short paragraph), Contents list, table of figures, introduction and then started writing my report in accordance to my table of contents with headings at the top. For the log book, make it as detailed as possible e,g, include names, places and any other specific things which you encountered during your project. In order to get an A* you need to fully understand the mark scheme and what it is asking you to do to get top marks and then compare this (be realistic) with what you have produced. Also using model answers are also useful in getting A*.

Good Luck! :smile:

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08hussainf

Original post by Maria24365

Hey, i'm also planning to do my epq on economics as well, but i'm struggling to find a specific part of economics to delve into.

Looking at a macro scale might help e.g. I looked at the extent to which the UK has recovered from the 2008 recession and the social, economic and political and international impacts associated with the recession/ recovery.

For you I might suggest looking perhaps at the impact maybe of global economic shocks to different economies e.g. the brexit on the UK economy or the global financial crisis on the US and other economies etc.

Hope this gives you some ideas but its worth isolating what you find most interesting about economics then taking it from there I guess. Good luck! :smile:

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louieirving

Did you do it on a specific area of Economics or on Economics as a whole. Did you give a more broad evaluation of the topic as a whole or not? E.g. Macro and micro economics.

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alicetemp

please could you help me with my EPQ title, i want to do it on migration but not sure how to title it/

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asinghj

I only have 1 question. How do you get started on an EPQ? I have my topic idea, but need to make it into a question, and I have a couple of websites that I could use for research.. So basically, how do I start it up? I want to make a plan but how?

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babysiel

Original post by perflous

First of all - congratulations! That's a great achievement.

I'm currently doing my EPQ now (I'm in Year 13) and have left it a bit on the late side. How many hours of work did you put in each week, and for how many weeks? I'm doing the Edexcel exam board and I'm doing a social sciences dissertation. I've got a bit of the way through but still need to properly write the main body of the essay.

Do you have any general tips that helped you get your grade?

Hey I'm doing my EPQ, can you help me with my title?

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amyfanning

Original post by Alex347_

Congratulations on your A* first and foremost! I have signed up to do the EPQ and have decided on a question however I am struggling to present and record my progress with the research. I have started writing log entries every time I do a bit of research about what I have learnt and how I can incorporate it into my EPQ however I don't know if I am going the right way about it!

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username2312801

Original post by Alex347_

Can you do this outside of school ?

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04MR17

Volunteer Section Leader

Currently doing the proposal form. Need it done my Tuesday.

I've been asked to include timings for Evaluation and Presentation.

What do these two aspects involve and what should I put?

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04MR17

Volunteer Section Leader

Original post by nisha.sri

Can you do this outside of school ?

I suppose you could, but you would need to have it marked by a centre and therefore administered through a centre.

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username2312801

Original post by 04MR17

I suppose you could, but you would need to have it marked by a centre and therefore administered through a centre.

Ah ok

I would love to do it so i might ask my school :smile:

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04MR17

Volunteer Section Leader

Original post by nisha.sri

Ah ok

I would love to do it so i might ask my school :smile:

For them it would depend on the subject: because someone's got to be willing to mark it! The problem is that for schools, General Studies A Level is far more valuable (the same to UCAS) than EPQ. This issue is that Unis think the reverse.

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JezDayy

My EPQ is due in next Thursday, I've been really hoping for an A or an A* in this! I've worked so much on it haha, saying that I bet I get a C :tongue: