AQA AS Biology (New Spec, 7401) 25th May / 6th June

Hey all.

I wanted to make this thread for the final days of our first Bio exam and get a feel for how we are all feeling for this - excited? Nervous? Scared? I also wanted to make this an unofficial mark scheme for specifically AS, AQA students.

I wanted to find out what final last-minute revison topics you all will be revising and what you all may think could appear on the exam. I'll start:

Cell cycle and heart rate didn't really come up last year - I'm especially focusing on those topics just in case AQA decide to ask them this year. Also My last-minute revision topics are the ethics of vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. I just see a 4-5 mark question on one of those two.

Finally, I see a question on ATP coming up as they didn't really ask it that much last year.

Reply 1

seventyseven77

12

I think the passage at the end will be about a virus HIV or something to do with antigens

Reply 2

Arman1221

2

What do you think the grade boundaries will be like, because last year they were very low but this year they will probably be a lot higher. Im getting like 68% in the specimen papers usually this is a C but in last years papers its an A.

Reply 3

Merin123

5

Original post by Arman1221

What do you think the grade boundaries will be like, because last year they were very low but this year they will probably be a lot higher. Im getting like 68% in the specimen papers usually this is a C but in last years papers its an A.

It depends on the paper. Last years paper was quite hard

Reply 4

vali7654321

11

How did you guys find the exam?

Reply 5

Mooly

3

I found it awful lol
people were actually crying in the exam hall D:
After the exam I go to the toilets and people are crying in the stalls as well ;-;

Reply 6

brrrigid

10

Yeah, it wasnt great. Started off ok and then it went downhill lol...it was all the maths questions that killed me.

Reply 7

vali7654321

11

Can you lot find the unofficial markscheme?

Reply 8

username2920378

8

wha the flipping heck was that

Reply 9

brrrigid

10

Original post by vali7654321

Can you lot find the unofficial markscheme?

No, haven't yet -

Reply 10

marlodanvers

OP

11

I guess we have the second paper to look forward too. I need it, that's for sue

Reply 11

Abistudyhard

8

Original post by seventyseven77

I think the passage at the end will be about a virus HIV or something to do with antigens

Wtf!!!! You guessed correctly 😂 Help predict the questions for the next exam

Reply 12

Pink1998

3

Does anyone have access to the actual paper please?

Reply 13

seventyseven77

12

Original post by Abistudyhard

Wtf!!!! You guessed correctly 😂 Help predict the questions for the next exam

I will guys and hopefully I'll be right again!😊

Reply 14

MKaur18

21

Does anybody have the 2016 depth paper? I had it as a mock but can't seem to find it! Please could someone send it to me? xx

Reply 15

seventyseven77

12

Original post by MKaur18

Does anybody have the 2016 depth paper? I had it as a mock but can't seem to find it! Please could someone send it to me? xx

What is a depth paper is that for bio?

Reply 16

MKaur18

21

Original post by seventyseven77

What is a depth paper is that for bio?

yup OCR

Reply 17

chelseafc141

12

Does anyone have the paper. If so could they please attach it

Reply 18

amuu_123

2

Original post by marlodanvers

Hey all.

I wanted to make this thread for the final days of our first Bio exam and get a feel for how we are all feeling for this - excited? Nervous? Scared? I also wanted to make this an unofficial mark scheme for specifically AS, AQA students.

I wanted to find out what final last-minute revison topics you all will be revising and what you all may think could appear on the exam. I'll start:

Cell cycle and heart rate didn't really come up last year - I'm especially focusing on those topics just in case AQA decide to ask them this year. Also My last-minute revision topics are the ethics of vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. I just see a 4-5 mark question on one of those two.

Finally, I see a question on ATP coming up as they didn't really ask it that much last year.

That test was solid, but I feel like it was easier than the 2016 so the grade boundaries are going to be higher.

Reply 19

marlodanvers

OP

11

What do you guys (and any girls. Let's not be sexist we're in 2017) think will be the 6 marker questions? IMO I think these will come up because they didn't come up in the previous paper / last year:
1. The entire process of mitosis
2. Enzymes in digestion
3. Structure of plasma membrane

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