If you ask for an extra sheet in your exam, your paper gets sent to the main examiner

Why would it?

thats bull lol

It's not bull. You can ask your science teachers about it. It just does

Yeah, it doesn't. It just gets sent to a person rather than get automatically scanned.

that's pretty good if that's the case, my handwriting is very ugly and as a scanned copy it is probably really bad

If they can't read your handwriting on a scanned copy, the paper will also be sent on to an examiner- but the scanners are very good quality.

I should've asked for more paper

I hope so, the last thing I want is a bad grade because of handwriting

I did for Chem today because I messed up my dot and cross diagram. Hopefully the examiner is nice , that was one hell of an exam.

If your handwriting is at all readable (i.e. your teachers in school can read it) then it'll be fine. If it's not, then you won't get marks for anything that can't be read. If the examiner can't e.g. distinguish between two similar words (e.g. Glucagon and Glycogen) then you may miss out on marks there too. It might be worth writing key words etc in capitals if you think this will help the examiner read your writing.

If your handwriting is at all readable (i.e. your teachers in school can read it) then it'll be fine. If it's not, then you won't get marks for anything that can't be read. If the examiner can't e.g. distinguish between two similar words (e.g. Glucagon and Glycogen) then you may miss out on marks there too. It might be worth writing key words etc in capitals if you think this will help the examiner read your writing.


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Examiners are trained to be objective- and especially in science nice vs harsh can't really come into it. I'm sure you've done well though!

Yeah, it doesn't. It just gets sent to a person rather than get automatically scanned.

I think you may have misunderstood slightly.

If you write on extra paper, that question will be send directly to an examiner, rather than scanned. The examiner may well be a bit more senior/ experienced. It will not be sent to the chief examiner. These are the people who set the exams- they don't usually mark live scripts.

Exam marking is very standardised, so it doesn't really matter who marks your paper anyway.

Phew. I get it now, thanks. Hopefully the examiner isn't harsh.

Get praying

My prayer didn't work for Chem paper 1.