EPQ in one day?

What are you asking? Are you asking if you can do an EPQ in one day or something else?

yep

No. You have to plan it, then you have to find resources and then read it then write your project and inbetween these you need to have some form of contact with your supervisor which is > 1 day.

This sounds very silly to me

I did it in a day a few years back

I mean you could write your EPQ in one day if you were writing all day and had a clear plan and abundant research already

But complete the whole EPQ in one day to an a* standard? I don't think that's possible

In 2012/13 I wrote almost all 5000 words (topic was antibiotic resistance) over a weekend (2 all-nighters) before the deadline on the Monday at 14:00pm and got an A. However, I actually spent about 3 weeks deciding what my question should be, planning which elements of the question/ topic needed to be addressed, researching the latest scientific evidence and news about each, critically analysing each aspect and their respective arguments to evaluate what conclusions I could draw that would answer my question, then making figures and compiling references etc. Therefore, if you have an analytical writing style and have prepared all the information required to actually write it, 1-2 days is definitely possible!

I think it should be noted that what I did was quite a high-risk strategy: I only had my work proof-read properly on the day of the deadline as soon as school started, so it would have been better if I had completed it even an extra 1-2 days earlier. That way, I would have had extra room for critical feedback/ minor edits or amendments. I had already written a mock introduction (around 500 words) and shown my current plans and progress to my supervisor before commencing the all-nighters, so I knew for sure my writing style and overall direction was good enough, but the quality of the project would have been better if I wrote over a longer period of time. Moreover, I had the benefit of studying history and English literature, so my essay skills were quite suited to the project I chose, and I also knew exactly what I wanted to get out of my EPQ.

Students who cannot plan effectively or do not have strong essay writing skills should spend longer and with more support from a supervisor, so they can learn the key skills needed to do well in their project and make their masterpiece over time, rather than trying to bang it out overnight. The habit is more important than the grade.

To get a good grade, you couldn’t do it in one day. No way. It took me from September, many hours of hard work. Plus you have to do a presentation, which would be a day in itself.

Same circumstance with me right now, I know what I want to get out of it, except I have a week or so left, my presentation is Tuesday. I still need to start writing it and I'm working on my log and appendices, I'm pretty nervous. I've had people harangue me and brag about how they have 60 sources, but my topic is a bit of a niche and I only managed to get about 20 out of 30 that I've extensively evaluated, I guess my only drawback is how demotivated I am - and trying to repair any inconsistencies in my gantt chart/timetable/calendars.

I don't have any drafts, but I decided to make up for it with plans. Is that OK?