Sitting A-level Chemistry in Autumn exams (OCR)

Hey! It’s going to be tough if you haven’t learnt all the content yet. I did OCR A and happy to send my notes to you if you’d like??
I got an A* and my number one tip to do well is practise questions and past papers! Also get hold of their organic flow chart of reactions and make a quizlet of all the recall (colours etc.) and start that little & often as soon as you can!
I can’t really help now as I’ve got my own exams to revise for (& haven’t done a lot of the content myself in over a year!) but I hope that’s of some use!

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anonymous2503

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Original post by matscigal

Hey! It’s going to be tough if you haven’t learnt all the content yet. I did OCR A and happy to send my notes to you if you’d like??
I got an A* and my number one tip to do well is practise questions and past papers! Also get hold of their organic flow chart of reactions and make a quizlet of all the recall (colours etc.) and start that little & often as soon as you can!
I can’t really help now as I’ve got my own exams to revise for (& haven’t done a lot of the content myself in over a year!) but I hope that’s of some use!

Thank you for that response. Yes I’ll definitely focus on past papers since last year year I barely touched them and that was probably why I fell short of a good grade. If you have notes on the ‘Transition Elements’ chapter and ‘Redox & Electrode Potentials’ chapter from A2 that would be soooo sooo helpful since those are two chapters we didnt get to learn in school!
Thank you so much :smile:

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How did you all find it

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Original post by dentalstudent123

How did you all find it

Slightly more difficult than previous years

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Original post by Zoolato24811

Slightly more difficult than previous years

tbf there were some stinkers in there. Do you remember what you got for that Ln question? and the units

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Original post by dentalstudent123

tbf there were some stinkers in there. Do you remember what you got for that Ln question? and the units

22200 and the units were none

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theboogieman

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do you still have any notes that you can send because ive got paper 2 in a couple days and messed up pretty badly in the first paper

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GCSE_Rockstar32

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Original post by theboogieman

do you still have any notes that you can send because ive got paper 2 in a couple days and messed up pretty badly in the first paper

You can use Physics & Maths Tutor. They have summary notes on each topic for each exam board :smile:

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Original post by Zoolato24811

22200 and the units were none

I either got 22200 or 222000 I cant remember but I got confused and put e as the units so I've probably lost a mark there

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Original post by dentalstudent123

I either got 22200 or 222000 I cant remember but I got confused and put e as the units so I've probably lost a mark there

Im not sure about the units tho cuz usually when there are no units they dont ask for them

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Original post by Zoolato24811

Im not sure about the units tho cuz usually when there are no units they dont ask for them

I think the correct answer was no units and I just got confused

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Original post by dentalstudent123

I think the correct answer was no units and I just got confused

What did u get for the half life?

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Original post by Zoolato24811

What did u get for the half life?

I just calculated the half life from like the first data point i think. I think we're supposed to use the half life equation for that one innit. Also I got a negative initial rate because Im a dumbass is this still right ?

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