Edexcel Physics Unit 2 "Physics at work" June 2013

98 UMS. Just scraped an A at 245/300, hahahaha

There's quite a big chunk only in unit 4 about capacitors, charge etc
Ok and in response to your comment, yes what you are saying is true, sometimes the questions can be completely random. Sometimes the questions have nothing to do with physics at all or seem like they are way of the spec but just remember one thing, if you are in an exam and this happens, don't give up. Just carry on writing as most likely the exam will have low grade boundaries and an important hint in physics is you get some marks for writing down the formula, plugging numbers into it. So if you don't know the answer to part A, make ANY random numbers up and use em, you'll still get all the marks except the last mark for getting the right answer. My best advice is, aslong as you revise hard enough, regardless of the paper that comes up, you'll know more physics than other candidates and if you can write down that physics in a question you can recognise, you'll get a good grade. Just remember one thing, the exam papers are not there to trick you or fool you, they're just testing your ability.

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Guys I have a decision to make. I ended up with 280/300 in Physics after working my socks off for my re-sit and unit 2 exam in June. I originally had a D in my Unit 1 . I want to do medicine next year, and if I take physics next year to A2, I will probably be made an offer which will require a C in Physics. I calculated that I need 80 UMS next year to get this C. Do you think I should take physics next year? How hard is at at A2? I want to make it clear that I want to put in MINIMAL work for it, because I want to focus on my main three subjects (which are high As too).

Thanks

I wouldn't say its any harder at A2 than AS if I'm honest (depending on the exam board, I did Edexcel)

Hiya, I got an A overall (281/300 ums) but in unit 2 I got 50/80 raw. I'm definitely dropping a subject and was wondering whether this is as bad as I think it is or are low raw scores like this common?

Don't drop it! You're obviously very good at it! A UMS score of 281 out of 300 is really impressive!
Your raw score doesn't really matter; what mattes is the ums you get. Apparently the paper we did was quite difficult overall so 48 was the A grade boundary. A score of 50 in this paper is as good as someone who got 65 in a paper where 65 is the A grade boundary :P You'd still get the same UMS in the end
Well done

I was well set on dropping Physics but ended up with 280 ums too, after originally getting a D in my first Unit 1 attempt

I'm going for medicine so I only need 3 alevels, but having a 4 is advantageous to one uni which i wanna apply to. Also I'd only need a C maximum overall so I need 80 ums next year. Do you think I should take it?

I got 255/300
is it good?

Yep

Try to get over 90% for A2 for that A*
Good luck!

For AS Physics Edexcel I got 289/300 UMS . For the whole of A level Physics I need 540/600 UMS, as usual, to get A* right? So I need 251 UMS more to achieve A* on the whole A level Physics. But this means I need to achive 83.666...% in A2 Physics for A*. If I do this, do I get the A*? Or do I actually need 90% in A2?

Thanks

I reckon you need >90% at A2 which is like more than 270/300

PLUS >80% overall

>90% at A2 is so hard who knows what exams they have planned for us that could destroy us. Also the coursework I think is harder

Are you aiming for A* as well? I don't need it, but it'll be a boost certainly.

Yep, Of course I am aiming for it.

Everyone should,right. At least the ones who have got >70% for AS



I think Grade boundaries will account for the difficulty of the exams, so nothing to worry.