AQA General Studies - Tomora!

ArchiBoi

Wooo last EVER general studies exam w00t w00t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Reply 1

AATTMM

That really does deserve a big cheer!!!! WOOOOOT!

Reply 2

LHMarsh10

I don't suppose either of you wants to discuss it do you? Or would that be bordering on revising for general studies? Which I guess is quite sad.

Reply 3

Gaz031

Hmm i'm not looking forward to this paper. They claim it's a 'synoptic' paper but it really just requires us to waffle (in a similar fashion to the waffle in the specification) for 1hr 45mins.

Reply 4

LHMarsh10

Gaz031

Hmm i'm not looking forward to this paper. They claim it's a 'synoptic' paper but it really just requires us to waffle (in a similar fashion to the waffle in the specification) for 1hr 45mins.

Me neither. What's the spec say?

Reply 5

JellymanJames

Hmm i'm not looking forward to this paper. They claim it's a 'synoptic' paper but it really just requires us to waffle (in a similar fashion to the waffle in the specification) for 1hr 45mins.

its 1 hour 30 mins methinks

Reply 6

Gaz031

its 1 hour 30 mins methinks

Mine is AQA B, perhaps yours is the AQA A syllabus. Mine is definitely 105mins.

Me neither. What's the spec say?

It's a total joke: http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gceasa/genB.html
Reading the examiners reports can be amusing though. They state that they enjoy marking the module 6 papers just because there are no candidates who state a protest at being forced to do general studies :rolleyes:

Reply 7

JoeFen

I plan to talk ***** in it again.

One in January I talked about the Strokes and their drug habits for 7 sides. In the one a few weeks ago I talked about Neighbours for 4 sides too.

Reply 8

Opalfire

I'm npt sure what spec I'm takign but its defo AQA for 1h 30 mins....anyone know the layout of the paper? is it small answer questions based on the pre-released stuff or is it big essays again >.< and what extra knowledge could you possibly acquire in a 3 hour extra study session (which they recommend!) on consumerism...apart from geez we consume more!

Reply 9

Zebrastripes

Anyone doing OCR??

I have absolutely no idea what the exam is on, what the paper looks like, or how long they are. I have two tomorrow. =/ So i may just write out my revision notes for the 3 huge exams i have on Friday during these exams.

Reply 10

Opalfire

This might seem like a weird question but on the first page, extract A, figure 2, what is the last collum all about? my interpretation of data isnt great! starting from 118.4 ect to 666.9

Reply 11

govrules

The last column shows how the price of the product has changed since 1971. if the value is less than 100 it has decreased, greater than 100 and it has increased, i think. The other colums show the spending changes.

Reply 12

ArchiBoi

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo NO MORE GS!!!!!!!!1

Reply 13

hazzawazza

how did every1 find it?i fort it was pretty stupid 2 b honest...i did that family essay q at the end n basically blabbed on abt nothin 4 a few pages..!!

Reply 14

hazzawazza

how did every1 find it?i fort it was pretty stupid 2 b honest...i did that family essay q at the end n basically blabbed on abt nothin 4 a few pages..!!

Reply 15

Lady_Darkness

I thought it was a fair paper... did the state education/healthcare essay for the second section and managed to find a couple of pages of good waffle... the first section was as expected - am thankful that I actually studied the CS in detail... so I could have a laugh at those who didn't, who I could see flicking desperately through the paper in the exam :wink:

Am hoping it'll push up the marks for GS after the horrors that were GS4 and 5 as my Uni place is actually dependent on this mark... :-/

Reply 16

ArchiBoi

I did the question on the UK transport system lol

Reply 17

Cartouche

I did transport, because I'd had to revise that in great detail for geography, so I just used those arguements and referenced a few government applications of them. Easiness!

Reply 18

govrules

I thought it was a solid exam! I didnt have enough time and I studied the case study before hand aswell. Oh well, i aint really bothered cus it doesnt affect my uni offer at all.