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Just looked a some of my friends Bio and Chem past papers for OCR. They are sooooo much easier than my WJEC ones!!!! 
Its not only the way they ask the questions it also seems to be the level of detail that is required. It does not seem fair if you ask me!
Has anyone else noticed this?
Its not only the way they ask the questions it also seems to be the level of detail that is required. It does not seem fair if you ask me!
Has anyone else noticed this?
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I don't think you should be branding them a "awful" just because they're harder. I've always wondered why the English have just one exam board like Scotland (SQA)?
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No its not that. Is the fact that you have to pay for the markschemes.
ARGH don't worry I've expressed my anger to them.
ARGH don't worry I've expressed my anger to them.
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Really? I read WJEC is easier, at least in terms of English exams! I think it takes less work for the GCSE WJEC english exams. I wouldn't be able to take having to do all that work the others had to do.
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(Original post by TimesChanging)
No its not that. Is the fact that you have to pay for the markschemes.
ARGH don't worry I've expressed my anger to them.
No its not that. Is the fact that you have to pay for the markschemes.
ARGH don't worry I've expressed my anger to them.
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for WJEC your teachers will have the mark schemes, just get them to e-mail them to you.
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WJEC gave me an A* for A-level English Lit. I personally think they're rather nice people.
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#11
It depends on the subjects whether they're good or not. They're good for English and for foreign languages, in my opinion, but some papers seem a lot more difficult with WJEC. Biology seems easier on other exam boards. =(
I don't think it's fair that the concept of different exam boards exists anyway.
I don't think it's fair that the concept of different exam boards exists anyway.
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(Original post by planetconwy1)
Just looked a some of my friends Bio and Chem past papers for OCR. They are sooooo much easier than my WJEC ones!!!!
Its not only the way they ask the questions it also seems to be the level of detail that is required. It does not seem fair if you ask me!
Has anyone else noticed this?
Just looked a some of my friends Bio and Chem past papers for OCR. They are sooooo much easier than my WJEC ones!!!!
Its not only the way they ask the questions it also seems to be the level of detail that is required. It does not seem fair if you ask me!
Has anyone else noticed this?
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#13
it is very annoying the fact you have to pay for the mark schemes as i do physics it is hard to find similar exam boards with similar questions
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#16
(Original post by The Cello Ninja)
I do WJEC Geography (A-level) , there is soooo much to learn!
I do WJEC Geography (A-level) , there is soooo much to learn!
what topics do you do for G3?
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#18
(Original post by The Cello Ninja)
Coastal Landforms and India. How about you??
Coastal Landforms and India. How about you??
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WJEC is an excellent exam board, or at least, it was when I took my GCSEs and A-Levels.
They were the only exam board not to provide formulae sheets, which in many cases for sciences, counts for a good number of marks. A friend of mine went for an interview and was asked to solve a couple of problems, and the interviewer was amazed when he knew how to solve the problems without asking for a particular formula or equation.
The only problem I had with them was at A-Level, when I was taking Computing. WJEC had Teletext in the specification named as a "modern technology"... this was 2009. Teletext hasn't been a modern technology for a decade, but we still had to cover 3 hours' worth of learning on the subject. It was similar through the spec :/
They were the only exam board not to provide formulae sheets, which in many cases for sciences, counts for a good number of marks. A friend of mine went for an interview and was asked to solve a couple of problems, and the interviewer was amazed when he knew how to solve the problems without asking for a particular formula or equation.
The only problem I had with them was at A-Level, when I was taking Computing. WJEC had Teletext in the specification named as a "modern technology"... this was 2009. Teletext hasn't been a modern technology for a decade, but we still had to cover 3 hours' worth of learning on the subject. It was similar through the spec :/
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#20
(Original post by RoxySoph)
Climatic Hazards and China. You taking the exam on the 25th? Im already scared about it haha.
Climatic Hazards and China. You taking the exam on the 25th? Im already scared about it haha.
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