AQA CHEM5 A2 Chemistry - 19th June 2013

Guys for the last one I got ratio of 1:3 but I wrote 1:3 chloride to cobalt!!!
How many marks would I lose?!


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Probably none. As long as they see a 1:3 ratio they will give you the mark

Guys, my friend spoke to a chemistry teacher today and they think (the teacher) the molecule was:

[Co(NH3)6]Cl3



AQA... why?

Wow this exam was sooooooooo hard especially compared to previous years the last question was hard, the cobalt one was hard and so was the specific heat capacity one, and the silver one.

I think that i can say bye bye to my uni place. I hope that they lower the grade boundaries as I don't think I will get the grade I need.

This paper was very tricky no doubt, and not all the questions were accessible to all candidates. Let's take an example, the 2 marker on the y=mx+c, which is although seen as simple, is a maths derived question with Math students having an advantage over those who don't even study it at A level. I forgot all that stuff from GCSE but yes I understand it was an application based Q but still y=mx+c isn't exactly on the spec. Also at college, we were told derivation of delta G was not required.

Also the synoptic 5 marker was a bummer. The last question was difficult
and I haven't seen a Q like that before either - although some people found it ok.

A paper which is normally accessible to all candidates was turned upside down and its fair to say CHEM5 could have potentially caused a majority of us to slip up by a grade due to their inability to ask bloody straight forward Q's, so annoyed... Like the majority 😠


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I feel exactly the same. I don't wanna see my result coz I know I'm gonna get a B in chemistry! I need an A!!!!! I need a high B in the exam to get an A overall but even that seems impossible! I felt like crying after that exam


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I need an A but I KNOW I won't get it. They may lower the grade boundaries hopefully. Perhaps just wishful thinking. I wanted to cry and should have but bottled it up, not good. Are you going for uni this year? Good luck with your results

I feel exactly the same.

Nope not going uni, reapplying for medicine and now had planned to also resit this chem5 exam in a gap year.

And yourself?

Good luck to you too


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I am aiming for uni this year but have a feeling I won't make it

ahhh, Medicine I was going to do that but realised my grades were not that great. Well done for the perseverance, the admiration I have :P You must have taken bio and maths right?

Thanks, just got to wait another 18 days. How hard can it be

Just looking at the paper gives me a really bad feeling, like it's associated with bad memories or something. I thought that I'd done well just after the exam but looking back on it I left quite a few questions blank or badly answered...I've got my EMPA grade to worry about as well, but I've got a pretty big safety net so hopefully I'll get that A.

What did you think of the EMPA? Most people in my school found it extremely difficult.

What did you apply for and what's your offer? I hope you meet it.

I didn't do maths I did bio though



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I applied for a biochem degree AAA so really no chance of meeting it. What did you apply for and offer? What's your last subject?

You do have the grades for medicine well I didn't get in this year. Was hoping to take a gap year and reapply which seems like the only option now because my fifth choice gave an AAA offer as well lol

My third subject is Business Studies what do you do? How did you find the bio exam? If you did it


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