The Physics PHYA2 thread! 5th June 2013

I've always known you can but never actually done it...don't know why I might from now on, especially in biology tomorrow

just did jan 2013 S: i screwd up the end and the young modulus question... 56/70 :'(

For me? LOL! Thanks for asking. Currently, I am revising ICT for tomorrow and helping people on this thread. I did really well with my mathematics exam but the mechanics did not went well. Unit 1 this year was an absolute a gift. But, the grade boundaries will be higher of course. So, This must be year 13 for you right? If yes, which university are you looking towards to go and which course? I would want to do aeronautical engineering if I get the grades. The requirements are AAA-AAB. :P

Ah nice! I did ICT, but hated it at a level and dropped it at AS :') I sucked, got an E in the first exam, got a well higher grade when I resat it but that was still a C as the grade boundaries were ridiculously high, did well in the coursework though aha.

Yeah year 13, hopefully going to Salford to do Physics they want 320 points for the Masters course, with at least a B in maths and physics. And I can decide to do the bachelors later if I don't want to do the last year

Tbh I probably could've applied for places like Manchester, but they just didnt feel like places I wanted to go, even if I could get taught by Brian Cox aha.

Maths is going well for me, I did both M1 and M2. Tbh I've got nearly full marks in all the core ones, and high Bs in the two mechanics. Means I need a low E to get an A, but I'm gonna aim for an A*, not gonna be disappointed if it doesn't happen though.


Nice where you looking of going to?


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You actually did not do it because you did not wanted to take any risk. You might have thought, what if I lose marks for doing this. right?

Salford? I am going to apply to Manchester and Salford. How is M2 compared with M1? Because I am thinking of doing M2 next year.

How would one know when to use w=lambdaD/s and when to use dsintheta=nlambda when trying to find wavelengths in a slit diffraction experiment? I'm talking about the six mark prose questions?

Thanks

Nice ! Aw that'd be good

M2 is alright, can be a bit hard and you have to take a lot more things into account. I suppose the advantage of doing s1 or d1 is that they're AS exams. But M2 is just carrying on from M1 and there's not a lot else to learn really, just different techniques.

But really, if you're doing well in the core modules and M1, m2 won't really count for a lot, it's not as if it contributes to the A* or anything if you were aiming for that


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Thank you sooo much! I think I will choose M2 then. And it is another advantage for me with physics further mechanics at A2-level.

Yeah exactly I'd stick with M2 tbh S1 just looks eurgh with all the tables and I always hated that part of maths, and although D1 doesn't really seem like maths, the grade boundaries are always really really high aha


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Yeah exactly I'd stick with M2 tbh S1 just looks eurgh with all the tables and I always hated that part of maths, and although D1 doesn't really seem like maths, the grade boundaries are always really really high aha


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Which college do you go to? I go to parrs wood.

Does anybody know the conversions of 1mm^2 and 1cm^2 to 1m^2?

Apart from one person I know, everyone hates doing D1.... Aha :')

Just revising unit 2 atm with all my other exams being dead far away, although i am doing C4 right now aha

And sounds like a plan then !

And ah I went bowling there once Urmston Grammar


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Bowling? Wow cool! I am just next to that but never been to bowling. HAHA

Yeah aha, we had some vouchers for it or something :') this was a few years ago aha, I know they had a deal where you could play a third came for 1p aha :')


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Great! So, have you been to Trafford centre? (Random question haha).