I'd say for PHYA5D grade boundaries will be the same as last years +/- 2 marks? the 6 markers for turning points was a bit awkward imo, and some of the questions in the nuclear paper
Last year's paper was insanely simple. Close to the easiest they've ever made I think. This was quite a bit harder, with some of the worded questions.
Really? Last years paper was disgusting for me. I made a few silly mistakes in this paper but i still think i confortably got an A*. However if I had to sit last years paper I'd get like a B.
But tbf i was very fortunate for this one. I had no idea how to derieve the equation for specific charge that we'd need in the exam. I only knew how to find specific charge when given velocity and voltage.
So i ended up memorising it like 3 mins before I had to enter the exam hall. That would've been 4 marks wasted lol. A lot of the questions I only found out to answer yesterday.
Also, grade boundaries will vary depending on what optional units you did.
For people who did turning points, the question where we had to prove something= 5.1*10^-5 for 3 marks genuinely took me like 15 mins. 90% of that was spent by me wondering why I kept getting electron speeds faster than the speed of light and thinking AQA wtf.
I'm a bit annoyed how it was only 3 marks with all that effort I put in to get the right answer
Really? Last years paper was disgusting for me. I made a few silly mistakes in this paper but i still think i confortably got an A*. However if I had to sit last years paper I'd get like a B.
But tbf i was very fortunate for this one. I had no idea how to derieve the equation for specific charge that we'd need in the exam. I only knew how to find specific charge when given velocity and voltage.
So i ended up memorising it like 3 mins before I had to enter the exam hall. That would've been 4 marks wasted lol. A lot of the questions I only found out to answer yesterday.
Also, grade boundaries will vary depending on what optional units you did.
For people who did turning points, the question where we had to prove something= 5.1*10^-5 for 3 marks genuinely took me like 15 mins. 90% of that was spent by me wondering why I kept getting electron speeds faster than the speed of light and thinking AQA wtf.
I'm a bit annoyed how it was only 3 marks with all that effort I put in to get the right answer
Well that's based on nuclear/thermal only, never had a look at the turning points but since it's the lower mark of the two I don't think it affects the overall boundary too much. Wasn't it 4 marks for the special relativity question? Definitely took longer than 4 minutes!
Well that's based on nuclear/thermal only, never had a look at the turning points but since it's the lower mark of the two I don't think it affects the overall boundary too much. Wasn't it 4 marks for the special relativity question? Definitely took longer than 4 minutes!
Idk i remember seeing 3. I'll be glad if it was 4. All i know for sure is it took me ages.
From what I've seen, turning points usually has lower grade boundaries than the other options. Only by about 1 or 2 marks max though.