GCSE Religious Studies Paper 1

harvey7

What are your thoughts on this exam? Discuss below!

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Reply 1

jazzyman123

Went good for me but gutted not to have completely finished the 12 markers on the Islam paper

Reply 2

username2899906

I did Edexcel Short Course and found it very good. The topics I wanted came up. The hardest question was probably the first one due to not really knowing what they wanted :smile:

Reply 3

Lokum

(WJEC EDUQAS) Not too bad honestly but it'll be a miracle if i get my predicted grade of an 8, more likely i'll get my minimum grade of a 4.

Reply 4

SilverLipa

Aqa Christianity & Islam
Not horrendous but felt like it could have been better. The questions were too vague for my likings

Reply 5

imogendale

i did christianity and judaism, man the baptism question at the end of christianity was terrible !

Reply 6

jazzyman123

Original post by SilverLipa

Aqa Christianity & Islam
Not horrendous but felt like it could have been better. The questions were too vague for my likings

100% agree

Reply 7

imogendale

did anyone do aqa judaism as part of theirs?

Reply 8

bw13-smo

The natural causes one??

Reply 9

bw13-smo

Original post by Goldfish4343

I did Edexcel Short Course and found it very good. The topics I wanted came up. The hardest question was probably the first one due to not really knowing what they wanted :smile:

Which question??the natural causes?

Reply 10

crecookiesx

UPSET i found it hard

Reply 11

tanaeo

i did aqa christianity and islam, i hated the question about jummah and the one about the qur’an

Reply 12

SleepyBeans

I don't believe I did terribly, but the questions were utterly horrible.

So vague and ugh!
The five markers were especially bothersome, for the life of me, I could not find any reference for some of them!
And some of the questions could be interpreted in so many ways, I don't even know why AQA asked them!

And I couldn't answer one of them, but that was my own fault, tbh...

I probably lost about 15 marks...

Hopefully, thematic studies will go better!

Reply 13

MattS123

Anyone do OCR Christianity and Islam - thought it was hard but felt I did okay

Reply 14

harvey7

Same! I struggled to use quotes throughout but did refer to teachings/stories.

Original post by tanaeo

i did aqa christianity and islam, i hated the question about jummah and the one about the qur’an

Reply 15

LuiellePenguin9

I did AQA Studies B and I found the last section pretty good (eschatology), especially the 12 mark question about euthanasia

Didn't know what the magnificat was so that's 4 marks gone already, and didn't know how scientific views and genesis were similar so that's probably another 6 marks gone

I'll be happy with anything higher than a 4/5 :smile:

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