I didn't see a thread for this and thought some keen ones might appreciate somewhere to discuss prep/ questions
How has everyone been prepping? (if you're bothered at all haha). Personally I have not really done well in the past challenges due to not doing any preparation, so I've decided to actually try this time.
Instruction letter for 2018 (I think they've made it 100 marks in 2h 45min, so a bit more time pressure):
I didn't see a thread for this and thought some keen ones might appreciate somewhere to discuss prep/ questions
How has everyone been prepping? (if you're bothered at all haha). Personally I have not really done well in the past challenges due to not doing any preparation, so I've decided to actually try this time.
Instruction letter for 2018 (I think they've made it 100 marks in 2h 45min, so a bit more time pressure):
do you happen to have the answers to the 2017 paper? When they updated the website they got rid of the mark scheme and my teachers don't have the mark scheme either ( good luck!
do you happen to have the answers to the 2017 paper? When they updated the website they got rid of the mark scheme and my teachers don't have the mark scheme either ( good luck!
No sorry; it is a bit annoying that they removed it. Good luck to you too!
Idk, although I predict my teachers won't tell us until January - I don't have lessons next week and they're not organised enough to send emails about this lol
Edit I got Gold but not top 100 I think I'm a bit disappointed but not sad at all. I've been prepping for months and it has paid off (my physics teacher's words: 'first time anyone from our school has come so far' (since they started doing BPhO) - (my school is GREAT lmao) The email they sent also said they let 1000 Chinese ppl take part, idk what that's on about (i'm British-Chinese and I know actual Chinese ppl send their kids to camps and stuff for this, so it's hardly fair)
Edit I got Gold but not top 100 I think I'm a bit disappointed but not sad at all. I've been prepping for months and it has paid off (my physics teacher's words: 'first time anyone from our school has come so far' (since they started doing BPhO) - (my school is GREAT lmao) The email they sent also said they let 1000 Chinese ppl take part, idk what that's on about (i'm British-Chinese and I know actual Chinese ppl send their kids to camps and stuff for this, so it's hardly fair)
hey that’s awesome! it sucks you didn’t get to the next round though ):
So apparently I got into the top 100 and thus round 2, which was quite surprising given I never did any preparation for it. I'm not sure how much I'll prepare for the second round given BMO2 is only a few days before it.
So apparently I got into the top 100 and thus round 2, which was quite surprising given I never did any preparation for it. I'm not sure how much I'll prepare for the second round given BMO2 is only a few days before it.
I looked at the syllabus and I think it is quite vague. As if just everything in A Level and plus a few extra bits like relativity and boltzmann factor. I will be doing pastpaper from 2011 onwards cuz before that there are no answers lol
I’m just doing past papers! You should’ve been sent a syllabus too so go through that as well I suppose ) good luck!
I didn't know there was a set syllabus? I thought it was pretty much the A level syllabus. If it's on the internet somewhere would you mind sharing the link?
I didn't know there was a set syllabus? I thought it was pretty much the A level syllabus. If it's on the internet somewhere would you mind sharing the link?