Edexcel GCSE Maths June 2019 - GRADE 9 STUDENTS!

Moved to the GCSE section

I sat the three papers this year too, but I'm definitely not a Grade 9 student haha!

What grade are you aiming for? Is it just me or was paper 3 just so tragic lmao

I'd LOVE an 8 or 9, but I think a 7 for me is more likely.

Oh lawd. That was a disaster.

I’m sure you’re going to do really well, good luck next week

I was doing so well until paper 3 came along haha

I thought the papers were ok, I finished paper 3 but had less time than I usually would at the end and probably made a couple mistakes. I think the grade boundaries will go down this year considering these papers were harder than last years

What grade are you aiming for? Is it just me or was paper 3 just so tragic lmao

Got a grade 8 in mocks, personally these exams were slightly harder than last years, did Alright on paper 1 and 2 but really screwed up on paper 3

for me paper 1 was tragic, mainly because I struggle working it out myself, with a calculator the methods can be done instantly, and a lot of calculator paper topics are easier imo than paper 1 cause its quite formulated. Paper 1 had me stressed, I got 30 marks that i *knew* i had, hopefully picked a few extras from working out so uhh 35 estimate for paper 1.

Paper 2 comes along and it got me so excited, easiest maths paper I've ever sat. It had a BUNCH of the good topics, i was even able to answer the questions right at the back.

Now I went into year 11 physically scraping a 4. Our teaching for year 10 was horrendous we learnt basically nothing, it was so bad that the deputy head took over our class for year 11 and I gradually improved and my target is an 8. I won't achieve that, I lost too much time from inadequate teaching in year 10. My own personal target was a 6. I need it for computer science.

So despite the disaster for me that was paper 1, I was estimating a good 60 marks for paper 2 taking out silly mistakes I may have made. That's 90 marks. Don't need much more for a 6 if the grade boundaries don't change much.

Paper 3 comes along and the first half of the paper was nice, second half a bit of tragedy, ones with the trapezium and odd shapes and the ummm surface area volume of the paints or whatever? I did get them wrong stupidly at the start of the paper. Especially at the back I couldn't make too many educated guesses. I had done gradient of a tangent to a circle SO many times, but that question at the back had me stumped. The weird bearings at the back? Neither that. Histograms? Made a start but eventually, I couldn't finish it. In truth I can't remember most of Paper 3 apart from maybe 5 or 6 questions. All I remember is coming out of that exam thinking I'd done maybe a bit above my personal average and it was an ok test until the end.

In light of this, I think the boundaries might go up for 7 8 and 9 grades. I don't think grade 6 5 and 4 will change much so im highly highly confident i've got the 6. Due to paper 1's tragedy and the meh that was paper 3 I think i'll fall just short of the 7 which is a shame because aside from maths im straight 7 8 9.

I'm predicted a 9- found paper 1 and 2 relatively good and paper 3 meh

I personally really liked the papers except paper 3 that one was a devil. I think if I had more time then I could’ve answered the unsolvable questions