Hardest Science GCSE?

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Pro Gamer 2003

Did my GCSEs this year got a 77 in combined science

Easiest to hardest: Physics, Chemistry, Biology

for me is biology.
I got 192/100 in chem, 189/200 in physics, 153/200 in bio ;(. I'm gonna get a remark tho ( I only need 4 more marks for a 9)

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riekeleah

Maths (easiest), chemistry, biology, physics (hardest)
I love maths and have always been pretty good at it, but I hated physics and nothing ever made sense. I could sit there and do the calculations, learn the equations, and get a good grade but never knew what anything I was doing really meant.

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jduxie4414

Original post by Rae5

Omg same and everyone thinks I’m petty for being upset with myself for Chemistry grade, but Chemistry was the only ever subject I got 9s in the mock (all of the chemistry mocks I did I got a 9 which never happened in any other subjects )

Exactly! I got 9s in Chem and physics all year, with 8s in bio at the beginning, but then i started getting 999 and it’s just so annoying because I know I’m capable of it but chemistry paper 1 just didn’t go very well for me :frown:

Reply 24

everything73

Original post by jduxie4414

Yes!!! Preach omg I messed up paper 1 which then made me over anxious for paper 2 ! Nevertheless I’m taking Chemistry for a level lol

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jduxie4414

Original post by Rae5

Yes!!! Preach omg I messed up paper 1 which then made me over anxious for paper 2 ! Nevertheless I’m taking Chemistry for a level lol

Good luck! I was taking physics but apparently I need FM to get into uni :frown:

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everything73

Original post by jduxie4414

Good luck! I was taking physics but apparently I need FM to get into uni :frown:

Yeah I’m also taking physics, a lot of unis don’t need FM have you looked into them ones?

Reply 27

jduxie4414

Original post by Rae5

Yeah I’m also taking physics, a lot of unis don’t need FM have you looked into them ones?

Well I was gonna have a stab at Oxford and because the course I want to do there is theoretical with a lot of maths to explain things they prefer FM, like 2 people in the last 4 years got in without it :frown:

I’ll try other unis though thanks for your help x

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Elsmok

100% chemistry the hardest by a mile

Reply 29

snazzy viking

Original post by Elsmok

100% chemistry the hardest by a mile

I agree

I did AQA and apart from maybe C1, C2 and C9, all the topics frustrated me so much. So many little details on the chemical analysis topic for example with having to know the colours of flames, precipitate colours, and the methodology of the practicals

Don't even get me started on some of the maths and practical questions on the chemistry papers (especially paper 1 - my ultimate downfall)

Biology was somewhat hard due to the harshest mark schemes but I was lucky that the topics I revised the most came up. Yet for Chem my worst ones came up.

The magnetism topic in Physics was hellish but I managed to finally learn things like the motor effect the night before the exam, only for things like microphones (or whatever it was) to come up, which I skimmed past while revising. Physics is fine if you learn the concepts and watch freesciencelessons, otherwise it'll be your worst nightmare

But yeah Chemistry was the hardest for me for sure

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dznnyyk

Easiest was Biology. Hardest was Physics.

Got an 8 in all three, however!

Physics chem bio

For me, their are all the same. They are hard (and easy) in their own ways.

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ResidentSH

Got A*s in Biology and Physics and an A in Chem, so I guess Chemistry was my hardest. Honestly much of science at GCSE level is just remembering stuff. I quit Physics on the first day of A-level though since it was incredibly maths based and I wasn't in the mood for it

Reply 34

ArabLlama

Easiest - Physics
Also ‘easy’ but harder than physics: Chemistry
Hardest but not ‘hard’ - Biology

Reply 35

snazzy viking

Original post by dxnnyk

Easiest was Biology. Hardest was Physics.

Got an 8 in all three, however!

congrats ! are you doing any for A-level ?

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jduxie4414

Original post by bingbangbong11

for me is biology.
I got 192/100 in chem, 189/200 in physics, 153/200 in bio ;(. I'm gonna get a remark tho ( I only need 4 more marks for a 9)

192, wowww I’ve been getting 9s but never that high Jesus Christ 😂

Reply 37

AHB54321

Original post by snazzy viking

This is so true, it’s unreal! Physics Paper 2 about Magnetism and Waves and Space is soooo hard and difficult to process! I liked Chemistry but it takes such a long time to get through C4 understanding all those methods! Biology Paper 1 is great but AQA are SOOOOO harsh with their marksheme and Paper 2 is quite difficult

Reply 38

dznnyyk

Original post by snazzy viking

congrats ! are you doing any for A-level ?

Thanks! I'm doing Biology, Chemistry and Psychology.

What subjects did you take?

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Elsmok

Original post by snazzy viking

Biology was somewhat hard due to the harshest mark schemes

couldn't be more true. dont revise biology topics, revise biology past mark schemes to know what words are accepted and what arent even if they mean the same thing