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I'm a Year 12 student and I was wondering if anyone has any tips regarding how to prepare?
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#2
I did it last year, but I didn’t do well, so I’m probably not the best person to help. I would say do some wider reading on things chemistry-related so you recognise some of the substances etc. This probably isn’t necessary but it will give you more confidence when attempting the questions which are in a different style.
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(Original post by Dancer2001)
I did it last year, but I didn’t do well, so I’m probably not the best person to help. I would say do some wider reading on things chemistry-related so you recognise some of the substances etc. This probably isn’t necessary but it will give you more confidence when attempting the questions which are in a different style.
I did it last year, but I didn’t do well, so I’m probably not the best person to help. I would say do some wider reading on things chemistry-related so you recognise some of the substances etc. This probably isn’t necessary but it will give you more confidence when attempting the questions which are in a different style.
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I'm in year 12 too and what I have done to revise is gone through a 600 Page A-Level textbook from 2000 where it encompasses more subject knowledge than you would even need for the current Chemistry A Level, and now I've just begun doing past papers. Unfortunately I am doing it on Monday so I only have 4 more days though...
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(Original post by Lh9)
Was it a nice paper?
Was it a nice paper?
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#8
(Original post by ahmet_fd)
can you pls message me the questions I really need help
can you pls message me the questions I really need help
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#9
(Original post by JHK101)
No one should do that as not everyone has sat the paper yet.
No one should do that as not everyone has sat the paper yet.
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#10
Please don't spread answers before everyone has sat the paper. You're just disadvantaging yourself by upping the grade boundaries.
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#11
How did everyone find it? Personally I thought it was a bit easier than other years
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#12
I thought it was about the same standard as previous years but obviously more time pressured as there were more marks in total. I think it'll stay about 40 for the gold though tbh
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#13
(Original post by alannah66)
I thought it was about the same standard as previous years but obviously more time pressured as there were more marks in total. I think it'll stay about 40 for the gold though tbh
I thought it was about the same standard as previous years but obviously more time pressured as there were more marks in total. I think it'll stay about 40 for the gold though tbh
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#14
I think the last day that the paper can be sat is tomorrow (30th January) so probably wait until the weekend to discuss it. I did it today. I think the boundaries will definitely be higher than last year, but not by a huge margin.
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(Original post by Chrissiejames)
Do you know when we get the results?
Do you know when we get the results?
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#19
That question was quite dreadful toward the end, and I was surprised that there would be a 6th question.
(Original post by -_Harry_-)
Didn’t even realise there was a question 6 -_-
Didn’t even realise there was a question 6 -_-
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#20
The organic in the last question was significantly harder than most of the pre-2018 past papers. It's probably on a similar level to last year's, given how there were lots of unfamiliar reagents and a very long synthesis without many hints in the middle. I'd expect a very small proportion of candidates to have got that right.
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