OCR A-level Chemistry Autumn Exam H432 P 1,2,3 6/13/19 Oct 2020 - Exam Discussion

Original post by astroehoe

Yeh and it's like I can do the other stuff it's literally just the tangent that screws me over

yh I can work out half life no problem, and usually it's always first order, so I second hand guess that.
and I get error carried forwards but I lose like 2-3 marks

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How much AS content do you think will come up?

I'm secure on all the A level content but I've not practiced enough AS content (e.g. Hydrogen bonding changing properties of water etc.)

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Original post by infosectings

How much AS content do you think will come up?

I'm secure on all the A level content but I've not practiced enough AS content (e.g. Hydrogen bonding changing properties of water etc.)

I really have no clue. I'm hoping not too much lol coz I've literally had to teach myself the last few A level y13 topics so I haven't been focusing on y12 topics

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Original post by nadiarameh

this happens to me as well!! And i think i might be the only one saying this but i hate the MCQs! they always catch me outttt

Wait what are MCQs??? I'm getting stressed thinking I've missed spec points ahhhhh

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Original post by astroehoe

Wait what are MCQs??? I'm getting stressed thinking I've missed spec points ahhhhh

Multiple choice questions (the first 15? marks on the paper)

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Original post by infosectings

How much AS content do you think will come up?

I'm secure on all the A level content but I've not practiced enough AS content (e.g. Hydrogen bonding changing properties of water etc.)

I think roughly the same amount as the previous years, but honestly tho AS stuff is fine like there isnt much to go through

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Original post by KawaiiMuffinCake

I think roughly the same amount as the previous years, but honestly tho AS stuff is fine like there isnt much to go through

Ah fairs, I usually just end up giving bad explanations for periodicity etc. so I flop it which is why I'm worried.

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lunacentral1

Original post by kekedoyouloveme?

Same I love those, I'm also getting the hang of working out X for a salt

Like Na2s04.xh20 worked that out and honestly kind of like them (I'm a nerd I know) I hope they ask about the rate equations from a table that'll be really fab! no doubt they'd throw in a graph ;/ I kind of have a feeling *touch wood* it doesn't because even though I know the concept I don't want to do it if you get me.

I hope the Cell potential and drawing them bc that's decent and explaining which reactions are feasible and what not.

you will do great!! good luck :smile:

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Original post by infosectings

Ah fairs, I usually just end up giving bad explanations for periodicity etc. so I flop it which is why I'm worried.

me too i'm never able to actual get it correct and its always like quite a few 3 markers squished together so I end up loosing SO much. lol im sure we'll be okay tomorrow though

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Original post by KawaiiMuffinCake

me too i'm never able to actual get it correct and its always like quite a few 3 markers squished together so I end up loosing SO much. lol im sure we'll be okay tomorrow though

Hopefully yeah. The grade boundaries are usually like 90%/80% for A*/A so its literally 3 3 markers to go down an entire grade ://///

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Original post by infosectings

Multiple choice questions (the first 15? marks on the paper)

I lose my first ten marks in those ffs :woo:

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Original post by infosectings

Hopefully yeah. The grade boundaries are usually like 90%/80% for A*/A so its literally 3 3 markers to go down an entire grade ://///

literally omg. I don't think I could ever aim for an A* but getting A would be impossible if I lost those easy marks : ((((

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Original post by infosectings

Hopefully yeah. The grade boundaries are usually like 90%/80% for A*/A so its literally 3 3 markers to go down an entire grade ://///

;/ trust me... you can make a couple of mistakes and you're suddenly 2 marks of an A and you know you can do it.

I don't even understand why they're so high, it's not easy as pie surely? I mean the papers are decent, and I did Edexcel last year should have just stuck with Edexcel but I remember my teachers were all complaining about how OCR was so student friendly and better, and how I could have gotten and A or an A* if I had done OCR, now that I'm doing it I'm literally scraping the A's (78/100 when the grade boundary is 76 or getting one or two marks off ;/ )

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Original post by infosectings

Multiple choice questions (the first 15? marks on the paper)

ohhhhhhhhhh sorry my brain is broken. Yeh they're kinda mean like 1 mark for so much work wth

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Original post by KawaiiMuffinCake

literally omg. I don't think I could ever aim for an A* but getting A would be impossible if I lost those easy marks : ((((

Hopefully tomorrow, in exam conditions we'd be like this is the actual thing, I only ever timed myself once for the real papers and had 30 minutes to spare, I have a feeling I'd be pushed for time tomorrow but I hope not :frown:

Hopefully we'll all just read it carefully, I have yet to go over the spec but have been going through the textbook picking out random questions and am going over practical's.

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Original post by infosectings

Hopefully yeah. The grade boundaries are usually like 90%/80% for A*/A so its literally 3 3 markers to go down an entire grade ://///

It's so hard to get an A*. In my practise papers I'm just about getting an A. But As are 72% on paper 1 not 80%

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nadiarameh

Original post by astroehoe

Wait what are MCQs??? I'm getting stressed thinking I've missed spec points ahhhhh

the multiple choice questions omg i'm so sorry i didn't mean to stress you out!! :smile:

you know the 15 1 markers we have at the beginning

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Original post by nadiarameh

the multiple choice questions omg i'm so sorry i didn't mean to stress you out!! :smile:

you know the 15 1 markers we have at the beginning

haha dw my brain is just frazzled from all the revision

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