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There have been numerous reports that the 2nd paper for AQA A-level Chemistry had been leaked ahead of time. In response to this AQA have released the following statement:
“We’re very disappointed to hear that some students may have seen our A-level Chemistry paper 2 before the exam. Our exams integrity team is investigating and will take any action necessary, including working with the police.
“We realise students might be concerned, but we’d like to reassure them that there are lots of things we can do to make sure no-one has an unfair advantage - which could include monitoring for any students with suspicious performance on this paper.”
I thought this would be worthwhile creating a new thread on just so students who are concerned about the events today could see AQA's comments above.
If there are any new developments on this we will update this thread.
EH
There have been numerous reports that the 2nd paper for AQA A-level Chemistry had been leaked ahead of time. In response to this AQA have released the following statement:
“We’re very disappointed to hear that some students may have seen our A-level Chemistry paper 2 before the exam. Our exams integrity team is investigating and will take any action necessary, including working with the police.
“We realise students might be concerned, but we’d like to reassure them that there are lots of things we can do to make sure no-one has an unfair advantage - which could include monitoring for any students with suspicious performance on this paper.”
I thought this would be worthwhile creating a new thread on just so students who are concerned about the events today could see AQA's comments above.
If there are any new developments on this we will update this thread.
EH
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I'm a little concerned about "monitoring for any students with suspicious performance on this paper" because this paper went MUCH better than my paper 1 and I don't reckon I'm gonna have a performance that good on my paper 3 either which is going to make me look a little strange. Anyone else feeling similar?
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(Original post by Evil Homer)
which could include monitoring for any students with suspicious performance on this paper.”
which could include monitoring for any students with suspicious performance on this paper.”
Genuinely so frustrated for you AQA ppl (I do edexcel) Hopefully they'll come up with a reasonable solution, i dont get why they didnt use their contingency paper if ppl told them in advance it had been leaked.
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When you think about it, its not even really possible for resits to happen. They would have to create an entire new paper in this short time which corresponds to the advance info, AND the main thing is printing all those papers out usually occurs way before the actual exam (according to one of my teachers) since theres soooo many to print out. It will be very difficult to print out a new paper in time for the contingency day which is 29th June (9 days), and they cant set the exam after that since people will be going on holiday etc
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I'm a little concerned about "monitoring for any students with suspicious performance on this paper" because this paper went MUCH better than my paper 1 and I don't reckon I'm gonna have a performance that good on my paper 3 either which is going to make me look a little strange. Anyone else feeling similar?
I'm a little concerned about "monitoring for any students with suspicious performance on this paper" because this paper went MUCH better than my paper 1 and I don't reckon I'm gonna have a performance that good on my paper 3 either which is going to make me look a little strange. Anyone else feeling similar?
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Im sorry but if thats their solution thats ridiculous, what does that even mean?! I know that would make me panic so much + kinda anxious , even to the point of making my paper 3 answers 'less like the markscheme' eg waffling more, rather then having the specific marking point ive learned from doing past papers, which is ofc silly.
Genuinely so frustrated for you AQA ppl (I do edexcel) Hopefully they'll come up with a reasonable solution, i dont get why they didnt use their contingency paper if ppl told them in advance it had been leaked.
Im sorry but if thats their solution thats ridiculous, what does that even mean?! I know that would make me panic so much + kinda anxious , even to the point of making my paper 3 answers 'less like the markscheme' eg waffling more, rather then having the specific marking point ive learned from doing past papers, which is ofc silly.
Genuinely so frustrated for you AQA ppl (I do edexcel) Hopefully they'll come up with a reasonable solution, i dont get why they didnt use their contingency paper if ppl told them in advance it had been leaked.
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I’m an Edexcel student myself, but I’m nonetheless appalled at the fact this has even happened.
To those of you who sat the exam without cheating, you have everything to be proud of. You’ve worked exceptionally hard and I damn well hope you get the high grades you deserve. Congratulations.
Remember paper 3 is still a great opportunity for you guys to excel further and you shouldn’t be put off whatsoever by the cheating on paper 2.
In the meantime, I recommend taking a little while to relax and distract yourselves with something non-study related. You’ve earned yourselves a break.
I wish all of you the best of luck for your remaining exams and hope you continue to keep up the good work.
To those who did not do the decent thing and sit the exam without cheating, I cannot think of any words that suitably convey the magnitude of your stupidity.
To those of you who sat the exam without cheating, you have everything to be proud of. You’ve worked exceptionally hard and I damn well hope you get the high grades you deserve. Congratulations.
Remember paper 3 is still a great opportunity for you guys to excel further and you shouldn’t be put off whatsoever by the cheating on paper 2.
In the meantime, I recommend taking a little while to relax and distract yourselves with something non-study related. You’ve earned yourselves a break.
I wish all of you the best of luck for your remaining exams and hope you continue to keep up the good work.
To those who did not do the decent thing and sit the exam without cheating, I cannot think of any words that suitably convey the magnitude of your stupidity.
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I'm a little concerned about "monitoring for any students with suspicious performance on this paper" because this paper went MUCH better than my paper 1 and I don't reckon I'm gonna have a performance that good on my paper 3 either which is going to make me look a little strange. Anyone else feeling similar?
I'm a little concerned about "monitoring for any students with suspicious performance on this paper" because this paper went MUCH better than my paper 1 and I don't reckon I'm gonna have a performance that good on my paper 3 either which is going to make me look a little strange. Anyone else feeling similar?
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Has paper 3 also been leaked 😕
Has paper 3 also been leaked 😕
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I advise that if it has, NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING on this discussion.
I advise that if it has, NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING on this discussion.
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I seriously dont get what’s happening this year with leaked papers. I swear maths got leaked aswell right?
I seriously dont get what’s happening this year with leaked papers. I swear maths got leaked aswell right?
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I dont think checking 'suspicious performance' is gonna help cause the paper was quite a bit easier than the first one
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A little strange will be okay, I also prefer paper 2 and it definitely went much better than paper 1, if you went from 30 marks to 90 they would investigate but the investigation would obviously show that we didn’t cheat
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A little strange will be okay, I also prefer paper 2 and it definitely went much better than paper 1, if you went from 30 marks to 90 they would investigate but the investigation would obviously show that we didn’t cheat
A little strange will be okay, I also prefer paper 2 and it definitely went much better than paper 1, if you went from 30 marks to 90 they would investigate but the investigation would obviously show that we didn’t cheat
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Have you not got a levels to revise for not poking your nose in others business
Have you not got a levels to revise for not poking your nose in others business
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