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If you got an A* in AQA Physics A-Level, please reply!!

I have my first exam on the 24th, can anyone give me tips???!!! Revision tips, exam technique tips, anything!

Reply 1

same need a lot of tips

Reply 2

I'm doing OCR A, but Physics is Physics in the end, good luck 🙂

Reply 3

Original post by crazyhuman007
I'm doing OCR A, but Physics is Physics in the end, good luck 🙂

Have you done the a-level or are you doing it this year? x

Reply 4

Original post by 888ella
Have you done the a-level or are you doing it this year? x

Doing it this year like you

Reply 5

Original post by crazyhuman007
Doing it this year like you

ooo good luck! what's your revision method?

Reply 6

Original post by 888ella
ooo good luck! what's your revision method?

I did a couple past papers to find out my weak topics awhile ago, e.g. Electrical Circuits, Quantum. So now I'm doing lots of questions and watching videos to understand them and do better. Also, 6 marker questions, my average is 2-3/6 marks and I'm trying to improve on that. Watching practical videos I do sometimes, but mainly I analyse the markscheme and see what they want, safety is always there for example, and then I try to do 2 to 3 '6 markers a school-week.

Reply 7

Original post by crazyhuman007
I did a couple past papers to find out my weak topics awhile ago, e.g. Electrical Circuits, Quantum. So now I'm doing lots of questions and watching videos to understand them and do better. Also, 6 marker questions, my average is 2-3/6 marks and I'm trying to improve on that. Watching practical videos I do sometimes, but mainly I analyse the markscheme and see what they want, safety is always there for example, and then I try to do 2 to 3 '6 markers a school-week.

that's great, thank you! i've been trying to do similar but it's stressful

Reply 8

Original post by 888ella
that's great, thank you! i've been trying to do similar but it's stressful

ofc it is, Physics is such a pain, i'm going for an A not an A*, I feel like it's harder to go from high to higher than low to higher, for example: I think an A to an A* is harder then a C to a B yk?

Reply 9

Original post by crazyhuman007
ofc it is, Physics is such a pain, i'm going for an A not an A*, I feel like it's harder to go from high to higher than low to higher, for example: I think an A to an A* is harder then a C to a B yk?

yes I totally agree, I feel like for even higher there's so many mini details that are important especially with wording

Reply 10

Original post by 888ella
I have my first exam on the 24th, can anyone give me tips???!!! Revision tips, exam technique tips, anything!

seconding this! im in year 13 rn this will be v helpful

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