2024 edexcel maths exams - so hard

Original post by ctrlm.

am i just bad at maths or are these 2024 edexcel maths papers really hard recently?? i revise off of past papers and they’re manageable but these actual maths gcse exams have been horrid for me.

Righttt and idk if its just me but i was caught so off guard by there not being one markers such as adding powers and fractional powers

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OP

Original post by stellars.

It's how exams work unfortunately, as the years go on, the papers get harder. Especially with the COVID shbang, it meant they had to lower the grade boundaries, and have chosen to raise them this year, as we are the first year that wasn't badly affected by it. Luckily we've ended up with an equation sheet for maths and physics though.

surely if people are finding the papers hard this year the grade boundaries will be low?

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Original post by Yasmeeen

Righttt and idk if its just me but i was caught so off guard by there not being one markers such as adding powers and fractional powers

ur righttt im honestly so scared for what my final grades gonna be

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Muttley79

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Original post by ctrlm.

surely if people are finding the papers hard this year the grade boundaries will be low?

Yes you are right - they aim to keep the proportion of grade 7+ and grade 4+ in line with 2019.

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Original post by Muttley79

Yes you are right - they aim to keep the proportion of grade 7+ and grade 4+ in line with 2019.

just checked the grade boundaries for that year and they actually seem pretty doable so thank you! this has given me hope

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Yasmeeen

Original post by ctrlm.

ur righttt im honestly so scared for what my final grades gonna be

I was hoping to get an 8 but i dont even think im going to get a six. Im just hoping if everyone found it hard the grade boundaries will be lower.

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Original post by Yasmeeen

I was hoping to get an 8 but i dont even think im going to get a six. Im just hoping if everyone found it hard the grade boundaries will be lower.

this is so relatable but i’m sure you’ll get more than a 6 🫶 honestly i won’t even mind a 6 at this point it genuinely feels like im gonna get a 5

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Yasmeeen

Original post by ctrlm.

this is so relatable but i’m sure you’ll get more than a 6 🫶 honestly i won’t even mind a 6 at this point it genuinely feels like im gonna get a 5

Thanksss hopefully paper 3s a bit better than paper 1 and 2

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Jack07875533

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Original post by Yasmeeen

I was hoping to get an 8 but i dont even think im going to get a six. Im just hoping if everyone found it hard the grade boundaries will be lower.

My auntie (who’s a headteacher) says they’ve admitted they made it too hard and they’ll lower the grade boundaries

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User_09

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Original post by ctrlm.

am i just bad at maths or are these 2024 edexcel maths papers really hard recently?? i revise off of past papers and they’re manageable but these actual maths gcse exams have been horrid for me.

yh it was the same for me last year when i did my maths GCSE and i wasnt expecting the grade boundaries to be soo high. they were the highest theyve ever been in 2023, so i expect this years grade boundaries might be similar to 2023 and 2019 since COVIDs over, but i have a feeling paper 3 might be the easiest since last year we had two rlly hard papers and one decent one.

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Original post by User_09

yh it was the same for me last year when i did my maths GCSE and i wasnt expecting the grade boundaries to be soo high. they were the highest theyve ever been in 2023, so i expect this years grade boundaries might be similar to 2023 and 2019 since COVIDs over, but i have a feeling paper 3 might be the easiest since last year we had two rlly hard papers and one decent one.

i’m prayinggg it’s like 2019’s i just checked and they look reasonable honestly
paper 3 better be a good paper otherwise im actually finished
good luck on paper 3!
also how did your history paper yesterday go?

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User_09

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Original post by ctrlm.

i’m prayinggg it’s like 2019’s i just checked and they look reasonable honestly
paper 3 better be a good paper otherwise im actually finished
good luck on paper 3!
also how did your history paper yesterday go?

cold war was good but i didnt like the narrative that much, Henry VIII was great! wbu???

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Lizzybee07

Original post by ctrlm.

am i just bad at maths or are these 2024 edexcel maths papers really hard recently?? i revise off of past papers and they’re manageable but these actual maths gcse exams have been horrid for me.

NAH FR i went home absolutely sobbing both exams tbh tho looked at the grade boundaries last year and usually if it’s a harder paper they will be lower than that so praying it is🙏🙏

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Original post by Lizzybee07

NAH FR i went home absolutely sobbing both exams tbh tho looked at the grade boundaries last year and usually if it’s a harder paper they will be lower than that so praying it is🙏🙏

apparently it’s going to be similar to 2019 grade boundaries but idk but yea i’m absolutely bricking it for tmr im so cooked😭 i need basically 100% to scrape a 7

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Original post by User_09

cold war was good but i didnt like the narrative that much, Henry VIII was great! wbu???

sorry for the late reply but it also was really good for me too which was insane bc i literally crammed the day before
i was really lucky with the narrative since that was the last thing i looked at before i left for the exam!
good luck on all ur upcoming exams!

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