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Scared I'll be marked down for this in my A-Level exams

So when doing my exams (i take sociology, psychology and business) I tend to write like a plan down the side of my page (not going across the borders btw i mean ON the exam paper down the side).

Whilst i do draw a box around my plan and tick it off or scribble it out maybe once i've written that certain point, sometimes i might've forgotten to cross thru it or box it.

I'm really scared i'll be marked down for this as even though it is only my plan i don't want the examiner to mark it/ consider it as part of my work! I'm really scared this will affect my performance, will examiners dismiss my boxed plan or not? Please let me know what will likely happen as i'm stressing out about this so much
(edited 10 months ago)

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Dont worry! Examiners love plans and they only look at everything else after they looked at your primary answer on the lines so its not something to worry about. I scribbled all over my exam papers dw about it

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