Info regarding EPQ's
I have 4 questions regarding EPQ
Q1) How would you apply to do it?
Q2) what's the main concept of an EPQ
Q3) I hear many people drop EPQ's and would like to know why
Q4) has it actually helped anyone for uni (lower entry requirements)
Q1) How would you apply to do it?
Q2) what's the main concept of an EPQ
Q3) I hear many people drop EPQ's and would like to know why
Q4) has it actually helped anyone for uni (lower entry requirements)
Reply 1
Original post
by Fahad_CompSciI have 4 questions regarding EPQ
Q1) How would you apply to do it?
Q2) what's the main concept of an EPQ
Q3) I hear many people drop EPQ's and would like to know why
Q4) has it actually helped anyone for uni (lower entry requirements)
Q1) How would you apply to do it?
Q2) what's the main concept of an EPQ
Q3) I hear many people drop EPQ's and would like to know why
Q4) has it actually helped anyone for uni (lower entry requirements)
Heyy, I am yr 12 so I don't have the experience and all, but from what our school has said soo far...
Q1 ] About applying, not fully sure, but igg u could talk to a member of staff.
Q2] main concepts and any thing actually, but it can't be anything that you are learning now or during ur a levels ( example, not something in ur specification )
Q3] EPQ is basically self done and the support you get is limited+ you have to do all of this while doing ur A level stuffs, and some people fine it hard to manage all the subject and EPQ together soo many drop before summer.
Q4] Yes, it has helped.... a person from my sixth form had to get like AAB...or A*AB......and the uni made adjustment and made it to ABC after knowing that he/she did and EPQ and got a good grade in it.
Reply 2
hey! in year 13, did an epq in y12 and got an a* :-)
1) the first thing to do would be to ask a member of staff is the epq is an option. if it is, then u probably have the option to take it.
2) an epq is basically a long piece of writing you make to answer a question of your choice. for example, my question was "to what extent should comic books be considered as literature?" keeping your question both open enough to research two sides of an argument is important, as well as keeping it closed enough so that you dont have too much material to cover. you spend the next few months carrying out research, taking notes from each piece of research, and using that research to make a conclusion about your question. i feel like a member of staff would be a lot better at explaining it than me, so take what i tell u with a grain of salt.
3) its a lot of work, especially if the question you choose is not a topic youre passionate about. this would make it really hard to stay motivated enough to put in work throughout the months you have, and it could even be too much work for you to handle, based on the other subjects you do. some people also may not enjoy academic writing in general, and thats a perfectly reasonable reason to drop it.
4) it depends on the uni! usually, if you have taken an epq, the uni would give you the option to lower one grade of your offer by one grade (e.g. an a*aa to an aaa or an a*ab). some unis also require that you get above a certain grade, e.g. an a, in ur epq to allow ur offer to be reduced. this entirely depends on the uni. look through their conditional offers guide and look for any mention of the epq!
hope this helps! good luck out there!
1) the first thing to do would be to ask a member of staff is the epq is an option. if it is, then u probably have the option to take it.
2) an epq is basically a long piece of writing you make to answer a question of your choice. for example, my question was "to what extent should comic books be considered as literature?" keeping your question both open enough to research two sides of an argument is important, as well as keeping it closed enough so that you dont have too much material to cover. you spend the next few months carrying out research, taking notes from each piece of research, and using that research to make a conclusion about your question. i feel like a member of staff would be a lot better at explaining it than me, so take what i tell u with a grain of salt.
3) its a lot of work, especially if the question you choose is not a topic youre passionate about. this would make it really hard to stay motivated enough to put in work throughout the months you have, and it could even be too much work for you to handle, based on the other subjects you do. some people also may not enjoy academic writing in general, and thats a perfectly reasonable reason to drop it.
4) it depends on the uni! usually, if you have taken an epq, the uni would give you the option to lower one grade of your offer by one grade (e.g. an a*aa to an aaa or an a*ab). some unis also require that you get above a certain grade, e.g. an a, in ur epq to allow ur offer to be reduced. this entirely depends on the uni. look through their conditional offers guide and look for any mention of the epq!
hope this helps! good luck out there!
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