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which exam board is most similar to OCR A Level maths for past papers?

not sure which past papers i should be using in addition to the ocr a ones, i don't want to finish them too early before exams
is OCR MEI the same in terms of spec and difficulty? also i feel like edexcel is a bit easier than ocr but not sure
im in year 13 by the way

Reply 1

I think it’s worthwhile pointing out that when using past papers, they are not “used up” when you have done them. You should redo them, blind, until you can get >85% on a blind run through. Certainly leave a gap of a day or two between redoing, say, January 2021 for the third time but that is certainly what you should do. Also, read all the ways of doing questions from the mark scheme and read the examiners reports.

BTW, in my opinion MEI is harder than the ordinary a level but the difference has lessened since the last re vamp
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Reply 2

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by Nat4695
not sure which past papers i should be using in addition to the ocr a ones, i don't want to finish them too early before exams
is OCR MEI the same in terms of spec and difficulty? also i feel like edexcel is a bit easier than ocr but not sure
im in year 13 by the way
OCR MEI, OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC and CCEA all have the same topics in A-Level but arranged in different papers for different examboards. So, use them all!!! 😉 lol

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by thegeek888
OCR MEI, OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC and CCEA all have the same topics in A-Level but arranged in different papers for different examboards. So, use them all!!! 😉 lol

That is not helpful as the style is very different. MEI is not a sensible option at all.

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