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I do A-Level OCR B chemistry and I literally cant do exam questions, I do the flashcards every day I understand the flashcards, I make notes from ChemGuide, I do the summary questions in the CGP book then I go to do the exam questions and I can barley answer any, even those 1 markers which are suppose to be easy marks, I'm struggling so hard with EL and DF and I need a B to get predicted an A and I have only 3 weeks. PLEASE HELP I'm running out of time

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Original post by Stupidwebsiegon
I do A-Level OCR B chemistry and I literally cant do exam questions, I do the flashcards every day I understand the flashcards, I make notes from ChemGuide, I do the summary questions in the CGP book then I go to do the exam questions and I can barley answer any, even those 1 markers which are suppose to be easy marks, I'm struggling so hard with EL and DF and I need a B to get predicted an A and I have only 3 weeks. PLEASE HELP I'm running out of time

You should go to your Chemistry teacher for help, they know best. You could also go to a friend and buddy up with them and ask them how they are answering questions....

Chemistry is applied at A-Level, so you can't study for A-Level exams the way you did at GCSE.

Don't bother making pretty notes at this stage, it's a waste of time, practice lots of exam papers! If you can't get them right, compare the answer with the information in your text books and reread and make sure you really do understand. Practice more similar questions, then move onto the next question. You also need to make sure your answer includes key words.

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no notes. exam questions are the only way. you'll notice w chem they all repeat so even if you get them all wrong at first, youll notice markshcemes and questions are repeititve, so what u must do is just physics and maths tutor open the marscheme and question paper. do one whole question and mark and WRITE OUT corrections, keeping doing this until you've done all the questions for that topic. i use to get constant C's in year 12 doing what you're doign and i jsut had my year 13 mock and got over 85 percent from doing so many past paper questions

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Original post by Black1vy
You should go to your Chemistry teacher for help, they know best. You could also go to a friend and buddy up with them and ask them how they are answering questions....
Chemistry is applied at A-Level, so you can't study for A-Level exams the way you did at GCSE.
Don't bother making pretty notes at this stage, it's a waste of time, practice lots of exam papers! If you can't get them right, compare the answer with the information in your text books and reread and make sure you really do understand. Practice more similar questions, then move onto the next question. You also need to make sure your answer includes key words.

The chemistry weekly like drop in where they help with questions is the day I dont come to school and im not paying overpriced transport to get there for 30 minutes and this actually would be good advice but my friends are doing as bad as me 💔. And by the textbook I should compare them to do you mean my CGP book or my school textbook?

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Original post by 1234567899873333
no notes. exam questions are the only way. you'll notice w chem they all repeat so even if you get them all wrong at first, youll notice markshcemes and questions are repeititve, so what u must do is just physics and maths tutor open the marscheme and question paper. do one whole question and mark and WRITE OUT corrections, keeping doing this until you've done all the questions for that topic. i use to get constant C's in year 12 doing what you're doign and i jsut had my year 13 mock and got over 85 percent from doing so many past paper questions

Thank you, I just use notes to make my flashcards from I dont spend lots of time on them, did you only use PMT for the exam questions bc they dont have my exam board not many websites have any question packs for OCR B

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Original post by 1234567899873333
no notes. exam questions are the only way. you'll notice w chem they all repeat so even if you get them all wrong at first, youll notice markshcemes and questions are repeititve, so what u must do is just physics and maths tutor open the marscheme and question paper. do one whole question and mark and WRITE OUT corrections, keeping doing this until you've done all the questions for that topic. i use to get constant C's in year 12 doing what you're doign and i jsut had my year 13 mock and got over 85 percent from doing so many past paper questions

also what did you do with topics you found really hard bc idk how im suppose to answer exam questions for a topic I cant get any exam questions right on

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Original post by Stupidwebsiegon
Thank you, I just use notes to make my flashcards from I dont spend lots of time on them, did you only use PMT for the exam questions bc they dont have my exam board not many websites have any question packs for OCR B
You dont have to do pmt i just used it as it has OCR A on it which is my exam board, use any exam questions you can find

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Original post by Stupidwebsiegon
also what did you do with topics you found really hard bc idk how im suppose to answer exam questions for a topic I cant get any exam questions right on

so basically with topics like aromatic and benzene i found really hard i would first watch a video on it and like maybe 2x speed or someting and then make sure i understand the basics, you can even get webistes like chat gpt to break it down super simple and easy and make notes for you. and then do exam questions, espically for inorganic there is only so much they can ask on the topic
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Reply 8

Original post by Stupidwebsiegon
The chemistry weekly like drop in where they help with questions is the day I dont come to school and im not paying overpriced transport to get there for 30 minutes and this actually would be good advice but my friends are doing as bad as me 💔. And by the textbook I should compare them to do you mean my CGP book or my school textbook?
See if your school can help reimburse you or subsidise your travel fees. Even if they can't, those 30 minutes of help can be invaluable compared to the few pounds you will have to spend now. If you want to make the travel worthwhile, spend some quiet time in the library afterwards or before for concentrated self-study.

Or, ask your chemistry teacher if they can help you another time, they or another chemistry teacher within the school may be able to - it's always worth asking. Time is of the essence here, you need to ask for help now! Use any chemistry classes you have left to your advantage - ask lots of questions there to your teacher - don't be embarrassed about who will think about what, who cares? Your education is more important.

CGP is a revision guide, I would go to your school textbook to make sure all the fundamentals are covered.

And like what 1234567899873333 and I said, exam paper practice is so key, can't stress that enough! Do all of them at least twice before your exam, but if you can do more, do more. Also, do some later timed.

Hope that helps buddy and good luck!

Reply 9

Original post by 1234567899873333
so basically with topics like aromatic and benzene i found really hard i would first watch a video on it and like maybe 2x speed or someting and then make sure i understand the basics, you can even get webistes like chat gpt to break it down super simple and easy and make notes for you. and then do exam questions, espically for inorganic there is only so much they can ask on the topic

thank you!

Reply 10

I’m the exact same 😭😭the exam questions are so hard

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