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OCR A-Level Biology A Paper 1: Biological processes (H420/01) - Thursday 5th June 2025 [Exam Chat]

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Date/Time: Thursday 5th June 2025 PM
Length: 2h 15m

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Round-up: students react to biology paper 1

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Reply 1

Yesidontknow

6

what does everyone think might come up and what does everyone think about the new spec and there being more application questions.

Reply 2

helpmeplz101

11

does anyone have the 2024 papers my school rnt sharing them

Reply 3

xDeni

6

Original post

by Yesidontknow

what does everyone think might come up and what does everyone think about the new spec and there being more application questions.

More application questions makes me wanna cry.

Reply 4

amara1234_

9

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by xDeni

More application questions makes me wanna cry.

I hate the application questions😭 they make no sense

Reply 5

Yesidontknow

6

I honestly can’t with application guys be realistic I’m at a C in bio my first exam for my other subjects in 2 weeks can I get to a b I’m not at a high c btw

Reply 6

xDeni

6

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by Yesidontknow

I honestly can’t with application guys be realistic I’m at a C in bio my first exam for my other subjects in 2 weeks can I get to a b I’m not at a high c btw

It depends on the level of revision that you do, tbf and practice. With the 2024 grade boundaries and needing 136 marks to get a B, is not too bad, but idk it's not impossible tho so have some faith😁! And are you also doing English, I'm guessing? if so me too twin

Reply 7

xDeni

6

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by amara1234_

I hate the application questions😭 they make no sense

Ong 😭 they can be diabolical in the 2024 mocks I did there was a diabetes question and I fumbled it so bad

Reply 8

leisurely-expert

15

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by xDeni

Ong 😭 they can be diabolical in the 2024 mocks I did there was a diabetes question and I fumbled it so bad

I had that question in my Feb mocks. The highest mark for that was 1 out of 6 so if that kind of question comes again I will genuinely cry.

Reply 9

leisurely-expert

15

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by Yesidontknow

what does everyone think might come up and what does everyone think about the new spec and there being more application questions.

More application questions is actually scary but hopefully that shouldn't affect our year. Regarding what might come up, have you seen this video done by Ms Estruch (it's basically a data analysis of all of the paper 1s and explains what topics frequently come up, what topics haven't come up in a while and any practical skills you may need to think about. The best part is she's done that for papers 2 and 3 as well.)

Reply 10

elluzzn

1

any predictions? I think there will be some stuff on muscle contraction and neuronal control. bro i need to learn the neuronal pathways (parasympathetic etc) 😭😭

Reply 11

leisurely-expert

15

I'm not sure but I think something to do with neuronal control will be there because it didn't come up at all for last year. Muscle contraction is my nemesis at this point bc I can never do the exam questions on it even when I know the content 😭

Reply 12

Student.xe

6

Does anyone know if Mrs Estruch is accurate in terms of her predictions?

Reply 13

leisurely-expert

15

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by Student.xe

Does anyone know if Mrs Estruch is accurate in terms of her predictions?

I don't know for sure. In her videos she said it's not really a prediction and it's just what she found out when analysing past papers. I wouldn't take it as a prediction saying this topic is definitely going to come up. Instead it's just revise all of the topics but make sure you know these specific topics inside out as they've historically come up quite a lot.

Hopefully that helped.

Reply 14

Student.xe

6

Does any one also know if Claire Biology is also accurate in terms of her predictions?

Reply 15

Student.xe

6

Original post

by leisurely-expert

I don't know for sure. In her videos she said it's not really a prediction and it's just what she found out when analysing past papers. I wouldn't take it as a prediction saying this topic is definitely going to come up. Instead it's just revise all of the topics but make sure you know these specific topics inside out as they've historically come up quite a lot.
Hopefully that helped.

Thanks!

Reply 16

carrotcake12

10

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by Student.xe

Does any one also know if Claire Biology is also accurate in terms of her predictions?

i did the 2024 papers nd its kinda obvious they will be bringing more module 3 compared to module 5 high chance kidneys wont be there but i am more excited for the paper 2 since they focused on my worst topics last year

Reply 17

sxmqur10

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by carrotcake12

i did the 2024 papers nd its kinda obvious they will be bringing more module 3 compared to module 5 high chance kidneys wont be there but i am more excited for the paper 2 since they focused on my worst topics last year

what topics are thought to come up this year?

Reply 18

carrotcake12

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by sxmqur10

what topics are thought to come up this year?

idk but i could give u the questions that cam in 2024 since i did them for mocks

Reply 19

sxmqur10

8

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by carrotcake12

idk but i could give u the questions that cam in 2024 since i did them for mocks

oh don’t worry I have the 2024 paper from my teacher so I’ll check myself :smile:

thank you though!

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