AQA GCSE Design and Technology Written - Wednesday, June 18, 2025 [Exam Chat]
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How did your AQA GCSE Design and Technology Written exam go today?
AQA GCSE Design and Technology Written (8552/W) - 18 June 2025 [Exam Chat]
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Date/Time: 18 June 2025 AM
Length: 2h
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Reply 1
Does anyone do DT ?
Reply 2
How is everyone revising? I’ve been using DTBase for notes and past papers
Reply 3
hi has anyone got any predictions? i cba with this exam and knowing my luck whatever i revise will not be on the test
Reply 5
Hi, how is everyone revising for this. Did well in the coursework. Got 95/100. How can i secure my 9 - where can i get revision notes and where can i getr revision notes. I do timbers for the specific one. Also does everyone have to learn about the microcontrollers ecttt
Reply 6
got 81/100 in coursework, can i still get a 9?
Reply 7
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by thestudent1099got 81/100 in coursework, can i still get a 9?
if u get 93/100 on the paper you still can, according to 2024 grade boundaries
Reply 8
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by username453647if u get 93/100 on the paper you still can, according to 2024 grade boundaries
yeah i saw those, 2024 was the highest grade boundaries ever... Usually they are between 160-170 but 2024 was 174 for a 9. Hopefully they arent high this year
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by thestudent1099yeah i saw those, 2024 was the highest grade boundaries ever... Usually they are between 160-170 but 2024 was 174 for a 9. Hopefully they arent high this year
2019 wS 165 for a 9 2023 was 175 and 2024 wS 174. but i think the challenges for 2025 were harder than previous yrs so probs lower boundaries
Reply 10
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What do we need to know about modern and smart materials like examples and their properties?
Reply 11
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by Lolo-What do we need to know about modern and smart materials like examples and their properties?
Yeah like remember two of each (including their properties)
Reply 12
How did it go everyone? 
Spoiler
Reply 13
It was a bang average paper tbh
Reply 14
It wa quite good Section B was so good BC it was so genetic. Icl I didn't know what a jig meant or mass production
Reply 15
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by SlicetodiceIt was a bang average paper tbh
Exactly this
Reply 16
What did people put for the allowing waste for prototype question
Reply 17
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by asin09What did people put for the allowing waste for prototype question
your mum
Reply 18
What did everyone get in the ratio question?
Reply 19
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by ameliasmillieWhat did everyone get in the ratio question?
1:2
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