How do i improve my speed in the Business A level paper??
My exam is on Wednesday, and I've been a very persistent student when studying for business in my A levels, but one thing I've struggled with since year 12 has always been timing. No matter how many timed past papers I have done over and over again, I can never finish the full paper in time, usually missing out on maybe 10+ potential marks in total. I've tried reading questions first and then highlighting the case studies. I've tried doing the 4 and 20 markers first. I've tried doing it in order. I've cut my planning time to just my 20 marker, which I spend about 2 minutes planning that question. I don't even necessarily write that much while still maintaining an A-A* grade, but my last mocks had an extra 15 minutes given to us due to errors in the papers which allowed me to finish the full paper. I'm definitely not a bad student by any means, but I'm afraid I'll lose a lot of important marks if I don't get faster quick. Does anyone have any tips in writing or formatting the answers faster?
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Hi Mate, sorry for no response earlier, I somehow manage to finish the papers with 30 seconds left, if that, I do not plan for the 20 marker, I just get straight into writing it, advs and disadvs of 1 choice and then the other. I do counterbalance in all my essays (10,12, and 20). I go through the paper from 1a to 2e and finish with the last 20 marker. I just go rush the calculations and small 4 markers often saving 5 minutes per section to use for later questions. It is the most difficult exam to finish for a reason though.
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by Taylor17!Hi Mate, sorry for no response earlier, I somehow manage to finish the papers with 30 seconds left, if that, I do not plan for the 20 marker, I just get straight into writing it, advs and disadvs of 1 choice and then the other. I do counterbalance in all my essays (10,12, and 20). I go through the paper from 1a to 2e and finish with the last 20 marker. I just go rush the calculations and small 4 markers often saving 5 minutes per section to use for later questions. It is the most difficult exam to finish for a reason though.
Thank you so much ❤️ I managed to finish paper 1 barely but have practiced a lot more and gotten my timing down now i think
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