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EPQ time limit?

I started my EPQ in November, but I had a much busier year than expected. The project is due in two/three weeks, and while it is possible for me to achieve, I'm not sure how good it will be. I haven't done nothing, and I've done enough to the extent that I wouldn't like to waste the time, effort, and newly acquired knowledge.

I luckily started in lower sixth, and go into upper sixth next year. Is it against OCR regulations to do the EPQ across two years or even is there a late entry early next academic year? I genuinely believe I can get full marks comfortably if so.

Thanks.

Reply 1

when is the deadline and what is the awarding body? i submitted mine at the beginning of april and already got the results....

Reply 2

oh it’s OCR, i took edexcel. i think you should better ask your teacher but as a big procrastinator i think it's worth trying to finish this year really (even if there's the option to postpone) otherwise it will be so much harder to combine exams and epq next year

Reply 3

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by Shyshykina
when is the deadline and what is the awarding body? i submitted mine at the beginning of april and already got the results....

The deadline is the 23rd September and the body is OCR

Reply 4

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by Shyshykina
oh it’s OCR, i took edexcel. i think you should better ask your teacher but as a big procrastinator i think it's worth trying to finish this year really (even if there's the option to postpone) otherwise it will be so much harder to combine exams and epq next year
Thanks, I'm a big procrastinator too, but I think doing it over the summer holidays would be the best option. I will talk to my teacher and see

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by academichelp123
I started my EPQ in November, but I had a much busier year than expected. The project is due in two/three weeks, and while it is possible for me to achieve, I'm not sure how good it will be. I haven't done nothing, and I've done enough to the extent that I wouldn't like to waste the time, effort, and newly acquired knowledge.
I luckily started in lower sixth, and go into upper sixth next year. Is it against OCR regulations to do the EPQ across two years or even is there a late entry early next academic year? I genuinely believe I can get full marks comfortably if so.
Thanks.

I'm gonna be so fr with you... don't do what I did because I was lazy as hell but I kind of procrastinated and did majority of my EPQ with a week until the in school deadline, and I got an A*! 47 marks out of 50. I'm not sure what the guidelines are, just trying to reassure you that worst comes to worst, you can just lock in over one week and get it done, like it is doable.
Also the beauty of the epq is it's not required so if it stresses you out too much, drop it!

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by sjdbdinfofofn
I'm gonna be so fr with you... don't do what I did because I was lazy as hell but I kind of procrastinated and did majority of my EPQ with a week until the in school deadline, and I got an A*! 47 marks out of 50. I'm not sure what the guidelines are, just trying to reassure you that worst comes to worst, you can just lock in over one week and get it done, like it is doable.
Also the beauty of the epq is it's not required so if it stresses you out too much, drop it!

Thanks, but I have already done what you did haha. If it was just the essay, I would be more confident, but making gantt charts, to do lists, CRAAP tables etc. sounds impossible in the time

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by academichelp123
Thanks, but I have already done what you did haha. If it was just the essay, I would be more confident, but making gantt charts, to do lists, CRAAP tables etc. sounds impossible in the time

I did most of that within the week I'm ngl😭 it just depends how much time you can dedicate to BSing it. For example when you compile it they say not to put in every page of example stuff. Like if you said you had a reading log, you only need to print one page of a reading log if you get me. It's a bit of tedious work and attention to detail but very doable!!

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