Sixth form Biology & Chemistry A level help!

hi guys, i was just wondering if anyone currently doing chemistry and biology at a level could just give me a brief description of what its like, what you do and how you find it. I know this may be a bit tedious, but i would really appreciate it. I hope to study medicine so any help or advice would be awesome. thanks x...

Sixth form What is Biology A-level like?

Saw the chemistry one and was interested in people's thoughts about Bio, and how well Chemistry would contemplate it. I have chosen biology, chemistry, maths, english lit :D...

What is A Level Chemistry like?

I'm choosing my A Levels at the moment and I'm definitely taking Biology, Geography and English I'm just undecided on whether I should take Chemistry... I've heard that Biology GCSE to A Level is a big jump with content and everything but what about Chemistry? I think I'm nervous about taking Chemistry compared to Biology because I enjoy...

Sixth form Human Biology vs. Biology at AS/A Level?

Hello. I'm just asking out of curiosity; do universities favour Biology over Human Biology? I know that "traditional" Sciences (Bio., Chemistry, and Physics) are well-respected, but is Human Biology still a "traditional" science? Thanks!...

SL Biology VS Chemistry

I am choosing my group 3 subjects. I will definitely make it SL. However, I am not sure about which to choose. It will be either Biology or Chemistry. Any comments will be appreciated. :) *Note: I am better in Biology than Chemistry for now (in IGCSE level), but I enjoy Chemistry more than Biology.

Sixth form Biology taking the mick!!

I recently got my As results. Maths C1 edexcel A Chemistry ocr f321 A Biology f211 D I'm still pretty much shocked on how I got this grade. I put in more time in biology than in chemistry and maths put together and came out with some rubbish grade. Need serious tips to revise biology. Thanks.

Is This Possible At All In Sixth Form

Hey in sixth form i want to do the following subjects; Biology Chemistry Physics Sociology BTEC Level 3 Applied Science (Assignments at home ) Stats (Self Teaching) Maths and Physics Open University Degree...

A level trouble

Hi everyone! I am in 6 form and nearly finishing my first year At the start of the year I did Maths Chemistry Biology and Law. I got dropped from Law as I wasn't making any effort to do homework and revise for half term tests (which i regret) So now I have no choice but to do Maths Chemistry and Biology at A2 next year. I am loving maths...

Sixth form Physics, Chemistry, Biology. Which one is your favourite?

I'm interested to see everyone's different opinions on the subjects. My favs chemistry hand down. its just so interesting...Physics is a nice challenge, but biology has waay too much memorisation. Com Sci is the worst. Can't understand that c**p at all...

Sixth form All 3 sciences at A-level without Maths?

So I'm trying to choose my options for Sixth Form and I was wondering whether it'd be a really bad idea to take all sciences, particularly Physics, without Maths? I'm currently on high A's in Biology, Chemistry and Physics so I'm pretty confident with those. I'm basically scraping a B in Maths because I really don't like it so I'm only co...

Sixth form what is every mechanism you need to know for chemistry unit 2 a level aqa

can you give me a list and drawing of every mechanisms I need to learn, which may come up in the exam, for a level aqa chemistry.:) Thank You In Advance :)...

Sixth form Your opinions on AS/A-Level physics?

I'm considering taking it next year but without maths - I'll be taking biology, chemistry and Spanish... I've heard that physics is quite difficult but I know that it's very respected. So to the people who are taking or have taken it as an AS/A-level, what do you think of physics and which exam board are you with?...

Sixth form A-level biology help needed

My A-level biology paper 5 (Planning, Analysis and Evaluation) is tomorrow and I'm stuck on one of the questions. Code of the exam is 9700/05/O/N/08. Question 2) b) part ii) iii) and iv).

Ashby School Sixth Form

Hiya, My name's Aaliyah and I'll be moving house from Birmingham to Derbyshire just before college starts in August. I've secured a place at Ashby sixth form, it looks lovely there but I don't know the area very well and I will not know anyone at the sixth form prior to joining. I was wondering if anyone else is going there? Thanks! My A-...

Resit AS year or carry on to A2?

Hi, I'd like your thoughts on something please :) In the future I'd like to do a degree in Chemistry and go into research, potentially pharmacological. I'm in my AS year studying Chemistry, Biology, English Lit and RS. In January I got an E in Chemistry, D in Biology, B is RS and an A in English Lit coursework. I wasn't happy with my grad...

Sixth form How to revise for a level biology?

Serious of all my subjects biology has the most volume and I barely know where to start! Atm I'm just writing out exemplar answers for topics which tend to come up most years. Anyone got any tips? Posted from TSR Mobile...

Undergraduate Chemistry in biology question

Hi all Didn't know where to post this excuse me on that. I am doing a biology degree with the Open University and I love it and do really well except for the biochemistry parts which I basically suck at chemistry. I haven't had much to do with chemistry yet but the small part I had I hated.... I just want to know if anyone can offer some...

Fourth A-level; French or History

Hi I am considering doing a chemistry, pharmacy or biochemistry degree in the future. I have decent GCSE grades in all three sciences A* in chemistry and an A in physics and biology (but could pull this up to an A* with 90 UMS in the last exam) so far and have the same grades in my other subjects. I am deciding which a-levels to choice fo...

Sixth form Chemistry or Physics

Currently im debating whether i should study chemistry at a level or physics. The a levels i have currently chosen are: Maths, Further Maths, Economics and Chemistry. Help? Posted from TSR Mobile...

Sixth form Tips for high ums in Edexcel AS level Chemistry

Hi there, I need to nail my Chemistry AS level this May and would appreciate a few tips. At the moment I'm just taking notes for an impending mock but find notes for chemistry takes forever and sometimes I do the notes, think I know the stuff, but then can't respond that well to the questions. It's a pretty dense course so if anyone could...

Sixth form OCR exam entry

Hi guys im doing OCR chemistry A as level and was wondering what is the very latest date that you can be entered into an exam for a resit is? as I got a high B and my chemistry teacher said I could pull it up to an A in the ISA and I didn't (got the result today) thanks...

Sixth form Unit 2 AS Level Chemistry help- Energetics

Explain, by reference to the structure of cyclopropane, why the enthalpy of combustion calculated in part A (the value was -1852) is more exothermic than that calculated in part C (which was -809). In part A the values for the standard enthalpy of formation were used In part C the values for mean bond enthalpies were used. I'm completely...

Sixth form A2 subject choice!

This is my first post so idk what i do but here goes, I'm studying Maths Physics Chemistry and Biology for AS and i want to study Chemical Engineering at Uni (Newcastle or Bath idk). I have no idea which subject i should drop, because they are all pretty relevant. I was thinking of dropping biology but its the subject i get the best grade...

How important is your 4th AS when thinking of Maths at Cambridge?

Currently I am planning to go to sixth form and do Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry at AS level then drop Chemistry in my second year and go on to do Maths, Further Maths and Physics at A level. Is it vital that I have a related subject as my fourth AS or can I pick something I would enjoy more, in this case Politics? If I take...

Best sixth form collage

which would be the best state sixth form collage in london because im in year 11 and my teachers are saying to think about sixth form collages but i dont want to go to my schools sixth form ps how many subjects can you take in A level...

Sixth form Self-taught AS Biology? Any exam boards without a biology practical?

Hi, At my current school we use OCR gateway for science. And triple science (So modules B5,B6,C5,C6,P5 and P6) were all taught in 15 minutes of form time, 3 times a week. Obvoiusly we did not have time to complete this and as a result I have had to pretty much had to learn all of B5 and B6 at home , from the revision guide, in the two da...

Can I apply to Sheffield?

Can I apply to Sheffield to do Medicine? AAAC at AS-level A-Chemistry, Biology and Maths. C-Further Maths. Predicted AAA at A2 in Chemistry, Biology and Maths (drop Further Maths). However, the website and UCAS say ABBB minimum requirements at AS Level and AAA at A2 which is the typical offer. If I get AAAC at AS does that mean I can't ap...

GCSE Chemistry and Biology not in offer

So basically I'm sitting iGCSE biology and chemistry this year, I said this clearly on my application. This course requires GCSE chemistry, so since it hasn't been mentioned in my offer, below, do I still need the GCSE? Ps, I already have GCSE Maths and English. Quote: Dear Mr X Congratulations; University of Ulster has asked us to tell...

GCSE science dilema!

So I am going to be studying A-level physics, biology, chemistry and Mathematics. I got my A in maths for GCSE and now I got a B overall for Core science (10 marks off an A) i believe I can get an A but I would have to retake 2 GCSE's so it's like. If i want to retake my Chemistry 1 exam, I will have to do another exam exam like Physics 1...

Medicine After Chemistry PhD

I'm currently near the end of my chemistry degree and looking at PhD courses in inorganic or physical chemistry. Recently I've been thinking that I might like to study medicine eventually and work for Doctors Without Borders (or something like that). How easy will it be to get into medschool with a chemistry PhD that isn't in organic chem...

Sixth form Trying to get my school to do National Higher Applied Chemistry

Hey, I am in year 11 moving into sixth form next year and i really want to do BTEC National Higher Level 4 Applied Chemistry but the school don't currently offer it. How would i convince the science department to let me do it and the school?...

Naomba kusaidiwa kupata Notes za Biology & Chemistry form l-lV

Kwa yeyote mwenye link au notes za kidato au topic yeyote katika vdato hivi (biology or chemistry) anisaidie hata kwa kunibox kwa mail yangu twigamnyonge@yahoo.com Hope mtaniwezesha...

Sixth form A level chemistry jan 2013 f325

Anyone have that paper? if you cannot post it up here, could someone tell me what that question 'which element conatins - many atoms?' was? Thanks :) Btw this is the horrible ocr chemistry f325 paper we did in January 2013.

Sixth form AS Biology help!! urgent pls!

I have two AS Biology exams in about 4 weeks time and I'm struggling on every bit of this subject. This is partly because I have very poor revision techniques and also on the whole, completely shut down when revising biology....please I need: tips to revise well and break down the topics good revision websites for AS Biology (edexcel) adv...

Sixth Form A2 biology coursework help.

Hi, I'm starting my A2 biology coursework soon and we've been told to start thinking about a topic for the practical. i have NO IDEA what to do. Don't really want to do plants or enzymes, much more interested in human biology and forensics. any help would be greatly received! thanks.

AS and A2 Biology and Chemistry books for sale!

Hey, I have just completed my A Levels, and off to uni at the end of the month, and interested in selling some chemistry and biology books. I don't currently know how much I'm selling each one for, but the price will be very cheap :) I would like payments over paypal, and PM me if you're interested :) The books I have are: CGP guides for...

Sixth form Self taught Edexcel A2 Chemistry

Hello all! Long story short, I finished college in summer 2012. I then went on a gap year, but one of my university offers requires me to gain an A2 in Chemistry. I hold an AS in OCR Chemistry already, but my local school holds Edexcel exams. Does anyone have any revision notes, resources or anything for the two A2 examinations for Edexce...

Sixth form Chemistry as level past year question

Can someone explain to me why is the answer a and not d? Posted from TSR Mobile...

Sixth form What is the highest grade I can get?

I'm doing AS Chemistry OCR Salters And for Jan 2013 these are the following results I got: F331 - C F332 - (D BUT RETAKING) F333 (practical work) - D I wanted to know what the highest possible overall grade I can achieve by the end of my a-levels if I aim for A's in my retakes and A/A* for my A2... I know it might not be realistic to some...

Could i do a degree in chemistry?

Hi, I'm in year 12 now and i'm doing chemistry, biology, english lit and classics (soo varied i know) and i want to know if i could apply and get on a chem course at a Russell group uni. i'm aware a chemistry degree does entail physics and maths but the only reason i'm not doing them at the moment is due to the fact i don't particularly e...