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- 2013-05-21 08:17:25
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In exams, some questions are unfamiliar, how do you prepare for such questions?...
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- 2013-03-20 22:23:45
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I'm studying maths and further maths at AS level at the moment and I was wondering if there as any reason why I could not use past papers from other exam boards if I finish all the edexcel ones. I know everybody says doing past papers from other exam boards messes up your exam technique if you look at their mark schemes but does that appl...
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- 2013-04-22 14:14:11
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hellooo! i do AS levels maths,physics and further maths. im not sure whether i should start from the front of my exams or from the back. starting from the front... good because the exam's difficulty escalates as you go along from question 1 to the end. the first few easy questions sets you off and prepares you for the harder questions. st...
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- 2013-04-21 16:18:58
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I am predicted A* in GCSE Edexcel Maths, and I was wondering whether AS Further Maths is right for me. I will be doing normal maths to A2, and Further Maths to AS. However, people have said FM is very VERY hard. Can i still manage Further maths even if i'm doing it only to AS Level , or is still that hard? (Also, is it true that AS-FM is...
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- 2012-09-02 01:20:18
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Hi guys, I am doing the modular system to gain my GCSE mathematics qualification and I was wondering what type of grade in maths I would need to get into a grammar sixth form. I am not looking to carry on maths as an A-Level but I am aware that your GCSE maths qualification is important for gaining access to good sixth forms and uni's. So...
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- 2013-05-02 22:58:36
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Hi guys, I was wondering if you could help me with my AQA core 2 revision techniques. I have done all of the past 5 years of exam papers and are comfortable with the "normal" questions, however in every exam there are a few questions that are considerably more difficult and I always find myself stuck on these. These questions are differen...
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- 2013-04-21 16:11:17
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Hey guys:) Anyone resitting this exam in May 2013 if so what are you doing to revise for this exam? also can you remember all that stuff which you learned for the January 2013 exam? I'm just reading over text books recapping my mind and going over past exam questions. I would really appreciate it if anyone could provide me with the Januar...
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- 2013-06-12 11:28:55
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Hi guys, I'm currently doing OCR mei maths and require an A* to be able to get into Warwick uni for my course. I have my C4 exam tomorrow and have done a lot of past papers, but still struggle with working out what to do with some questions. I get thrown by the wording of some are then any general tips you can share :)?...
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- 2013-05-21 20:20:30
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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-...
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- 2013-04-09 10:31:33
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As I am going further and further into A level maths eg nearly finishing C2 Edexcel book, I am finding the book isn't sufficient to learn from on my own.. I am coming across new maths which I haven't covered before and am finding it difficult to learn it from the edexcel book from scratch... Does anyone recommend a better textbook to self...
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- 2013-05-04 18:51:49
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hello! anyone else doing this exam???????? i'm not sure if there is already a thread on this topic but i created this for revision purposes, tips and suggestions for possible exam questions that may come up on this exam. I'm new here and may be a bit slow but feel free to post please! so, what do you think the 5 markers will be? any idea...
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- 2013-03-21 19:47:23
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I am considering of doing the EPQ and I realised I would like to merge my academic study of sciences currently at AS (chemistry, physics, maths and further maths) with my interest with psychology/sociology as I always have been interested by human behaviour. I've heard that maths and psychology/ maths and philosophy are some uni courses a...
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- 2013-05-26 23:24:24
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I've sat both exams twice and haven't managed higher than C's in both(I have A's in Maths and business studies, psychology is the only one preventing me from transferring universities), I need high B's in both. I have a very good memory and my English writing/language is "very good". What I can't seem to understand is why my grades have d...
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- 2013-05-06 00:13:43
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Hi everyone, are they allowed to ask a question from this for the upcoming s1 edexcel exam? As I heard they do not ask it anymore, I was wondering if it has been removed completely from exam questions. Thank you :)...
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- 2013-05-05 02:28:09
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Just wondering if anyone has this or could possibly email it to me nb: if you've replied to my maths threads I haven't had chance to look at them yet but I will reply and give rep when I start maths revision again ;)...
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- 2013-03-01 13:46:17
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So basically, since the beginning of this year, I've really been slacking in Maths and it's got to the point where I feel like I can't do much of the work I'm getting set and I have no idea how to go about catching up.. We finished Core 3 in December but my sixth form doesn't do January exams in maths (it's really dumb..). So I was doing...
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- 2013-06-09 07:56:40
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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...
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- 2013-04-30 12:47:57
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Hi guys. When it comes to answering the exam questions I'm having a lot of trouble. I have the knowledge, I just don't have a clue what to do with setting answer out. For all of my other subjects I've been given a clear structure to answer a question with. Any help/advice on exam technique would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!...
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- 2013-04-30 23:56:26
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I've organised all the units by exam questions and the year the were set, colour coded those which have repeated, not included questions which have never came up. Anyway check it out and tell me what you think Im doing Aggression, biological rhythms and sleep and eating behaviors.
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- 2013-05-03 16:05:54
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Sat my first AS Level Chemistry exam today - easier than I expected! But I am seriously worried about something: I believe one of the invigilators thought I cheated. I was struggling on one of the questions and was getting a bit agitated, so I just glanced to my left, in the direction of another student's paper for a couple of seconds. I...
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- 2013-04-21 11:06:45
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Hi everyone, I'm taking the G541 exam (psychological investigations) on the 22nd May and I'm okay with the paper except from the big 10 mark questions. Particularly the ones that are "evaluate the reliability and validity of the DV". I get really stuck on these questions, which i shouldn't, but if anyone can give me some help that'd be gr...
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- 2013-05-10 16:08:16
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I have my C1 exam this monday and I was just practicing some questions. I came across this question and I could not figure out the answer. Could someone explain to me how to do part three in this exam question that I have attached.
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- 2013-06-10 12:19:26
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i would have been better of doing something like maths, physics and some other softer subject... instead of trying to do maths, physics, chemistry and further maths at the start of the year...failing chemistry and dropping it after March results last year.. and this year i am doing bad in Further maths anyway, just failed my M3 exam... ne
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- 2013-06-05 23:30:41
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I am doing the Edexcel Economics & Business A2 exams. I am predicted an A but got a D in my first A2 exam (Unit 3). My teacher thinks it was down to exam technique as my content was decent. Can anybody offer tips? e.g. on structure? I know one "secret" for this exam in particular is to define key words in the question (Even though this is...
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- 2013-06-07 17:33:44
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Hi I am going to resit the year but i dont think my own sixth form will accept me if i get really bad As so I was wondering would it be a good idea to apply to external sixth form now or a college. or should I wait for my exam results, then phone in to ask if there is remaining places.. THank you so much for comment, I appreciate your hon...
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- 2013-04-30 17:45:26
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Has any one got any revision notes for D1 they can share ?? I am really struggling with revision atm xx...
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- 2013-03-17 00:58:16
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I heard from a lot of other discussions that the key to doing well in exams is learning the technique to do different specs? Thanks! Posted from TSR Mobile...
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- 2013-04-17 11:04:36
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Have my oral exam coming up next week and am very nervous about it! Wondering if people could say which cards they got and the follow up questions they were asked? Would be incredibly grateful!! :)...
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- 2013-04-24 15:36:04
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I'm thinking of doing a 3rd year at sixth form and taking AS & A2 Geography in 1 year. The exam board is Edexcel. Is A Level Geography hard? I did it at GCSE and quite enjoyed it, but I haven't done it for 2 years. Can anyone give me an idea on what it's like, what the modules are about, and if it's difficult? Thank you! :D...
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- 2013-04-24 02:47:09
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So we have less than a month until our English poetry and prose exam! If anyone could share revision tips, what texts their studying, any experience if you've taken the paper before, how you practice and stuff in this thread it would be great! I'm doing Frankenstein and Emily Dickinson Poetry... I haven't started studying for the exam yet...
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- 2013-04-25 00:12:28
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I'm sitting C2 on the 21st of May. In class we've just started our last topic trigonometry which will take another week to cover in class, so not long left until the exam. I'm sitting 5 other exams as well. I'm fairly confident with all the topics and have done the odd few past paper questions as homework but no real past paper under time...
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- 2013-05-13 08:35:23
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I've got my second history exam (F961/02) on 22nd May. I was wondering if anyone has any idea what questions are likely to come up? I'm hoping either General Strike, National Government or Lloyd George! (The section I am doing is Domestic Issues 1918-1951) I've also got the source paper (F964/02) tomorrow (14th May) and I'm seriously stre...
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- 2013-05-21 20:08:28
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Who is doing this exam? I'm mixed feelings about the exam due to extremely low grade boundaries and my poor English. Need a C in the exam for an overall A but would like to get an High A/A* to get the A* grade. Any tips?...
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- 2013-05-29 14:30:25
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Hi guys, june 4th is the sociology exam for unit 3 exam. I was wondering if anyones made any predictions for what topics or questions may come?...
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- 2013-06-02 13:50:55
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Anyone who is taking the tudor exam tomorrow, do you have any suggestions on which topics are going to come up in the exam???? - I would be grateful...
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- 2013-03-24 23:31:29
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Hey, I'm sitting my Unit 1 and Unit 2 exams this May and I'm really worried that I won't get the grade I want and have to resit the whole year. I think I have Unit 1 exam technique down, and the various exam questions I've had for homework I've been getting an average of B+, which I'm hoping to improve on before the exam now that I'm doin...
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- 2013-06-07 22:13:41
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Next year I'm definitely taking maths and physics at A2 but as a third subject I'm trying to decide whether to carry on with further maths or geography, I did AS maths, further maths, physics geography and world development. I like the idea of just doing maths, further maths and physics next year but I want to go to uni's that ask for A*A...
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- 2013-05-22 16:51:52
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Hoe did u guys find the exam, im hoping for an A, thought the exam was okay but tougher than past ones...
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- 2013-03-29 14:17:02
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1) When we are differentiating y in implicit differentiation, why do we have to always put dy/dx at the end of it? 2) I was just looking at this question from Exam Solutions : http://www.examsolutions.net/maths-r...t utorial-1.php I didn't really understand why , in this vector question, there are TWO values for a and b. If someone could...
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- 2013-05-13 23:01:50
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Hello, sorry if this is in the wrong section. I have an English Lit exam on Friday (aspects of narrative, unit 1) and decided I'd look at the grade boundaries for the January 2013 exam, just so I know what I'm aiming for. The grade boundaries look incredibly low though, with only 46/84 needed for an A! Am I looking at this correctly? Beca...
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