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Layne
13-12-2008, 17:44
I hate drama a level.

I love it.


But i HATE IT.

Abbie
13-12-2008, 17:50
Awww I love it :D

why do you hate it?:p

Layne
13-12-2008, 18:27
Theory - the Unit 6 exam. I want it to melt away.
I also hate how much work it needs, im always constantly doing drama work, maybe thats just our teacher :lol:
Also, don't you hate it when people think drama is easy and a doss!

I do love it though :) My joint favourite subject :D

Abbie
14-12-2008, 12:48
Yeah we have a Unit 6 theory exam where you do 6 different essays

And yeah I hate it when people think drama is easy! :angry: its soo not!

di marco
07-01-2009, 11:51
good luck to everyone doing exams atm :) have they started yet or is it next week they start?

Kirsty :]
07-01-2009, 14:12
I have my first AS resit on Friday, I know that A Level Drama pieces were yesterday

Layne
07-01-2009, 16:37
Resit tomorrow - oh the joys :rolleyes:
Have revised all day and i swear i know nothing!

Despite this; i only have one A2 exam this month, the rest are in June - which is good :D

Abbie
07-01-2009, 19:03
Mine start on monday

5 exams this time round :(

Abbie
07-01-2009, 20:28
I know the webiste where you can find the summer timetbale
I have a horrible week! :( Its pure evil!

Abigail
07-01-2009, 20:32
I know the webiste where you can find the summer timetbale
I have a horrible week! :( Its pure evil!

Each exam board will have theie exam timetable on their website. Pretty scary when you look at it for the first time. A2 finals are always the worst for timetabling.

Abbie
07-01-2009, 20:34
yeah thats where I found them, through AQA and Edexcel

Its really evil the only good point is I finish really early

di marco
07-01-2009, 22:21
;635520']I have my first AS resit on Friday, I know that A Level Drama pieces were yesterday


Resit tomorrow - oh the joys :rolleyes:
Have revised all day and i swear i know nothing!

Despite this; i only have one A2 exam this month, the rest are in June - which is good :D


Mine start on monday

5 exams this time round :(

good luck kirsty, layne and abbie, im sure youll all do fine :)

Kim
10-01-2009, 02:55
I had Psychology Unit 1 on Thursday. It was a year since my gran died on so I won't be surprised if I have to redo it. I couldn't concentrate that well and ended up having to rush some questions. Some of them were really random too which didn't help.

Economics on Friday.

di marco
11-01-2009, 10:28
I had Psychology Unit 1 on Thursday. It was a year since my gran died on so I won't be surprised if I have to redo it. I couldn't concentrate that well and ended up having to rush some questions. Some of them were really random too which didn't help.

Economics on Friday.

im sure you did better than you think. good luck with your economics on fri :)

Abbie
12-01-2009, 21:04
Had geography re-sit this morning, im really not sure what to make of it

English tomorrow

Kim
16-01-2009, 16:33
Hmm Economics this morning. Part of it was nothing like the Specimen Paper (of which they only did one and it's a new course :rolleyes:) Some bits were a bit dodgy but I think it was ok overall.. don't want to convince myself I've done really well though incase I haven't.

I had to rush multiple choice at the end which wasn't so good but the teachers said it was best to leave that section until last as it is easier to rush and do well on than the other section.

I was in the exam and a class in the next room had a video on, took 10 minutes to turn it off while I had to keep working and then turned it back on again. They had to move me and give me an extra 5 minutes because of it; I hope I didn't write a load of rubbish while the video was on as I didn't have time to check it.

Abbie
22-01-2009, 16:09
3 exams down 2 to go

di marco
22-01-2009, 16:12
3 exams down 2 to go

what 2 have you got left to do? are they going ok?

Abbie
22-01-2009, 16:17
Geography tomorrow :S
And english next thursday

They have ok, I had biology today and that was better than expected I mean since Ive been crap at biology

di marco
22-01-2009, 16:32
Geography tomorrow :S
And english next thursday

They have ok, I had biology today and that was better than expected I mean since Ive been crap at biology

good luck :)

glad the biology one was ok, i always found them really difficult!

Abbie
22-01-2009, 16:33
Thanks
I still find it difficult although It was better today cos some of the questions I felt like I had seen before

di marco
22-01-2009, 16:36
Thanks
I still find it difficult although It was better today cos some of the questions I felt like I had seen before

thats good, what unit was it?

Abbie
22-01-2009, 16:40
Unit 4, we do the option of microbiology ans biotechnoloy which is horrible

di marco
22-01-2009, 16:42
Unit 4, we do the option of microbiology ans biotechnoloy which is horrible

is that the unit about the kidney or is that another unit? we did the option of food science cos apparently its the easiest! i think that was for unit 4 anyway

Abbie
22-01-2009, 19:52
Yep the one with the kidney and the eye and respiration and other stuff

I find microbiology stuff so hard, just cos theres so much learn and all these different names!

Abigail
23-01-2009, 00:28
Unit 4, we do the option of microbiology ans biotechnoloy which is horrible

I did that module. There's a fair bit to learn about micro techniques, serial dilution, plates etc. It was better than unit one (biochemistry) but still difficult because there was so much to learn.

di marco
23-01-2009, 12:04
Yep the one with the kidney and the eye and respiration and other stuff

I find microbiology stuff so hard, just cos theres so much learn and all these different names!

oh right, i sort of understood the stuff about the kidney and eye but still did badly in the exam! the food science option we took was quite easy, although you did have to remember how to spell all these really long weird words!

di marco
23-01-2009, 12:04
Unit 4, we do the option of microbiology ans biotechnoloy which is horrible

I did that module. There's a fair bit to learn about micro techniques, serial dilution, plates etc. It was better than unit one (biochemistry) but still difficult because there was so much to learn.

i didnt do that option so dunno how it compares, but i found unit 1 the easiest one lol!

Abbie
23-01-2009, 15:52
Had my geography exam I think it went ok, so much relies on the essay though so I hope it was ok and the thing is I got An A in the mock so I feel like theres so much pressure, I dont think I got an A this time

di marco
23-01-2009, 15:57
Had my geography exam I think it went ok, so much relies on the essay though so I hope it was ok and the thing is I got An A in the mock so I feel like theres so much pressure, I dont think I got an A this time

im sure you did better than you think :)

Abbie
23-01-2009, 15:59
I hope so, this is one of the subjects I suppose to get an A in :S

di marco
23-01-2009, 16:04
I hope so, this is one of the subjects I suppose to get an A in :S

im sure you will :)

Abbie
08-03-2009, 13:53
Results on thursday :S

Please tell me im not the only one who is freaking out :(

Layne
08-03-2009, 18:15
Ooooh :| I am nervousish, but i know i cant do anything about them!

Abbie
08-03-2009, 18:39
I hate the fact I have soooo many results to get

Layne
08-03-2009, 18:54
Oooh ive only got 2 and ones a resit i know i failed so thats probs why im not too bothered!! Good luck - im sure you'll be fine!

Abbie
08-03-2009, 19:07
Good luck to you too

I have 3 and 2 resits to get - thursday is gonna be a horrible day

di marco
08-03-2009, 21:10
good luck to everyone getting their results, im sure you all did fine :) try not to worry about them, theres nothing you can do to change them

Abigail
08-03-2009, 21:36
I second that Di M. What's done is done, no amount of worrying is going to change your results now. There are always options if you don't do as well as you'd hope.

Good luck to you all :)

Chloe O'brien
09-03-2009, 00:26
Good luck to everyone on Thursday. I know you will all to brilliantly.

Kim
09-03-2009, 19:44
:sick: Do not want to knowwww! We have to go to the deputy head of 6th form's office to get ours (my psychology teacher.) I'll know if I haven't got an A in that straight away; he'll most likely frown at me or something for underachieving lol. I have Economics second lesson on Thursday but we are not allowed our results until 11am (if we have a free at that time), which I don't; I hope the teacher doesn't get them earlier than us and drop hints as to what we've got.

I want to open mine when I get home but I know I can't. I'm bound to come across one out of the four teachers who's bound to mention results. Psychology lesson last as well.

Abigail
09-03-2009, 19:51
Your teacher should get them either the day before or the morning i.e. before you do.

It's not the end of the world if you fail a module (I should know, I failed pretty much every module in my A levels :lol: ).

Layne
09-03-2009, 20:07
I thought the teacher got them that day via email .... ahhh well who knows!

Kim im sure you'll be fine, and as Abigail said its not the end of the world if you fail or dont do aswell (not that you wont...) you can always retake :)

di marco
10-03-2009, 12:02
youll all have done fine :) but as abigail and layne have said, its not the end of the world, you can still retake them, there was only a few modules which i didnt retake at least once!

Abbie
11-03-2009, 20:48
well good luck to everyone tomorrow

I feel silly saying good luck since we have already done the exams but you know what I mean :p


ahhh I feel ill now

Kim
11-03-2009, 21:38
Snap and snap lol. Am not looking forward to it at all :ninja:

di marco
11-03-2009, 22:51
good luck everyone :) stop worrying, youll all have done fine

Layne
12-03-2009, 12:15
Results wise -
Psychology/crime - A
Psychology resit - B (which i got last time anyway)

So im happy :)

Abigail
12-03-2009, 12:25
An A and a B, excellent. Congrats :D

Perdita
12-03-2009, 12:43
Congratulations, well done, Layne :cheer:

Layne
12-03-2009, 12:53
Just found out this resit i got 78 marks, and the original exam got 70 so i did better :) Considering this exam was ALOT harder and i thought 'd failed i didn't do too bad :p

Perdita
12-03-2009, 13:01
All your hard work paid off :) Are you going to treat yourself in any way? I think you deserve to :thumbsup:

di marco
12-03-2009, 15:38
Results wise -
Psychology/crime - A
Psychology resit - B (which i got last time anyway)

So im happy :)


Just found out this resit i got 78 marks, and the original exam got 70 so i did better :) Considering this exam was ALOT harder and i thought 'd failed i didn't do too bad :p

well done :)

Abbie
12-03-2009, 20:50
Wow well done layne :D


I feel really CRAP posting mine but here I go

English unit 2 resit : B :)
English unit 5 (accent and dialect one :p) : A :D

Geography unit 2 resit: B (improved this one by 49 marks cos I got an E before)
Geography unit4 : C (im gonna resit this one)

Biology unit 4: D!
biology is the grade i need so im resitting that one

Kim
12-03-2009, 20:51
Mine:

Psychology - A :eek: I was the second highest in the school I think :D :D I really thought I'd messed that exam up given the circumstances on the day.

Economics - B :crying: Grrr. I was on my way to my last lesson when one of the teachers stopped me and said that he was disappointed with my result. I'm annoyed enough anyway without having disappointed the teachers :(

Abbie
12-03-2009, 20:52
what are you on about Kim those are great results


you have all done better than me!

Kim
12-03-2009, 20:57
what are you on about Kim those are great results


you have all done better than me!

Biology is really hard though, so many people failed it at my school. I didn't feel that bad about my B until that teacher said I should redo it and asked if the other teacher was requesting my paper back.

Abbie
12-03-2009, 20:58
what are you on about Kim those are great results


you have all done better than me!

Biology is really hard though, so many people failed it at my school. I didn't feel that bad about my B until that teacher said I should redo it and asked if the other teacher was requesting my paper back.

Yeah I suppose but I need a B in biology to get into exeter


Im not happy about my unit 4 geography is it just over a C

Abigail
12-03-2009, 21:09
I feel really CRAP posting mine but here I go

English unit 2 resit : B :)
English unit 5 (accent and dialect one :p) : A :D

Geography unit 2 resit: B (improved this one by 49 marks cos I got an E before)
Geography unit4 : C (im gonna resit this one)

Biology unit 4: D!
biology is the grade i need so im resitting that one

You've got some great results there, you should be proud of them.

At least you know what you have to do to improve your biology.



Mine:

Psychology - A :eek: I was the second highest in the school I think :D :D I really thought I'd messed that exam up given the circumstances on the day.

Economics - B :crying: Grrr. I was on my way to my last lesson when one of the teachers stopped me and said that he was disappointed with my result. I'm annoyed enough anyway without having disappointed the teachers :(

I'd be over the moon if I got a B at A level. You've done great, congrats. Don't worry about what your teachers think, you can make the marks up in other modules and coursework.

Abbie
12-03-2009, 21:12
Thanks :)

I am proud of some of them apart from my unit 4's in geog and biology, I know I can do better, especially geography in that unit

Abigail
12-03-2009, 21:16
Improvement of 49 marks is excellent :cheer:

Abbie
12-03-2009, 21:18
Yeah I know thats good cos that mean my overall AS grade is an A :D

But still my A2 geog exam a C just 2 mark over the grade boundary, I hope I do better in the resit

Chloe O'brien
12-03-2009, 22:24
Well done Layne, Abbie and Kim great results. All that hard work is paying off.

Layne
13-03-2009, 16:48
All your hard work paid off :) Are you going to treat yourself in any way? I think you deserve to :thumbsup:

Thanks :) And urm Michael Jackson ticket maybe :p

Well done Kim and Abi :) Goood goood gooood results :D

Kim
14-03-2009, 09:07
My friend's getting one, not for her result in particular though. She got a C in Maths, which she was thrilled with as she kept failing in her mocks.

Teacher's disappointment round 2 yesterday. Now he's decided I could resit and come out with an A without doing much revision :rolleyes:

di marco
14-03-2009, 17:20
Wow well done layne :D


I feel really CRAP posting mine but here I go

English unit 2 resit : B :)
English unit 5 (accent and dialect one :p) : A :D

Geography unit 2 resit: B (improved this one by 49 marks cos I got an E before)
Geography unit4 : C (im gonna resit this one)

Biology unit 4: D!
biology is the grade i need so im resitting that one

well done :) they arent crap

di marco
14-03-2009, 17:33
Mine:

Psychology - A :eek: I was the second highest in the school I think :D :D I really thought I'd messed that exam up given the circumstances on the day.

Economics - B :crying: Grrr. I was on my way to my last lesson when one of the teachers stopped me and said that he was disappointed with my result. I'm annoyed enough anyway without having disappointed the teachers :(

well done :) i hate it when teachers say theyre disappointed in you when the grade you got is good. on my alevel results day all the teachers where saying they were disappointed in me for getting a B in maths instead of an A, even the teachers that didnt teach me! i was slightly disappointed but didnt really care too much. you can always retake it if you want to, dont retake it though just to please your teachers

di marco
14-03-2009, 17:39
what are you on about Kim those are great results


you have all done better than me!

Biology is really hard though, so many people failed it at my school. I didn't feel that bad about my B until that teacher said I should redo it and asked if the other teacher was requesting my paper back.

Yeah I suppose but I need a B in biology to get into exeter

what did you get for AS? i found mostly in my year that people got the same for alevel in biology as they did in AS. it is really hard though, only one person in my year got a B in biology, most people got Ds or Es (including me) and quite a few people failed, even though most of the people were really clever. my sis failed biology too. although they ask for a B, often they will let you in anyway depending on everyones results, just do your best :)

Abbie
14-03-2009, 20:47
I got a C at AS

di marco
14-03-2009, 22:50
im sure youll do fine, with a C you would probably get in i would think. are doing cw for alevel or the written practical paper?

Abbie
15-03-2009, 13:06
We do both, coursework and an exam in the same unit

di marco
15-03-2009, 15:16
We do both, coursework and an exam in the same unit

so im guessing the exam youre doing is the synopsis paper? we didnt do cw so we did 2 exams for that unit, one which was on a practical experiment instead of the cw. as youre doing cw that should hopefully help higher your grade :)

Abbie
15-03-2009, 17:08
Thanks

Im suppose to hand in my coursework plan tomorrow but I havent even started,im tired and cant be bothered tbh, plus I have idea how to start, im not in a good today, im completely stuck on my coursework :(

di marco
15-03-2009, 17:47
Thanks

Im suppose to hand in my coursework plan tomorrow but I havent even started,im tired and cant be bothered tbh, plus I have idea how to start, im not in a good today, im completely stuck on my coursework :(

hopefully youll get it sorted :) whats your cw on?

Abbie
15-03-2009, 17:52
we had to come up with it on our won

Im doing the effect of substrate concentration on the acivity of rennet
Im measuring the viscousity of the milk

di marco
15-03-2009, 18:22
we had to come up with it on our won

Im doing the effect of substrate concentration on the acivity of rennet
Im measuring the viscousity of the milk

sounds complicated lol! im glad i dont do biology anymore!

.:SpIcYsPy:.
10-05-2009, 22:13
AS Exam in ICT Unit 1 tomorrow.. Ahhh..
Here we go again :rolleyes: :(

Abbie
10-05-2009, 23:20
Good luck :D

My first exam isnt till friday

.:SpIcYsPy:.
13-05-2009, 17:28
Had a Sociology Unit 1 exam yesterday, General Studies tomrrow and ICT Unit 2 on Friday! :)

Abbie
13-05-2009, 17:31
how did it go?



My first exam English langauge resit, im resitting a B, is on friday morning
I only started revsing this morning but I can only revise for half the paper AND I find the stuff easy to remember

Kim
15-05-2009, 17:07
I had Psychology Unit 2 this afternoon. Business on Monday then English on Wednesday. I hate them all being crammed in, I think I focused too much on Psychology. I have like 2 weeks after English until Economics.

How did it go Abbie? I'm resitting a B in January I think; didn't want to do it in June as it is at exactly the same time as the Unit 2 so I would've had the whole AS back to back which I didn't fancy.

Abbie
15-05-2009, 18:16
I loved it!!!

:lol: lol I know that sounds really odd to say but it was good. Text Analysis was good, I did the paragrahs in order that my teacher sugested. Hes an examiner so his advice is always good.
The the esssay on language and representation was the best. It was quite broad in a way even though it had a focus but it was the best question I could have got. I just hope I got an A otherwise there would have been no point in me doing the exam!

di marco
17-05-2009, 23:48
good luck to everyone :)

Chloe O'brien
18-05-2009, 00:00
Good luck to everone sitting their exams over the next few weeks.

Kim
18-05-2009, 14:49
2 down 2 to go. 12 mark question on Interest Rates in Business... Economics saved me! We've covered them in Economics but not in Business.

Abbie
18-05-2009, 18:52
you only have 4 exams??

In total I have 10

Abigail
18-05-2009, 19:24
A2 finals are a killer. I did more resits than A2 summer modules. Shouldn't have bothered, I failed anyway :lol:

Good luck to you all. Don't stress too much afterwards, there's nothing you can do about it.

Kim
18-05-2009, 19:37
you only have 4 exams??

In total I have 10

Yeah. It's because most A Levels are now only 2 units in each year. I'm not resitting the B I got in Economics yet because I could make up the marks on this one anyway and it clashed with Unit 2. English is 1 unit coursework and Business is 3 units with 2 courseworks. Psychology I got an A for in Jan so only had the Unit 2 to do (thank god, there is too much on that unit as it is!)

di marco
18-05-2009, 20:32
A2 finals are a killer. I did more resits than A2 summer modules. Shouldn't have bothered, I failed anyway :lol:

lol! i think i ended doing more resits as well! most of them i didnt improve on either!

Layne
18-05-2009, 21:43
Fabulous - my first exam is 3 weeks away and no revision has been done :| WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE! Ahhhhhhhh!

Drama practical on thursday, can't wait for it to be done and over!!!

Abbie
18-05-2009, 22:03
hey Layne how are you finding the Unit 6 stuff?

StarsOfCCTV
18-05-2009, 22:07
I have decided to prioritize, history sources paper and pre release science paper are going out of the window until a few days before the exam! I know thats not what your meant to do but the pre release you can't really revise for its more general knowledge and depends on the questions on the day and the sources paper is pretty basic..I didn't revise for that at all last year. This year I have actually looked at the material a bit.

Throwing myself into revising for physics paper and the essay bit for history because those are the ones I really need to revise for!

Good luck everyone. :)

di marco
18-05-2009, 23:01
I have decided to prioritize, history sources paper and pre release science paper are going out of the window until a few days before the exam! I know thats not what your meant to do but the pre release you can't really revise for its more general knowledge and depends on the questions on the day and the sources paper is pretty basic..I didn't revise for that at all last year. This year I have actually looked at the material a bit.

Throwing myself into revising for physics paper and the essay bit for history because those are the ones I really need to revise for!

thats what i used to do, only revised the things properly that i really needed to and just looked over the rest

Layne
19-05-2009, 21:25
hey Layne how are you finding the Unit 6 stuff?

Not bad, to be fair i haven't looked at it in a while! But i have got most of my notes sorted, actually no i need to go through them to sort out my notes for the exam. Need to annotate my Trojan women loads more though! Urgh fun times. Going to do it after the practical though!
How is yours going? x

Abbie
19-05-2009, 22:18
Well Shakespeare is okay but Trojan women not so much :S

Kim
20-05-2009, 12:59
One more left :D And that's not for 2 weeks. I went to see one of the Economics teachers when I got out of my English exam today and got him to email the powerpoint he was meant to have emailed us before. He told me to take a break for today. So I won't argue I don't think haha.

Layne
20-05-2009, 16:44
I hate the fact none of my exams have happened yet ... ii want them over!! Haha!!
Abbie - i know what you mean about Trojan women its so .... meh! I deffo need to major annotate it up for the exam, ive already page marked the different units and the major points :D

Kim
20-05-2009, 17:10
It seems like the A2's are starting late, when do you finish? Do you get annotations in the drama exam then?

My friend had her first exam today and her Music and Physics clash tomorrow. I've found 3 in the last 6 days too much.

DaVeyWaVey
20-05-2009, 19:03
My first A Level exam is on the 8th of June, and my last one is on the 18th. I've started revising Paradise Lost over the past few days, as that's my first exam - it's all good :D

Good luck everyone :)

Abigail
20-05-2009, 19:11
A2 exams usually start a couple of weeks after AS start.

Pleased to hear your exams are going ok so far. Good luck for those that haven't started and those with a few left to go.

Celebrate in style after your last exam :thumbsup:

Abbie
20-05-2009, 19:13
I hate the fact none of my exams have happened yet ... ii want them over!! Haha!!
Abbie - i know what you mean about Trojan women its so .... meh! I deffo need to major annotate it up for the exam, ive already page marked the different units and the major points :D

I know I hate it

All I really have is a list of past bits they have already covered in the exams

My first actual A2 exam is the 5th June and I finish on the 19th

Abigail
20-05-2009, 19:16
Was it someone on here who I offered my unit 6 biology revision question spider diagrams to? I can't remember who it was.

Abbie
20-05-2009, 19:18
erm I dont remember but as far as I know arent I the only one at the moment doing the same biology course you did :D

Abigail
20-05-2009, 19:19
Hmm wonder who it was then. I was really chuffed with my fifteen spider diagrams on key areas. Shame I failed the module after all the hard work :lol:

Abbie
20-05-2009, 19:21
Aww, well are they helpful cos I could really use all the help I can get! :lol:

Abigail
20-05-2009, 19:22
Yeah. Some of them are what my teacher did and the others I did myself. Complete with full colour and a few doodles/diagrams. Key words and phrases.

Abbie
20-05-2009, 19:24
Wow you got loads of help

with Unit 6 we have done NOTHING our teacher has basically told us just to revise

Done suppose I can have a peek? :p :bow:

Abigail
20-05-2009, 19:26
Of course you can. I can scan them when I go back to uni in a few days and email you them or I can post them all to you. I'm not bothered which, I don't want them back. The only reason I kept them was because I knew you were doing the same course.

Abbie
20-05-2009, 19:28
Aww :D
erm can you scan them if thats ok :)

I cant believe we have like done no class work on it

Abigail
20-05-2009, 19:35
Ok, it won't be until Friday though. These are the areas and questions we were told to do:




Mitosis


Meiosis I


Meiosis II


Phosopholipid bilayer


Membranes


Nutrition


Enzymes


Gene technology


Cell structure



My teacher did these: Not nearly as impressive as mine :p


Roles of lipids in living organisms


Digestion and absorption of carbs and the regulation of blood glucose


Uptake, transport and roles of mineral ions by flowering plants


Detection of light by mammals and flowering plants


Transport of molecules and ions through the cell surface membrane


Give an account of variation, natural selection and speciation (this was similar to a question on June 08 paper)

Abbie
20-05-2009, 19:37
I did your paper as a mock the other day

Abigail
20-05-2009, 19:38
What did you think? I did the ecology 15 mark.

Abbie
20-05-2009, 19:40
erm it was ok, I had to guess on the the Biogas! had no idea
And the genetics I made a right silly mistake on the diagram
I did the ecology one

Abigail
20-05-2009, 19:41
I didn't get the biogas one either. It's either not in the syllabus or we weren't taught it, I don't ever remember doing it.

Abbie
20-05-2009, 19:42
Me either but apparently it is on there cos the geeks we were going on about it

di marco
21-05-2009, 17:55
with Unit 6 we have done NOTHING our teacher has basically told us just to revise

we never learnt anything for unit 6 either, we were just told if you knew the other units then we would be fine! :rolleyes:

whens your first biology exam?

Abigail
21-05-2009, 20:13
To be honest, there isn't much you can learn for unit 6. It's mainly revision of the key points from the other five units and coursework

Abbie
21-05-2009, 22:47
Yeah I know but it would but good if my teacher could help and link things together

First biology exam is 1st June, unit 1 resit

di marco
22-05-2009, 15:08
i swear my school must have been the only school that did the sort of practical exam for unit 6 rather than cw

di marco
22-05-2009, 15:09
First biology exam is 1st June, unit 1 resit

good luck, unit 1 was the only unit i understood lol!

Abbie
22-05-2009, 17:18
i swear my school must have been the only school that did the sort of practical exam for unit 6 rather than cwI would have hated to do that



First biology exam is 1st June, unit 1 resit

good luck, unit 1 was the only unit i understood lol!
Thanks! :D same here :p

StarsOfCCTV
22-05-2009, 17:27
I found out today I have a BB so far in Science. Eek. If I don't get 70% in each exam it brings my grade down.

I am doomed. :rolleyes: :lol:

On the upside I got two marks off a B in the history sources mock, not knowing how to deal with sources. Now I know what to do, I think I will do better. At least a B, I hope. Depends on the other part, the essay question.

di marco
23-05-2009, 13:56
I found out today I have a BB so far in Science. Eek. If I don't get 70% in each exam it brings my grade down.

I am doomed. :rolleyes: :lol:

On the upside I got two marks off a B in the history sources mock, not knowing how to deal with sources. Now I know what to do, I think I will do better. At least a B, I hope. Depends on the other part, the essay question.

wow thats good. good luck :)

di marco
23-05-2009, 13:59
i swear my school must have been the only school that did the sort of practical exam for unit 6 rather than cwI would have hated to do that

nah it was alright, i found it a lot easier than the cw we did in yr12. i was worried to start with when they told us we wouldnt be doing cw but we went through a lot of past papers and were told how to structure it etc. i was dreading it being one about chemicals cos you had to know the names of the ones you would use but it was to do with animals and environment so i managed to get an A in that paper, shame the other paper for unit 6 i got a D or E in!

Kim
24-05-2009, 08:33
All A Levels now have practical assessments for coursework. I found them bad enough at GCSE lol.

di marco
24-05-2009, 19:51
All A Levels now have practical assessments for coursework. I found them bad enough at GCSE lol.

what every subject?

Abbie
24-05-2009, 20:25
all of them have coursework?

I dont think so, I know geography doesnt

Abigail
24-05-2009, 20:32
All A Levels now have practical assessments for coursework. I found them bad enough at GCSE lol.

How would that work for history, english, maths and other non-practical subjects?

Kim
24-05-2009, 20:55
Oops, I meant to put all Sciences.

di marco
25-05-2009, 14:38
Oops, I meant to put all Sciences.

i assumed they all had a least one bit of cw anyway. from my sixth form and my sis sixth form they did anyway

Abbie
29-05-2009, 23:40
Ahhh exam on monday!
thats when they really start for me :S

Chloe O'brien
29-05-2009, 23:41
Our exams have all finished up here. Monday is the first day of the new accademic year.

Kim
29-05-2009, 23:42
Wednesday :(

Need 85% for an A in Economics, I'm not hopeful.

Abbie
29-05-2009, 23:42
:eek: omg! really?

Mine finish on the 19th june :(

StarsOfCCTV
29-05-2009, 23:51
My first is on Tuesday. Finish on the 11th.

I'm not hopeful either. Perhaps I will take a gap year and resit if it all goes belly up.

Abbie
29-05-2009, 23:52
I wish I finished that early! :(

StarsOfCCTV
29-05-2009, 23:58
Its because I only do two subjects. Well one of them is worth 2 A levels, but that is 70% coursework, meaning I only have 2 exams in that and I also have 2 in History and they are all quite close together.

Abbie
29-05-2009, 23:59
Yeah but still, I know other people that finish that early

and 2 of my closest friends finish their exams on my birthday :ninja:

Chloe O'brien
30-05-2009, 00:00
Wednesday :(

Need 85% for an A in Economics, I'm not hopeful.

Kim you will walk it stop worrying.

Kim
30-05-2009, 00:01
:eek: omg! really?

Mine finish on the 19th june :(

It's because I got a B with 75% on Unit 1. So to get them both to 80% I need 85% in this. Looks like I'm in for resits :ninja:

Abbie
30-05-2009, 00:06
You shouldnt put to much pressure on youself
Wouldnt you be pleased with a B

Abigail
30-05-2009, 00:11
Kim, once you get to uni nobody cares what A levels you got. Work hard enough to get the grades for uni but don't stress over it. And if your teachers put pressure on you to get 85%, take it with a pinch of salt. They may want the best for you but there's a line that has to be drawn somewhere.

You don't have to satisfy anybody but yourself. Your teachers and family aren't going to hold it against you for the rest of your life if you get a B instead of an A. After a few hours, they won't really care.

Abbie
30-05-2009, 00:13
I really agree with abigail, at the end of the day as long as you meet what a uni wants, thats all that matters

di marco
30-05-2009, 11:18
good luck kim, abbie and stars, im sure youll all do great :)

StarsOfCCTV
01-06-2009, 16:43
I should really have looked at the specification for history earlier. Could have saved myself some revision on topics I didn't need to revise. :lol:

Surprisingly four main topics questions are going to be asked are on Versailles, Appeasement, Munich crisis and to the outbreak of wars. Emphasis on 1930s, specifically 1938-9 rather than 1920s. Obviously this is all including opposition, support, pacts, agreements, guarantees...:rolleyes:

I am now currently on wikipedia researching the six specific events e.g. Stresa Front; they list. :lol: Revision is going so slow today...

Abigail
01-06-2009, 19:12
You probably already know this but don't rely on wiki for accuracy. And don't cite it in your coursework.

StarsOfCCTV
01-06-2009, 19:17
Oh yeah I know, I've got a text book to check, its good but not specifically for the Edexcel course so its a bit lacking in detail in places for what I need.

I don't think I used Wikipedia in my coursework..

Abbie
01-06-2009, 22:08
Had my biology unit 1 resit this afternoon

It went quite well, I felt really good about the paper I was on the last questions 30 mins into the exam but I had left the calculation questions till last and had to go back to them

StarsOfCCTV
02-06-2009, 22:37
Good to hear :D

Sampling testing and processing today.

Two five mark questions I had no idea what to do so I made it up. Think all of the calculations but one were ok. The third section of the paper was awful, I know they do something you don't have to know but Radon. Seriously. :lol: To get rid of radon gases you fumigate a house, right? :rotfl: Dear me. I tried my best.

Bit hit and miss that paper. Some bits I answered well, some I didn't have a clue. Overall I don't think I failed it spectacularly. I hope. ;) Yay for coursework. :lol:

Abbie
03-06-2009, 13:12
I always do that with calculations, I get confused and not sure what to do so I make it up :p

Kim
03-06-2009, 15:49
Had my last one this afternoon. I don't know what to think about how it went to be honest. I remembered an example when I got out of the exam which isn't good :(

di marco
03-06-2009, 18:45
You probably already know this but don't rely on wiki for accuracy. And don't cite it in your coursework.

yeh you should never reference it but one of my lecturers said its ok to find stuff out to then research somewhere else

Abbie
03-06-2009, 22:41
Lucky you!

I still have 8 to go!

StarsOfCCTV
03-06-2009, 22:48
Ouch!

One week to go. Not looking to next week though 3 exams in 4 days and all at 8.30 am. Bleh.

Abbie
03-06-2009, 22:56
I still have 3 weeks to go

well 2 and a half I think

StarsOfCCTV
03-06-2009, 23:04
Aww..All be worth it hopefully! :D

You should get something for a treat at the end. I have 6 new Disney videos and soon will have Sims 3. Yes I am a total child. :p I also have two books and a bar of chocolate. And a shopping trip planned. Its all motivation to revise! :lol:

Abigail
03-06-2009, 23:11
I second that. You need a big reward at the end of it that has absolutely nothing to do with education.

I went to Florida three days after my last exam.

Kasple, are you in your last year of A levels?

StarsOfCCTV
03-06-2009, 23:17
Yeah I am. :D

squillyfer
03-06-2009, 23:20
Three down, seven to go and I cant wait for it to be over, my exam today (chemistry resit) went ok but I'm kind of dreading maths c4 on friday

Abigail
03-06-2009, 23:21
So you, Abbie, Lea and Dave will be going to uni in a few months. Anyone else planning to go?

Kirsty :]
03-06-2009, 23:39
Ugh. A Levels. They shoudl be banned :(.. I'm seriously not worried for them liek I should be.
We have our ball a few days after my last exma.. I don't even want to go.. I'd much prefer a wild night out on the town haha

I withdrew my application... I'm going to college instead hopefully.

di marco
04-06-2009, 06:38
I'm kind of dreading maths c4 on friday

good luck :) i did maths, i thought c3 and c4 were really hard!

di marco
04-06-2009, 06:38
;663496']I withdrew my application... I'm going to college instead hopefully.

good luck :) what are you hoping to do at college?

Abbie
04-06-2009, 08:42
Theres loads of us going to uni this time round

Kim
04-06-2009, 08:48
Ouch!

One week to go. Not looking to next week though 3 exams in 4 days and all at 8.30 am. Bleh.

Eek. I found 3 in 6 too much the other week and they were only AS's. I thought morning exams started at 9am :searchme:

StarsOfCCTV
04-06-2009, 11:20
Maybe they are trying to get us to arrive on time. :lol:

We had this new rule, you had to take the labels off your water bottles. Does anyone else have that?

Kim
04-06-2009, 11:27
That's been in at my school for a while, at least since I did my first set of science modules in Year 10. I don't know if it was in when I did my SATs, but I remember being allowed a pencil case that wasn't see through back then. Or do the rules only apply to GCSE upwards?

I think the water bottle rule comes from JCQ guidelines or something.

StarsOfCCTV
04-06-2009, 11:35
We didn't have it last year...hmm..

I remember my tutor telling me about someone who had tried to cheat once by etching on the water bottle but once they had filled it up they couldn't see it properly because of the water. :lol:

Kim
04-06-2009, 11:54
We didn't have it last year...hmm..

I remember my tutor telling me about someone who had tried to cheat once by etching on the water bottle but once they had filled it up they couldn't see it properly because of the water. :lol:

What actually on the plastic? I thought they were worried about people writing stuff on the insides of the labels and that was why they brought in the rule.

StarsOfCCTV
04-06-2009, 11:55
Yes I think so.

Kirsty :]
04-06-2009, 12:28
;663496']I withdrew my application... I'm going to college instead hopefully.

good luck :) what are you hoping to do at college?

All the ologys lol.

I'm going to redo my Biology because I know I can do well.. I just didn't concentrate at the beginning and I lost it there.

Then also Sociology, Psychology and ICT. :)

We've had the water bottle thing for ages... not that anyone listens anymore lol

di marco
04-06-2009, 14:16
;663580']

;663496']I withdrew my application... I'm going to college instead hopefully.

good luck :) what are you hoping to do at college?

All the ologys lol.

I'm going to redo my Biology because I know I can do well.. I just didn't concentrate at the beginning and I lost it there.

Then also Sociology, Psychology and ICT. :)

oh cool, i would have loved to have done sociology, my school didnt do it though :( good luck

di marco
04-06-2009, 14:17
Ouch!

One week to go. Not looking to next week though 3 exams in 4 days and all at 8.30 am. Bleh.

Eek. I found 3 in 6 too much the other week and they were only AS's. I thought morning exams started at 9am :searchme:

i think you can start them half hour before or half hour later than the stated time, unless it was a short exam. you used to be able to anyway

di marco
04-06-2009, 14:18
We had this new rule, you had to take the labels off your water bottles. Does anyone else have that?

yeh my school used to do that. stupid rule really, we werent allowed calculator lids either

Kim
04-06-2009, 14:43
;663580']

;663496']I withdrew my application... I'm going to college instead hopefully.

good luck :) what are you hoping to do at college?

All the ologys lol.

I'm going to redo my Biology because I know I can do well.. I just didn't concentrate at the beginning and I lost it there.

Then also Sociology, Psychology and ICT. :)

We've had the water bottle thing for ages... not that anyone listens anymore lol

I do Psychology. It's very different on the new syllabus but it's great. There's only 2 units in each year instead of 3 on the new syllabus. Good luck with it.

Kim
04-06-2009, 14:46
We had this new rule, you had to take the labels off your water bottles. Does anyone else have that?

yeh my school used to do that. stupid rule really, we werent allowed calculator lids either

Yeah, I think it's very unlikely that someone wouldn't be heard in a silent exam hall if they tried to take the label off of their bottle.

Abigail
04-06-2009, 17:58
I've never heard of the water bottle thing. We had see through pencil cases and no calculator lids (everyone ignored that though) and the other usual suspects.

squillyfer
04-06-2009, 18:26
Ouch!

One week to go. Not looking to next week though 3 exams in 4 days and all at 8.30 am. Bleh.

Eek. I found 3 in 6 too much the other week and they were only AS's. I thought morning exams started at 9am :searchme:

I've got 4 A levels in three days next week: Psychology (health module) on tuesday 9am, physics (psa5) on wednesday 9am and maths (M1) and chemistry (module 3 resit) on thursday at 9 and 1:30 respectively. Its not going to be a fun week :(

Abigail
04-06-2009, 19:01
What exam board and spec are you doing for physics?

Abbie
04-06-2009, 20:38
Our morning exams are at 9:30 and afternoon at 13:30

Abbie
04-06-2009, 20:39
we have the water bottle thing to!

di marco
04-06-2009, 21:00
maths (M1)

how are you finding that module? i found it the hardest maths module by far

squillyfer
04-06-2009, 21:18
What exam board and spec are you doing for physics?

edexcel salters horners


how are you finding that module? i found it the hardest maths module by far

its ok, i think i find it easier cos i had to know most of it for physics anyway, the only thing is I do m1, I've taken physics for 2 years now, my physics coursework was on projectile motion and I still cant do any kind of projectile question lol it just refuses to go in.

di marco
04-06-2009, 22:08
how are you finding that module? i found it the hardest maths module by far

its ok, i think i find it easier cos i had to know most of it for physics anyway, the only thing is I do m1, I've taken physics for 2 years now, my physics coursework was on projectile motion and I still cant do any kind of projectile question lol it just refuses to go in.

i always hated physics, couldnt do it at all! i did even worse in my m1 resit than i did the first time! i was glad that we only did one mechanics module and did statistics for the other one. is it edexcel your doing?

Kim
04-06-2009, 23:25
maths (M1)

how are you finding that module? i found it the hardest maths module by far

My friend who does Maths with Mechanics finds it the hardest module. Maths is the subject she's doing the least well in but she got a C for C1 and then 4 marks or something for her M1 mock! I can't count how many times she's stayed after class/school to get extra help with it.

My other friend got an A* in GCSE Maths when she took it in Year 8. She got a B on M1 the first time she took it; the only Maths module she ever got a B on.

di marco
04-06-2009, 23:27
maths (M1)

how are you finding that module? i found it the hardest maths module by far

My friend who does Maths with Mechanics finds it the hardest module. Maths is the subject she's doing the least well in but she got a C for C1 and then 4 marks or something for her M1 mock! I can't count how many times she's stayed after class/school to get extra help with it.

My other friend got an A* in GCSE Maths when she took it in Year 8. She got a B on M1 the first time she took it; the only Maths module she ever got a B on.

i found c1 really easy (i got 100% in that) and s1 and c2 were easy as well. but m1 the highest i could get was a high D i just had no clue what was going on! even when i thought i understood the formulas in lessons i had no idea how to apply them to the questions in the exam

squillyfer
05-06-2009, 17:13
Well I'm still feeling good about M1 but I think after the way C4 went today any hope i ever had of a good grade in maths has gone well and truley out the window :(

StarsOfCCTV
08-06-2009, 11:48
"Chamberlain's conduct of foreign policy from May 1937-September 1939 was sensible, if not un-heroic. How far do you agree with this opinion" Couldn't remember much in 1937, I could only think of the war between China and Japan. But now I see I have missed out the agreement between Italy and Britain, Nazi-Soviet pact and the Pact of steel. Damn damn damn :lol:

I wrote 9 and a half pages. I had a lot to say, which I guess is good, but I kind of ran out of time at the end. 1 hour is not enough!! Wrote a bad conclusion in that 10 minutes left panic. I don't think I failed but I spent far too much time describing the events.

No more British foreign policy thank goodness! (well unless I fail but lets not hope it comes to that :lol:)

Kim
08-06-2009, 15:05
9 and a half pages in an hour :eek: As you say an hour isn't long and you probably couldn't have written about every event in that time anyway.

Layne
08-06-2009, 17:38
Well that synoptic paper was a waste of 3 hours, i swear i could have got a better mark - not actually turning up than i probably just did :rolleyes:

Kim
08-06-2009, 18:17
Do they give you your predicted grade if you don't turn up then?

Abbie
08-06-2009, 19:22
Do they give you your predicted grade if you don't turn up then?

No they dont

Abbie
08-06-2009, 19:22
What subject was it Layne

Im sure it wasnt that bad

Abigail
08-06-2009, 20:58
Do they give you your predicted grade if you don't turn up then?

No they dont

Unless you're one your deathbed and apply for special considerations through the school.

Abbie is right, why would the exam board give you a predicted grade if you can't be bothered to turn up to the exam?

My school used to charge us if we didn't turn up for an exam. Not just that exam paper but for all the exam papers for the subject. Same if you turned up, wrote your name on the paper and didn't answer any questions.

Kim
08-06-2009, 21:06
Do they give you your predicted grade if you don't turn up then?

No they dont

Unless you're one your deathbed and apply for special considerations through the school.

Abbie is right, why would the exam board give you a predicted grade if you can't be bothered to turn up to the exam?

My school used to charge us if we didn't turn up for an exam. Not just that exam paper but for all the exam papers for the subject. Same if you turned up, wrote your name on the paper and didn't answer any questions.

I just wondered because Layne said she probably could've got better marks in the synoptic by not turning up.

di marco
08-06-2009, 21:29
Well I'm still feeling good about M1 but I think after the way C4 went today any hope i ever had of a good grade in maths has gone well and truley out the window :(

im sure youve done better than you think :)

StarsOfCCTV
10-06-2009, 15:22
-Facepalm-

I hope it went better than I thought it did.

I hate hate hate OCR! The way they word their questions its like they are deliberately trying to confuse you. They are so obscure.

Its like...One question was is the wavelength of blue light higher than, lower than or the same as red light and then next one was is the frequency of red light higher, lower or the same as blue light.

I know they are supposed to test you but can they make it so I don't have to work out the question as well as the answer!

Abbie
10-06-2009, 16:31
I am soooo sick of biology revision I feel like I know nothing and im going to fail, Im really stressed right now!

Abigail
10-06-2009, 16:33
Leave the books for a couple of hours and chill :cool: Too much revision will make your brain explode.

When are your exams? You'll be fine, you've done well in the others.

Kim
10-06-2009, 16:43
Today they told us that we are sitting the A2 Business exam in January! I hope my exams were ok as I will have so many in January otherwise.

I'm really praying for that 85% now otherwise I have to do a resit on my 18th birthday if I read the timetable correctly. And if I read it correctly also my Psychology and Economics Unit 3's will be on the same day :eek: There is sooo much to know for them :(

Abigail
10-06-2009, 18:06
Kim, you will be fine. It's better to do some exams in January, especially with A2, because it reduces the number of exams and stress in the summer exam period. And if you don't do as well as you hoped, you can do it again.

DaVeyWaVey
10-06-2009, 18:21
I had my first English exam on Monday on Paradise Lost. I don't think it went too well to be honest - I wrote four pages, though I could have added more to my answer to give a more balanced argument and I don't think I addressed the question fully... I had to say whether I thought Satan was essentially like a human by the end of Book 2. I discussed the presentation of his character and how I thought he only became more human to the reader by Book 2, and in Book 1, the reader would just admire him, but I didn't really discuss Milton's form or structure so I think I went wrong there!

Layne
10-06-2009, 18:48
Do they give you your predicted grade if you don't turn up then?

No they dont

Unless you're one your deathbed and apply for special considerations through the school.

Abbie is right, why would the exam board give you a predicted grade if you can't be bothered to turn up to the exam?

My school used to charge us if we didn't turn up for an exam. Not just that exam paper but for all the exam papers for the subject. Same if you turned up, wrote your name on the paper and didn't answer any questions.

I just wondered because Layne said she probably could've got better marks in the synoptic by not turning up.

Naah they don't take your predicted grade - its just an instant U, i was just over-exaggerating the point of my poop exam on monday.
It was english Abbie, it was awful - saw my teacher today and she agreed the extracts were horrible! But hopefully if everyone thought that the grade boundaries might be lower.
Psychology yesterday was okay - could have been better, but could have been ALOT worse!
English part 2 today - drama and poetry (Hamlet and Byron) was not bad at all - did the other question for Hamlet compared to everyone else but i thought it was a better option for me! And the byron question was good - i just hope the ramble i wrote constitutes a good mark :lol: Just drama left next week now .... woo!

Kim
10-06-2009, 18:55
Lol I really can't tell when people are joking!

I did Hamlet for coursework this year. I would have hated to sit an exam on that. I wasn't a fan of that play and am now dropping the subject :lol:

Layne
10-06-2009, 19:05
Its not bad - i quite like it, but i think i would have enjoyed it more if i'd got into it more. We did King Lear for drama last year and i LOVED IT :)

di marco
11-06-2009, 09:59
Today they told us that we are sitting the A2 Business exam in January! I hope my exams were ok as I will have so many in January otherwise.

I'm really praying for that 85% now otherwise I have to do a resit on my 18th birthday if I read the timetable correctly. And if I read it correctly also my Psychology and Economics Unit 3's will be on the same day :eek: There is sooo much to know for them :(

as abigail said, its best to do some exams in january as otherwise think how stressed it would be in the summer. if you dont wanna do too many exams in january and you wanna resit some of this years you can always do them in the summer instead

di marco
11-06-2009, 10:00
English part 2 today - drama and poetry (Hamlet and Byron) was not bad at all - did the other question for Hamlet compared to everyone else but i thought it was a better option for me! And the byron question was good - i just hope the ramble i wrote constitutes a good mark :lol: Just drama left next week now .... woo!

i always used to seem to do the other question to what everyone else did lol! good luck with your drama exam :) i never had to do exams in drama, what do you have to do?

di marco
11-06-2009, 10:01
I hate hate hate OCR! The way they word their questions its like they are deliberately trying to confuse you. They are so obscure.

Its like...One question was is the wavelength of blue light higher than, lower than or the same as red light and then next one was is the frequency of red light higher, lower or the same as blue light.

I know they are supposed to test you but can they make it so I don't have to work out the question as well as the answer!

i hated ocr as well. we had them for our science gcse. im sure it went better than you think :)

Layne
11-06-2009, 10:45
English part 2 today - drama and poetry (Hamlet and Byron) was not bad at all - did the other question for Hamlet compared to everyone else but i thought it was a better option for me! And the byron question was good - i just hope the ramble i wrote constitutes a good mark :lol: Just drama left next week now .... woo!

i always used to seem to do the other question to what everyone else did lol! good luck with your drama exam :) i never had to do exams in drama, what do you have to do?

Thank you :) We have to answer one question on a performance we've seen, and have to compare it to another century performance and then we have to answer some questions on Trojan women and how we would interpret it as a director, they are pretty tricky questions!

di marco
11-06-2009, 10:46
English part 2 today - drama and poetry (Hamlet and Byron) was not bad at all - did the other question for Hamlet compared to everyone else but i thought it was a better option for me! And the byron question was good - i just hope the ramble i wrote constitutes a good mark :lol: Just drama left next week now .... woo!

i always used to seem to do the other question to what everyone else did lol! good luck with your drama exam :) i never had to do exams in drama, what do you have to do?

Thank you :) We have to answer one question on a performance we've seen, and have to compare it to another century performance and then we have to answer some questions on Trojan women and how we would interpret it as a director, they are pretty tricky questions!

oh right, sounds difficult! glad i never had to do that

Abbie
11-06-2009, 12:01
Leave the books for a couple of hours and chill :cool: Too much revision will make your brain explode.

When are your exams? You'll be fine, you've done well in the others.

Tomorrow afternoon

Im resitting unit 4 which means I need to know microbiology and then unit 5 where I need to know everything but microbiology
so basically I need to know everything for tomorrow :(

StarsOfCCTV
11-06-2009, 16:20
Cram and you'll be fine. :p

History sources today. The most boring exam ever. Question 1 was a bit funny because all the sources agreed. :lol: Had to find a couple of obscure counter arguments.
It went ok, I think. I put in everything he told us to so fingers crossed.

Annoyed at the stupid wording of question 2 though.

Kim
11-06-2009, 17:02
Cram and you'll be fine. :p

History sources today. The most boring exam ever. Question 1 was a bit funny because all the sources agreed. :lol: Had to find a couple of obscure counter arguments.
It went ok, I think. I put in everything he told us to so fingers crossed.

Annoyed at the stupid wording of question 2 though.

Stupider than the Physics the other day? Is that all of your exams done now?

More Business coursework today :( There's too much! I'm so glad I've dropped down to three subjects now to give me time to do it all.

Abbie
11-06-2009, 17:50
Thats what I am doing, cramming =S

StarsOfCCTV
11-06-2009, 23:55
Stupider than the Physics the other day? Is that all of your exams done now?


Much more. It was "was Hitler's rule a despotic tyranny". :confused: I didn't know what that meant. I thought it meant the opposite to what it did. Handy. :rolleyes:

There is so much more that I could have put if I had known it was totalitarian, I could have used own knowledge, which I hardly used.

I'm hoping the examiner will understand that I didn't know what it meant. :rolleyes: Because to be fair I did present a for and against argument, which is what you are meant to. I am just annoyed that they had to word it so obscurely...its not like I was taking english. :lol:

And yes thank goodness.

squillyfer
14-06-2009, 22:38
My week from hell didnt end up going as bad as I thought, psychology went relatively well in the sense that the questions i wanted to come up did, physics was neither great nor terrible, M1 was a bit crappy but I've kind of given up on maths and then my chemistry resit went fairly well so I'm pleased. Cant believe I only have 2 exams left!

Abbie
14-06-2009, 22:43
I have 4 left


On friday did unit 4 and 5 in biology
resit was good but unit 5 was very bad!

di marco
15-06-2009, 10:59
im sure youve all done better than you think :) have you had your unit 6 biology yet abbie?

Abbie
15-06-2009, 12:12
Not yet, thats on wednesday.
I should be revising today BUT its my birthday and I dont want to :p

di marco
15-06-2009, 12:43
Not yet, thats on wednesday.
I should be revising today BUT its my birthday and I dont want to :p

good luck for wednesday. youre allowed a day off on your bday :)

Abbie
15-06-2009, 15:38
Thanks! Im dreading that exam!

DaVeyWaVey
16-06-2009, 17:39
I had my last Media exam today - Waking The Dead came up as a visual :thumbsup: I was really happy.

2 more exams to go now for me and then I'm done. Hope everyone else's exams are going ok. :)

Abbie
16-06-2009, 18:15
Thats good then :)


I have geography skills tomorrow =S and biology synoptic =S =S

Kim
16-06-2009, 18:25
What exams do you have left Dave?

I'm getting fed up of work :( We've only just finished AS and they're setting it like there's no tomorrow.

DaVeyWaVey
16-06-2009, 18:32
1 English exam on Thursday and 1 Drama exam on Friday afternoon.

How are you feeling about your exams tomorrow Abbie?

Abbie
16-06-2009, 21:05
horrible, the skills paper you cant really revise for
and then biology synoptic in the afternoon = worst combination ever! Ive already done a half synoptic paper though so i just need to re-read my revision guides and stuff

and then Im the same as you dave, english on thursday and drama friday, both afternoons

Layne
16-06-2009, 22:04
Good luck gang :) Just got drama on friday - really struggling for motivation for the notes .... but 3 days and FREEDOM :D

Kirsty :]
16-06-2009, 22:09
2 more exams left :D... I can't describe how badly these exams have gone!

RE Synoptic thursday, and then English Language synoptic Monday... which sucks because there's an end of exam house party Friday night :(... I will be going though, because me being me... I won't be revising on a Friday haha

Abbie
16-06-2009, 22:11
Good luck gang :) Just got drama on friday - really struggling for motivation for the notes .... but 3 days and FREEDOM :D

Im the same I have all mine in rough in my book, I just need to write them up

My concept is still in draft

Abbie
16-06-2009, 22:11
;666350']2 more exams left :D... I can't describe how badly these exams have gone!

RE Synoptic thursday, and then English Language synoptic Monday... which sucks because there's an end of exam house party Friday night :(... I will be going though, because me being me... I won't be revising on a Friday haha

I would go to :) You have the weekend, just think about that

squillyfer
16-06-2009, 23:11
Physics psa6 was pretty awful today, but i think everyone found it difficult so maybe its meant to be hard lol. I only have 1 exam left now, chemistry on thursday and then I'm free for the summer. Going out on saturday to celebrate.

di marco
17-06-2009, 10:29
everyones exams seem to be nearly over, good luck for the last few! :) then just think you get 3 months summer hols! :D

Abbie
17-06-2009, 16:36
Had geography skills today, I felt like I repeated myself so much

And the biology synoptic was ok I think.

Abbie
18-06-2009, 22:00
English was good
It was on Attiudes to accents my fav subject :D
although the language production wasnt the best

Layne
19-06-2009, 17:16
FINISHED :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Drama wasn't too bad - running out of time towards the end, but coped okay!
The PErformance question was horrible - Directors :| Managed to cover it okay - only referred to one example of another time period so thats a bit bad!
LOVED the Trojan women questions - we planned loads of Cassandra things this morning :) And for the direction one i did what a did in a previous essay and directed the beginning and a couple of other bits :) Ooh good old suffering!

Abbie
19-06-2009, 17:55
Ive finished too!!! :D :cheer:

then some of drama people went to the pub for a drink :D I love being 18 :p

Going out tonight, I might get very drunk

DaVeyWaVey
19-06-2009, 18:04
I'm all done as well. Drama exam wasn't too bad today, it could have been worse but I still think I've near enough failed the paper as I just found it very difficult generally - reading 10 pages of an extract, annotating it and answering two questions worth 25 marks each in the space of about an hour and a half is a bit tough! but oh well.. it's all done now :)

I am also off out tonight to the pub with some friends.

Bryan
19-06-2009, 18:06
god it seems like a lifetime ago that i finished my a levels. i feel so old :( :thumbsdow

Abbie
19-06-2009, 18:09
Awww lol, your not!

Like the new SBBB thing on the logo on the boards, very cool

Abigail
19-06-2009, 18:10
god it seems like a lifetime ago that i finished my a levels. i feel so old :( :thumbsdow

It's only a year since mind but it seems so long ago. It's a year and a day since my last A level exam.

Bryan
19-06-2009, 18:22
god it seems like a lifetime ago that i finished my a levels. i feel so old :( :thumbsdow

It's only a year since mind but it seems so long ago. It's a year and a day since my last A level exam.

i know, at our age a year is a lifetime isn't it! so much has happened since i left uni and went college, it's like i'm a completley different person now!

squillyfer
19-06-2009, 22:32
finished yesterday, and actually considering chemistry was probably the one I was most worried about it was relatively painless. I cant believe I'm free for the summer and am looking forward to my night out tomorrow so much

Abbie
20-06-2009, 11:02
I have no idea what im going to do all summer now

Kim
20-06-2009, 11:17
Hit 20,000 posts? :lol:

Abbie
20-06-2009, 11:20
:rotfl: aww Kim that really made me laugh! :D

:lol: now that youve mentioned it :hmm: .......


:rotfl: lol! no theres no way I would manage that much! :p

di marco
21-06-2009, 08:27
well done everyone whos finished their exams. enjoy the time off and good luck for your results :)

di marco
21-06-2009, 08:27
god it seems like a lifetime ago that i finished my a levels. i feel so old :( :thumbsdow

It's only a year since mind but it seems so long ago. It's a year and a day since my last A level exam.

i know, at our age a year is a lifetime isn't it! so much has happened since i left uni and went college, it's like i'm a completley different person now!

mine seem ages ago, although in a week it will be 3 years since my last alevel exam, i suppose that is actually quite a long time ago!

Abbie
21-06-2009, 14:36
well done everyone whos finished their exams. enjoy the time off and good luck for your results :)

Oh yes.......the long wait for results

squillyfer
21-06-2009, 16:21
well done everyone whos finished their exams. enjoy the time off and good luck for your results :)

Oh yes.......the long wait for results



I'm trying to forget we ever get results, if i dont the wait will drive me crazy

Abbie
21-06-2009, 20:14
Im the same, although my dad always brings it up, he is the most annoying person ever!