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i'm not to sure when the 2008 ones come out, I know MMU and Salford are in our college library for next year. The 2007 ones are pretty simular and give you a feel for the place. You have he right ideal looking now, i left it really late.
I just thought i'd give some advice to anyone on here that might be doing AS Geography on Edexcel :)
I went to a Geography Conference in London today, ran by Sue Warn, who does the exam papers. She is known for dropping a lot of hints about what is in the exam paper, in these conferences.
Anyway, the main hints we got were these; Changing CBDs. She hinted that regeneration is going to be te key, as well, with the CBD fighting back against Out of Town shopping centres. So Dudley is a great example of that, because of the centre having to fight against Merry Hill. And Birmingham in general having to regenerate and fight back against the internet
The Rural-Urban Continum, what it is, and what characteristics it has
CONFLICTS. With everything. Rural conflicts, with development, secnd home owners etc. Urban conflicts, with development. Coastal conflicts, with how to manage coastal defences. And river conflicts, with how to manage river defences. So basically, the conflicts in the whole course. They said its not enough to just mention what the conflicts are, but you have to name the groups as well. E.g. Conservationists would be in favour of Afforestation on Rivers, to prevent floods, but against Channelisation. Whereas residents might be more for channelisation, but against Afforestation, as it could ruin their views etc (Very bad example, i know, but you get the point :p )
Sustainable river and coastal options as well
So yeah, i thought i'd share those hints with some other people. Only about 1000 people went to the conference, so its only fair a few people who couldn't get to London can pick up on the hints as well. Of course, they could be red herrings, but at least it gives a bit of focus to the revision, which is good, i think.
thanks for those Abi, i hadn't heard abut that one, i wonder if there'll be one in Manchester. I did a mock related to that today, regeneration covering those kinds of things so i'll see how that goes.
I do the AQA exam board for geog and Urban Regeneration and the CBD fights back is one of the modules we do. I don't really like it theres too much to remember. I am alright on the Manchestercase studies but the rest is beyond me. Its pretty technical.
I did 3 hours revision today, 1 hour Law, 1 hour human Geog and 1 hour physical Geog, Glaciers i hate them. I was really chuffed with myself.
Not long until my main exams now, less than 4 weeks for bio & business and 5 weeks for physics. I'm getting worried now, didn't realise they were so close.
Got general studies and critical thinking in 2 weeks. Key skills portfolio to finish off before study leave in 2 weeks which is only half done.
Did my physics coursework and handed it into my teacher today. He asked if it went ok and I said I'd missed one little bit out because I couldn't do it so he gave me it back and told me to hand it in on Monday. Just another thing I have to do this weekend. Bio coursework due in on Monday and it's nowhere near finished. Need to do some serious revision as well.
I hae this time of year. I don't know why we're doing coursework at this time of the year when exams are coming up when we could have done it September time and not had to rush it and cram in revision.
i know this is a bit of a late reply, but to whoever was asking about 2008 prospectuses (cant remember now lol!) but i think they will probably come out around july time as i think that was when the new ones came out when i was looking at unis. hope that helps
good luck to everyone with their exams :)
Thanks DM. I know some of them have come out already, my school have got a few. One of the ones that I sent off for has arrived at school but I haven't got my copy yet (sent off for it a month ago).
Got all my coursework done and handed in so thats one less thing to worry about. Exams start in 9 days :eek: Good job we've got Monday off cos I'm behind with my revision.
me as well, i love bank holidays. Mine start on the 12th June. Im absolutly bricking it.
Got my first general studies AS next week (don't know which paper, think its about 60-90mins) and I have absolutly no idea what it's about or what sort of questions they are. I know there's lots of sections, including a language bit. We haven't been asked yet which language we want to do and I'm a bit worried in case I get french cos I can't remember anything. Nobody has been through the paper with us and we don't have any lessons on it.
Is there any good sites for biology, physics and business studies revision, apart from the bbc?
I'd better go do some more revision :thumbsdow
dont worry about it, you can easily blag your way through general studies lol! although the language paper is difficult, i had no clue and got an E but cos all the other papers are dead easy i came out with a B without even going to any of the lessons!Quote:
Originally Posted by jelly belly
Oh that's a relief. One less thing to worry about.Quote:
Originally Posted by di marcodont worry about it, you can easily blag your way through general studies lol! although the language paper is difficult, i had no clue and got an E but cos all the other papers are dead easy i came out with a B without even going to any of the lessons!Quote:
Originally Posted by jelly belly
My physics teacher said that we should be doing at least 6 hours revision a day for 3 subjects and 8 hours for 4 subjects :eek: :eek: :eek: which is really worrying.
I keep dreaming that I fail my exams or my coursework's rubbish. Can't wait til exams are over.
Di M is exactly right about General Studies i came out with a C without going to any of the lessons. Got A2 hope it will be as good.
Mock Geography tomorrow. Really bricking it about the Cities madule.
I prefer the cities module. Because i live in a huge city, if i can't remember anything i've learnt, i just think of random places in London, and use them for examples in the questions. Makes it easier than the Rural module.
Finnnnally handed in my ICT today. I had a couple of things to change, but all in all i'm pretty pleased with it. I handed in my other module of coursework on Tuesday, so thats 2/3 of my ICT course done and dusted and out the way. Only the exam left now.
Had general studies yesterday. It went ok, a couple of questions confused me.
Nearly finished my key skills portfolio, need to do my discussion and finish my writing off.
Study leave begins on Friday which is good because I am so behind on coursework.
We have a new timetable when we go back after study leave. No tutor and no period 3 which means we'll only have 4 hours of each subject instead of 5. I'm slightly concerned that we won't have enough time to complete the courses next year but at least I don't have to get up at 7am each morning.
i hate rural too, it's really hard to remember but it's the same with me, about manchester, it's our case stuides so it's okay!
study leave on friday and i'm really happy as i've had enough of my college i've seen it in a different light over the past few weeks.
Exams have started where i am. The Computing people had their exam today- one of my mates was up untill 5.30 doing the prep work for it, he only got 1 hour sleep, did half the exam and fell asleep :rotfl: Bless..
Got ICT next week. Totally pointless exam, its so easy. I got a B in one of my modules of coursework, so if the other module is ok, and i do well in this exam, then i should get an A/B. Fingers crossed!
2 more exams on Friday next week. And they're the ones i have to write the most for (Geography and English Lit). 3 hours each, so 6 hours of writing straight. Great.
Politics is after half term, thank god. I need to do some major research of examples of everything i know, so the 10 days i have free before the exam is going to be full of Politics (And other things. I'm not some geek that revises constantly, i have what is known as a life!)
So yeah, its nearly over!! Then its a complete doss untill summer :D
I can't wait until after exams. Going on a biology field trip to the seaside, a trip to imax in Birmingham to look at lenses (we're not really, we're just going to watch films) and a trip to London. So it looks to be a relaxed few weeks with no stress about exams or homework.
Critical thinking on Friday. There's only 2 of us doing the exam so we've been put in a cupboard. There's just enough room for 2 desks and an invigilator.
Got really stressed yesterday about exams and failing and started crying. I even cleaned my teacher's classroom for the whole afternoon just to stop myself from thinking about exams.
i finish college a week today, how scary is that. No more education hopefull if the exams go well uni here i come.
Got a C in my geography mock but i know now where the improvements can be made so its all getting better. Just need to remember facts and figures to back up my evidence.
I got my student loan valification through yesterday.
Critical thinking exams today. The first one was hard and I didn't finish it all but the second one was ok. It wasn't as bad as the specimen paper that was on the exam board website.
good good, people said critical thinking was hard here.
I have two more days in college. Got a D on my geography mock so better get revising. I'm heading to the library in a second actually. I love my double frees on tuesday morning.
Study leave started on Friday. I have to go in today and tomorrow for physics but apart from that I've got 3 weeks off :)
I've done almost half of the exams, got 3 biology, 2 business and 3 physics to go. I'm really worried about physics and biology. I know the theory and maths bits in physics but I just can't put them into practice during the exam. And biology... well, I don't think I'll ever understand that...
Went into school for a revision class today and nobody turned up even though they said they would last week! So I've come home to do some past papers. I'm supposed to be looking at a mark scheme on the exam board website but it isn't happening.
I leave today, its weird as i dont really know how im feeling, excited and sad all together. Ill miss this place i think when i leave.
The best way to study physics is to do past papers. The more examples that you do, the easier you will find the exam. Maths is the same.
Biology is a different type of science, with loads more writing required and so more rote learning is needed.
Good luck everyone.
Had my first exam yesterday, and it went pretty well actually. It was ICT so it wasn't exactly rocket science (Plus it was only 1 module which was 33% so its not overly important), but as far as exams go, it wasn't that bad.
Got 2 exams tomorrow though. I'm dreading it. English and Geography, and both of them are 3 hours long. So thats 6 hours of writing. One word for that: Ouch!
eesh abi, are you taking a resit for geography? as mine's only one and a half hours long :s. revision isn't going too well, i started really early but too early as now i can't remember the early stuff! luckily it's tomorrow afternoon, so i should be feeling better after a good nights sleep then i can have a go at revision!
No, its probably just a different exam board. I'm on edexcel, maybe you're on a different one?
I've actually been ok with my revision this year. I do from about 11 untill 3, and then go out and enjoy the summer. So its all good!
The same questions are repeated in all physics papers but they change the idea eg there was one on moments about shopping trollies and the same question again on another paper on a pole. There's only 5/6 questions on each paper so it's not too bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trinity
I really wish I hadn't taken biology now. I'm putting off revising it but I know I'm going to have to do it soon. I really do not understand any of it. My teacher reckons the same questions come up every year but I don't know where he's looking because all the papers I've done are totally different. In some ways biology is harder than physics.
Business studies revision is going smashing, its the only subject I can sit and do and not get stressed about. I never realised how much I like business until this afternoon.
Next exams on the 4th June, 3 biology and 2 business all in one day. I'm gonna be screwed at the end of it.
good luck to anyone doing as and alevels
I did biology, chemistry and physics to first year Uni level before doing a degree in biochemisty.
The thing about biology is that you need to learn information. In physics and maths you learm mainly ideas and techniques.
I found just reading to be the best method of studying biology.
thats like Law and Psychology if you dont know the stuff youve had it.
Reading up on glaciers, its not sinking in. Its the part of the Geography module i am really struggling with. Tors, Cirques Moraines. I know the terms just no idea what they are/
Done 3 out of my 4 exams now! I had 2 of them yesterday. I was ok untill i got to 4 hours, and then i slowly starting dying, lol!
They went ok though. The English was a lot easier than i had expected, especially the Shakespeare module. Rural and Urban was fine in geography, but the Physical Landforms exam was pretty hard. But i gave it a go, so i dont care anymore :p Got about 11 days to revise for Politics now. Or. Actually. Make that i've got 10 days to doss, before panicing about my politics exam :cool: :rotfl:
lol, i have four weeks till geography, and its the landforms im panicking about, theres so many of them and to be honest with you i think they all look like a flipping hill. Thats it i couldnt identify a flipping moraine or an esker, its crazy.
I hate this time of year.
I'm fed up of doing revision now. One week to go until biology and business. Im fairly confident about business, as long as I remember the motivational theorists and their ideas, the rest of it's pretty easy, quality control, stock levels, interest rates etc.
I've got a few extra days to devote to physics so I'm concentrating mainly on biology. I'm really stuck on reproduction though, we've hardly covered it and the stuff in the textbook is confusing.
12 days to go until all the stress is over :)
12 days then ill just be beginning. Argh !!!!
I have my plan of action for today. I am doing half nine on the internet. THen the morning i am focusing on plate tectonics and facts and figures, getting my case studies sorted and then i am going to Tesco to get some coloured pens and this afternoon i am doing Psychology and the Environment, Environmental Cognition.
It was such a shock moving from GCSE biology to A-Level it just got so hard I didn't do very well in my A-level in biology lol oh well good job i'm now just studying drama :rotfl: got my exam for that next week...don't see me doing too well lol
I've almost got all my revision cards written out and my mum has started testing me. Particle physics is going ok, I'm pretty good on that. I need to finish electricity and plastic behaviour and start mechanics. I have 8 days until physics so I'm concentrating on biology at the moment.
Business is all done so I'm ready for questions on that.
Biology, I'm going to fail that spectaculary. I think I know some of it then I come to do questions on it and I can't remember any of it. The reproduction bit is difficult seeing as I have none of the work for it. Apparantly, reproduction almost always comes up, so I'm screwed really.
I did 8 hours yesterday and I'm absolutly knackered. I'm spposed to be doing some revision now so I'd better go.
8 days until it's all over...
lol you sound like me! did alevel biology and just scraped an E, failed quite a few of my modules as well, the amount of money that subject cost me on resits! and like you im now doing a drama degree, no more biology or any sort of exams for that matter ever again yay!Quote:
Originally Posted by xTanya
3 days to go until biology and I'm really starting to panic. I don't know anything and I'm so scared.
I'm thinking about not going back in September. I'm so confused, I need a science to get into uni and I really want to go but at the moment I'm struggling so much with biology. I can do the physics work in class but when it comes to exams I completly forget everything.
I don't know what to do. I really want to go to uni and have a great time and get a degree in something that I'm interested in and get a decent job. I'll be able to leave home in a year or so. But if I drop out I don't know what I would do. I'd love to go into the police force but with my illnesses I might not get in. Of course, I could neglect to put some things down on the application form that I know would most likely rule me out but they check your medical records.
I can't wait to go back to school and talk to one of my teachers and see what he says. I know he wants me to go to uni but I don't know if I'll get in. I feel like people expect too much of me sometimes.
Sorry for the rant, I'll shut up now :)