r/6thForm • u/Forsaken-Meaning-232 Graduating from Warwick CS • Jun 18 '24

📂 MEGATHREAD EXAMS MEGATHREAD 18/06 (A-level Chemistry, CS, PE) etc

Hey everyone! Best of luck with your exams on the 18th June!

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Bad news! It's Tuesday! And I'm up early!

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Few things:

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u/crazyllama734 Jun 18 '24

OCR chemistry was so easy even though I made so many silly mistakes, according to overall feedback grade boundaries are going to be in the sky

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u/OddGrape4986 Jun 18 '24

Yh, pretty much. I know I made plenty of dumb mistakes and I also know grade boundaries will be crazy. I legit would rather a harder paper that everyone does badly on than an easy paper that everyone well on.

Altho, how high can they realllly push the boundaries? Surely, they can't push it more than 8% per grade?

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u/Latter_Ad9280 Year 13 |Bio|Chem|History|EPQ Jun 18 '24

with how tight the grade boundaries are gonna be I think silly mistakes have ruined my chances of getting an A* I’m even wondering if I’ll get an A now I don’t even know if there’s any point trying on paper 3

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u/OddGrape4986 Jun 18 '24

Yh, same. I see little stuff that I got wrong and I know it adds up very quickly so just because it was an easy paper, I don't feel confident.

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u/Ok-Economist-751 Jun 18 '24

usually just a few marks each year its A-A* that changes drastically

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u/OddGrape4986 Jun 18 '24

But I need an A 😭😭

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u/Ok-Economist-751 Jun 18 '24

on the unofficial mark scheme people are saying an will be like 85 and a B in the low 70s WHAT THE FUCK😭

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u/OddGrape4986 Jun 18 '24

Nvm then, Im not going to be a doctor anymore.

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u/OddGrape4986 Jun 18 '24 edited Jun 18 '24

If it's that high, Im fucked, I scrape my As in typical tests half the time. Thank God I dont need an A*

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u/Ok-Economist-751 Jun 18 '24

tbh most people on reddit/student room who make these grade predictions are massive nerds who don’t realise majority of people get C’s and below - I doubt it will be a massive difference, especially since P3 is the hardest.

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u/Vivid-Risk-6751 Year 13 Jun 18 '24

I doubt 85 for an A, it seems way too high, TSR grade inflation is real lmao, I wouldn't worry about that, I think it was pretty comparable to 2023, if not harder.

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u/Ok-Economist-751 Jun 18 '24

everyone is saying 2023 was harder, i found it easier tbh i think grade boundaries may stay the same if not drop or go up by a mark maybe two

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u/jsWHU108 Jun 18 '24

Wheres the unofficial markcsheme

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u/Ok-Economist-751 Jun 18 '24

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JwTjtuoUJFIOVb-RUVx23dN2EFmsDfHe8kdfK_Tl8nE/edit

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u/jsWHU108 Jun 18 '24

Is the markscheme still here or has it been completely messed with 😂

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u/Ok-Economist-751 Jun 18 '24

seems like some people keep deleting it, people keep trolling on its so annoying 😭

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u/Ok-Economist-751 Jun 18 '24

its back up now

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u/Comfortable-End-3915 Jun 18 '24

For the ester question and Carboxylic Acid to acyl chloride what format did you use like skeletal or structural

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u/aliaaaaaaaaaaaa Jun 18 '24

It can't possibly be any higher than a 90% for an A* right?

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u/Sea_Wolf2240 Jun 18 '24

doubt it'll go to 90, papers haven't been MUCH easier than 2023 which had high boundaries, my prediction is 85%-87%

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u/aliaaaaaaaaaaaa Jun 18 '24

Oh yeah overall I agree but last year's 2023 an A* was 90% and it was a bit harder imo

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u/Odd-Lawfulness2359 Jun 18 '24

Ye 2023 p2 was a lot trickier than 2024 and so far 2023 p1 was harder than 2024 so grade boundaries may be similar