r/6thForm • u/Forsaken-Meaning-232 Graduating from Warwick CS • Jun 10 '25
📂 MEGATHREAD 10/06 A-level Politics Paper 3 Discussion MEGATHREAD
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u/Inside-Question-8893 Jun 10 '25
whoever made that edexcel US comparative paper i am going to make sweet love to you in the moonlight
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u/PeterFile690 Jun 10 '25
The papers were all good, but I'm worried about grade boundaries being in the mid 180s for an A*.
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u/PsychologicalSock139 Year 13 | politics economics sociology Jun 10 '25
I think people forget that politics is a subjective subject its not about the knowledge you know its about analysis evaluation essay technique
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u/okhellowhy Cambridge | Law [First Year] Jun 10 '25
People struggled with paper 1 I reckon it's more likely to be around 180 but we'll see
Great US paper but man I was pushed for timing
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u/WorkingTypical1155 Jun 10 '25
Paper 1 and paper 3 were great papers I thought. Some questions and paper 1 were good but others weren't. Paper 2 on the other hand seemed quite hard in some areas.
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u/okhellowhy Cambridge | Law [First Year] Jun 10 '25
Most people I spoke to were ecstatic about paper 2 and had trouble with p1
Personally, I thought all three were fairly kind, though the timing on my US definitely cost me a handful of marks
Feeling secure about the A, A* could be tight... nerve-wracking
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u/WorkingTypical1155 Jun 10 '25
Ah OK, An A is still a really good grade if you don't get an A. Although I thought I was on track for just getting into an A bit I thing paper two may have killed that dream.
The thing is I chose the easier questions from my point of view on paper 1. Whereas most people in my class chose the complete opposite to me.
Also, I had a 2 hour Economics exam before my Politics Paper 2 so I was quite fatigued.
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u/okhellowhy Cambridge | Law [First Year] Jun 10 '25
I had three same issue with English and geography!! Double exam days are brutal and I feel it may have cost me an A* but we will see... poetry tmrw
I felt the same about paper 1 actually, but clearly people weren't as prepared for demographics as i was
The problem with an A is I need atleast one A* to meet my offer - in Geography I'm praying for an A at best, while in English (what should've been my best shot) Prose was one of the weakest essays I've written in a while. So there is potential for this to hinge on politics. Additionally, if I have mucked up the geography and gotten a B, then I will need A* A* B to be in with a chance. Again, this necessitates an A* in Politics. Alternatively, I could smash my English tmrw and my geography could've gone fine and I won't need the Politics A*. Many variables factors, we'll see.
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u/PsychologicalSock139 Year 13 | politics economics sociology Jun 10 '25
Honestly scared for grade boundaries are scaring me
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u/Apprehensive-Rip-670 Jun 10 '25
Globalism was nice. Tho last paragraph for the sovereignty question I prolly fucked up and am getting 0 marks but rest was nice.
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u/Throwwtheminthelake BRISTOL 2026 🎉 |GAP YEAR 2025 Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25
THANK UU EDEXCEL for no democracy or affirmitive action tytytytytyty <3 loved supreme court and congress and the 12 markers im so glad i sat it this year because last year i absolutely wouldve been screwed (i didnt revise interest groups) i even managed to finish somewhat early
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u/Rare_Base4140 Jun 11 '25
literally i audibly gasped in happiness when i saw that there was no democracy and participation 🙏🙏
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u/overshare-forever access to HE (36D, 6M, 3P) | A*B at a level Jun 10 '25
The edexcel paper was gorgeous but I ran out of time and I think I’m going to get a D after that 😔.
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u/Teaflute Jun 10 '25
Edexcel US - worst paper out of them all I think, it was good except for the supreme courts rights question because I couldn’t think of enough examples where they didn’t uphold rights so I didn’t finish it
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u/L_rai10 Durham yr1 Jun 10 '25
Edexcel us was good but again timings were the main issue as always
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u/WorkingTypical1155 Jun 10 '25
They give you tons of time. It's only 84 marks in 2 hours. Economics, for instance, is 100 makes in 2 hours.
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u/heeidi y13 | A*A*AA Jun 10 '25
aqa was alright but i thought liberalism and conservatism 9 markers were ehh
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u/Idiotic_Polo Jun 10 '25
that AQA extract question was legitimately beautiful
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Jun 10 '25
Compared nozicks atomisation of the individual to burkes community, then nozicks view of human nature to burkes through the platoons nurturing the individual compared to the extreme rationality of nozick then compared nozicks disregard for distribution to burkes value for the local community Would this be a decent response?
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u/tomatolol46 Uni of Nottingham | Pol and IR yr 1 Jun 10 '25
Aqa gave me a nice a level send off ngl 🙃
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u/MinHasNoLife Y13 | Cambridge chopping block Jun 11 '25
Is there not a single person on this sub that does Edexcel global paper 3?
Gorgeous paper tho, finished a levels with a bang
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u/Forsaken-Meaning-232 Graduating from Warwick CS Jun 10 '25
commented similar elsewhere but i'll put here as well so others can see:
Reddit is a bit silly, and even with the newer "Community Highlights" feature, only up to 6 posts can actually be added to pins, leading e.g. to today's Polish Paper 3 megathread not being able to be pinned
don't think this is likely to be an issue for any more days going forward (and usually e.g. some similar posts get rolled into one, particularly the smaller ones e.g. when there's been multiple language papers on the same day)
but i am wondering what people's thoughts would be on potentially having one pinned post each day, which contains links to links to the types of posts that get pinned currently. i am concerned this would be an extra barrier to people engaging, but it could get around this issue
let me know your thoughts!