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Like... Two weeks ago. Even then it was only 1 day.


Same, brofist. :3

What exams have you got?
OCR
Advanced FSMQ - Additional Mathematics - 2h paper

GCSE - Sciences
  • Biology, Higher, Modules 1,2,3 and 4,5,6 - 1h paper, 6 modules in 2 papers.
  • Chemistry, Higher, Modules 1,2,3 and 4,5,6 - 1h paper, 6 modules in 2 papers.
  • Physics, Higher, Modules 1,2,3 and 4,5,6 - 1h paper, 6 modules in 2 papers.

AQA
GCSE - D&T: Resistant Materials Technology - 2h paper

GCSE - English Language Higher - One 1h45m paper, One 1h30m paper

GCSE - English Literature Higher - 1h45m paper

GCSE - Religious Studies - 1h30m paper

Edexcel
GCSE - Mathematics
  • Higher (Non Calc) - 1h45m
  • Higher (Calc) - 1h45m

GCSE - French
  • Listening Higher - 35m
  • Reading Higher - 50m

GCSE - History: American West C1840-95 - 1h15m paper

Sciences are a bitch, since last year, I already did a combined science paper for Module 1 and 2.
But, since I do option science, I have to re-do those anyway.

Mine was two weeks ago. :\



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AQA
GCSE - Maths: Module 3 (But they're in the first two weeks of June)
  • Higher (Non Calc) - 1h15m
  • Higher (Calc) - 1h15m

GCSE - English Language Higher
  • Paper 1 - 1h45m
  • Paper 2 - 1h30m

GCSE - English Literature Higher - 1h45m paper

Edexcel

GCSE - French (I also have one of the Speaking assessments tomorrow)
  • Listening Higher - 35m
  • Reading Higher - 50m

GCSE - Science Modules
  • Biology (B3) - 1h
  • Chemistry (C3) - 1h
  • Physics (P3) - 1h

WJEC

½ GCSE - Religious Education - One 1h50m paper (takes like 30mins to actually do it :/)
½ GCSE - Citizenship - One 1h paper (I think)

Copied your layout ;)

I think that's about it.
But yeah, Sciences are a bitch for me too. (Doing Triple Science) We're still learning Physics and Chemistry and self-learnt the second topic of Biology (They all have two topics but they're in depth/long)

Our sciences are fairly alright, it's just 6 modules of 3 subjects over 2 years, all accumulating in just 6 papers in 1-2 weeks, is quite a lot to revise.
Should be fine.
The OCR Coursework is reasonably nice too.
You either do a "Science in the News" task, which is researching a given topic and writing an essay on it, which is actually barely related to science, and more related to citizenship.
That, or you do a Research/Data task, in which you first go and research a given item, and answer set questions on it, which are purely sciencey, and the Data task, you do an experiment, record data and do a large write up about it.

In my Chemistry one, I'm at an A* grade with my mock results and my Coursework results.

RE is also a half GCSE too, forgot to mention that. I just copied the layout of my CSE, Candidate Statement of Entry.


Ironically with the French, I already have a French GCSE (Grade E :3), which I did in my previous school in Year.9.
I only did it in Yr.9, because the school decided to put top set French in Early Entry, and I was in Top Set for French, because I was in Top set for science, and the timetable meant I had to be in both.
I wasn't good enough for a GCSE at the time, but I feel more confident for it now. Should get about a C Grade.

Have you applied for your College yet?
I applied to my local College for A Levels, Law, Chemistry, Biology and Ancient Civilisations (History of the Ancient Mediterannean, mainly Greece and Rome)
I require 5 GCSE's grade C or above, which have to include a B grade Biology and Chemistry, and C Grade Maths and English Language.

I got off a week ago, im back now.


In 3 weeks or somethin'.


Last Friday, and it ends this Wednesday

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For our Science, we do the same for each (Bio/Chem/Phy), for example we do B1 (Which is multiple choice) - B2 (Half m/c and written) - B3 (All written). On top of that we have these IAA/ISA stuff which is pretty much a controlled assessment where you do a practical/prep then a 45m written exam that needs to be scientificul and stuff :/
I'm on like an A* for Bio, A for Chem and a B for Physics (But I retook the grades that were taking me down so I'm hopefully gonna bump that to an A/A*).

I hate French, I regret picking it. :(

Yeah, I've applied to two sixthforms - My own school and another - for Biology/Chemistry/Physics/Maths/Further Maths. In the other school interview, the guy said I was pretty much in as long as I kept my results up (I actually get a conditional offer sometime in Easter :D)