Reflections on the mid year exam

As far as my observations are concerned, two main issues have emerged

1. Poor time management
It is usually easy to get the first 25-50% of the marks. After than thing become increasing difficult. That is the reason why 70% is enough to get an A. Which means that even if you spend 1 hour on a DRQ, you are likely to secure at most 70+ %. Even if you have 10/10... that is 20 marks forgone because 1 hour is meant to cover 3 DRQs not one! Every question that you did not attempt is 100% of the marks for that question forgone.

2. Using the data
Question 1 was a classic case. Part (a) and (c) was entirely from the data. Yet as far as I can recall. only 2-3 students made full use of the data to secure marks. At the end its marks thrown away for poor exam skills, all the effort in the preparation gone to waste!

I am still thinking through what happened in the essay section. The questions typical of A levels though I mustr admit, slightly on the tougher side. Nonetheless, marking was set such that basic content is adequte for a pass. Perhaps you people would like to give you views on the essay, like what were the difficulties you were facing etc.

Anyway, lets move on and aim for better grades for the prelims. If in anyway you are discouraged or confused, please do make a point to see me to have a chat.

Stay healthy, take some time to relax and lets start our war on POOR GRADES.