I am a theoretical physics university student. I studied for my A levels independently, I found AQA physics to be abhorrently unintuitive, I struggled greatly. Being in university now, Physics, whilst still difficult feels far easier to learn. It's night and day. Something must be done
I agree. The papers are somewhat tougher than five years ago and MUCH tougher than the pre-2015 syllabus. Didn't the government give a steer to the exam boards after COVID suggesting that they wanted to reduce grade inflation? Perhaps that's why they've gone that way.
I say this a lot about aqa physics after sitting the 2024 papers for my final exams: I don't understand how they can make questions so hard that getting lucky on MCQS can be the difference between a D and a fail. I somehow got AAA in A-Levels, I was fully mentally prepared to get a D after sitting the papers I even remember your livestream titled "you are all cooked" from the night before paper 2, I knew it was over then 😂
Basically failed my physics a level, went to uni and did a foundation year on all the same content, except even more in depth as it had some parts of a level chemistry included too, and got a first in every module. I tried just as hard in both. The reason I believe this to be is, to some degree, because the exam board wants you to fail? It looks more prestigious to some degree? On the other hand the uni wants you to pass as it makes them look good. Maybe im delving into the land of conspiracy but i cant otherwise comphrend how i went from getting a D to getting an exceptional first on the same content. Maybe im just more suited to this kind of learning. Everyone i have ever spoken to has agreed that a levels are harder than uni level work, the content may be easier for a levels but the way it is assessed is so stupid and sets you up to fail. Took it in 2022 and still traumatised by it when i have exams today, genuinely. People were crying after leaving the exam hall. My class had average grades of A-A* in every mock exam and test, but even the best of then A* students (who often beat out teachers!) couldnt get better than a B. That's when i realised a levels arent realistic and seem rigged.
If you can find them, mock answers for those types of questions are really helpful. You can attempt the questions yourself, then read through the mock answer to see what you could have improved on (anything you didn't mention, maybe you put too much or too little focus on certain details). You will quickly get a good feeling for precisely what information the examiners actually want you to give.
Haha Yes! I completely agree with you the Edexcel board has the best questions and the experiments are always interesting. I'm happy I take the Edexcel Board
I studied Chemistry , Physics and Zoology at A level ,passed in 1977 . Then attended Welsh National School of Medicine for 5 years reading Dentistry. I found Physics A level the hardest examinations during all of my further education. I think that if you have a good head for mathematics you are 75% of the way there.
Couldn't agree more, I am in the second year of a Physics degree and I am still finding that the majority of the mathematics I am using was covered in A level if you did further maths.
Ya boi still making vids for over a decade Funny I get recommended this vid. I did the OCR A 2017 Physics A2 exams before I dropped out of Lancaster. Studied at a different uni tho :) Strange that they made grade boundaries for 2020/21?
I’m still here! A few student sat the 2020 exams in the autumn, so they used the summer 2020 papers and still had to come up with the boundaries for them.
@@PhysicsOnline I had no idea there were exams in august 2020, that's nice. Have you branched out into teaching Maths & Chemistry A levels? I remember your vid where you mentioned revising last minute for all engineering assessments back at uni
@@PatonCavaney Just sticking to Physics! And yes, I left my revision until the last minute at uni, the shear panic meant I worked hard to get that First!
Sir I do ocr A, for physics. Is it ok if I do past papers from other exam boards too. I know in gcse it wasn't encouraged but I heard that in a level all the exam boards are really similar.
I did exams in 2024 for maths chem and physics(i got A in math chem and B in physics) just a heads up do MC first as other questions had me panicking the moment i flipped through paper and reached question 7 (some how i still managed get b(34/85) on that paper.That paper was so bad i decided quit physics for the week and focus on chemistry and maths.Paper 3 was easier but I only revised a day or two before so i only managed(47/80) on it.
Download these grade boundary resources at: www.alevelphysicsonline.com/past-papers
if even a teacher cant do a question on an A-level paper you know its hard
It's the time that's the issue. I feel time should not be a factor, it should be the subject.
Some of the MCQs have so many tricks in them! Even if you understand the physics, it's so easy to be caught out by the question wording
EVERYONE! FREEZE! I'VE PLAYED THESE GAMES BEFORE
I am a theoretical physics university student. I studied for my A levels independently, I found AQA physics to be abhorrently unintuitive, I struggled greatly. Being in university now, Physics, whilst still difficult feels far easier to learn. It's night and day. Something must be done
I agree. The papers are somewhat tougher than five years ago and MUCH tougher than the pre-2015 syllabus. Didn't the government give a steer to the exam boards after COVID suggesting that they wanted to reduce grade inflation? Perhaps that's why they've gone that way.
I say this a lot about aqa physics after sitting the 2024 papers for my final exams: I don't understand how they can make questions so hard that getting lucky on MCQS can be the difference between a D and a fail. I somehow got AAA in A-Levels, I was fully mentally prepared to get a D after sitting the papers
I even remember your livestream titled "you are all cooked" from the night before paper 2, I knew it was over then 😂
Basically failed my physics a level, went to uni and did a foundation year on all the same content, except even more in depth as it had some parts of a level chemistry included too, and got a first in every module. I tried just as hard in both. The reason I believe this to be is, to some degree, because the exam board wants you to fail? It looks more prestigious to some degree? On the other hand the uni wants you to pass as it makes them look good. Maybe im delving into the land of conspiracy but i cant otherwise comphrend how i went from getting a D to getting an exceptional first on the same content. Maybe im just more suited to this kind of learning. Everyone i have ever spoken to has agreed that a levels are harder than uni level work, the content may be easier for a levels but the way it is assessed is so stupid and sets you up to fail.
Took it in 2022 and still traumatised by it when i have exams today, genuinely. People were crying after leaving the exam hall. My class had average grades of A-A* in every mock exam and test, but even the best of then A* students (who often beat out teachers!) couldnt get better than a B. That's when i realised a levels arent realistic and seem rigged.
love to see that someone i watch watches another person i watch :D
(And I checked with him before I released this video - great teacher)
Loved being referred to in this video, great analysis too! Thank you @PhysicsOnline !
AQA physics felt harder than first year uni physics, the 2023 papers i sat gave me PTSD
I find it so easy to drop marks in simple 3 mark "explain questions' they're always so specific 😭😭
If you can find them, mock answers for those types of questions are really helpful. You can attempt the questions yourself, then read through the mock answer to see what you could have improved on (anything you didn't mention, maybe you put too much or too little focus on certain details).
You will quickly get a good feeling for precisely what information the examiners actually want you to give.
Haha Yes! I completely agree with you the Edexcel board has the best questions and the experiments are always interesting. I'm happy I take the Edexcel Board
If you can't do a question... then find other questions you can't do, and learn how to do them! Build resilience!
What if there’s always a question you can’t do?
Then you need to drop the subject @@R4qayyah
You cant get every question right @Mahmood0419
@R4qayyah ask your teacher to help, teachers are human beings like you. I should know 😊
I studied Chemistry , Physics and Zoology at A level ,passed in 1977 . Then attended Welsh National School of Medicine for 5 years reading Dentistry. I found Physics A level the hardest examinations during all of my further education. I think that if you have a good head for mathematics you are 75% of the way there.
Couldn't agree more, I am in the second year of a Physics degree and I am still finding that the majority of the mathematics I am using was covered in A level if you did further maths.
bicen maths is so based
I wonder what this data would look like for CAIE exam board.
Ya boi still making vids for over a decade
Funny I get recommended this vid. I did the OCR A 2017 Physics A2 exams before I dropped out of Lancaster. Studied at a different uni tho :)
Strange that they made grade boundaries for 2020/21?
I’m still here! A few student sat the 2020 exams in the autumn, so they used the summer 2020 papers and still had to come up with the boundaries for them.
@@PhysicsOnline I had no idea there were exams in august 2020, that's nice. Have you branched out into teaching Maths & Chemistry A levels?
I remember your vid where you mentioned revising last minute for all engineering assessments back at uni
@@PatonCavaney Just sticking to Physics! And yes, I left my revision until the last minute at uni, the shear panic meant I worked hard to get that First!
I do think the aqa papers might be easier this year because the exam board is going to try and compensate for last year
Assume they will be just as hard, as people had the same thought process as you after the 2023 paper, and they got cooked.
@ayoa6421yes
@ayoa6421 100%
Me watching this doing a level chemistry
Sir I do ocr A, for physics. Is it ok if I do past papers from other exam boards too. I know in gcse it wasn't encouraged but I heard that in a level all the exam boards are really similar.
Go for it - I have a new video out tomorrow and also next week about this.
After doing many past papers, what topics do you personally think come up the most for OCR A?
I have mock on paper 2 from 2024 tmrw 😭😭
Which exam board?
Aqa 😭😭
@Alevelbiochephy Good luck. i am currently in year 12 and i was wondering if u had any website to get a lot of questions from bar PMT.
I did exams in 2024 for maths chem and physics(i got A in math chem and B in physics) just a heads up do MC first as other questions had me panicking the moment i flipped through paper and reached question 7 (some how i still managed get b(34/85) on that paper.That paper was so bad i decided quit physics for the week and focus on chemistry and maths.Paper 3 was easier but I only revised a day or two before so i only managed(47/80) on it.
@yolevi875use umutech it’s so underrated!!
have you got a revison plan for year 13s
Yep. Start tomorrow. 1 hour of physics questions every day. Sorted!
Where are they?
Opinion on Daniel Jones
bicen maths ahhhh vid
oh wait nvm js saw it was inspired by him lmao
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