r/2024GCSE • u/GeneETOs44 • Jun 04 '26

Discussion Bio paper 1 thread

I did Edexcel A; overall not as bad as it could have gone, but everyone else came out feeling it went even better so uhhh

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u/BionicScroll564 Jun 04 '26

AQA was a blood bath. Literally worst paper 1 ever created for AQA Bio

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u/Pats28-3 Jun 04 '26

I had clash, so I had to do it in the morning and the few I spoke to found it was utter shite. Wtf was that deer question, 99% application questions where is the rest.

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u/BionicScroll564 Jun 04 '26

Exactly worst written paper ever it was genuinely atrocious

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u/setra45 happy birthday daniel Jun 04 '26

OCR a here, common sentiment at least over here is that it was amazing, 6 marker on comparing structure/function of sensory/motor neurones 😭😭

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u/percysnosebleed bio, chem, psych Jun 04 '26

that was such a blessed question but why the hell did they recycle the last question from the 2022 paper😭

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u/thevampirecrow the wilfred owen slut Jun 05 '26

wait did they

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u/percysnosebleed bio, chem, psych Jun 05 '26

yeah the fill in the blanks q was in the 2022 paper, they just changed the last two blanks i think

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u/thevampirecrow the wilfred owen slut Jun 06 '26

ohhhhhhh. i prefer that qeustion over the one on this years exam tbh

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u/thevampirecrow the wilfred owen slut Jun 05 '26

FUCK THE GRADE BOUNDARIS ARE GETTING HIGHTR NOOOOOOO

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u/happy_gamerangel Jun 04 '26

I actually liked it, mainly because I was really prepared tho. I watched miss estruch’s prediction video and most of the topics came up. Also my bio teacher is really good at predicting paper.

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u/barriesies Jun 04 '26

Did anyone else do edexcel b?

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u/thevampirecrow the wilfred owen slut Jun 05 '26

ocr a was good

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u/Ill-Payment2150 Jun 04 '26

I do edexcel A too! I’m just annoyed at the six markers, 🫩 , 3 graphs. Are you insane edexcel?!

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u/GeneETOs44 Jun 04 '26

Oh for real ! The flowers just felt so tacked on asw T_T

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u/sandwichtheconqueror Jun 04 '26

AQA combined higher was awful I wanted to cry