r/ALevelBiology

My practical exam is coming up next week and I really don’t know what to expect. Does anyone have any predictions, clues or even any tips and tricks so I can do well in the exam?

Hey, I was just wondering how many people have attempted Miss Estruch's 2026 bio papers? And if so, how accurate you found them to be. Me personally, I did the first one today and finished in just over an hour, and imo, it was also very easy. It also missed a whole topic out (won't say which obvs) when idk, I feel that bio papers tend to include everything, kinda. This is for AQA btw. Please do let me know if you disagree, the last time I did a bio paper 1 was a couple weeks ago (the 2024 paper), so I may be off with this.

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1GIfg-sQpGj-Y7bEjDFN0zJRfB01mGw8x

This is the proof for 9700/41 Le@k that it was really spread and le@ked before the exam We all need to mass report for Cambridge to respond, or else threshold will be so high Upvote and email Cambridge Email:Info.cambridgeinternational.org

I'm self taught and exams are round the corner, so some extra motivation is definitely needed!! For anyone else that is looking for a study buddy.. please im right here TT We can study on dc and if more people are interested I could make a small study server maybe c:

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i know most of the content but idk shit about practicals and my exam technique is absolute shite, esp on application questions

is it possible for me to go from a C to an A/B in the time i have left and what's the best strat, do i just spam past papers? every single topic question ? idk man

Hi guys,

I want to know from the students who sat fpr the AS Level practical and other papers in oct/nov series in earlier years if they got any problem because the variant for zone 4 is 2 but the pratical paper is variant 3 or 4 did that affect their result,had a risk for getting disqualifiedor had problems when applying to universities from that result.

Hey everyone! I’m a private candidate planning to take my O Level sciences in May/June, and then immediately sit all AS & A Level components for Biology (9700), Chemistry (9701), and Physics (9702) this October/November.

If you’ve done this science combo in the Oct/Nov series before, I’d love your advice:

• How did you handle the incredibly fast-paced timetable and build up paper-writing stamina?
• For Biology, my written papers are Variant 2, but the practicals are Paper 33 or 34. Did this mix cause any grading or registration issues?
• Any tips for clearing the practicals as a private candidate?

Thanks a lot!

okay since everyone is having their exams, why don’t we make this a place where all hard questions for AS Bio are compiled and we can help each other. This probably sounds excessive but it would probably help a lot of students and get a vision of the difficulties of various questions of various levels from different students in one single place. Instead of searching for things one by one, this could probably help, so please cast all your queries here and we’ll all try and help and answer from our own knowledge. Happy question asking!

For haters who post bad comments let me tell u that u made it clear who had rhe le@ked paper so i dont care about ur silly comments nor u at all People who want fairness we should all keep reporting to cie to resit the exam as we want maintain fairness Thanks to u all, except u silly le@kers

I finished studying for paper 3 months ago and completely dropped everything about it so I forgot almost everything and I really want to get atleast 35/40 cuz I absolutely bombed the last 3 papers, any Idea on how I could do that? Like yt channels or vids or literally anything, I could se all the help I could get.

I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO REVISE IN THESE LAST 2 WEEKS FOR BIOLOGY OCR A A LEVEl
If i was to do a past paper on paper 1 bio ocr A - id average around low B if the paper was shit. paper 2 = low C , paper 3 = i got B-A average. Since my first bio exam is on the 4th june i need to find an efficient way to study. I got plenty of past papers printed but i was wondering if i should do the content first then exam questions or do exam questions and learn from the mark scheme. I also have save my exams subscription. Any suggestions on how to maximize my grade within the last 2 weeks or so. Generally my main issue is biodiversity, populations and manipulating genomes and patterns of inheritance. Others are manageable

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For anyone who’s done/doing a level bio, do u have any good revision tips on how to quickly improve grades?? I feel like I know the content decently but when it comes to the actual questions I never do that great. I’m currently around a B/A but I’m hoping for an A/A*

Hey everyone, I did Edexcel IAL Biology in January and unfortunately I failed Unit 3 and got an E. Honestly, I still don’t fully understand where I messed up because I was genuinely confident that I would at least pass, but that wasn’t the case.

I’m now retaking U3, but the problem is I haven’t even started revising yet and I’m feeling really overwhelmed. If anyone has any good resources, notes, revision tips, YouTube channels, or advice that helped you with Biology U3, I would really appreciate it.

Especially anything that explains the practicals, evaluation questions, and how to structure answers properly.

Thank you so much in advance.

Guys, how was everyone's paper? What might be the threshold this year? Can we have a paper discussion?
The questions were sooo tricky and hard to grasp, I am feeling very tense =((

Guys if anyone got like a very high mark or a full mark for paper one AS pls tell me what did u do cause I am so scared of this paper cause everyone says it’s the paper that makes them lose a lot of grades how many exams did u solve or what did u do to get a good grade pls don’t gate keep😭😭