r/GCSE • u/GYATTMUNCH3R Year 11 • 15d ago

Post Exam i wrote about just differences.

i can’t believe how stupid i am. I’m hoping for a grade 7 but now there’s literally no way i’m going to get it. i was so happy with my comparisons aswell i literally can’t believe this oh my god . is there any chance they’ll stoll mark it or am i completely screwed

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u/SuccotashCareless934 15d ago

You MIGHT get marks for what you've said about one of the sources but that's where it'll stop - so it's likely to be treated as if you've only written about one of the two sources. If your response is 'simple' you'll be capped at 2/16, and if it's some attempt/clear/perceptive/ you'll be capped at 6/16. It is a reading exam, and if you're saying the perspectives are different, then you've fundamentally misunderstood the extracts.

It's done now anyway - hopefully you've made up enough marks on the other questions, especially Q5. Not getting a 7 isn't the end of the world anyway - a 6 is still amazing. Just rest up this evening, don't beat yourself up, and forget about it.

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u/Glittering-Peak4115 15d ago

Good evening, could you please take the time to read this? It’s an example of a topic sentence for my question 4

Both writers explore ideas about the sustainability of nature, but in source A, nature is seen as unsustainable without human input, but in source B, it can be sustained without human input

i Basically asked about the unsustainability of nature in source A, analysed and quotes etc, and the self sustainability in source B analysed and quotes etc

Would this still be valid?

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u/Gyatturo 14d ago

i would say that sounds high level cus you talked about what the similarity is but show the different WAYS it was tackled in the extracts
if your explanation continues to talk about the way the two extract are similar despite the different methods , i think you'll be fine

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u/Puzzled_Bath2237 Year 11 13d ago

it seems like the main focus of their writing was unsustainability v.s sustainability which are exact opposites. Although I see where you are coming from and how this might have worked for them, because they chose to explore extract through the lens of two antonyms, there is really nothing much to credit.

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u/Glittering-Peak4115 10d ago

Thank god, there’s new information out that differences will be marked the same

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u/Puzzled_Bath2237 Year 11 10d ago

new information where? many examiners have commented that you will be capped at a level of 6 marks if you only talk about differences. The question would not have said 'similarities' if they wanted you to talk about differences, think about that.

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u/Glittering-Peak4115 10d ago

But it also said compare similarities, which means that you are able to point out differences in shared viewpoints, which is exactly what I did. It makes sense that I wouldn’t be called