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  • 02-04-2014 10:59pm
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    onethreefive
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    Hi,
    I do Higher Level history at the moment and have completed the project and wrote higher level on it.

    I have asked my teacher twice can I do ordinary level and she said that I am able for higher level but I really cannot see myself doing well or even passing it.

    I haven't really done much work on it in the last two years compared to other subjects and I hopefully wont be counting it for points.

    Is it too late to go down to ordinary level on the day of the exam? Will this affect my project :confused:

    Thanks


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    spurious
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    What did you get in the mocks/class exams?


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    oncex
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    How are you at learning off essays? What are you finding difficult? If your projects good thats 20% in the bag. At least another 10% in the document. If you're smart about which essays to learn then you could do well.


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    onethreefive
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    Hi,

    We didn't do a history mock because we didn't have the course covered (and still don't)

    I honestly cannot see myself passing. The project is worth a lot but I really don't want to risk failing something.

    Is it too late to go down to pass on the day because the project says higher level?


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    dee_mc
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    onethreefive wrote: »
    Hi,

    We didn't do a history mock because we didn't have the course covered (and still don't)

    I honestly cannot see myself passing. The project is worth a lot but I really don't want to risk failing something.

    Is it too late to go down to pass on the day because the project says higher level?

    Just a suggestion, how about completing one of the higher level past papers under proper exam conditions (do as much as you can considering you haven't completed the course) and ask your teacher or another history teacher to correct it for you using the marking scheme. This would give you some idea of whether you're able for it or not. At the end of the day if you're confident of passing at higher level it's worth more points-wise than ordinary level.


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    onethreefive
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    Hi,

    I tried this for dictatorship and democracy and I couldn't do a full essay. I literally study for class tests and get B's in them and then forget all the information straight away after the test where as all other subjects I can remember it easier.

    At this stage I really want to do pass because its too stressful worrying about it. I just hope I can do ordinary level on the day.


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    spurious
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    onethreefive wrote: »
    Hi,

    I tried this for dictatorship and democracy and I couldn't do a full essay. I literally study for class tests and get B's in them and then forget all the information straight away after the test where as all other subjects I can remember it easier.

    At this stage I really want to do pass because its too stressful worrying about it. I just hope I can do ordinary level on the day.

    You can definitely just pick Ordinary on the day, but the type of question asked is different to the HL questions, so familiarise yourself with the OL course and exam papers beforehand.


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