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Junior Freshman Science exams tips !?

  • 27-03-2014 10:43PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37


    could anyone give me some tips for the upcoming end of year exams? Im a junior freshman doing science. my modules are Biology , Chemistry and Maths. Anyone have any idea of whats coming up or any tips from people who have done these exams already please? :) thank you!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭bscm


    Just keep practicing tutorials and past exam papers for Maths. The lecturers never really ask anything other than questions they've already set (either during the year, or in previous papers). Most people end up getting I.1s or II.1s in Maths modules if they are comfortable with the questions from tutorials.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭Polka_Dot


    Provided this hasn't changed since last year, for Biology 1 you have long and short questions. The long questions are divided into 2 sections, with the first covering biochemistry/genetics and the second covering micro/developmental biology. You can just focus on one of each if you want, but make sure you know it well if you're doing that. You'll need knowledge of all aspects of the course for the short questions anyway.

    I can't remember much of the Biology 2 MCQ (or most of that module) to be honest. When I got my results I'd done quite well in the continuous assessment so despite only studying for it the night before I got a high II.1. I would advise studying sooner than that though :P

    You get a good bit of guidance for the first chemistry paper so I wouldn't worry about that too much. Again my memory of chemistry 2 is shaky because I didn't keep it up this year. I will say that I was worried about failing and did the bare minimum required to pass, hoping to just get 40 and be done with it. I ended up getting somewhere in the 50s, which I know isn't a great result but I was awful at organic chemistry and had missed a few inorganic lectures due to family stuff so if you're in any way better than I was at chemistry you should be fine.

    Agree with the above about maths, just do tutorial questions and past exam questions and you should be fine. It may be difficult this year as I think the maths lecturers have changed a bit so the style might be different in exam Qs, but overall the theory should be the same. Best of luck!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 343 ✭✭Sparticle


    When Michael Lyons sends you a mysterious tutorial you should really consider knowing it inside-out.


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