Complaint to AQA - Unit 1 and 2 Sociology exam 11/05/2015 and 14/05/2015
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Jamila begum
11 years ago
I'm soo disappointed with the aqa board for putting key terms in the paper that wasn't even in the year 11 syllabus. If they can't make an exam paper why do they even bother? Due to their carelessness they must lower the grade boundaries.
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Claudia
11 years ago
Stop making the exams so hard
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Shane Campbell
11 years ago
Come on man!! Wtf is this??? Help these little kids out
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amishta
11 years ago
It was ridiculous for a GCSE exam paper in sociology to have A LEVEL questions in it. The keywords were not present in the gcse textbook, nor the specifications. Grade boundaries should be lowered.
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jannatul ferdusy
11 years ago
We didn't get told the layout would change
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Anonymous
11 years ago
This was a catastrophe amongst many GCSE sociology students and an unequal oppertunity for all the students who did not anticipate A Level terminology coming up in the exam. Sociologists (Functionalists) argue that Education is Meritocratic, when they make exam questions unanswerable and do not follow the GCSE syllabus; a little bit hypocritical if you ask me.
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hanna
11 years ago
They Also did not provide any extra paper so I was unable to finish my essay conclusions.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
I am a a* student and I don't think it showed that during these exams which is because of the a level key terms as it wasn't in the GCSE specification which ruins many students as well my chances of achieving fall potential
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Cara Dore
11 years ago
Questions were phrased terribly, and wasn't taught the a level key words. When asked for more paper it was refused
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Eliesha kinchley
11 years ago
The second paper on the 14th may was awful!!!
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Anonymous
11 years ago
I was very annoyed with this exam. I am predicted at A* in sociology, how can I get that when A Level words are used in a GCSE paper? It makes no sense at all
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Jordan Martin
11 years ago
The exam too the piss
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Kiah Griffin
11 years ago
I strongly agree with this petition - I've never felt so cheated out of marks in my life
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Wtf was a cereal box family?
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Umaira Chowdhury
11 years ago
AQA I don't what y'all were thinking when making that exam because y'all clearly must've forgotten it was a GCSE exam and not an A-Level one. You guys are dumb and evil for producing that paper and being someone who has revised and practiced past papers I was not at all prepared for those terms to be included. Y'ALL NEED TO GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER BECAUSE IM PISSED
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Shannon Iles
11 years ago
It's not fair to ask questions that most are unlikely to be able to answer
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Anonymous
11 years ago
The sociology paper unit two had key words in which were for an A level paper. I found this hard to answer the paper.
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Charlotte Francis
11 years ago
I had this exam today. It's un fair to use terms not on the syllabus.
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Meharunnessa Ahmed
11 years ago
If kids are not taught certain topics then they shouldn't expect them to know the answers.
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Syeda haque
11 years ago
I have completed various past exam papers and they all specified everything that I was taught for GCSE Sociology, however the exam paper given for 2015 included topics which no one learnt. We want lower grade boundaires if possible. Thank you
I'm soo disappointed with the aqa board for putting key terms in the paper that wasn't even in the year 11 syllabus. If they can't make an exam paper why do they even bother? Due to their carelessness they must lower the grade boundaries.
Stop making the exams so hard
Come on man!! Wtf is this??? Help these little kids out
It was ridiculous for a GCSE exam paper in sociology to have A LEVEL questions in it. The keywords were not present in the gcse textbook, nor the specifications. Grade boundaries should be lowered.
We didn't get told the layout would change
This was a catastrophe amongst many GCSE sociology students and an unequal oppertunity for all the students who did not anticipate A Level terminology coming up in the exam. Sociologists (Functionalists) argue that Education is Meritocratic, when they make exam questions unanswerable and do not follow the GCSE syllabus; a little bit hypocritical if you ask me.
They Also did not provide any extra paper so I was unable to finish my essay conclusions.
I am a a* student and I don't think it showed that during these exams which is because of the a level key terms as it wasn't in the GCSE specification which ruins many students as well my chances of achieving fall potential
Questions were phrased terribly, and wasn't taught the a level key words. When asked for more paper it was refused
The second paper on the 14th may was awful!!!
I was very annoyed with this exam. I am predicted at A* in sociology, how can I get that when A Level words are used in a GCSE paper? It makes no sense at all
The exam too the piss
I strongly agree with this petition - I've never felt so cheated out of marks in my life
Wtf was a cereal box family?
AQA I don't what y'all were thinking when making that exam because y'all clearly must've forgotten it was a GCSE exam and not an A-Level one. You guys are dumb and evil for producing that paper and being someone who has revised and practiced past papers I was not at all prepared for those terms to be included. Y'ALL NEED TO GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER BECAUSE IM PISSED
It's not fair to ask questions that most are unlikely to be able to answer
The sociology paper unit two had key words in which were for an A level paper. I found this hard to answer the paper.
I had this exam today. It's un fair to use terms not on the syllabus.
If kids are not taught certain topics then they shouldn't expect them to know the answers.
I have completed various past exam papers and they all specified everything that I was taught for GCSE Sociology, however the exam paper given for 2015 included topics which no one learnt. We want lower grade boundaires if possible. Thank you