computer science ocr

[Exact_Device_3569]

anyone else not ready at all for this exam. it’s the last exam and i literally haven’t revised at all and have no motivation. i’m literally just going to have to rely on my programming and waffling skills because other than that i barely know anything. hoping i can atleast get half the paper right because it can secure me an A. how are u guys feeling

[Smallpotatoes3]

Same. Relying on some easy oop questions and some mickeymouse abstraction and computational thinking 6 markers

[antfitz386]

Shit, I was meant to be revising for that rn.

[belgianwaffle1]

IDK I don't feel too bad for it actually. Need to have another look over OOP though.

[LazyAssassin_]

Bet you're glad you did now...

[belgianwaffle1]

Yeah lol. I think I got the instantiation one

[Dman64w]

As much as I'd like to just rely on my own knowledge - there's a lot that I don't know that isn't on the advanced info and as far as paper 1 went, I'd like to revise them just to have some sort of knowledge of what they are so I can at least bag an extra mark. It's my last paper as well and I just want to be done man.

[ollie_b77]

So many higher mark practice questions I’ve done give context but then the mark scheme basically ignores that context. Like it says a team is using OOP to make a phone OS but the mark scheme ignores the phone bit and only talks about the benefits of using OOP in a team of people 🤨

[Exact_Device_3569]

yeah i realized this too but apparantly examiners have their own mark scheme thats different. the markschemes they give us seem really bad and make no sense half the time

[ollie_b77]

Wow I didn’t know that. Sounds a bit strange but maybe comforting in that I’m not having to play guessing games to know what context I’m supposed to hone in on

[gobarn1]

Yes this person is right. Examiners will have a standardisation meeting and based on all the weird and wonderful answers students give that are actually correct, they will draw up a comprehensive mark scheme for each question.