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Hey I was just wondering in the exam should we do the exam that is most difficult first (to ourselves) or do the one that is easiest? I know it makes a difference but I don't know which one should be done first.

I was thinking the hardest one first because at the end the last essay you can write heaps on it whilst if you did the harder essay last you might feel a bit complacent.

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i usually do the easy ones first because they take up less time then i have mroe time to think for the hard ones. whatever works best for you i guess
 

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xtremedude said:
i usually do the easy ones first because they take up less time then i have mroe time to think for the hard ones. whatever works best for you i guess
me too

Also if you do the hard essay first you might spend too much time on it, so not have enough time for the other 2
 

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I would normally do my Telling the truth essay first because it's easier to pre-prepare so just get it out of the way quickly to have more time for the other two. Then I would do Module B or C depending on what fits better to my pre-prepared. The hardest one last- so you have more time
 

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It really depends on what your comfortable with most. My only prepared response is for module c, so ill prolly do that first. It is almost impossible to make a prepared response for the others, as the questions change so much from year to year.
 

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SkimDawg said:
It really depends on what your comfortable with most. My only prepared response is for module c, so ill prolly do that first. It is almost impossible to make a prepared response for the others, as the questions change so much from year to year.
There is still the general idea of it- In the wild- you know it's gonna be about relationship between humans and nature
 

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i am going to do in from easiest to hardest which is in order anyway.
in the wild>speeches>powerplay
 

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i do speeeches last because if im running short on time thats the easiest one to cut shit out from.
whatever's harder our of ITW/powerplay in terms of the question, i shall do first.
 
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I do the one that I find the question easiest for...if I know exactly how to answer one of the questions straight away then I do it and just get it out of the way.
For trials I started with module c just because there were 4 texts (telling the truth - 2 poems in detail + 2 related texts) so I just wanted to get it out of the way, and the question was exactly what I prepared for.
Then I did module a then b.
Whatever works for you though, but remember try to spread your time equally - it's not good to try and do the first one in 30 minutes, because that might mean that you probably didn't do a very good job of it :p
 

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Probably Easiest, then Hardest, then the last one
 

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Do what your strengths are first leading onto your weakest for your last as your most known module my spark your writing ability

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thx guys. I did easiest to hardest in exam but the last essay I sort of ran out of time thinking too long, lol. I'll need to speed it up.

Good luck everyone!
 

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I do the easiest first because that's where my marks will be. If I don't finish the one I'm not good at, then I won't lose that many marks, but if I don't finish the one I'm good at, then I lose more marks. That's how I see it anyway.
 

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Normally I:
Use my reading time to plan the essays, and see if I come to any massive obstacles in any of them.
I then usually start with Frontline as I find it by far the easiest and can do what is usually my longest essay in half an hour.
I would then normally do BNW BR just because I quite enjoy writing about that module and therefore find it easier to interpret the question.
Lear is easily my weak point, and I normally spend the last 50 minutes cobbling something together for that :)
Good luck (Back to Lear...)
 

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