Hi, is being able to solve A level questions sufficient? I am
doing well on the TYS but prelim papers are ridiculously tough,
isit unneccessarily tough?
Being able to solve A level questions is necessary but not
necessarily sufficient. If you stick to doing A level papers only,
without Prelim papers, you may or may not get A grade. Of course,
just by doing Prelim papers (with or without A level papers) is by
itself no guarantee that you'll get A grade either. Every year,
there are dozens (sometimes over a hundred) of unfortunate students
who do worse (eg. B grade) for their A levels compared to their
Prelim exams (eg. A grade).
My advice would be to focus on the style of A level papers, but
at the same time broaden your understanding by learning from the
"ridiculously" difficult questions and mark schemes from the JCs.
Unless of course, you already find A level papers difficult, in
which case confusing yourself with the even tougher Prelim papers
would be counter-productive.