In my EPQ, is it the log or final essay/product that I am assessed on?

Although it may seem that most of your hard work in your EPQ is spent writing up your final essay, review or product (the final format will depend on which subject your EPQ focusses on), your supervisor will not just take the quality of this final product into account when assessing your overall grade.

In fact, as it is your log that records and documents the research, difficulties and progress of your project as a whole, you must ensure that the quality of your log is to the very best standard that it can be. This means writing fully in each area the log demands. It is essential to note that being faced with problems in your EPQ is not necessarily a weakness - in fact, the exam board states that being faced with research, time management and source quality problems, and then being able to find ways to overcome these, shows a strong candidate. 

It is also crucial to remember that each EPQ candidate has to give a presentation to a non-specialist audience after completing their final product, and this also forms part of their assessment. The presentation provides candidates with an opportunity to tell the story of their project journey, from initial project choice right through to final reflections. 

Essentially, this means that you are continually assessed throughout your EPQ and that it is certainly not just the quality of your final product that determines your overall grade.