GCSE help from a current Year 12

if anyone needs any tips or advice or questions about gcse's or choosing as levels or whatever feel free to ask! Feels like a lifetime ago but i'll try and answer as best i can!
GCSE's i took:
Maths
Science
Additional science
Further Additional science
Humanities
Geography
History
English Lit
English Lang
Ethics
Philosophy
Physical education
Italian
DT Food
Child DEvelopment


AS's that I've taken: Geography, History, Chemistry, Biology

What specific grades did you achieve for each GCSE?

Maths A*
Science A
Additional science A
Further Additional science A*
Humanities A
Geography A
History A*
English Lit A*
English Lang A
Ethics A*
Philosophy A*
Physical education A
Italian A*
DT Food A
Child DEvelopment A*
overall 8 A* and 7 A

Ok then. Give me every single tip to get as high as you!!!

ahha!!! Well i have to say, with GCSE's it is mostly about how much you can memorise (unlike a level)-i memoried the whole of the Biology 3 text book in a weekend for my further additional science as i had so many other exams to revise for! It's all about balance i think, make sure you revise the stuff that you have no idea about first, don't waste time going over the stuff you know just to make yourself feel better ( i was a culprit of that aha) People say make a timetable, if that works for you then great, but tbh for me i tried one and i jsut couldnt stick to it as, as soon as i started i felt i was revising the wrong thing and then switched to another. So everyday when i got home i just wrote on a sticky note what my goals for the evening were and time limits and made sure i met them. That way if you're slacking you feel like you have to do it and then feel accomplished at the end. In terms of how long to revise for, i'm one of those odd people that can revise for hours on end, but obvs everyone is different and has diff. ways. It's important to give yourself a break if you feel yourself becoming distracted, that way you'll be more focused when you start up again!
In terms of how to revise, what i basically did was had all my class notes, then rewrote them in a clearer format. I would then make flashcard for things like history and geography/ italian. Then for subjects with heavy content i would either write it out till it was memorised or type it out.

Hope that helps in some way, feel free to ask any more questions!

ahha!!! Well i have to say, with GCSE's it is mostly about how much you can memorise (unlike a level)-i memoried the whole of the Biology 3 text book in a weekend for my further additional science as i had so many other exams to revise for! It's all about balance i think, make sure you revise the stuff that you have no idea about first, don't waste time going over the stuff you know just to make yourself feel better ( i was a culprit of that aha) People say make a timetable, if that works for you then great, but tbh for me i tried one and i jsut couldnt stick to it as, as soon as i started i felt i was revising the wrong thing and then switched to another. So everyday when i got home i just wrote on a sticky note what my goals for the evening were and time limits and made sure i met them. That way if you're slacking you feel like you have to do it and then feel accomplished at the end. In terms of how long to revise for, i'm one of those odd people that can revise for hours on end, but obvs everyone is different and has diff. ways. It's important to give yourself a break if you feel yourself becoming distracted, that way you'll be more focused when you start up again!
In terms of how to revise, what i basically did was had all my class notes, then rewrote them in a clearer format. I would then make flashcard for things like history and geography/ italian. Then for subjects with heavy content i would either write it out till it was memorised or type it out.

Hope that helps in some way, feel free to ask any more questions!

Thanks! Firstly, which exam board were you for OCR? Secondly, I have a lot of outstanding work I need to study however I keep procrasinating, how do I get motivated?

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I don't think i was on OCR for anything: mainly Edexcel only OCR for child development i think- sorry if that means i'm not much help!

And i would make a list of the outstanding work in priority order .e.g dates of hw due in or exams and I would consider the consequences if its not handed in on time e.g. is one teacher going to mind more than another (only if you don't have enough time though ) Maybe have in your mind a reward that you can only have after you've done everything

Which exam board were you on for science and english and what are your tips?

When I mean outstanding work, I don't mean work that I owe teachers. I mean there are some topics that are present in the syllabus that I have not studied yet.

Science: Edexcel
- do lots of past papers
- make flashcards/posters/write notes out on a4 sheet/type up till memorised
- answer questions in revision guide
-make your own questions/answer
- get friends/ yourself to test each other/family
- Youtube videos are great like mygcsebiology (for AQA but it s helpful)

English: OCR
- i made big mindmaps on each character/ themes/events
- made sheets of quotes and mini analysis
- practice question (some just bulletpointed)
- practice full analysis of a small quote so you develop your answers and get into higher grade boundary
- i only read the book like twice - spark notes is good for brief descriptions

sorry-I wasn't aware there was a policy about more than one person having a similar thread? :/ the more help the better right? Scusi

Lol I didn't say it was bad

Thank you very much, and well done on your astounding results.

this was such a big help! sometimes I find it hard to remember all this info and get it stuck in my head do u have any more tips to help all the info stick??
also how many hours did u revise a day?