Dark, Sequestered, Lonely Path To 9 A*

Btw man, how are you going to fit in finishing mind maps and past papers?

Ah, i want to go to New York apparently that's where all the action's at atm. I wanted to work at JP Morgan chase, they are really good plus the pay is awesome . Yea, i like the busy central life too. Have found out what area in Inv. Banking you want to work in?

You don't do Biology??

These threads are horrendously pretentious and make me want to kill myself.

Go right ahead

For English im doing AQA. So, for language I either do past papers or get random articles up on the internet and answer the questions for the reading section based on the 3 different articles and for the writing section I'm just practising my writing so constantly writing drafts etc. English literature I'm doing An Inspector Calls & Of Mice and Men so im just doing mind maps of the different themes and characters that are shown in the books and then I write essays on them. Mr Bruff is really good on YouTube aswell.

But personally, I struggle with revising for maths. Apart from doing past papers I don't know how to revise because the text books just don't help me. I've been stuck on an A for the past year and really want an A*, so if anyone has any tips please do share

Yeah, Im actually terrible at English essays, I find it hard to come up with diverse ways of writing paragraphs etc. I can analyse a poem very well, but writing an essay on it is a no no.

For maths I went from a D to and A in about 2 months, I just watched lots of past papers and did edexcel worksheets which you can find Here. On YouTube there is on guy who helped me tremendously his name is 'Achieve Maths', I used to watch on of his past paper walkthroughs every day before i went to bed. To push yourself to an A* i think theres a GCSE A* Questions only worksheet, i would link it buts its a DOC file so I will link the google page which Is Here and its the last one down

Thank you so much, appreciate the help a lot!

Go right ahead

For English im doing AQA. So, for language I either do past papers or get random articles up on the internet and answer the questions for the reading section based on the 3 different articles and for the writing section I'm just practising my writing so constantly writing drafts etc. English literature I'm doing An Inspector Calls & Of Mice and Men so im just doing mind maps of the different themes and characters that are shown in the books and then I write essays on them. Mr Bruff is really good on YouTube aswell.

But personally, I struggle with revising for maths. Apart from doing past papers I don't know how to revise because the text books just don't help me. I've been stuck on an A for the past year and really want an A*, so if anyone has any tips please do share

No problem, one thing i wanted to ask is how do you mark you English work causes theres no like a set mark scheme like maths, do you give it to your teachers or something?

which part do you struggle with? Im literally doing everything the same as you (books, exam boards etc i think) what i do for maths is loads of past papers too, and make some flash cards on the equations and rules for topics i know i will screw up or forget, message me if you need help- that goess to everyone )

No problem, one thing i wanted to ask is how do you mark you English work causes theres no like a set mark scheme like maths, do you give it to your teachers or something?

Konichiwa

So Basically, I've been really angry lately, Ive finally tracked down the root to my problems, after hard and excruciating examinations i finally came up with a conclusion:

I am Stupid.

For my Mock Examinations I got:

English Language: B
English Literature: C
Maths: B
Physics: B
Chemistry: B
RE: A (should of been an A* but unicorns don't exist)
Spanish: A*
Music Technology: B (Merit)
Drama: B (should of been an A* but we breathe air)

Overall I consider these results to be straight up Trash. :/

So I have decided to document my revision everyday for the next 30 days which will be our first GCSE Exam .

In the Future I would like to Study Economics At Oxford, Cambridge, LSE or Imperial, respectively. After this I want to be a Stock Broker/ Inv. Banker.

My current Year, Year 11 will be the last Year to do the current/old syllabus, this has been staged as another incentive for me to get the best grades possible.

Grades I Want To Get By The End of Year 11:

English Language: A*/A
English Literature: A
Maths: A*
Physics: A*
Chemistry: A*
RE: A* - Easy
Spanish: A* - Easy
Music Technology: Distinction (A)
Drama: A* - Easy

These are the Grades I will need to get into Wallington Grammar School For Sixth Form (Ive already gotten into my first choice, However I'm not sure whether to pick that or Wallington)

My Revision will Entail:

Going over each topic, making mind maps - I find these to be more effective.

I have printed about 5-6 Past Papers for each Topic and I plan to finish these by the end of the Easter Break.

However I'm still not sure how to revise both (English's? Englishes? Engli?) so any help will be appreciated.

Lastly I have made a Time Table for My revision which is here:



So you can also use it if you find it to be effective for yourself. ( I would like to seize this opportunity to apologise for the diabolical colour scheme, Forgive me.)



I would be delighted if any of you embarked on my mission along side me.
This is really just to help me with motivation as Im just a box of lethargy
I shall be posting daily at the specified time on the time table.

Gracias,
Kharis.

These threads are horrendously pretentious and make me want to kill myself.

Have you watched suits? Thats what I imagine a successful Inv Bankers life to be like, New York seems awesome I hope it goes well for you. Hmmm the area of Inv. Banking, I hear M&A is pretty decent?

What are you doing next year?

Oh, yea suits is awesome half way through season 4. M&A is very good but very competitive, i am going to the area too. The hours are long and the works is very hard but if you play your cards right you can earn huge amount of money...but time is a big issue tho, I hear that Analyst work 90-100 hours per week and sometimes even more and their typical work day is from 10 am to 2 am. But i hear that things are not that bad in London (apparently New York is the worst in terms of hours).