The A* study blog with no name!

I am aware of the typo in the thread title. 😂 Please may someone tell me how to change it? Thanks.

Edit the post. Go to "preview", and you can change the title

Hey hannah
Will you update everyday because i can't wait !! Well I like to see what people are doing everyday I'm very curious as you can see.
Have a look at my thread too :
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3934631

Wish you all the best x

Hi Hannah, glad to see you're already on top of things for next year! I'll make sure to have a read of what you've been up to!


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Hello everyone,
I am ill off school today - so I decided to start up a revision blog. After trying to create a revision blog in the 'grow your grades' section to no avail, i just decided to start one here. I did discover that 'grow your grades' is an annual competition and therefore has an opening and closing date. Hence, why I can't contribute.

Brief education background:

Anyway, my name is Hannah and will just give a brief background to my education. After having lived in eleven houses and having attended five schools in my life so far due to the divorce of my parents, things have become slightly hectic. 😂 I have been lucky enough to have been privately educated all of my life, but if I am being completely honest I would have preferred to be educated in the state sector. The private sector has served as being more harm than good. So, I started off in a mediocre private school in the Kent area - it was a mixed school which I attended in reception. My parents were not satisfied with the standard of the school, nor the area in which we lived - so we moved down to where my dad's family were based. There, I attended quite a high flying all girls school. I had a lot to catch up on. Working my way up from being at the bottom of the class in year two, to being at the higher end of the year in year six. However, in year five my parents got divorced. Ever since year three I had known that the divorce was definitely going to happen. This resulted in me becoming quite isolated, afraid to really talk to anyone - so I didn't have any friends. It didn't help that I was very alternative and so did not follow the crowd.

So, in the spring term of year six we had the common entrance exam for secondary school. I was broken at this stage, and just wanted to get into a 'good' secondary school. Most of my friends went for the really high flying schools which got people into Oxbridge. But, I went for the private schools which were still excellent, but weren't selective. After, taking the exams for two schools and thinking that I had performed terribly - I applied for the state school round the corner. I actually wanted to attend this school, but my mother wouldn't let me. For me, that state school had always been my 'first choice,' but hey ho... In March, I found out that I had achieved academic scholarships to both schools - a massive shock to the system. I decided on the school that was closest.

After spending year seven and year eight at that school, my confidence grew and grew. I was more certain with myself and knew of my academic abilities. Wanting more, I applied for one of the high flying selective schools - which I didn't previously apply for in year six. Unbelievably I managed to get in with flying colours - a massive shock to my family and friends. So, I started that school at the beginning of year 9.

However, at the school in which I currently attended - my anxiety began. I won't go into too much detail, but I now have been diagnosed with anxiety, OCD and mild depression. It's been tough, but I have tried to use all of those conditions to my advantage - working hard to try and achieve my goals. Yet, I do get physically ill quite often due to that. I need to be more aware of my own strength.

Current results:

So, I have just had my end of year ten exams - they did not go as well as I would have liked them to. My aim for my actual GCSEs is 10A*, as I am doing the IGCSEs. They won't be changing for me or be marked 1-9. I am trying to get as many A*'s as possible - as I want to do law at Oxford. Here are the end of year ten results:So, some of the results are 'good' in my eyes, but a lot of work is needed to improve. Here are the results of the coursework/control assessments which I have done so far - will be adding to it as I get the results. Anyway, I think that is all from me for now. This blog will effectively document my revision and my progress. Feel free to comment and join in! I am also happy to offer advice in regards to any GCSEs - content, organisation, revision etc. I like helping people! so if you need help, just ask!

Thanks for reading this!

Hello, I will try to - yes! Probably won't be updating today though, because I am quite ill at the moment. Aha, I am a very curious person as well! Just checked your thread out now X it looks brilliant.



Thank-you! awesome!

Good luck sweetie! From this, I gather you are currently in year 10? I've now completed year 13, but year 10 was the toughest school year for me so I want to tell you it does get better. You can push through and get those A*s! I wish you all the best luck.

Hey there,
if you don't mind me asking what did you get in your GCSE

Hello everyone,
I am ill off school today - so I decided to start up a revision blog. After trying to create a revision blog in the 'grow your grades' section to no avail, i just decided to start one here. I did discover that 'grow your grades' is an annual competition and therefore has an opening and closing date. Hence, why I can't contribute.

I am in year ten at the moment.

Brief education background:

Anyway, my name is Hannah and will just give a brief background to my education. After having lived in eleven houses and having attended five schools in my life so far due to the divorce of my parents, things have become slightly hectic. 😂 I have been lucky enough to have been privately educated all of my life, but if I am being completely honest I would have preferred to be educated in the state sector. The private sector has served as being more harm than good. So, I started off in a mediocre private school in the Kent area - it was a mixed school which I attended in reception. My parents were not satisfied with the standard of the school, nor the area in which we lived - so we moved down to where my dad's family were based. There, I attended quite a high flying all girls school. I had a lot to catch up on. Working my way up from being at the bottom of the class in year two, to being at the higher end of the year in year six. However, in year five my parents got divorced. Ever since year three I had known that the divorce was definitely going to happen. This resulted in me becoming quite isolated, afraid to really talk to anyone - so I didn't have any friends. It didn't help that I was very alternative and so did not follow the crowd.

So, in the spring term of year six we had the common entrance exam for secondary school. I was broken at this stage, and just wanted to get into a 'good' secondary school. Most of my friends went for the really high flying schools which got people into Oxbridge. But, I went for the private schools which were still excellent, but weren't selective. After, taking the exams for two schools and thinking that I had performed terribly - I applied for the state school round the corner. I actually wanted to attend this school, but my mother wouldn't let me. For me, that state school had always been my 'first choice,' but hey ho... In March, I found out that I had achieved academic scholarships to both schools - a massive shock to the system. I decided on the school that was closest.

After spending year seven and year eight at that school, my confidence grew and grew. I was more certain with myself and knew of my academic abilities. Wanting more, I applied for one of the high flying selective schools - which I didn't previously apply for in year six. Unbelievably I managed to get in with flying colours - a massive shock to my family and friends. So, I started that school at the beginning of year 9.

However, at the school in which I currently attended - my anxiety began. I won't go into too much detail, but I now have been diagnosed with anxiety, OCD and mild depression. It's been tough, but I have tried to use all of those conditions to my advantage - working hard to try and achieve my goals. Yet, I do get physically ill quite often due to that. I need to be more aware of my own strength.

Current results:

So, I have just had my end of year ten exams - they did not go as well as I would have liked them to. My aim for my actual GCSEs is 10A*, as I am doing the IGCSEs. They won't be changing for me or be marked 1-9. I am trying to get as many A*'s as possible - as I want to do law at Oxford. Here are the end of year ten results:So, some of the results are 'good' in my eyes, but a lot of work is needed to improve. Here are the results of the coursework/control assessments which I have done so far - will be adding to it as I get the results. Anyway, I think that is all from me for now. This blog will effectively document my revision and my progress. Feel free to comment and join in! I am also happy to offer advice in regards to any GCSEs - content, organisation, revision etc. I like helping people! so if you need help, just ask!

Thanks for reading this!

Heyyy, this is a nifty little thread you've got going on - it'll be so good to be able to read everything back and relive your journey in the future!
You're definitely in a really good position for success, although I'm sure you already know that as I've told you so many times
Good luck with everything, and I'll definitely keep up to date

Hi Hannah! Good luck! I know you can get all those A*s and achieve your dream! Man, I wish I was that productive in year 10! I wish you all the best!

The standard of A Level exams in subjects like Maths and Sciences have been really difficult this year, so that's something to consider when studying for your GCSEs- don't learn content: learn concepts and actually UNDERSTAND rather than memorize. GCSEs are the foundation of your learning, but I am glad to see you are working hard my foundation knowledge hindered my understanding in A Level Maths and Physics, although I am a hard-working student- this isn't enough at A Level. I'm sure you'll also be considering the entrance exams to the high-flying universities, the sooner you begin preparing the better. Preparation for these exams will diverge time from your regular studies however will set you in a good academic position to then tackle your A Level work. I am similar to you in some respects, you are more intelligent than I was at your age however!!! I moved schools a fair bit and I went to a private school from years 7-11 and didn't like it either- I think it's elitist and archaic.
I made the active decision to move into co-ed state education for sixth form, I wouldn't advise this if you want to achieve the best grades because, although it was the best personal decision I have made, it was a shock to the system.Physics and Chemistry were my most difficult subjects at GCSE, in mocks I got an A* in Physics and a B in Chemistry. I then, between mocks and the real exams, put a lot of work into Chemistry (I did IGCSE too). It didn't pay off: I got a B at the end and my Physics grade moved down to an A due to complete abandonment.You seem to be a very intelligent and conscientious student and I wish you all the luck in the world. The next couple of years will be really challenging, my natural disposition has always been very positive however I was diagnosed with anxiety by the end of year 13. However, if you have knowledge and are strategic as well as resourceful, you may thrive.Surround yourself with level-headed, supportive people who want you to succeed as much as they want to themselves!! (Difficult to find, I know, but they do exist) Good Luck

Good luck sweetie! From this, I gather you are currently in year 10? I've now completed year 13, but year 10 was the toughest school year for me so I want to tell you it does get better. You can push through and get those A*s! I wish you all the best luck.

I only sat 8 GCSEs because I basically learnt all the content in one year due to missing half of year 10 & half of year 11 due to critical illness. However, I got all A*s.

You're welcome - I know you're gonna do amazingly come your time, and also because we'll all be done with GCSEs at that point we'll all be keen to see how you do and probably give you some good do's and don't's as well
I definitely will - I'll be sure to share my results with you guys (even if by some strange occurrence I get all Ds, you'll still be told!)
I wish you all the best