So scared for my gcses

So I know people that are doing A levels are like GCSEs are so easy. But I'm so worried about my GCSEs, I'm lacking motivation and I'm trying to revise in advance so nearer the time I'm not so unprepared. Anyone got any advice?

So I know people that are doing A levels are like GCSEs are so easy. But I'm so worried about my GCSEs, I'm lacking motivation and I'm trying to revise in advance so nearer the time I'm not so unprepared. Anyone got any advice?

Here's some motivation: GCSEs are something you'll have for the rest of you life. They determine what A-levels you can take, thus what degree and what university you can go to. If not for yourself, at least try in your GCSEs to make your parents proud

My advice is to manage your time well, don't be left behind in any area of any subject, leave nothing until the last minute and revise hard when it gets closer to exams.

Keep in mind that GCSEs are important, try your best, but if you don't do as well as you want, it'll be fine because GCSEs are the least important of your future qualifications.

Are you going into year 11 in September then? I just finished Year 11 and awaiting my results next week. From a personal experience I usually don't feel motivated whilst in the holidays because I'm not in my usual school working environment and my mindset will be out of whack because I haven't been working. Once I get back to school and settle in, I find it easier to work at home. Also don't overdo revision, it causes you to actually forget more information. Just don't stress and it should be a fairly good year, make the most of it, your last year is the best year !!

Lots and lots of past papers, practice writing essays, flash cards, work throughout the year and condense your notes

Yeah I'm going into year 11. I had my mocks in July and I left everything so last minute and I could of done better in certain subjects for example I got an A* in religious studies which I really revised for but I got a D in chemistry which I barely prepared for, so I wanted to go back in September ready? How did you cope with the pressure!! I'm really stressed already but kinda excited for the experience.

I somehow managed not to let myself get stressed, all of my exams went well. Just make sure each night when exam season gets close/during exam season you do the amount of revision your body can take, it's extremely mentally draining when doing it every night so don't do hours and hours every night. It seems like you're going to be so stressed when exams come around, I felt that way too, but it's not as bad as you think it's going to be as long as you're willing to do the work. Just make sure you're always up to date, make a revision timetable so you're reciting knowledge from every subject at set times, it helps keep you organised which helps with the stress. .

I also a hard time motivating myself, what i did was that i started out doing some simple revision. By that i mean just go over content to familiarise yourself with stuff you learnt in year10, like i did geography so in year 11 i started making revision cards and started to make information sheets so by the time the second mocks i had some summed up material to revise from. If you don't feel motivated yet just begin by watching some videos on youtube about your exams like science videos (there are people who specialise in GCSE topics like Mr Bruff) or if you want start revising the easier subjects to get yourself into the zone.

Its good that you are concerned about this as most people usually aren't and this is a good sign as it means you will soon enough get the hang of it.

Just keep in mind that despite what people may say about other exams, at this point in your life GCSEs are the most important thing in your life right now.

TIPS:

START BY DOING LITTLE BY LITTLE AND GRADUALLY BUILD IT UP

DO NOT LEAVE ANY SUBJECT BEHIND JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE IT

DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR TIPS FROM TEACHERS AS THEY WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU

DO NOT PROCRASTINATE AND LEAVE THINGS TILL LAST MINUTE

DO LOTS OF PAST PAPER QUESTIONS

USE ONLINE TOOLS SUCH AS MATHSWATCH TO HELP YOU REVISE

DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING TILL JANUARY AS YOU WILL REGRET IT START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND BY THEN YOU WILL GET THE HANG OF IT

DO NOT GET INTO THE TRAP OF REVISING WHENEVER YOUR FRIEND DOES AS THAT WILL ONLY LEAD YOU TO PROLONG IT EVEN MORE

TAKE BREAKS AND DO REVISION IN SHORT SESSIONS

GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP AND AVOID STAYING UP LATE

YOU DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME (although people say so) IT REALLY ISN'T THAT LONG

Just remember that no one is going to be there on results day to wipe up your tears when they are too busy celebrating their success.
As my teacher use to say: Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail....

GOOD LUCK!

Wtf there is no need to revise now.

Start around January, because otherwise you'll burn yourself out!

If you really want to start now, then I would recommend watching videos on YouTube from people such as freesciencelessons


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Do not start revising now!! Even those who get all A*'s don't begin until Christmas/February Half Term - it's way too early you'll just get bored, burn out and lose all motivation! When you get back to school in September, be prepared and do ALL your homework, revise for your mocks but don't worry if you know in the back of your mind you'll work harder for the real thing (people say your mock grades give you a good representation of what you'll get - but I disagree - I didn't really revise much for mocks and then I went harrrrrddd for the real exams. Some revision advice: do EVERY past paper. Learn how they want you to answer the question and you'll get used to the style, I understand the spec is changing but the old maths papers should cover most of the same topics so try them out. Use different resources for revision, I liked using videos, flash cards, posters, typing it out etc and I'd switch it around for different subjects when I got bored, but you don't need to worry about this until closer to exam time! Don't worry

Thank you!! I've started revising because I didn't listen in physics or history at all so I missed out on so much. So I've started learning all the core stuff so when I go back I'm prepared, but thank you for your advice it's really helpful.

I've fortunately come to the end of my GCSE's (thank the Lord) and found it was completely different to what I expected.

For starters, in all the science subjects they really want you to apply the knowledge you have instead being able to recite parts of a revision guide - which ultimately means you have to actually focus in science lessons to understand.

I was one of those people that wanted to revise but procrastinated A LOT so I kept putting it off. I had a week of mock exams and the week before those exams I revised every day to see what my potential would be and I was surprised to see they were the grades I was expecting.

I knew what I was capable of so instead of cramming all the revision into hours the night before (which I did a lot to be fair) I found it was easier to spread out the revision I had to do weeks before exams to stress myself out less.

I knew I'd already revised before my mocks in February and I did good so that made me more confident that if those were my real exams then I wouldn't be disappointed which ultimately made me not cram in too much revision but know where my boundaries were

Turns out I over revised somehow even though I didn't do much because it wasn't the content I had a problem with but applying the knowledge which meant I wish I asked more questions to really understand what I was learning not just being able to recite it!