My year 13 journey to A*AA

This will be a thread were will keep a log of my work to A*AA. I will give myself no option but to get these grades as i feel as though I am capable of it despite poor GCSES. I'm going to aim to do an extra hour for each subject every night on top of the homework.

GCSES: 6A'S 5B's C [ Further maths lol]
AS: AABC
A2: Economics (AQA), history (AQA) and politics (AQA).

I have done nothing over summer thus far but from tomorrow the hard work really starts.

I've asked for my Raw marks in economics and history.

Economics:
Unit 1: 66
Unit 2: 60

History:
Option A: 33
Option B: 34

Government and politics:
Unit 1: 84
Unit 2: 88

I'll be applying for the flying start programme at Nottingham.

A&F at UEA, York, Surrey and Reading.

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Reply 1

Kevin De Bruyne

Original post by citibankrec

This will be a thread were will keep a log of my work to A*AA. I will give myself no option but to get these grades as i feel as though I am capable of it despite poor GCSES.

GCSES: 6A'S 5B's C [ Further maths lol]
AS: AABC
A2: Economics, history and politics.

I have done nothing over summer thus far but from tomorrow the hard work really starts.

I've asked for my Raw marks in economics and history.

Government and politics:
Unit 1: 84
Unit 2: 88

I'll be for the flying start programme at Nottingham.

A&F at UEA, York, Surrey and Reading.

Good luck

maybe dropping one of those subjects and self studying might be an optimistic shout but.. might get you into somewhere like Bath?

Reply 2

citibankrec

Day 1

-did some driving theory, Okay it wont help me in my A-Levels but hey
-Drafted some ideas for my PS
-10 pages of economic notes
-Some history coursework

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Reply 3

Lularose83

Original post by citibankrec

Day 1

-did some driving theory, Okay it wont help me in my A-Levels but hey
-Drafted some ideas for my PS
-10 pages of economic notes
-Some history coursework

That's impressive for day 1! Good luck with your goals and year 13 in general :smile:

Reply 4

citibankrec

Original post by Lularose83

That's impressive for day 1! Good luck with your goals and year 13 in general :smile:

Thank-you

Reply 5

ArX.Ba_H

Original post by citibankrec

Wow, dude your smart. I hope you get what you need good luck, trying to have the same goal as you actually but with different subjects: Maths, Psychology and English Lit.

Reply 6

Michaelj99

lol it's okay, GCSE's mean ****, you did pretty sick in AS with AABC, assuming you drop the subject you got a C in and you work really hard you can get A*AA

Reply 7

citibankrec

Original post by ArX.Ba_H

Wow, dude your smart. I hope you get what you need good luck, trying to have the same goal as you actually but with different subjects: Maths, Psychology and English Lit.

Cheers dude, You too.

Reply 8

citibankrec

Original post by Michaelj99

lol it's okay, GCSE's mean ****, you did pretty sick in AS with AABC, assuming you drop the subject you got a C in and you work really hard you can get A*AA

Yep, The C is gone brah.

I'm gunna pull crazy hours to make sure i'm not disappointed come Aug.

Reply 9

Michaelj99

Original post by citibankrec

Yep, The C is gone brah.

I'm gunna pull crazy hours to make sure i'm not disappointed come Aug.

well don't start pulling crazy hours yet, wait till you get to January at least cos that's when I started dying

Reply 10

safaa7

you're so inspirational this made me want to work hard ahaha :biggrin:

what do you want to study in uni or be when you graduate?

Reply 11

citibankrec

Original post by safaa7

you're so inspirational this made me want to work hard ahaha :biggrin:

what do you want to study in uni or be when you graduate?

A&F.

Get the work in brah

Reply 12

citibankrec

I don't really like working in the morning so i'll start some work after lunch

Reply 13

jamestg

Original post by citibankrec

This will be a thread were will keep a log of my work to A*AA. I will give myself no option but to get these grades as i feel as though I am capable of it despite poor GCSES. I'm going to aim to do an extra hour for each subject every night on top of the homework.

GCSES: 6A'S 5B's C [ Further maths lol]
AS: AABC
A2: Economics, history and politics.

I have done nothing over summer thus far but from tomorrow the hard work really starts.

I've asked for my Raw marks in economics and history.

Economics:
Unit 1: TBC
Unit 2: TBC

History:
Option A: TBC
Option B: TBC

Government and politics:
Unit 1: 84
Unit 2: 88

I'll be applying for the flying start programme at Nottingham.

A&F at UEA, York, Surrey and Reading.

Good luck!

Reply 14

bartered

Yo, we're doing the exact same at A2!! Good luck with everything next year, congrats on the AS results, and I sincerely hope you get the grades you want - we're aiming for pretty much the same :biggrin:

Reply 15

citibankrec

Original post by bethipayne

Awesome, How did your AS go?

Reply 16

bartered

Original post by citibankrec

Awesome, How did your AS go?

Much better than I was expecting to get - managed AAAA (the fourth subject I took was English Lit, dropping it this year for EPQ) :smile:

Reply 17

citibankrec

Original post by bethipayne

Much better than I was expecting to get - managed AAAA (the fourth subject I took was English Lit, dropping it this year for EPQ) :smile:

Nice, Good Luck :smile:

Reply 18

citibankrec

Day 2

I didn't get done today what i wanted too. Im actually kind of looking forward to going back to school tbh. I felt a bit ill but nevertheless i managed;
-Another 10 pages of economics notes
-More PS

I'm thinking that i should do an hour of each subject everyday on top of homework- Is this too much/ Even achievable?

Reply 19

Shaq298

I'm planning on doing 1 hour of work on top of homework each day also. I think it is possible if you're organised, and stay motivated for the whole year.
Good luck! :smile: