How can i improve my grades from U's to an A or a B?

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First of all don't be disheartened. I got a U in a history module last year, worked hard this year and managed to improve to a B . Its not impossible, but yes you need to work really hard and try to make a revision timetable. As for Chemistry and Biology the key is always past papers and make sure you understand everything in the unit. Make sure you practice questions on things you find hard. And of course make sure you concentrate on your new units. I don't take maths but im sure you can go wrong with past exam questions. Good luck and work hard and im sure you will be able to better

Thank you

Reply 61

olalala

Kill the competition ... :colone:

Try different revision methods, I had disappointing marks in january so the summer is going to be busy. Some folks in my Biology class resat papers from last summer and went up from U's to B's/A's so it can be done. :smile:

Reply 62

master_blaster66

Original post by olalala

Kill the competition ... :colone:

yeah i did too in chemistry, i went from an E to an A moved up by 60UMS maarks

Reply 63

Carnationlilyrose

Original post by Contrad!ction.

Just realised, we're maths debating :giggle:

You'll go blind.

Reply 64

otrivine

Original post by carnationlilyrose

You'll go blind.

Hi how are u :wink:

I wanted tomask u a question as you were an examiner I got a C for my unit 2 bio and was only 4 marks away from B it is OCR do u think the examiner could make mistakes? And as well for Chem thanks

Reply 65

Carnationlilyrose

Original post by otrivine

Hi how are u :wink:

I wanted tomask u a question as you were an examiner I got a C for my unit 2 bio and was only 4 marks away from B it is OCR do u think the examiner could make mistakes? And as well for Chem thanks

I examined English for GCSE and for AQA, so biology is a mystery to me. Of course people do make mistakes, but it's less common in subjects where there's a definite answer, such as maths and other numerical subjects, such as some sciences. Arts subjects are open to interpretation. I suggest you have a word with your teacher and see if they think it's worth looking into.

Reply 66

otrivine

Original post by carnationlilyrose

And As well during my exams I applied for special consideration cause my mother was not feeling well . Can I make an appeal for it as well?

Reply 67

nmudz_009

Speaking mainly for science/maths here, but Actually learn and gain a full and explicit understanding of each topic, not plan your preparation on the basis of simply beating past papers, because I promise you, the exam will throw your plans into turmoil. Don't get too comfortable with past papers or overconfident. You need to be able to pull out knowledge and apply it to questions, and you need to be able to do it fast. Don't expect questions to simply ask for knowledge, exam questions will be testing how deep your understanding actually is.

Reply 68

Carnationlilyrose

Original post by otrivine

And As well during my exams I applied for special consideration cause my mother was not feeling well . Can I make an appeal for it as well?

Appeal for what? If you applied for special consideration and the grounds were accepted, you would have had it. If you applied and were not granted it, then you won't get it now. I think you need to focus on finding out what's going wrong with your exam technique, and that can only mean speaking to your teacher.

Revise, Duh.

Have you thought of getting any of your papers back. I'm doing this for F212, F214 and F324.

Reply 71

xeen44

I went through the same tooo i guess i just over loaded myself with 12 units but i still got an E for chem n bio and a U for physics (i did ohysics aS n a2 together) any suggestions to which units i shud retake next may june ??