[lydia_271]

I have 5 exams in may/june and the thought of them are taking a toll on me mentally.
I've applied to do Politics(and Int Rela) at
Lancaster
Leicester
Reading
Kent
Nottingham
and received offers from all of them bar Reading who need me to respond to certain things.
The thing is I need A B B to get into Leicester, a uni in which I really have my heart set on.
I got B C C in 1st year though, so that means me having to jump up one grade ine each subject.
January results were alright though I got an A* in pscyhology, A* in english lang and lit coursework but a friggin C in my unit 3 exam for govt and a frggging d in my retake! which is worse than what I got first time round!

Ive done the maths and I neeed 90 marks in the next exam to get an a overral for english (im retaking a unit though)
and 90 marks in government just to get a B!
Psychology is pretty sorted though as i can afford to get a low c to get a B overral....
But guys tell me, from experience is it realistically possible to do 5 exams and get at least all bs in all of them!
Thaanaks
Any revision tips would help btw

[roh]

I went from a C in AS to an A at A2 in French to get an AAA offer including French (at Leicester coincidentally) so yeah it can be done. I didn't do any work in AS and did loads in A2. Revision tips would be just start early to avoid panicking, learn how you revise best (there's loads of tests for that online plus just trial and error) and do a lot of past papers as most A levels require quite a lot of exam technique, a good look at a marks scheme can help too.

Marking can be erratic at A level, it's frustrating. Personally I managed to get over 95% in 5 history modules and a D at both first sitting and resit in the other, such is life sadly.

[makingamemory]

I went up from a low B in Biology at AS to a high A and had I resat my AS cwk I may have gotten an A*.

I hadn't really worked at all during AS so I was surprised I even got a B tbh. But for A2 I worked my butt off, whilst going through the lessons I made sure within that week I understood the concepts at the time so when it came to revision I just had to revise and not learn. I made bright colour posters, that covered the whole of my room so I was constantly seeing my notes. Going through mark schemes and seeing what I was doing wrong and how the question should be answered.

Agree that the marking is so erratic.

[lydia_271]

My teacher said I should have gotten a B in my government exam as he requested for my script back

[TheStudent.]

Was on a C for biology, and im now 3UMS off an A just find out where you're going wrong, and reverse it.

[lydia_271]

thanks very much guys

[LaEstrella]

(Original post by roh)
I went from a C in AS to an A at A2 in French to get an AAA offer including French (at Leicester coincidentally) so yeah it can be done. I didn't do any work in AS and did loads in A2. Revision tips would be just start early to avoid panicking, learn how you revise best (there's loads of tests for that online plus just trial and error) and do a lot of past papers as most A levels require quite a lot of exam technique, a good look at a marks scheme can help too.

Marking can be erratic at A level, it's frustrating. Personally I managed to get over 95% in 5 history modules and a D at both first sitting and resit in the other, such is life sadly.

May I just ask how you jumped from a C to an A in French, I'm doing Spanish and I've got to jump from a D to a B, I'm trying to get as many tips as possible!

[Claudine]

Study more, or take a revision course? Tell your teachers what you want to achieve.

[roh]

(Original post by LaEstrella)
May I just ask how you jumped from a C to an A in French, I'm doing Spanish and I've got to jump from a D to a B, I'm trying to get as many tips as possible!

Doing a lot more work was the key thing! In terms of tips for langs in particular I'd recommend watching and reading the news in Spanish, novels if you want to, but obviously they're harder (so read El Pais, watch whatever their version of BBC news is). Also, make sure you know your grammar back to front, subjunctive and all, as that binds everything else together. For your oral exam I'd recommend really working on your presentation (if that still exists), as having a strong one helps settle your nerves at the start of the exam, and practising general conversation a bit with a mate, if any do Spanish, nearer the time.

Another thing that really helped me was doing plenty of past papers of the reading/writing/listening exam, as it's worth a lot of marks and having the exam technique is important in that one I found. The paper hasn't really changed in ages (I did one past paper that my uncle sat for his A level, he's now 42!) so there's plenty to go at.

If you struggle with accent/pronunciation there's some good videos on youtube of native speakers teaching you how to say certain sounds (rolling r's for example).

[LaEstrella]

(Original post by roh)
Doing a lot more work was the key thing! In terms of tips for langs in particular I'd recommend watching and reading the news in Spanish, novels if you want to, but obviously they're harder (so read El Pais, watch whatever their version of BBC news is). Also, make sure you know your grammar back to front, subjunctive and all, as that binds everything else together. For your oral exam I'd recommend really working on your presentation (if that still exists), as having a strong one helps settle your nerves at the start of the exam, and practising general conversation a bit with a mate, if any do Spanish, nearer the time.

Another thing that really helped me was doing plenty of past papers of the reading/writing/listening exam, as it's worth a lot of marks and having the exam technique is important in that one I found. The paper hasn't really changed in ages (I did one past paper that my uncle sat for his A level, he's now 42!) so there's plenty to go at.

If you struggle with accent/pronunciation there's some good videos on youtube of native speakers teaching you how to say certain sounds (rolling r's for example).

Thank you very much

[victoryshinesonus]

I'd say, if you don't do any AS retakes in A2 year, very difficult. Though, if you had an attempt at one of your AS modules again, it's very possible