A-level advice you would give to your younger self?

GCSE results are coming out on Thursday - which means a lot of people are going to be looking forward to starting their A-level courses next month.

Putting yourself back in their shoes - what advice would you give to your younger self ahead of going into A-levels for the first time? Add your top tips below - I'll be featuring the best on the home page. :smile:

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Reply 1

FuLLuPMepOrtION

this.thread.has.been.done.amillion.times.

can a MOD please close this

Reply 2

PopDaRouge

DONT.DO.HISTORY!!! Its not just two more years of the Nazi's, trust me... and the essays, oh the essays.... :afraid:

Reply 3

L'Evil Fish

Original post by PopDaRouge

DONT.DO.HISTORY!!! Its not just two more years of the Nazi's, trust me... and the essays, oh the essays.... :afraid:

I enjoy history... (year ten.. Done my gcse... Di'd AS exam in... Guess what, Nazi Germany! :woo:

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Reply 4

postman pat

Please, please, for the love of God, REVISE!!!!

Reply 5

Solid.Snake

Don't leave revision for exams until the last few weeks and desperately cram like a mad man! :biggrin:

Start revision nice and early! :smile:

Reply 6

Harry.K

Alevels are not like GCSE's. You can't expect to learn the whole syllabus in a week.

Reply 7

Funkyhouse

Don't be distracted by the pool table at the sixth form and the gossip that occurs during my frees and instead use the free periods to actually work

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 8

JackJack

Do not have the 'I can re-sit attitude'. Do all your homework and do read around the subject. Spend a good chunk from the start of your course, going over what you've learnt in lessons. Trust me, that's one thing I've learnt from AS. It will be a massive help when exam period comes around.

Reply 9

camaieu

For goodness' sake, work for AS. They're the easier modules, and they're worth the same as A2.

Reply 10

0000fw

Do subjects you enjoy and are good at. If you have no interest or natural aptitude at a subject it will drag your grades down no matter how hard you work in that subject.

Reply 11

HelloGoodbye

REVISE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, just cause you did great at GCSE doesn't mean you'll do great at A level! - What I would tell myself if I could go back to last year.

Reply 12

Sbapu

choose the courses you need for uni.

Reply 13

multiplexing-gamer

Original post by PopDaRouge

DONT.DO.HISTORY!!! Its not just two more years of the Nazi's, trust me... and the essays, oh the essays.... :afraid:

Not when you're doing 16th Century History :sexface:

It's sad how the majority of History is Nazi Germany

Reply 14

L'Evil Fish

Original post by multiplexing-gamer

Not when you're doing 16th Century History :sexface:

It's sad how the majority of History is Nazi Germany

It's enjoyable :tongue:

I can't wait to do an A2 unit in it :biggrin:

Reply 15

RavinaKang

Resit everything! even if you get really good marks, sometimes the difference between a getting an A and a B is 1 lousy UMS mark that you could have got my resitting exams and coursework. I resat most of my exams an got my grades from BCDE in the first year to A*AB at the end of the second year.

Reply 16

Beanbengo

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Reply 17

MKZebra

Ask for your brother's help sooner.

Reply 18

Miracle Day

You'll get great marks if you give it your best shot. Take History, Sociology, Psychology and Economics. DO NO TAKE ENGLISH LITEATURE. Do not also try and guess what answers come up for anything because that'll cost you an A in one of your subjects.