Failed my a level mocks!!!

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Well that seems a bit ungrateful for people trying to help. Good luck nut your post indicates that you have a serious situation to deal with abd its impornat to identify how to work out the best solution for you. Working your ass of efficiently and with focus is better than working with worry and directionless. If you know where you slipped up, then am struggling to see why it was a surprise. Try and do soem more mocks before you do the exam real, so you cna get your confidence back.

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MyAnacondaDoes

Lol I got an A in French and B in Spanish in my AS mocks with 0% effort. I revised for maybe a couple weeks before the mocks.

I got a C in Chemistry and D in Maths too lol

You didn't revise and you got what you get.

Reply 62

AlphaWolfZ

Original post by kelseyanne9876

I got them back today and I got 4 Us, absolutely devastated.

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Listen here Sir. I'am going to be brutally honest with you right now, hopefully you will appreciate this in the long run.

I hope you understand that with these results you will NEVER get far in life, especially if you are doing something which requires high grades. It's that simple, your dream is at stake here. You have to appreciate this, and I feel this is why you posted in the first place. If that dream wasn't important to you, then why bother posting. If you appreciate this fact, you can move on.

I need you to know that the UUUU, are just a snapshot of your CURRENT level, entirely not a prediction, because you have solely the ability to change this result. You CAN and WILL turn them into As and Bs. I'am a straight A/A* iGCSE Student and I too got Us in the recent As tests. Reason: I was not prepared. You have to change this and now. This is the perfect time to realise that you don't have enough time to reverse it.

Motivation is a problem right? You prefer to chill out? Well, that's not uncommon. Appreciate the fact that in a few months, which are going to pass in a blink, you will get your results. Then you can chill back, relax and just enjoy life. Are you going to enjoy a happy holiday knowing that good news are coming. Or are you going to spend your time depressed knowing the horror of your results. You choice!

I know you can change it. What you need to do know is to FORCE yourself to think like a winner. Go outside! Have a workout, sweat out your frustration and come back. Have a Shower and plan your new schedule. Plan out how to get those A*/As. Leave 1/1.5 months of past papers. Cover each topic, watch videos, ask for help, make notes, ask question. GET INTO THAT BEASTMODE THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE. 2 MONTHS! Work hard! At the same time, enjoy working.

I know you can do this! I feel your frustration and depression. But everyone has the ability to improve, we have the same brain. It's just how much we spent training it. Intelligence, PAH! I know some honestly dumb people who get high grades, it's all about the practice.

Hopefully this helps! Do send me a PM when you get those As :biggrin:

Have a great day

Cheers :P

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Reply 63

MathsFanatic!

Original post by Beat

I got 3 Us the first time I sat AS and then CCE the second time. It doesn't necessarily mean they aren't good enough, stop being patronising.

OP, the step up is quite surprising and there's a number of possible factors:

Did you revise as much as you could have done?
Are the revision techniques that you are using effective enough? I've heard of stories of people at GCSE doing one technique but then at AS/A2 it really doesn't just cut it out. Perhaps try changing your technique?
Do you understand all of the material?
Lastly, are the subjects your interests/strengths? I know the first time I did AS, I chose subjects that were academic but I just wasn't fit for them. I changed them and then I improved dramatically.

Whatever you decide to do, I wish you good luck and I'm sure it'll be fine in the end :smile:

I agree ^ don't push your self down. Now you know what to do so work hard and keep revising and remember not to give up. Read up online on how to revise- make notes, go through your work thoroughly and make sure you do loads of past papers- and I mean loads like you know them off by heart.
hope that helps :redface:

Reply 64

KylieemilyJ

Just thought I should add that in my AS mocks last year I got CDEU(I had a lot of time off before the mocks due to personal reasons but tried my best to catch up) and in the real exams I got CCDE, which is poor I agree but I worked harder than ever to improve my grades and I was ill around the mocks as wel, not that I'm using that as an excuse..
My highest mock grade was English Lang lit but I hated it, and ended up with a low E and dropped it before a2.

I've just done my a2 mocks and got a CDDE (retaking a module of as psychology) I'm not saying I'm a success story but I've never been a success with exams etc.... But my number one factor difference between the two years was my attendance, I havent had a single day off during a2, whereas AS my attendance was shocking... But yeah I'm an average student, you can get from E in the mocks up to a C like I did,but equally as likely to get a C down to a low E. It's all about how much work you put into it

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fracasa1231

Have you thought about getting a tutor?

Reply 66

QuothTheRaven

If you revise and still get 4 U grades, you're not really smart enough for A level.

If you don't revise and still get 4 U grades, then; revise.

You should fall into either category here, good luck from here on out OP.

Reply 67

arkaig

Original post by AlphaWolfZ

I know you can do this! I feel your frustration and depression. But everyone has the ability to improve, we have the same brain. It's just how much we spent training it.

What a load of New Age rubbish. No people do not have the same brain. There are really smart people and really dumb people with the rest in between. You know, a Gaussian distribution.

Maybe the original poster does have the ability to improve, but maybe they are maxed out as well and A level is too much for them. Either way - you don't know for sure.

Reply 68

November229

Last year in my AS MOCKS I got ACCE and got ABCC in my real exams (so I did improve, mainly the E as I got it up to a C it also changed as the A I got in the real exam was a C in the mock). This January in my A2 MOCKS I got CDU which is horrific but it's because I didn't revise hardly at all and I know this. I'm getting my head down now and hope to achieve somewhere between ABC-AAB in the real summer exams. It's all just hope and hardwork from here on out. I've read through a few of the comments and agree with those who are telling you to think about strategies for revising. Try your best for your real exams, and good luck. :-) Alevels are stressful but there is a reason why universities rely upon them!

Reply 69

Exchanted

Should have done a BTEC skiddy

Reply 70

Ads20000

Original post by kelseyanne9876

got them back today and i got 4 Us, absolutely devastated.

can anybody give me advice to help prepare summer exams and have any of you had results like this before and turned it around. im a state of despair ive lost all faith and ready to give up.

im in year 12 and i take Law Business Government/Politics and Critical Thinking

Hiya,

You've got more than enough time to turn this around. Don't give up!

The best proven way to revise is to do it regularly (rather than cramming - though if you have to do that then you have to do it) and to test yourself, don't just read or take notes. I think the easiest way to do those things at the same time is to do past papers regularly. Self-mark the shorter questions (the mark scheme is usually self-explanatory) and ask a teacher to mark the essays. Do them open-book at first if you want, then you're refreshing your memory, but towards the exam do them closed-book and in timed conditions. You'll still be able to learn from your mistakes through the marking.

I strongly recommend plugging your exam dates, committments, holidays etc into the Student Room's Study Planner on Get Revising. I usually set the number of hours on each subject to 'as many as possible' but you can set it as less - they have a recommended amount next to that option.

If you run out of past papers (I find that unlikely, but save one to do the day before the exam just in case), ask a teacher for extra work. You can also try doing any questions in the textbook you haven't done already or go looking for resources on Get Revising - but try to do things that test yourself.

Hope that this helps! And if you need more help, don't hesistate to ask.

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How'd it go man?

Original post by maximum_entropy

Aha - the old "I don't exam well" excuse.

Look it's quite simple - if you did no work and got 4 U's then even then it's a poor sign since the smart kids would still get B's.

If you worked at it and then got 4 U's then it is a strong indicator you are out of your depth.

This is not rude it's a fact. Maybe this is the wake up you need to make an informed decision about your future.

How can we help on here? If you know you need to work more then do it - if you cannot work more then you should not be doing these A levels. It really is that simple.

Some people do suffer forms of anxiety which mean that they find exams hard, or can't remember detail when under pressure. This doesn't say that they are bad at the subject, but maybe more exam technique would help, I am currently doing GCSE mocks and one of my friends suffers anxiety which means she can't perform as well in an exam hall, and she has been allowed to sit in a separate room. Just because you don't experience it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

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fracasa1231

Original post by michael10101

How'd it go man?

You're the first person in a year to reply to my idea (Have you thought about a tutor?) If I told you I am a tutor would you tell me to, um, remove myself post-haste from this Student Room and um, fiddlesticks off back to my wretched staff room hovel? Or might you want to know more? If the former, I won't trouble you or your peers again.