jamestg's journey to Durham

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Mock week this week and I'm not looking forward to it lol. It's been my grandad's birthday 'bash' (lol) all weekend so I've only managed around 2hrs each day since Friday, and I was busy doing coursework and history revision all last week.

I guess it will be more beneficial in the long run as I'll know my weaknesses rather than getting a superficial mock result from cramming. And, after all, it's only a mock.

Hoping for an A* (C3), A (S1) and Bs in Politics and History. Worst case will be ABCD respectively...

What was the offer you got for Durham? A*AA? Hope you're doing well

Reply 381

jamestg

Original post by Trapz99

What was the offer you got for Durham? A*AA? Hope you're doing well

Yeah A*AA, gonna have to become amazing in history to achieve it tho haha.

Where have you ended up firming?

Reply 382

Trapz99

Original post by jamestg

Yeah A*AA, gonna have to become amazing in history to achieve it tho haha.

Where have you ended up firming?

I'm sure you'll get it if you revise well and practise a lot of papers, I've heard history is hard

I firmed LSE Maths and Economics (A*AA) insured UCL Economics and Statistics (AAA)
I'm aiming to do all the past papers I can for C3 and C4
Can't believe there's only like two months left lol

Reply 383

jamestg

Original post by Trapz99

Oh wow! Congrats on getting into both LSE and UCL :O

Ikr! Not long to go now, just gotta keep swimming...

I've got this.

Okay so I'm predicting I got:
- A in C3
- A in S1
- B in Politics
- C in History

Not even close to what I need, most gutting thing is I know I've just missed an A* in C3 by one or two marks :frown:

Reply 386

Imperion

Nice seeing you still plunging forward! :biggrin:

Reply 387

jamestg

Well mocks went better than expected haha. Still not enough for Durham, but not far off.

C3 - A (2 marks off an A* :frown:

)
S1 - A
Politics - A
History - A (chuffed about this, have struggled with the amount of content all year)

Concluding, on the right track but I've just got to keep going :smile:

Reply 388

CutieTootsie

Original post by jamestg

Well mocks went better than expected haha. Still not enough for Durham, but not far off.

C3 - A (2 marks off an A* :frown:

)
S1 - A
Politics - A
History - A (chuffed about this, have struggled with the amount of content all year)

Concluding, on the right track but I've just got to keep going :smile:

way to go!

Reply 389

CutieTootsie

Original post by jamestg

I've got this.

lolololololol

Reply 390

jamestg

When you get 73/75 on your first proper C4 paper, yet you got 54/75 on your first proper C1 paper last year...

Reply 391

Nyathigiz

Original post by jamestg

When you get 73/75 on your first proper C4 paper, yet you got 54/75 on your first proper C1 paper last year...

Aaayyy🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

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Reply 392

jamestg

Hey look! Just two more to achieve...

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Reply 393

jamestg

Well this isn't embarrassing at all...

Question:
"From experience a high-jumper knows that he can clear a height of at least 1.78 m once in 5 attempts. He also knows that he can clear a height of at least 1.65 m on 7 out of 10 attempts. Assuming that the heights the high-jumper can reach follow a Normal distribution,

(a) draw a sketch to illustrate the above information,"
My answer:

Mark scheme:
2 normal distribution bell curves.

Reply 394

SteamboatMickey

Original post by jamestg

Hey look! Just two more to achieve...

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WOO! Proud of you James! :tongue:

I think I need to start updating my own GYG blog tonight! I kinda stopped :colondollar:

Reply 395

jamestg

Right! I'm signing off folks! While I haven't been very active, now is the final push towards A*AA and it's just to ensure there's minimal distraction :smile:

I shall give you the lowdown of the exams once I've finished on June 23rd!

¡Vamos a la Durham!

Reply 396

CoolCavy

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Original post by jamestg

Right! I'm signing off folks! While I haven't been very active, now is the final push towards A*AA and it's just to ensure there's minimal distraction :smile:

I shall give you the lowdown of the exams once I've finished on June 23rd!

¡Vamos a la Durham!

Good luck jamestg :hugs:

Reply 397

SteamboatMickey

Original post by jamestg

Right! I'm signing off folks! While I haven't been very active, now is the final push towards A*AA and it's just to ensure there's minimal distraction :smile:

I shall give you the lowdown of the exams once I've finished on June 23rd!

¡Vamos a la Durham!

Good luck James!! :hugs:

Reply 398

CheeseIsVeg

Original post by jamestg

Right! I'm signing off folks! While I haven't been very active, now is the final push towards A*AA and it's just to ensure there's minimal distraction :smile:

I shall give you the lowdown of the exams once I've finished on June 23rd!

¡Vamos a la Durham!

Good luck Mr Jamestg! :cube:

June 23rd

I finish 6 days after you :emo:

Maybe see you there depending on how it all goes :redface:

You got this James!

Reply 399

solC

Original post by jamestg

Right! I'm signing off folks! While I haven't been very active, now is the final push towards A*AA and it's just to ensure there's minimal distraction :smile: