Afraid To Fail Higher Maths

Before you start worrying about unis and all of that, what is the reason for your drop in grades between prelims? A 30% drop is pretty significant, was it topics you struggle with more? How did you find Nat 5 - did you struggle or find it easy? I think you need to talk to your maths teacher and ask for help, they'll want you to pass so can give you advice. If you haven't already seen it ask them to go through your 2nd prelim paper with you, perhaps you lost marks due to silly mistakes which can easily be fixed or if it is a deeper problem you know what topics you need to work on

Part of it was due to the new topic of integration which I'm struggling to wrap my head around, specifically with area questions. I was also sick before the prelim and missed the actual date, the day I was back I had no warning and was taken out to do it so I hadn't really revised for it. I struggled with Nat 5 but I ended up getting a band 1 A in the end which might be why my teacher has confidence in me this year despite me not performing as greatly as I've wanted to. I didn't have a chance to go through the paper properly so I might ask for that once the Easter holiday is over, thank you for the advice!