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Things you wish you'd been told at the beginning of fifth year

Meteorshower

There is no set amount that will work for every person. My advice is to just go through 5th year making sure that if you don't understand something when you first get taught it, you make a concerted effort to understand it there and then. It is far easier when it comes to revision for prelims and final exams to go over stuff you've understood at one point, than to try and understand a whole bunch of stuff for the first time.

If that takes an hour a week for each subject, go for it.

Ok

Reply 21

Madjackismad

13

They never told me that me and half my year will be falling ill due to stress :frown:

. The thing about this being the worst year of your life is true, it has been, but thank god its almost finished. I haven't studied much for history and computing :frown:

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Reply 22

dreamyeyed

11

That although the school handbook says you will have 6-8 hours of homework a week, they are actually lying. Double that. Easily.

That standard grades are **** easy and do not prepare you for highers.

Reply 23

Ronar

15

dreamyeyed

That although the school handbook says you will have 6-8 hours of homework a week, they are actually lying. Double that. Easily.

That standard grades are **** easy and do not prepare you for highers.

What! I had like no homework this year or during standard grades :smile:

I've been fairly lucky though :P

Lalalalalaa

LuhLah

What about the whole "You'll see people having breakdowns by Feb/March" thing, is that true?

Depends what kind of people they are tbh :P

Reply 26

dreamyeyed

11

Ronar

What! I had like no homework this year or during standard grades :smile:

I've been fairly lucky though :P

Lucky you! Fifth year was one big load of homework for me! I was always tired from staying up doing homework and working three nights a week. My history and english teachers gave so much homework though.

Reply 27

ArcadiaHouse

OP

17

LuhLah

What about the whole "You'll see people having breakdowns by Feb/March" thing, is that true?

My French teacher told us this in October and it happened to me.

Reply 28

Ronar

15

dreamyeyed

Lucky you! Fifth year was one big load of homework for me! I was always tired from staying up doing homework and working three nights a week. My history and english teachers gave so much homework though.

gutted! I don't know if that's bad or not, I may have failed all my exams haa

Reply 29

andrew.P

ArcadiaHouse

3. Geography is not your 'doss subject'.
5. Be organised.
7. A year goes by in a flash.
14. You will stay up until 1am studying some nights and some of your teachers won't even bother to mark your work. So don't bother, eh?
21. Keep on top of everything.

Deposit your fifth year baggage here.

We've got some of the same books in our baggage but:
- I wish i had taken French instead of history.
- Would tell myself that leaving work throughout the year just because your teacher doesnt care is not a good policy.
- Possibly moved school, a mixed school would have been welcome.
- To tell myself A levels are much harder than bloody GCSEs.

Btw, I'm sure you havent failed, oxbridge here u come! Your exams surely havent finished yet?

Reply 30

LuhLah

3

ArcadiaHouse

My French teacher told us this in October and it happened to me.

But Arcadia, I love you. :love:

:hump:

Reply 31

ArcadiaHouse

OP

17

andrew.P

Btw, I'm sure you havent failed, oxbridge here u come! Your exams surely havent finished yet?

They have, actually, and they were ok, but it's the financial side of things tbh. Also, the cleverest people last year were all rejected, so what chance do I have? :p:

Lol.

Reply 32

wawa1906

i can't decide about 5th year. i think it's the year where things change and things start to sort of pull together. there have been times this year when i've been really confused as to why people say s5 is difficult, and others when i've been drowning in work and literally losing the will to live (ok not literally, i'm a happy person). but the biggest piece of advice that doesnt get given out often enough (so keep it quiet, cos people won't be happy with you knowing...!):

1. Highers aren't as horrifically difficult as everyone keeps telling you they are! (except higher maths...but that's just for me!)

overall i've enjoyed 5th year. it's different to any other year before it, although not always necessarily better.

please don't revise over the summer. read around the subject a bit maybe, but summer is summer; enjoy it, then freak out come august! :smile:

Reply 33

Agent Mulder

6

1) Standard grades count for nothing. They were just meant to get you used to doing an exam in a big hall.
2) Actually put effort in this year so you can get your grades and do whatever you want in 6th year. Otherwise you'll end up like most people, having to scrape a few extra grades in 6th year.
3) Be nice to people in your year, your most likely going to know everyone on a personal level next year.
4) Higher Maths must be revised constantly
5) Your really going to regret saying "Ah but the exams ages away"

Reply 34

andrew.P

ArcadiaHouse

They have, actually, and they were ok, but it's the financial side of things tbh. Also, the cleverest people last year were all rejected, so what chance do I have? :p:

Lol.

Ah, i've still got 6 exams! Can't you get a grant or something? Its not that much more expensive @ oxbridge than others is it? Your good looking so you'll get in :p:

lol

Reply 35

ArcadiaHouse

OP

17

LuhLah

Why though?

The pressure just got to me. I thought I'd never be able to do it. I'd chosen the wrong subjects and thought I was doomed to failure, but I wasn't. I've sat them now and I'm doing more next year and I'm sure you'll be fine, too. :smile:

Reply 36

ArcadiaHouse

OP

17

andrew.P

Ah, i've still got 6 exams! Can't you get a grant or something? Its not that much more expensive @ oxbridge than others is it? Your good looking so you'll get in :p:

lol

In Scotland it's free, so yes it's very very expensive lol. And are you being serious? My avatar is the model Daisy Lowe, ex-girlfriend of Mark Ronson, and my profile pic is of Oscar Wilde. Unless he does it for you, lol. Good luck with your exams!

Reply 37

LuhLah

3

S5 just sounds jobbieish.

Reply 38

Slumpy

16

ArcadiaHouse

In Scotland it's free, so yes it's very very expensive lol. And are you being serious? My avatar is the model Daisy Lowe, ex-girlfriend of Mark Ronson, and my profile pic is of Oscar Wilde. Unless he does it for you, lol. Good luck with your exams!

Actually, it's no more expensive than studying in Scotland for most, as most people do 4 years at least in Scotland, and here it's 3 years.
The living costs of an average student are circa £10k, so that makes up the 3 years worth of tuition fees.
Just so you know :wink:

Oh, and my things to know...
It's really not as bad as your teachers told you(but I kinda figured that anyway).
Oh, also, do some work for the BMO, cos that coulda been fun.

Reply 39

andrew.P

ArcadiaHouse

In Scotland it's free, so yes it's very very expensive lol. And are you being serious? My avatar is the model Daisy Lowe, ex-girlfriend of Mark Ronson, and my profile pic is of Oscar Wilde. Unless he does it for you, lol. Good luck with your exams!

you made me look silly there! I was talking about your avatar. Ah, are you applying to Edinburgh then? Good luck with yours too!

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