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How hard did you study for your A-levels?

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not very much tbh. worked my ass of on coursework and speaking prep, but i was lucky because i took 3 subjects that i really enjoyed and was good at, so didnt have to work so much.

Reply 41

misternite

Did very little for summer exams. Expecting to get rejected from my firm and insurance.

Reply 42

Hayleyboop(:

psychocustard

I did nothing until like the last fortnight before exams, when I realised I knew NOTHING and had better hurry up or I'd fail.

It worked a bit, but I don't think I could do those papers again and do ok. I'm not really looking forward to results, I'm so unsure of how I did!

Same here!

I crammed for about a week and a half before the exams. Not sure how any of them went, i usually think i've done well and then haven't, and vice versa. As long as i get all C's and above i'll be happy.

Reply 43

MalcomNewMoney84

quite hard for ASs, built up reasonable buffers, a little harder for Jan exams, then an epic drop in my effort rate just in time for the most important set of exams lol.

Reply 44

MalcomNewMoney84

OP, I'm not a fan of the options in the poll. I NEVER do past papers in my own time, they are so long lol. I do a few in lessons if we have to. My revision consists of making fresh notes from the textbook and a incy bit of wider learning from websites. I nonetheless, most probably put an inadequate amount of revision in :frown:

And its only my fault if I've flopped

Reply 45

Buster_Bunny

MGIL

Did my hardest which is never good enough

i know!
thats how i feel!!

Reply 46

ttoby

It depends on the subject. With chemistry, you can spend ages revising and there'll still be lots of things you can't remember. Physics needs quite a bit of revision but it tends to be a lot easier than chemistry. With maths and further maths, I find I can usually get up to a high A after one or two past papers.

Reply 47

Annaconda

cruciform

if you do little work but get good grades you select no.2, there is no way you can do **** all aand get amazing grades, I know someone who works there ass of and just scraped AAA to get into Oxford a couple of years back.

maths i did **** all and got an A

Reply 48

Of the Standard of Taste

A-levels are mad. Do a BTEC.

Reply 49

Flabberglasted

I made sure that I worked constantly from the very beginning, but I do admit to being biased to one subject (that being Psychology - 2 hours a day, compared to Biology - 1 hour) That was probably why I only got a C in my Jan exams for Bio :s-smilie:

Reply 50

.x.alexa.x.

Not as much as I should have done :s-smilie:

Reply 51

FootPrints

I did revise quite a lot. But not enough I feel :frown:

Reply 52

sil3nt_cha0s

I worked a LOT for one particular subject, not that much for my others. What am I meant to choose? :frown:

fkin HARD!!!

Jack Sparrow

A-levels are mad. Do a BTEC.

agreed !!!!

Reply 55

daveywavey

I think I socialised a whole lot more, rather than studying hard. I did do a few past paper questions though a few weeks before the exams for preparation.

Reply 56

FZka

haha .. option 3 ? :P
Though i did not do as well as i wanted bcuz AS june 2009 exams were so frkn hard !!!
Physics Unit 2 ?
Chem. unit 2 ?
Bio unit 1 ?!?!?!
:'O

Reply 57

StandardStudent

I basically worked hard in revision, but my productivity was pathetic. I was compensating for the lack of knowledge i had gained particularly in A2. One of my geography teachers (i wont name her for legal reasons) was crap, i learnt more in 5 days then i did in a whole year. Ok this was mainly due to my laissez-faire attitude but doesnt help when your teacher is s***. The whole education system grinds my gears lol