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Year 11s, have you started revising for your GCSEs yet? What are your week points?

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I've started. Just an hour a day really but more for the subjects I need to learn (ie statistics because I'm entering myself). I'll get more intense in the holidays I think.

Still need to get stats coursework done :/

What were your coursework marks for english out of interest? What exam board did you do?

Reply 41

Ears

Original post by Extricated

What were your coursework marks for english out of interest? What exam board did you do?

I think for Lit there were 3 pieces. Romeo was 54/54 A*, Inspector Calls was 48/54 A and Pre-1914 stories was 52/54 A*. (and 3 for QWC)
So that's 55/57 which I guess is an A*.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/index.php?759&tx_rgtabs_pi1[showAsFirst]=2 I used that btw. So AQA.

How did you do?

Reply 42

Kalliope

Original post by Ears

How do you get the total out of 57 again?

Reply 43

Ears

Original post by BookWormShanti

How do you get the total out of 57 again?

Average your three courseworks (all out of 54) and then add either 1/2/3 for you Quality of Written Communication, which will usually be 3.

Reply 44

Kalliope

Original post by Ears

Average your three courseworks (all out of 54) and then add either 1/2/3 for you Quality of Written Communication, which will usually be 3.

Cool, thanks :smile:

It was the extra 3 that confused me.

Reply 45

Kalliope

Original post by Lozza_00

And has everyone done all their coursework?

Because I now feel bad about not answering the OP, no I have not started revising yet, outside homework revision tasks. Hoping to do some on Sunday though... I'm just a very bad procrastinator! Hoping easter will make up for it. I'm not too worried though. I'm aiming for 12.5 A*s (the .5 being Latin SC which I'll probably flunk) and a distinction in ICT. I already have 3 of those though, which helps, but I'm confident of getting them as I did in my Mocks in everything except maths, which was only a couple of marks away.
I've done all my coursework, yes, except one German speaking next Friday and I am trying to persuade my teacher to let me do another after easter.

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 46

Agolas

Make sure you guys start revising at latest Easter :smile:

Organize your time wisely and you'll fly them :biggrin:

Good luck all!

Reply 47

BenjyK

Err nothing so far :K:

Was planning to start at Easter, but i found out yesterday that i surprisingly got 95% in my English AS coursework ( :woo:

) which has got me hopeful that i wont fail the rest of my GCSES :biggrin:

Reply 48

Extricated

Original post by BookWormShanti

How do u do 13 GCSEs :/

Reply 49

lilzoldier

I have started revision , 4hrs a day with gradually increasing intensity the closer I get to the exams, I'm aiming for 7-8A* :P

Reply 50

choccandy21

Original post by lilzoldier

I have started revision , 4hrs a day with gradually increasing intensity the closer I get to the exams, I'm aiming for 7-8A* :P

4 hours on school days? :eek:

lol

Reply 51

Kalliope

Original post by Extricated

How do u do 13 GCSEs :/

3 options (hist, geog, re)
1 compulsory lang (fr)
1 add lang (Ger - means I miss half my pe and all ICT to do it)
Top sets do lots in core subjects ie - triple science, Maths & Stats
Latin after school (that only a o.5 though)
ICT OCR Nationals thingy (completed at home, as it is comp by govt but I have no lessons).

Quite a lot of people (about 30 ish I'd say) do 12 in my year, but it's only another boy and myself who do latin too.

Anyway, it's quality not quantity that counts.

Reply 52

Extricated

Original post by BookWormShanti

Hmm..Yes I obviously understand that it's quality not quantity, i was just surprised at the sheer amount of GCSEs that you do.

Reply 53

lilzoldier

Original post by halii_94

4 hours on school days? :eek:

lol

yeh

I study from 5pm-9pm on school days, weekends even longer

Reply 54

choccandy21

Original post by lilzoldier

yeh

I study from 5pm-9pm on school days, weekends even longer

wow i need to up my game :P lol

Reply 55

AtomicMan

Original post by lilzoldier

yeh

I study from 5pm-9pm on school days, weekends even longer

Wowa, now thats revision!

Luckily I've been revisign steadily throughout the whole year so over easter all I have to do is go over everything and go through tonne of past papers. I've already revised all of business, french, english lang+lit syllabuses, and the rest I'm close to the end. So glad I did what I did, no cramming for me ^.^

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 56

mayurforlife

started here nd there, but luks very difficult to concentrate nd im spending too long on one subject so i don't haveenough chance to revise few subjects in a day