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Reply 3620

Purple-Pixie

10

Original post by turn-to-page394

High five for English Lit! :biggrin:

I can see how your decision might be hard. :frown:

Have you asked your Spanish teacher about the course? They might be able to advise you about it and whether they think you could cope. :smile:

However, it is your choice in the end. Maybe you could put it down as a potential option, see how you cope for the first few weeks etc? Oh, and what about History? It's also an essay subject. :/

I'm planning on taking English Lit, Chemistry, Biology and Maths. :smile:

I asked my Spanish teacher a while ago and she said that if I keep up my good work that I would be capable of doing it at A Level and that I will most likely achieve an A or B at GCSE. The A Level course sounds quite difficult though and I don't think I'm fluent enough :frown:

I've considered History but I don't do it at GCSE (I wanted to but it was in the same option block as ICT and for some stupid reason I chose ICT instead :mad:

) so I'm worried that I would have a disadvantage at A Level as I have no idea how well I would cope with it.

Thank you for the advice :smile:

Reply 3621

Kvllum

5

Original post by Gilo98

No problem!!

Yep. We have separate classes for the three sciences Physics we have done absolutely everything. Chemistry we have just got c3 left and biology we have the ISA and a couple of topics from each module (we dipped in and out of the modules).

To be honest, its hard to get a 'numbers' approach without knowing the specific marks - So long as you get an A* overall in the coursework and can rack up a lot of UMS in one of the exams you can get away with a lower result in the listening.

You'll need 270/300 for an A* . With your coursework you'll probably drop 15ish UMS giving you another 15 to play with in the exams - you will have to try and get full UMS in the reading (which isn't as daunting as it sounds - full UMS does not equal full raw at all). Then you can drop all of the remaining 15 in the listening. Depending on the exam, 15 UMS could be anything from 29/40 (June 2014) or 14/40 (June 2013).

Oh right, well I'll give you numbers then :').
Writing 1) 26/30
Writing 2) 28/30
Speaking 1) 27/30
Speaking 2) 28/30

Plus or minus a mark here and there, whats the UMS looking like for that? Also, if I get another A* in writing (28/30) what is the situation like then?

Reply 3622

frostyy

17

Personally, I have two options that I could take for A-levels:

Medicine-based: Chemistry, Biology, Maths
Computing-based: Computing, Maths, Physics

I probably won't be able to go on medicine (unless my head of year doesn't write my references - dude is crazy, accussed me of drug dealing yesterday, because I was acting suspicious), but we'll see.

Reply 3623

Peachy23

9

Original post by LeFeuilly

Ohmygods I am so sorry ...

Haha, I know! :frown:

we also have to come into school on the days that we don't have exams which is absolutely ridiculous.

Reply 3624

Midnightmemories

18

Original post by frostyy

Is anybody else using the TSR study planner to organise their revision? It's pretty damn faulty...

i attempted to... but it won't work

Reply 3625

Gilo98

14

Original post by Kvllum

Oh right, well I'll give you numbers then :').
Writing 1) 26/30
Writing 2) 28/30
Speaking 1) 27/30
Speaking 2) 28/30

Plus or minus a mark here and there, whats the UMS looking like for that? Also, if I get another A* in writing (28/30) what is the situation like then?

Ah ok so you're looking at dropping 18ish UMS with the new writing. Really, the listening is going to make or break it. With a low grade in the listening you could scrape it or miss it A solid B would do it for you

Reply 3626

ha27

12

my school really messed us up someone got an a predicted a* who is an absolute idiot and shocked the class the teacher thought something was wrong, remarked it and he got a u!!!!!! school has to remark mine or i wont be happy because i got a d

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Reply 3627

Kvllum

5

Original post by Gilo98

Ah ok so you're looking at dropping 18ish UMS with the new writing. Really, the listening is going to make or break it. With a low grade in the listening you could scrape it or miss it A solid B would do it for you

Thanks dude. Okay, suppose I get an A* in this writing. I get an A* in my reading and an A in my listening. What are we talking, an A* overall? :smile:

Reply 3628

Peachy23

9

Finally decided that I'm taking French as my last A Level option :biggrin:

don't know if I'm going to regret it...

Reply 3629

student_2014

1

Original post by arithmeticae

hey guys, i'm a year 11 (or is it 12 now :tongue:

) and i like stalking other people's threads (:e) so feel free to ask if you want any help with anything :smile:

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yes plss tell me how to study for my igcse ol exam that i am having within less than 100 days

Reply 3630

interstitial

18

Original post by student_2014

yes plss tell me how to study for my igcse ol exam that i am having within less than 100 days

here's a long ass post i made a while ago, should have some nice stuff

protip - don't start counting down already, it doesn't help anyone

hi there, i did my gcses last year so hopefully this will help :tongue:

general revision tips

english

sciences

useful websites

hope this helps and don't hesitate to quote/pm me if you have any more questions :smile:

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Reply 3631

student_2014

1

What were ur results?

Reply 3632

pursuedbyabear

9

Out of curiosity/being nosy, what is everyone taking next year?
I'm doing English Lit, Theatre Studies, History and German :smile:

Reply 3633

Jitesh

14

Original post by Kvllum

Oh right, well I'll give you numbers then :').
Writing 1) 26/30
Writing 2) 28/30
Speaking 1) 27/30
Speaking 2) 28/30

Plus or minus a mark here and there, whats the UMS looking like for that? Also, if I get another A* in writing (28/30) what is the situation like then?