Do any A-level students here have a job?

I'm in uni now, but i did.
I used to have a saturday job in a chemist, and then worked full time during the summer holidays. I also tutored a gcse student in maths for 2 hours a week. So in term time, this was 10 hours a week.
I did maths, further maths, geography and history and ended up with AAAB.

Wow those grades are very good! Congrats!! How many hours a week did that leave you to study? and what was your secret to such good success? :P

Haha thank you!
I think the main thing is that you prioritise. I'm an expert procrastinator, and by working this gave me structure. For example if i wasn't working on saturdays i wouldnt have got up until midday and then procrastinated late into the afternoon anyway, so i might as well work since it meant i had to revise when i got home in the evening!
It really wasn't detrimental to my studying at all, the main reason i didn't get better grades in maths and geography was a lack of effort - i didnt study enough, but not because i didnt have the time, just because of procrastination! (In FM and history i dont think i could have done much better at the time)
I still had weekday evenings and sundays. As long as you start revising long before the exams, a couple of hours in the evening is really enough! The key to success is time management (and cramming right before the exam ofc!)
Good luck in your exams

Ultimately, i still had a social life outside of school and i wouldnt have changed that for an A*, as i was happy with As and i was a happy person which is more important.

You're such an inspiration!! What are you studying at Uni? Is there a huge step up from A-levels to university?

Do any A-level students here have a job? If so, how many hours a week do you work and what A-levels are you studying?

Do any A-level students here have a job? If so, how many hours a week do you work and what A-levels are you studying?

Haha thanks, but I'm really not! People who work a lot harder than i did deserve to be inspirations 😋
I ended up studying geography at kings. I personally found the step from AS to A-Level harder than the step up to uni. I think that's because i found further maths to be particularly hard. Also, first year uni is pretty easy, the work load isn't huge and the grades you get mean very little to your final degree classification. I'm in third year now, which is a lot harder and more work (not only do i have more essays but the word length has increased considerably).

I had a part time job during both my a-levels and my college course. I did around 15-20 hours a week in term time, plus extra in the holidays.

Can I ask what revision techniques you use/still currently use? I'm learning AS-level Maths and Biology. I'm aware you never took AS-level Biology but I'm assuming the techniques you applied to your essay subjects like History and Geography can also be applied in a similar way?

I actually think you're a memory God!!!

Also what do you hope to do after you graduate?

I did 9-15 hours a week, plus some volunteering during A levels

I did Psychology (A*), Sociology (A*), Maths (B), Art & Design (B), Critical Thinking (B)

It's pretty easy to work and study provided you're smart about your time, for example, I used to work 5-8 on weekdays and then a few hours at the weekend, so any day I worked in the week I would stay late at college and study until 5, I studied during all my free period rather than spending them in the canteen and I worked out what methods worked for me quickly so I could be efficient. I also got up early every day regardless of whether I 'had' to so I had more hours in my day. I had plenty of time for studying, socialising and hobbies.

That's incredible!!! Well done! Can I ask what studying/revision techniques you used for Maths and your essay based subjects?

Maths - past papers, you need to practice the questions you're going to be doing! I also went to my tutor for extra help if I got stuck

Essay based - tested myself using prompt cards (i.e. question/prompt on one side and answer on the other), mind maps for each topic/essay, practice questions

Yeah I'm trying to do at least 1 past paper every 2 days for Maths. It's slowly sticking, but I still have trouble remembering some formulas which I'm panicking about as exams are less than 3 months away!! Awesome I hear that flashcards are really good for memorising things. How many months before your exams did you start focusing just on revision?

hard to remember now, it's a while ago...

I think a couple of months?

Awesome! What subjects did you study?

Ah that's cool. I think I still have time then!!
Also, this is going to sound very cheeky but you wouldn't happen to still have these "clear maths notes" of yours would you? (You can tell me to get lost btw! aha)