How are your a-levels going?

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Title says it all really, how are your a-levels going? strengths and challenges you're finding? feel free to share anything about how are your a-levels going.

Thoroughly enjoying my huge range of grades from **** to worse(B-U) in Physics
my Chem is only ever gonna stay at around a C-B level no matter how hard i work (B is optimistic)
Philosophy need some practise compiling info into a short concise essay within the time given but i'm getting M1 and the occasional D grade(lol laugh all you want but i've gotten a D1 once ^-^)
Maths i'm getting a good A

Reply 21

aimsnaywux

Original post by thefatone

alevels is a huge change from gcse don't forget so you're bound to have downs and ups ups and downs, hopefully things work out well and surely you're giving it 100% and thats all you can do really :biggrin:

good luck!

Ugh.

Original post by thatcooldude2.0

Ugh.

same

Reply 24

Asolare

Picture paints a thousand words:

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It's pretty good, I'm finding Sociology a very easy breeze (just a lot of info to remember) but German and Philosophy are testing the **** out of me. Philosophy essays are driving me insane cause it's so difficult to do well and German speaking exam looming is making me cri everi tyme.

But I am predicted all As so i...should.......................hopefully.......be...ok

Reply 25

rachelmary97

Not going as badly as last year but not 100% confident I'll meet my offers so all in all it could be worse.
I climb pretty well for a fish.

Reply 26

thefatone

Original post by aimsnaywux

good luck!

The only thing coming down on to me are ****grades and Us, 100% for me does nothing, Max effort doesn't do sh*t for me. Even the physics teachers told me that they couldn't predict me a grade for what i'd get at the end of A-levels also that they said that they would tell me that i should work hard BUT THEY ALREADY KNOW I@M WORKING HARD ON THIS STUFF so they have no idea what to do.

Reply 27

aimsnaywux

Original post by Inexorably

Picture paints a thousand words:

make sure you don't let everything get ontop of you - although grades are what everybody wants you should also want a happy and good health :smile:

keep up the the hard work of course but also remember to put yourself first hehe

Reply 28

66Sharlene99

Terrible, stressful, annoying, horrible, long :frown:

.. its too much

Reply 29

aimsnaywux

Original post by rachelmary97

Not going as badly as last year but not 100% confident I'll meet my offers so all in all it could be worse.
I climb pretty well for a fish.

although I haven't applied for university (I feel its not for me) if I am correct there is always clearing (I'm not so sure how it fully works but I know its there for those who don't meet their offers) and also some unis will accept students even if one grade off (from what friends have said I'm not 100% sure if true)

however have confidence in yourself and do your best !! :smile:

Reply 30

aimsnaywux

Original post by 66Sharlene99

Terrible, stressful, annoying, horrible, long :frown:

.. its too much

please do not let these a-levels get onto of you, I mean many of teachers will say being stressed if good because it shows you're bothered about your grades, work etc BUUUT do not let a-levels ruin you, allow yourself your time, do your best and thats all you can ever do and if things get super tough speak to somebody :smile:

Reply 31

TianaEsther

Absolutely awful haha, it scares me to think about A2 when I can't even cope with AS.

Reply 32

idontknowmedoyou

awful my average grade in most subjects is a D :s-smilie:

Reply 33

Trapz99

It's ok but I think I can do better now that I have started revising properly

Reply 34

Asolare

Original post by aimsnaywux

make sure you don't let everything get ontop of you - although grades are what everybody wants you should also want a happy and good health :smile:

keep up the the hard work of course but also remember to put yourself first hehe

Yeah yeah, I know :biggrin:

I sometimes forget but I'm usually okay.

Reply 35

KaylaB

I'm honestly bricking it now. I thought about this time last year where we had finished learning the AS stuff in February and we just revised up until the exam. But for Chemistry and C4 we haven't finished learning content yet and still have quite a bit to do :frown:

Reply 36

Lawliettt

Why did i even take biology? It's such aids. And d1 maths is an abomination. At this point in going to have to drive up to Manchester and give the admissions tutor a handjob a week before results day.

And don't even get me started on science ISAs. I swear every school cheats but ours. That's the only explanation for the grade boundaries. 74% on one of the practice ISA's we had to do was an E

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Reply 37

aimsnaywux

Also does anybody have revision tips they'd like to share?

Reply 38

Student403

Original post by aimsnaywux

Also does anybody have revision tips they'd like to share?

Ask about any doubts and don't push it over.

Sounds simple but it really helps to look up little things you don't understand instead of thinking "Oh it's fine it won't come up in the exam". A) You'll guarantee understanding of the full syllabus B) You'll probably find out a hundred other new things - some of which are very useful to know