4-5 Months Enough to revise??

I am doing 10 GCSE's and I worried I might not have enough time. I want majority of my grades to be A- A*.... is it achievable?

Reply 1

JT_888

20

Original post by Mepanda

I am doing 10 GCSE's and I worried I might not have enough time. I want majority of my grades to be A- A*.... is it achievable?

I'm also worried about the time we have left but we can do it. :biggrin:

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4261768&p=69011642&page=92#post69011642

Reply 2

Mepanda

OP

6

Original post by CoffeeAndPolitics

I'm also worried about the time we have left but we can do it. :biggrin:

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4261768&p=69011642&page=92#post69011642

I'm worried about english the most since we have to learn all the quotes! :frown:

Reply 3

skye99

9

Original post by Mepanda

I am doing 10 GCSE's and I worried I might not have enough time. I want majority of my grades to be A- A*.... is it achievable?

I did 11 GCSEs last year and I was really happy with my grades, I started proper revision in Easter !! What I would say is don't start so early that by the time it gets to the exam you've forgotten it or feel too overwhelmed, but also don't leave it so late that you can't learn it all .Hope this helps :smile:

Reply 4

JT_888

20

Original post by Mepanda

I'm worried about english the most since we have to learn all the quotes! :frown:

Same, if you click on that link to the Year 11 thread, there's a handful moaning about those new specifications.

Reply 5

Mepanda

OP

6

Original post by skye99

I did 11 GCSEs last year and I was really happy with my grades, I started proper revision in Easter !! What I would say is don't start so early that by the time it gets to the exam you've forgotten it or feel too overwhelmed, but also don't leave it so late that you can't learn it all .Hope this helps :smile:

Thanks for your response, I hope I end up doing well as well :smile:

Reply 6

doggyher

2

Plenty of time. But don't slack, start a little now so you end up having a stress free revision and easter.

Reply 7

rosie.mn

14

Original post by Mepanda

I am doing 10 GCSE's and I worried I might not have enough time. I want majority of my grades to be A- A*.... is it achievable?

Of course it's achievable. I did 11, started revising properly in March. I came out with 5A*, 4As and a B. Its not about how much revision you do, it's about how effective your revision is. In hindsight, I would have started revising early for science/maths. Science has a lot of content and does require a lot more time. But everything else will be fine, just don't panic and don't overwork yourself.

Reply 8

Mepanda

OP

6

Original post by CoffeeAndPolitics

Same, if you click on that link to the Year 11 thread, there's a handful moaning about those new specifications.

I will have a look :biggrin:

Reply 9

Mepanda

OP

6

Original post by rosie.mn

Of course it's achievable. I did 11, started revising properly in March. I came out with 5A*, 4As and a B. Its not about how much revision you do, it's about how effective your revision is. In hindsight, I would have started revising early for science/maths. Science has a lot of content and does require a lot more time. But everything else will be fine, just don't panic and don't overwork yourself.

Thank you, I am worried about not meeting my expectations since my mocks were not the best :frown:

Reply 10

rosie.mn

14

Original post by Mepanda

Thank you, I am worried about not meeting my expectations since my mocks were not the best :frown:

The most important thing isn't revising a tonne but looking at your mocks and deciding where you went wrong and revising weak areas a bit more and practising exam technique. By the way, I'm an AS English literature student (I also had closed book exams for GCSE) so I've been remembering quotes for a while now. The main thing is just to remember 5 quotes from each main character and a few quotes for each theme. It's not about how many quotes it's about how well you can analyse them. By the time you get to the exam you'll have soaked up the majority of quotes just by studying the texts.

Reply 11

Mepanda

OP

6

Original post by rosie.mn

The most important thing isn't revising a tonne but looking at your mocks and deciding where you went wrong and revising weak areas a bit more and practising exam technique. By the way, I'm an AS English literature student (I also had closed book exams for GCSE) so I've been remembering quotes for a while now. The main thing is just to remember 5 quotes from each main character and a few quotes for each theme. It's not about how many quotes it's about how well you can analyse them. By the time you get to the exam you'll have soaked up the majority of quotes just by studying the texts.

Thanks for the tips :smile:

. Also what exactly do you mean proper revision :P for instance what did you do before that

Reply 12

Eodi

10

Original post by Mepanda

I am doing 10 GCSE's and I worried I might not have enough time. I want majority of my grades to be A- A*.... is it achievable?

More than enough :smile:

When I was revising for my GCSEs I used to be like ''Oh my gosh there's only *insert number here* months left'' but once you actually start working you realise how much you can get done and time suddenly isn't a big stress anymore :smile:

Good luck with your exams! They'll be over before you know it.

Reply 13

rosie.mn

14

Original post by Mepanda

Thanks for the tips :smile:

. Also what exactly do you mean proper revision :P for instance what did you do before that

To revise weak areas and focus on important things. Don't revise anything because you like it! Revise what you find hard.

Reply 14

Epistemolog y

8

Original post by Mepanda

I am doing 10 GCSE's and I worried I might not have enough time. I want majority of my grades to be A- A*.... is it achievable?

ffs enough of these threads already...

Yes if you start revising and stop asking stupid. Even if its a no still try your best ffs.

Reply 15

3121

21

Literally crammed everything into a few weeks and got all C's and above.

Reply 16

BlueSpikes

16

Posted from TSR Mobile

Lol I went from Bs and Cs and an E in history.
Crammed in 2 weeks and came out with 10As 1A* and a B . (B in french)
Got an A* in History unit 1. In Which i got a E in the mocks in February.
That method does not work at AS or A2 however..
Which i learnt after AS.
Not doing that again!

Reply 17

brainzistheword

Study Forum Helper, Careers Forum Helper

22

Original post by Mepanda

Thanks for the tips :smile:

. Also what exactly do you mean proper revision :P for instance what did you do before that

Original post by CoffeeAndPolitics

I'm also worried about the time we have left but we can do it. :biggrin:

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4261768&p=69011642&page=92#post69011642

If you're doing GCSE, I made some flashcards for some subjects which may be of use to you - I've linked them all in this thread https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4233122 on my most recent post :smile:

Reply 18

username2965904

19

I think it is, providing you manage your time well.