people who got A/A* in alevel economics,

how did you do it

how did you do it

I won't lie to you, an A* in econ is tough. I was deeply interested in the subject matter and still in shock when I attained that result. My advice is to do countless essays and familiarise yourself with the [point, analysis, application, evaluation] structure. Make the GCP guide your friend. Make sure you have a ready supply of current economic facts for application (which you'll subconsciously store if you're interested in econ). Moreover, I recommend econplusdal for up-to-date last minute economic info. Btw, for most econ courses your maths grade is more important but for the better programs/recruitment a good econ a level shows a deeper level of economic/financial interest, so give it due focus.

LMK if there's anything else you need.

Essay after essay after essay, but make sure someone will mark them bc there’s no point doing them if you don’t know what you need to improve- check out tutor2u as well- their resources are a flipping god send

Thanks for your advice
Can you name the difficulties in economics and is the cgp that great.At gcse it was a bit childish

where can i find essay questions

CGP is just a tool--depends on how you use it. However, it does condense the vast range of topics into the essentials, unlike the useless aqa textbook which can unnecessarily overcomplicate things.


The main difficulty is being concise within the time allocated. All ties back to liking the subject. If you like the subject, you'll understand it better (assuming you're reasonably smart). If you understand it better, your work won't need to be unnecessarily long and waffly.

How did you revise using cgp book?

The main way I revised was through the creation of detailed notes on each part of the syllabus. The CGP book allowed me to "make notes off notes" if that makes sense. As a result, I had a condensed notebook of the essentials to go over weeks to the exam (with sample answers and everything).

where can i find essay questions

did you make like flash cards or like actual note taking

If you go on the tutor2u website and into their shop they have books full of example essays but you can find the essay titles in each book from the info on the book without buying it! I used a lot of these and any essay title from any exam board- sometimes I changed them to match current news so an essay title about a new London airport changed to expanding Heathrow etc

following !! just started year 12 and want to do econ in uni , also aiming for A/A* !

i havent learnt much about the course so i cant starrt essays and i dont even know what you have to write for them , i'm interested in some example essays to have a look if anyone has some please x