Why am I underachieving in my A Levels?

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hahaha omg those grades lol. At our school you would get rejected straight away no jk. But seeing as you are at some kind of state schoo I guess you could go to Ruskin and do a degree there. I know somebody who went there to do makeup artistry, no they are earning over 10k which is ok. I however will be earning in excess of £800,000 when I am a brain surgeon :smile:

Yeah which would take you 15+ years to get there...

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Azzer11

Original post by BenedikTHyland

You are clearly low life troll, I'm not going to waste any effort in slaughtering you for being such a fool. But for your information I go to a private school, not that there's anything wrong with state schools.

Reply 22

mariamaisabelle

Original post by Azzer11

When everyone said that A Levels are a BIG step up from GCSEs I took it with a pinch of salt but boy was I wrong to do so! I have never worked so hard in my life but I'm constantly getting C's and D's or B's if I'm lucky. My GCSEs were mostly A*s but I don't know what I'm doing wrong, the exams seem much,much,much harder and the content involves so much thought and time to get your head around. What am I doing wrong? By the way I'm taking Biology, Chemistry, Maths and French.

Hey! I do Biology and Chemistry (as well as Physics) for A2, and last year there were a few webpages/blogs full of packs of past paper questions and youtube channels that I found really really useful! If you like I can send them to you? - but, that being said I do OCR bio and chem, and they won't be as useful to you if you do another exam board!

But yeah like everyone else said, studying the past papers and mark schemes are the way to go if you really want to get the higher grades, I must have done every single past paper about a million times and I came out with over 90% in both subjects so it is definitely do-able! Don't panic! :smile:

Reply 23

Azzer11

Original post by mariamaisabelle

Yeah that would be great if you could

Reply 24

mariamaisabelle

Original post by BenedikTHyland

wow! are you being serious?!
Well just to let you know there is absolutely nothing wrong with state schools. My mother was state school educated and she has masters degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge universities and is one of the most specialised consultant paediatricians in neurodisibility in the country.
You don't have to be born into a family who has money to succeed in life. And just to let you know, the top universities favour pupils from state schools because they know they weren't spoon-fed everything from their teachers like most pupils at private schools and are therefore more likely to be genuinely more intelligent than their counterparts in private schooling.

Reply 25

scrawlx101

Original post by BenedikTHyland

How about you don't do psychology. That subject has the lowest employment rate after graduation. Medicine is what you should be aiming for. We all laugh at psychology at our school. I mean cmon who would take THAT.

how about you show some respect for a subject someone is studying and quite frankly enjoys?

Reply 26

anonwinner

sorry bro u r bad at a lvls :frown:

Reply 27

Azzer11

Original post by mariamaisabelle

Well said I completely agree. I've spent most of my life in a state school and I'm a big fan of them. Your mother is a great role model for you.

Reply 28

Asexual Demigod

Original post by Azzer11

They're not that hard... Work harder and smarter.

Reply 29

RE&D

Each step through the education process is different, do the research and study it to understand the subject itself. Then critically examine the research you have completed as this should provide you with the basic knowledge of what is required. Complete past exam papers and, identify the questions where the grades were low and do further research on these specific areas. If you complete this process a couple of times, you should gain some idea of where your knowledge is falling short of the required standard. Hope this helps.