16yo Boy with 13 A*s and a distinction in GCSEs 2017 // AMA

I collected my results today thinking I'd be receiving my predicted grades of mainly As and a few A*s. To my surprise however I managed to get all A*s in all my subjects and full UMS in two subjects. To say I was over the moon is an understatement but after all the revision and hard work I put into it, my teachers were pretty certain that I was going to do better than expected.

My grades are as follows:

WJEC Maths - A*
WJEC Mathematics Numeracy - A*
WJEC English Lang - A*
WJEC English Lit - A*
WJEC Religious Studies - A*
WJEC Welsh Bacc - A*
WJEC Geography - A* (FULL UMS WHATT)
WJEC ICT - A*
WJEC Welsh Second Language - A* (FULL UMS AS WELL?!)
OCR Latin - A* (I acc can't believe this one)
OCR Core Science - A*
OCR Additional Science - A*
OCR Further Additional Science - A*
WJEC Additional Maths - Distinction*

Well yeah, I'm in a state of shock. It's been a tough two years and a very rocky road but I am extremely glad of the outcome.

I'm going to be staying at my school's sixth form to study: Maths, Physics and Conputer Science along with the compulsory Welsh Bacc. My ambition is to try and study Computer Science at Stanford Uni in California, very hard but not impossible to accomplish.

I go to a state school in Cardiff so that's why I don't have any of the 9 8 grades!

My local news company did an article about me with the help of my school and I'm overwhelmed by the amount of positive comments I received from that!

Honestly, I did much better than I had expected and it is indeed the best feeling ever!

Well here I am, ready to answer any of your questions!

Ask me Anything!!

Ah mate that's superb! Well fricking done!
Hahahaha I got 3B's and 5C's for my GCSE's (that rhymed, should've been a rapper...)

How did you revise Geography? That is one of my weakest subject that I never understand how to do well.

I have my Mocks in 2 days and I don’t know what to do for English Lit and Lang and Geography.

Any advice please? Also congratulations on your results! Damn I was shocked.

I collected my results today thinking I'd be receiving my predicted grades of mainly As and a few A*s. To my surprise however I managed to get all A*s in all my subjects and full UMS in two subjects. To say I was over the moon is an understatement but after all the revision and hard work I put into it, my teachers were pretty certain that I was going to do better than expected.

My grades are as follows:

WJEC Maths - A*
WJEC Mathematics Numeracy - A*
WJEC English Lang - A*
WJEC English Lit - A*
WJEC Religious Studies - A*
WJEC Welsh Bacc - A*
WJEC Geography - A* (FULL UMS WHATT)
WJEC ICT - A*
WJEC Welsh Second Language - A* (FULL UMS AS WELL?!)
OCR Latin - A* (I acc can't believe this one)
OCR Core Science - A*
OCR Additional Science - A*
OCR Further Additional Science - A*
WJEC Additional Maths - Distinction*

Well yeah, I'm in a state of shock. It's been a tough two years and a very rocky road but I am extremely glad of the outcome.

I'm going to be staying at my school's sixth form to study: Maths, Physics and Conputer Science along with the compulsory Welsh Bacc. My ambition is to try and study Computer Science at Stanford Uni in California, very hard but not impossible to accomplish.

I go to a state school in Cardiff so that's why I don't have any of the 9 8 grades!

My local news company did an article about me with the help of my school and I'm overwhelmed by the amount of positive comments I received from that!

Honestly, I did much better than I had expected and it is indeed the best feeling ever!

Well here I am, ready to answer any of your questions!

Ask me Anything!!

Ah wow! Forgot about this thread. Thank you haha and this is how I revised Geography:

I made A3 revision posters for every one of the 7 topics in a Geography and put in as much detail as I could whilst also being neat and coherent, it should be clear to follow. Sticking these posters around my room helped me so much as when I was in my room I could just glance at the posters on my wall and take in the revision.
I also made notes on every single topic where I went through the specification and for every bullet point there, I made sure I wrote down a logical answer on Lined paper and then stuck them together to create a batch of notes following the spec. This really helps.
Revise different tactics that suit you best but make sure you try a different tactic for every subject so every subject has a unique way of learning that is best suited to you and will help you take in and understand the knowledge from that certain subject.
Finally, spend at least 3-4 hours a week of solid quality geography revision by making flaschards with Must-learn definitions and notes, mindmaps etc. After making all your notes, attempt every past paper you can possibly find and work efficiently with breaks to rest and ease your body and stress (basically don’t get too sucked into revision, don’t let it take over your whole life).

I really hope this helps, any more questions just ask! Good luck in your mock, I hope you do amazingly well.

You can't count Welsh bacc or maths numeracy as subjects no offence